most games with 7 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2012 to 2021

Between the 2012 and 2021 seasons, Max Scherzer had the most games pitched when striking out 7+ batters, with 217 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 7 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2012 to 2021

	NAME	G	SO	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	217	2,040	124	40	.756	217	2.44	12	5	0	1474.1	1,028	400	421	157	325	49	0	13	5,745	29	12.45	1.98	6.28	0.96	35.5	5.7	0.92	.274	2.57	6.28
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	162	1,564	85	38	.691	162	2.49	13	3	0	1111.1	812	307	337	105	229	61	0	6	4,373	23	12.67	1.85	6.83	0.85	35.8	5.2	0.94	.293	2.73	6.58
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	162	1,461	102	30	.773	162	1.85	17	11	0	1151.0	753	236	259	80	195	20	0	4	4,356	45	11.42	1.52	7.49	0.63	33.5	4.5	0.82	.259	2.03	5.89
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	143	1,289	80	28	.741	143	2.25	11	4	0	987.0	673	247	266	102	195	26	0	4	3,794	18	11.75	1.78	6.61	0.93	34.0	5.1	0.88	.262	2.43	6.14
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	133	1,216	76	26	.745	133	2.62	4	3	0	850.2	629	248	274	88	201	27	0	1	3,343	30	12.87	2.13	6.05	0.93	36.4	6.0	0.98	.299	2.90	6.65
6	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	132	1,183	77	26	.748	132	2.49	2	2	0	869.2	632	241	265	81	188	33	0	7	3,404	19	12.24	1.95	6.29	0.84	34.8	5.5	0.94	.287	2.74	6.54
7	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	131	1,200	59	34	.634	131	2.66	1	1	0	850.1	595	251	267	95	252	28	0	3	3,377	35	12.70	2.67	4.76	1.01	35.5	7.5	1.00	.277	2.83	6.30
8	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	129	1,196	58	27	.682	129	1.77	3	2	0	867.2	563	171	191	61	168	14	0	6	3,290	17	12.41	1.74	7.12	0.63	36.4	5.1	0.84	.271	1.98	5.84
9	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	116	1,071	75	18	.806	116	2.03	17	8	0	854.2	588	193	211	61	148	23	0	5	3,258	13	11.28	1.56	7.24	0.64	32.9	4.5	0.86	.270	2.22	6.19
10	David Price D. Price	110	955	68	19	.782	110	2.32	8	1	0	782.0	593	202	222	68	141	14	0	3	3,042	23	10.99	1.62	6.77	0.78	31.4	4.6	0.94	.282	2.55	6.82
11	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	109	972	54	28	.659	109	2.52	4	3	0	724.0	505	203	230	73	222	35	0	3	2,890	24	12.08	2.76	4.38	0.91	33.6	7.7	1.00	.272	2.86	6.28
12	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	108	894	69	12	.852	108	2.06	2	1	0	741.2	532	170	175	57	121	8	0	4	2,823	20	10.85	1.47	7.39	0.69	31.7	4.3	0.88	.273	2.12	6.46
13	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	105	919	54	26	.675	105	2.18	12	7	0	730.0	506	177	192	62	129	21	0	10	2,802	13	11.33	1.59	7.12	0.76	32.8	4.6	0.87	.266	2.37	6.24
14	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	102	843	54	19	.740	102	2.25	4	1	0	703.2	527	176	197	66	182	31	0	7	2,791	16	10.78	2.33	4.63	0.84	30.2	6.5	1.01	.276	2.52	6.74
15	Jon Lester J. Lester	101	815	53	21	.716	101	2.22	4	1	0	665.2	524	164	187	46	148	14	0	2	2,623	18	11.02	2.00	5.51	0.62	31.1	5.6	1.01	.299	2.53	7.08
16	Robbie Ray R. Ray	98	881	39	24	.619	98	3.36	1	1	0	573.1	469	214	229	86	222	18	0	11	2,398	25	13.83	3.48	3.97	1.35	36.7	9.3	1.21	.322	3.59	7.36
17	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	96	814	52	20	.722	96	2.28	1	1	0	607.1	437	154	163	46	184	23	0	5	2,428	23	12.06	2.73	4.42	0.68	33.5	7.6	1.02	.287	2.42	6.48
18	Chris Archer C. Archer	95	839	32	26	.552	95	3.03	2	2	0	594.2	481	200	224	60	173	17	0	3	2,420	32	12.70	2.62	4.85	0.91	34.7	7.1	1.10	.316	3.39	7.28
19	Aaron Nola A. Nola	90	769	48	17	.738	90	2.62	2	2	0	587.2	421	171	181	57	142	21	0	6	2,312	7	11.78	2.17	5.42	0.87	33.3	6.1	0.96	.275	2.77	6.45
20	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	87	718	41	23	.641	87	2.66	3	1	0	567.2	449	168	178	59	133	9	0	8	2,266	18	11.38	2.11	5.40	0.94	31.7	5.9	1.03	.290	2.82	7.12
21	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	87	752	44	14	.759	87	2.12	5	5	0	611.0	437	144	151	39	129	24	0	1	2,366	38	11.08	1.90	5.83	0.57	31.8	5.5	0.93	.280	2.22	6.44
22	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	86	764	51	18	.739	85	2.23	7	3	0	585.0	440	145	157	49	114	15	1	3	2,271	22	11.75	1.75	6.70	0.75	33.6	5.0	0.95	.294	2.42	6.77
23	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	82	666	32	23	.582	82	2.69	3	2	0	518.1	392	155	166	32	172	11	0	5	2,090	14	11.56	2.99	3.87	0.56	31.9	8.2	1.09	.298	2.88	6.81
24	Jeff Samardzija J. Samardzija	82	674	27	30	.474	82	2.76	3	1	0	567.0	452	174	195	58	125	21	0	6	2,248	23	10.70	1.98	5.39	0.92	30.0	5.6	1.02	.288	3.10	7.17
25	Sonny Gray S. Gray	81	659	41	19	.683	81	2.20	2	1	0	510.2	347	125	143	43	153	14	0	1	2,009	27	11.61	2.70	4.31	0.76	32.8	7.6	0.98	.267	2.52	6.12