most games with 8 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2012 to 2021 including playoffs

Between the 2012 and 2021 seasons, Max Scherzer had the most games pitched in the regular-season and playoffs when striking out 8+ batters, with 178 games.

	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	178	1,790	98	33	.748	178	2.21	12	5	0	1223.1	813	300	319	127	261	40	0	9	4,729	28	13.17	1.92	6.86	0.93	37.9	5.5	0.88	.273	2.35	5.98
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	131	1,276	89	22	.802	131	1.81	13	7	0	942.1	598	190	210	64	149	17	0	3	3,533	30	12.19	1.42	8.56	0.61	36.1	4.2	0.79	.263	2.01	5.71
3	Chris Sale C. Sale	127	1,320	71	29	.710	127	2.25	11	2	0	883.0	601	221	246	82	176	46	0	4	3,436	15	13.45	1.79	7.50	0.84	38.4	5.1	0.88	.286	2.51	6.13
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	116	1,130	68	18	.791	116	1.94	9	4	0	810.0	514	175	187	83	148	21	0	3	3,071	15	12.56	1.64	7.64	0.92	36.8	4.8	0.82	.255	2.08	5.71
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	107	1,061	64	18	.780	107	2.30	4	3	0	693.2	459	177	200	69	156	18	0	2	2,669	24	13.77	2.02	6.80	0.90	39.8	5.8	0.89	.286	2.59	5.96
6	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	104	1,011	49	30	.620	104	2.58	1	1	0	693.1	470	199	210	83	187	23	0	2	2,724	30	13.12	2.43	5.41	1.08	37.1	6.9	0.95	.273	2.73	6.10
7	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	101	1,006	47	21	.691	101	1.67	2	1	0	685.2	439	127	143	47	131	10	0	6	2,590	15	13.20	1.72	7.68	0.62	38.8	5.1	0.83	.281	1.88	5.76
8	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	101	982	59	16	.787	101	2.21	2	2	0	678.2	473	167	185	60	128	29	0	6	2,624	13	13.02	1.70	7.67	0.80	37.4	4.9	0.89	.290	2.45	6.27
9	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	91	898	59	12	.831	91	1.94	14	6	0	676.1	448	146	160	49	114	19	0	4	2,557	11	11.95	1.52	7.88	0.65	35.1	4.5	0.83	.270	2.13	5.96
10	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	83	796	44	18	.710	83	2.27	3	2	0	563.0	355	142	163	56	162	29	0	3	2,209	19	12.72	2.59	4.91	0.90	36.0	7.3	0.92	.256	2.61	5.67
11	David Price D. Price	80	749	47	15	.758	80	2.30	7	1	0	575.2	432	147	160	51	97	9	0	2	2,232	17	11.71	1.52	7.72	0.80	33.6	4.3	0.92	.287	2.50	6.75
12	Robbie Ray R. Ray	78	741	32	18	.640	78	3.18	1	1	0	463.2	363	164	174	67	176	16	0	7	1,920	20	14.38	3.42	4.21	1.30	38.6	9.2	1.16	.322	3.38	7.05
13	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	74	707	46	12	.793	74	1.81	12	8	0	535.2	330	108	116	42	83	15	0	6	1,997	7	11.88	1.39	8.52	0.71	35.4	4.2	0.77	.250	1.95	5.54
14	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	71	641	42	8	.840	71	2.31	1	1	0	491.2	364	126	130	44	77	5	0	3	1,882	14	11.73	1.41	8.32	0.81	34.1	4.1	0.90	.287	2.38	6.66
15	Chris Archer C. Archer	69	657	22	18	.550	69	2.90	2	2	0	438.0	353	141	156	43	122	14	0	2	1,776	26	13.50	2.51	5.39	0.88	37.0	6.9	1.08	.330	3.21	7.25
16	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	67	612	36	15	.706	67	2.04	1	1	0	431.1	294	98	106	32	120	16	0	4	1,703	18	12.77	2.50	5.10	0.67	35.9	7.0	0.96	.284	2.21	6.13
17	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	66	592	39	9	.813	66	1.93	3	1	0	462.1	326	99	114	36	105	20	0	6	1,809	10	11.52	2.04	5.64	0.70	32.7	5.8	0.93	.275	2.22	6.35
18	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	64	591	32	7	.821	64	1.59	5	5	0	458.2	288	81	84	21	97	12	0	0	1,734	32	11.60	1.90	6.09	0.41	34.1	5.6	0.84	.264	1.65	5.65
19	Aaron Nola A. Nola	62	573	39	10	.796	62	2.21	2	2	0	416.0	286	102	111	41	98	14	0	4	1,628	4	12.40	2.12	5.85	0.89	35.2	6.0	0.92	.272	2.40	6.19
20	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	60	582	38	12	.760	59	1.92	5	2	0	413.0	306	88	99	32	76	8	1	2	1,595	20	12.68	1.66	7.66	0.70	36.5	4.8	0.92	.305	2.16	6.67
21	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	57	515	28	17	.622	57	2.51	3	1	0	373.0	283	104	112	38	86	5	0	5	1,480	9	12.43	2.08	5.99	0.92	34.8	5.8	0.99	.293	2.70	6.83
22	Charlie Morton C. Morton	56	521	32	8	.800	56	2.72	0	0	0	348.0	245	105	111	31	97	27	0	0	1,395	7	13.47	2.51	5.37	0.80	37.3	7.0	0.98	.298	2.87	6.34
23	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	56	500	32	12	.727	56	2.41	8	5	0	399.1	289	107	112	35	76	12	0	5	1,551	4	11.27	1.71	6.58	0.79	32.2	4.9	0.91	.274	2.52	6.51
24	Jon Lester J. Lester	53	484	32	11	.744	53	1.85	4	1	0	369.0	259	76	84	19	71	8	0	2	1,408	12	11.80	1.73	6.82	0.46	34.4	5.0	0.89	.291	2.05	6.32
25	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	51	456	34	8	.810	51	1.73	12	5	0	368.1	258	71	76	16	64	5	0	3	1,408	7	11.14	1.56	7.13	0.39	32.4	4.5	0.87	.279	1.86	6.30