most games with 8 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2012 to 2022

Between the 2012 and 2022 seasons, Max Scherzer had the most games pitched when striking out 8+ batters, with 181 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 8 or more strikeouts by a pitcher 2012 to 2022

	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	181	1,818	101	33	.754	181	2.20	12	5	0	1243.1	825	304	322	129	256	42	0	9	4,800	25	13.16	1.85	7.10	0.93	37.9	5.3	0.87	.272	2.33	5.97
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	127	1,232	87	19	.821	127	1.69	13	7	0	913.0	579	171	192	59	135	17	0	3	3,415	28	12.14	1.33	9.13	0.58	36.1	4.0	0.78	.264	1.89	5.71
3	Chris Sale C. Sale	126	1,312	70	29	.707	126	2.25	11	2	0	877.2	596	219	244	82	174	46	0	4	3,414	15	13.45	1.78	7.54	0.84	38.4	5.1	0.88	.286	2.50	6.11
4	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	119	1,171	65	22	.747	119	2.44	4	3	0	770.1	519	209	233	81	171	17	0	1	2,968	25	13.68	2.00	6.85	0.95	39.5	5.8	0.90	.287	2.72	6.06
5	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	117	1,130	72	15	.828	117	1.91	7	3	0	805.0	520	171	185	80	144	22	0	3	3,063	17	12.63	1.61	7.85	0.89	36.9	4.7	0.82	.261	2.07	5.81
6	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	114	1,101	55	32	.632	114	2.61	1	1	0	758.0	519	220	231	92	197	26	0	2	2,980	31	13.07	2.34	5.59	1.09	36.9	6.6	0.94	.273	2.74	6.16
7	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	109	1,084	51	24	.680	109	1.75	2	1	0	734.0	465	143	159	55	134	10	0	5	2,763	15	13.29	1.64	8.09	0.67	39.2	4.8	0.82	.277	1.95	5.70
8	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	97	938	56	15	.789	97	2.29	2	2	0	651.2	457	166	181	60	125	29	0	6	2,524	13	12.95	1.73	7.50	0.83	37.2	5.0	0.89	.289	2.50	6.31
9	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	93	915	59	12	.831	93	2.01	14	6	0	688.1	460	154	168	52	115	23	0	4	2,610	12	11.96	1.50	7.96	0.68	35.1	4.4	0.84	.271	2.20	6.01
10	Robbie Ray R. Ray	90	856	38	22	.633	90	3.19	1	1	0	538.1	417	191	201	77	200	18	0	7	2,218	22	14.31	3.34	4.28	1.29	38.6	9.0	1.15	.319	3.36	6.97
11	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	81	776	43	18	.705	81	2.33	3	2	0	548.2	351	142	163	56	161	28	0	3	2,159	18	12.73	2.64	4.82	0.92	35.9	7.5	0.93	.259	2.67	5.76
12	Aaron Nola A. Nola	80	733	46	16	.742	80	2.22	4	3	0	540.1	375	133	142	50	117	18	0	5	2,103	5	12.21	1.95	6.26	0.83	34.9	5.6	0.91	.274	2.37	6.25
13	David Price D. Price	77	724	46	14	.767	77	2.25	7	1	0	556.1	418	139	152	49	96	9	0	2	2,159	17	11.71	1.55	7.54	0.79	33.5	4.4	0.92	.288	2.46	6.76
14	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	73	698	44	13	.772	73	1.97	10	6	0	524.2	332	115	123	43	82	17	0	6	1,966	8	11.97	1.41	8.51	0.74	35.5	4.2	0.79	.257	2.11	5.70
15	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	72	655	39	17	.696	72	2.10	1	1	0	463.2	313	108	120	39	121	20	0	3	1,824	19	12.71	2.35	5.41	0.76	35.9	6.6	0.94	.277	2.33	6.08
16	Chris Archer C. Archer	70	665	22	18	.550	70	2.91	2	2	0	442.1	355	143	158	43	125	14	0	2	1,793	26	13.53	2.54	5.32	0.87	37.1	7.0	1.09	.330	3.21	7.22
17	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	68	614	41	7	.854	68	2.28	1	1	0	470.0	349	119	123	41	75	5	0	3	1,804	14	11.76	1.44	8.19	0.79	34.0	4.2	0.90	.288	2.36	6.68
18	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	65	628	42	12	.778	64	1.91	5	2	0	443.1	331	94	105	34	82	9	1	3	1,716	20	12.75	1.66	7.66	0.69	36.6	4.8	0.93	.308	2.13	6.72
19	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	65	584	39	8	.830	65	1.91	3	1	0	456.0	322	97	109	35	103	20	0	5	1,781	10	11.53	2.03	5.67	0.69	32.8	5.8	0.93	.276	2.15	6.36
20	Charlie Morton C. Morton	64	602	34	7	.829	64	2.61	0	0	0	399.2	273	116	122	34	107	32	0	0	1,590	8	13.56	2.41	5.63	0.77	37.9	6.7	0.95	.293	2.75	6.15
21	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
22	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	58	522	28	18	.609	58	2.53	3	1	0	381.0	294	107	116	40	84	6	0	5	1,514	9	12.33	1.98	6.21	0.94	34.5	5.5	0.99	.295	2.74	6.94
23	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	54	480	28	11	.718	54	2.37	0	0	0	345.1	271	91	97	34	65	2	0	1	1,359	9	12.51	1.69	7.38	0.89	35.3	4.8	0.97	.305	2.53	7.06
24	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	54	482	31	11	.738	54	2.44	7	5	0	383.1	284	104	109	33	76	12	0	5	1,498	4	11.32	1.78	6.34	0.77	32.2	5.1	0.94	.280	2.56	6.67
25	Blake Snell B. Snell	53	514	33	9	.786	53	1.65	0	0	0	322.1	185	59	61	21	100	2	0	2	1,229	21	14.35	2.79	5.14	0.59	41.8	8.1	0.88	.277	1.70	5.17