most games with 9 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 9+ batters, with 144 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	144	1,518	83	26	.761	144	2.10	11	4	0	1006.1	633	235	250	104	194	32	0	8	3,840	21	13.58	1.74	7.82	0.93	39.5	5.1	0.82	.266	2.24	5.66
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	100	1,104	55	22	.714	100	1.97	10	2	0	712.2	436	156	178	56	136	37	0	3	2,729	14	13.94	1.72	8.12	0.71	40.5	5.0	0.80	.272	2.25	5.51
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	93	972	59	19	.756	93	1.91	12	6	0	673.0	435	143	157	48	106	11	0	2	2,526	21	13.00	1.42	9.17	0.64	38.5	4.2	0.80	.279	2.10	5.82
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	79	834	46	10	.821	79	1.94	8	4	0	553.1	331	119	125	59	93	16	0	1	2,083	11	13.57	1.51	8.97	0.96	40.0	4.5	0.77	.252	2.03	5.38
5	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	76	806	36	16	.692	76	1.68	2	1	0	520.1	336	97	112	35	100	4	0	6	1,970	14	13.94	1.73	8.06	0.61	40.9	5.1	0.84	.294	1.94	5.81
6	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	74	771	38	20	.655	74	2.15	1	1	0	507.1	310	121	125	51	124	17	0	1	1,947	20	13.68	2.20	6.22	0.90	39.6	6.4	0.86	.263	2.22	5.50
7	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	72	750	47	9	.839	72	2.19	1	1	0	489.1	330	119	132	44	84	21	0	3	1,878	9	13.79	1.54	8.93	0.81	39.9	4.5	0.85	.292	2.43	6.07
8	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	70	765	46	8	.852	70	2.05	4	3	0	461.2	287	105	121	47	85	11	0	1	1,747	15	14.91	1.66	9.00	0.92	43.8	4.9	0.81	.286	2.36	5.59
9	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	63	674	43	6	.878	63	1.72	9	4	0	475.0	289	91	100	35	76	14	0	2	1,773	6	12.77	1.44	8.87	0.66	38.0	4.3	0.77	.261	1.89	5.48
10	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	55	572	29	7	.806	55	1.97	2	1	0	379.2	220	83	92	35	106	17	0	2	1,464	14	13.56	2.51	5.40	0.83	39.1	7.2	0.86	.252	2.18	5.22
11	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	54	547	35	6	.854	54	1.82	9	6	0	390.0	240	79	86	26	55	11	0	4	1,453	6	12.62	1.27	9.95	0.60	37.6	3.8	0.76	.263	1.98	5.54
12	Robbie Ray R. Ray	51	525	24	10	.706	51	2.85	1	1	0	316.0	225	100	109	46	99	9	0	3	1,270	12	14.95	2.82	5.30	1.31	41.3	7.8	1.03	.303	3.10	6.41
13	David Price D. Price	50	509	28	12	.700	50	2.28	5	0	0	363.0	272	92	100	33	55	5	0	1	1,404	6	12.62	1.36	9.25	0.82	36.3	3.9	0.90	.298	2.48	6.74
14	Chris Archer C. Archer	43	449	15	11	.577	43	2.52	1	1	0	279.0	208	78	90	22	67	10	0	1	1,109	19	14.48	2.16	6.70	0.71	40.5	6.0	0.99	.332	2.90	6.71
15	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	43	420	28	8	.778	43	1.73	1	1	0	281.1	181	54	58	17	75	11	0	3	1,104	16	13.44	2.40	5.60	0.54	38.0	6.8	0.91	.282	1.86	5.79
16	Aaron Nola A. Nola	42	413	24	9	.727	42	2.02	2	2	0	281.1	191	63	70	24	58	12	0	2	1,097	2	13.21	1.86	7.12	0.77	37.6	5.3	0.89	.283	2.24	6.11
17	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	38	406	26	7	.788	38	1.64	5	2	0	269.2	187	49	54	17	47	4	0	0	1,026	13	13.55	1.57	8.64	0.57	39.6	4.6	0.87	.308	1.80	6.24
18	Blake Snell B. Snell	37	372	23	4	.852	37	1.41	0	0	0	229.2	117	36	37	15	61	1	0	1	845	13	14.58	2.39	6.10	0.59	44.0	7.2	0.78	.258	1.45	4.58
19	Charlie Morton C. Morton	37	369	22	7	.759	37	2.81	0	0	0	234.0	158	73	77	24	61	22	0	0	935	5	14.19	2.35	6.05	0.92	39.5	6.5	0.94	.292	2.96	6.08
20	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	37	375	18	5	.783	37	1.39	4	4	0	271.1	158	42	44	10	50	7	0	0	1,011	17	12.44	1.66	7.50	0.33	37.1	4.9	0.77	.260	1.46	5.24
21	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	36	361	23	3	.885	36	1.95	1	1	0	249.0	173	54	55	22	34	2	0	2	942	5	13.05	1.23	10.62	0.80	38.3	3.6	0.83	.289	1.99	6.25
22	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	33	328	23	4	.852	33	1.61	2	1	0	235.0	160	42	48	20	45	9	0	1	901	2	12.56	1.72	7.29	0.77	36.4	5.0	0.87	.281	1.84	6.13
23	James Paxton J. Paxton	32	322	19	6	.760	32	2.20	0	0	0	208.1	141	51	53	18	38	4	0	0	795	8	13.91	1.64	8.47	0.78	40.5	4.8	0.86	.298	2.29	6.09
24	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	32	315	16	10	.615	32	2.18	2	0	0	214.2	150	52	59	19	48	4	0	4	839	6	13.21	2.01	6.56	0.80	37.5	5.7	0.92	.289	2.47	6.29
25	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	31	330	20	3	.870	31	1.77	2	2	0	209.0	125	41	43	12	57	6	0	0	809	9	14.21	2.45	5.79	0.52	40.8	7.0	0.87	.280	1.85	5.38