most games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher in the 2010s

Between the 2010 and 2019 seasons, Max Scherzer had the most games pitched when striking out 9+ batters, with 128 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher in the 2010s

	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	128	1,352	76	21	.784	128	2.13	9	4	0	899.2	575	213	229	92	178	28	0	10	3,449	15	13.53	1.78	7.60	0.92	39.2	5.2	0.84	.268	2.29	5.75
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	99	1,024	65	17	.793	99	1.74	15	8	0	727.1	461	141	157	49	122	12	0	2	2,728	22	12.67	1.51	8.39	0.61	37.5	4.5	0.80	.271	1.94	5.70
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	87	912	55	8	.873	87	2.00	8	4	0	615.0	377	137	147	61	107	17	0	1	2,331	19	13.35	1.57	8.52	0.89	39.1	4.6	0.79	.256	2.15	5.52
5	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	72	749	46	9	.836	72	2.25	1	1	0	488.1	332	122	132	45	83	21	0	3	1,875	9	13.80	1.53	9.02	0.83	39.9	4.4	0.85	.294	2.43	6.12
6	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	62	649	31	17	.646	62	2.21	1	1	0	427.0	269	105	109	43	107	12	0	1	1,645	17	13.68	2.26	6.07	0.91	39.5	6.5	0.88	.271	2.30	5.67
7	David Price D. Price	62	635	37	14	.725	62	2.19	6	1	0	452.1	336	110	120	36	77	7	0	1	1,757	7	12.63	1.53	8.25	0.72	36.1	4.4	0.91	.299	2.39	6.69
8	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	60	646	40	6	.870	60	1.81	8	3	0	452.0	283	91	100	35	74	14	0	2	1,696	5	12.86	1.47	8.73	0.70	38.1	4.4	0.79	.268	1.99	5.63
9	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	60	609	39	7	.848	60	1.76	8	5	0	433.2	271	85	92	29	63	12	0	4	1,616	7	12.64	1.31	9.67	0.60	37.7	3.9	0.77	.268	1.91	5.62
10	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	59	609	28	12	.700	59	1.72	1	0	0	408.1	274	78	87	23	83	4	0	5	1,557	12	13.42	1.83	7.34	0.51	39.1	5.3	0.87	.300	1.92	6.04
11	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	58	585	34	8	.810	58	1.40	10	5	0	436.1	259	68	71	16	83	14	0	0	1,638	27	12.07	1.71	7.05	0.33	35.7	5.1	0.78	.259	1.46	5.34
12	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	49	485	33	3	.917	49	2.15	2	1	0	339.0	241	81	88	31	52	4	0	2	1,296	9	12.88	1.38	9.33	0.82	37.4	4.0	0.86	.290	2.34	6.40
13	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	47	516	30	4	.882	47	2.11	1	1	0	311.0	194	73	83	31	62	9	0	1	1,178	12	14.93	1.79	8.32	0.90	43.8	5.3	0.82	.291	2.40	5.61
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	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	42	419	27	7	.794	42	1.87	2	1	0	298.2	214	62	68	26	53	12	0	2	1,150	2	12.63	1.60	7.91	0.78	36.4	4.6	0.89	.294	2.05	6.45
16	Jon Lester J. Lester	42	424	27	6	.818	42	1.75	5	0	0	298.0	190	58	65	11	72	7	0	2	1,136	12	12.81	2.17	5.89	0.33	37.3	6.3	0.88	.288	1.96	5.74
17	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	40	414	20	6	.769	40	2.13	1	0	0	279.1	176	66	73	24	83	12	0	1	1,089	11	13.34	2.67	4.99	0.77	38.0	7.6	0.93	.273	2.35	5.67
18	Robbie Ray R. Ray	37	377	16	10	.615	37	2.96	1	1	0	225.1	161	74	83	32	86	6	0	3	920	11	15.06	3.43	4.38	1.28	41.0	9.3	1.10	.308	3.32	6.43
19	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	37	394	24	8	.750	37	1.78	6	2	0	262.2	186	52	58	18	46	4	0	0	1,003	13	13.50	1.58	8.57	0.62	39.3	4.6	0.88	.311	1.99	6.37
20	Cliff Lee C. Lee	37	395	17	11	.607	37	2.35	5	1	0	287.2	234	75	83	25	33	4	0	0	1,125	3	12.36	1.03	11.97	0.78	35.1	2.9	0.93	.313	2.60	7.32
21	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	36	370	23	6	.793	36	1.49	0	0	0	242.0	142	40	44	8	64	5	0	2	929	11	13.76	2.38	5.78	0.30	39.8	6.9	0.85	.278	1.64	5.28
22	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	35	344	23	7	.767	35	1.91	0	0	0	230.1	154	49	52	15	61	11	0	1	906	14	13.44	2.38	5.64	0.59	38.0	6.7	0.93	.293	2.03	6.02
23	James Shields J. Shields	35	359	21	7	.750	35	1.93	8	2	0	256.1	186	55	67	23	46	8	0	0	994	7	12.60	1.62	7.80	0.81	36.1	4.6	0.91	.292	2.35	6.53
24	CC Sabathia	35	347	26	5	.839	35	2.40	5	1	0	254.2	223	68	78	19	56	8	0	1	1,032	4	12.26	1.98	6.20	0.67	33.6	5.4	1.10	.339	2.76	7.88
25	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	33	319	15	9	.625	33	2.76	1	0	0	218.1	150	67	68	12	72	5	0	1	864	7	13.15	2.97	4.43	0.49	36.9	8.3	1.02	.303	2.80	6.18