most games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher since 2000

Since 2000, Max Scherzer has the most games pitched when striking out 9+ batters, with 168 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 9 or more strikeouts by a pitcher since 2000

	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	168	1,750	96	26	.787	168	2.16	11	4	0	1164.1	749	280	298	121	223	35	0	11	4,453	21	13.53	1.72	7.85	0.94	39.3	5.0	0.83	.270	2.30	5.79
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	122	1,320	65	26	.714	122	1.93	10	2	0	852.2	538	183	206	62	164	46	0	3	3,278	18	13.93	1.73	8.05	0.65	40.3	5.0	0.82	.282	2.17	5.68
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	121	1,244	79	21	.790	121	1.78	15	8	0	870.2	546	172	190	60	146	14	0	3	3,263	25	12.86	1.51	8.52	0.62	38.1	4.5	0.79	.270	1.96	5.64
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	112	1,167	74	10	.881	112	2.02	11	6	0	782.2	492	176	191	74	147	22	0	4	2,991	24	13.42	1.69	7.94	0.85	39.0	4.9	0.82	.264	2.20	5.66
5	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	104	1,195	64	14	.821	103	2.02	22	9	0	767.1	523	172	194	63	171	30	1	7	2,968	14	14.02	2.01	6.99	0.74	40.3	5.8	0.90	.305	2.28	6.13
6	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	88	926	42	19	.689	88	1.84	2	1	0	592.2	379	121	138	47	106	4	0	5	2,235	14	14.06	1.61	8.74	0.71	41.4	4.7	0.82	.288	2.10	5.76
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	88	942	53	10	.841	88	2.12	5	4	0	580.2	363	137	156	58	105	10	0	1	2,196	19	14.60	1.63	8.97	0.90	42.9	4.8	0.81	.282	2.42	5.63
8	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	88	903	45	23	.662	88	2.21	1	1	0	598.2	377	147	151	63	140	19	0	1	2,302	21	13.58	2.10	6.45	0.95	39.2	6.1	0.86	.267	2.27	5.67
9	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	80	843	49	13	.790	80	1.79	14	6	0	592.1	365	118	125	45	106	26	0	0	2,243	10	12.81	1.61	7.95	0.68	37.6	4.7	0.80	.262	1.90	5.55
10	CC Sabathia	77	761	55	9	.859	77	1.99	15	5	0	571.0	434	126	140	36	132	15	0	4	2,246	7	11.99	2.08	5.77	0.57	33.9	5.9	0.99	.306	2.21	6.84
11	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	76	757	43	14	.754	76	1.62	11	5	0	565.2	362	102	113	23	110	17	0	1	2,153	34	12.04	1.75	6.88	0.37	35.2	5.1	0.83	.272	1.80	5.76
12	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
13	Johan Santana J. Santana	68	720	44	11	.800	67	1.68	7	5	0	498.0	289	93	97	45	95	7	0	1	1,865	14	13.01	1.72	7.58	0.81	38.6	5.1	0.77	.244	1.75	5.22
14	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	67	680	37	17	.685	67	2.39	10	3	0	500.0	352	133	143	52	89	11	0	4	1,929	12	12.24	1.60	7.64	0.94	35.3	4.6	0.88	.273	2.57	6.34
15	Robbie Ray R. Ray	64	653	34	12	.739	64	2.87	1	1	0	398.2	282	127	136	57	120	12	0	3	1,592	15	14.74	2.71	5.44	1.29	41.0	7.5	1.01	.300	3.07	6.37
16	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	64	634	42	8	.840	64	2.23	5	3	0	443.0	330	110	120	39	68	5	0	2	1,707	11	12.88	1.38	9.32	0.79	37.1	4.0	0.90	.303	2.44	6.70
17	Aaron Nola A. Nola	63	616	35	13	.729	63	2.03	3	3	0	426.2	284	96	106	38	79	14	0	2	1,643	3	12.99	1.67	7.80	0.80	37.5	4.8	0.85	.275	2.24	5.99
18	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	63	675	43	6	.878	63	1.80	9	4	0	475.0	293	95	104	36	76	15	0	2	1,778	6	12.79	1.44	8.88	0.68	38.0	4.3	0.78	.263	1.97	5.55
19	David Price D. Price	63	646	38	14	.731	63	2.18	6	1	0	458.0	341	111	121	36	79	7	0	1	1,782	7	12.69	1.55	8.18	0.71	36.3	4.4	0.92	.301	2.38	6.70
20	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	62	627	41	7	.854	62	1.75	8	5	0	448.2	279	87	94	30	63	14	0	4	1,670	8	12.58	1.26	9.95	0.60	37.5	3.8	0.76	.266	1.89	5.60
21	A.J. Burnett	61	622	25	19	.568	61	2.60	5	2	0	436.0	308	126	136	28	156	19	0	3	1,757	26	12.84	3.22	3.99	0.58	35.4	8.9	1.06	.300	2.81	6.36
22	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	60	648	44	9	.830	60	2.30	13	5	0	457.1	332	117	119	45	57	8	0	1	1,744	10	12.75	1.12	11.37	0.89	37.2	3.3	0.85	.291	2.34	6.53
23	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	59	603	38	10	.792	59	1.92	4	2	0	427.1	298	91	100	37	78	13	0	4	1,636	2	12.70	1.64	7.73	0.78	36.9	4.8	0.88	.288	2.11	6.28
24	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	57	582	32	13	.711	57	1.88	3	1	0	396.2	241	83	87	29	105	15	0	2	1,524	5	13.21	2.38	5.54	0.66	38.2	6.9	0.87	.267	1.97	5.47
25	Jon Lester J. Lester	56	562	36	6	.857	56	1.79	7	1	0	393.0	255	78	89	17	105	8	0	2	1,515	14	12.87	2.40	5.35	0.39	37.1	6.9	0.92	.289	2.04	5.84