most pitcher strikeouts from 1973 to 2010

Between the 1973 and 2010 seasons, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 4,892 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	G	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	4,892	663	276	238	.537	660	3.21	189	50	1	4592.0	3,388	1,636	1,868	273	2,294	124	3	60	19,195	236	9.59	4.50	2.13	0.54	25.5	12.0	1.24	.268	3.66	89	2.92	81	6.64	369.5
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,875	618	303	166	.646	603	3.29	100	37	2	4135.1	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	75	3.18	73	7.28	554.3
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,672	709	354	184	.658	707	3.12	118	46	0	4916.2	4,185	1,707	1,885	363	1,580	159	0	63	20,240	143	8.55	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	70	3.08	71	7.66	680.4
4	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,371	744	355	227	.610	740	3.16	109	35	0	5008.1	4,726	1,756	1,981	353	999	137	3	177	20,421	70	6.06	1.80	3.37	0.63	16.5	4.9	1.14	.281	3.56	76	3.25	78	8.49	519.5
5	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	3,154	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	46	17	3	2827.1	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	10.04	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	66	2.91	68	7.07	454.6
6	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,116	569	216	146	.597	436	3.46	83	20	22	3261.0	2,998	1,253	1,318	347	711	52	81	43	13,284	72	8.60	1.96	4.38	0.96	23.5	5.4	1.14	.293	3.64	80	3.22	76	8.27	373.6
7	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,114	588	244	209	.539	584	3.39	209	51	0	4240.1	3,975	1,598	1,775	370	1,147	138	1	57	17,532	100	6.61	2.43	2.71	0.79	17.8	6.5	1.21	.282	3.77	86	3.26	83	8.44	299.8
8	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3,084	723	213	155	.579	481	3.33	53	16	154	3473.0	3,074	1,284	1,391	288	1,010	57	204	84	14,271	145	7.99	2.62	3.05	0.75	21.6	7.1	1.18	.283	3.60	81	3.23	78	7.97	356.6
9	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,875	510	225	172	.567	496	3.37	158	31	1	3606.0	3,246	1,352	1,550	308	1,297	35	6	102	15,024	123	7.18	3.24	2.22	0.77	19.1	8.6	1.26	.280	3.87	89	3.30	88	8.10	168.7
10	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,813	537	270	153	.638	536	3.68	57	23	0	3562.2	3,460	1,458	1,559	376	785	60	0	29	14,593	71	7.11	1.98	3.58	0.95	19.3	5.4	1.19	.292	3.94	82	3.57	79	8.74	372.8
11	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,773	638	240	236	.504	616	3.66	143	34	1	4188.1	4,063	1,704	1,910	448	1,255	129	10	116	17,641	119	5.96	2.70	2.21	0.96	15.7	7.1	1.27	.277	4.10	94	3.78	96	8.73	66.4
12	David Cone D. Cone	2,668	450	194	126	.606	419	3.46	56	22	1	2898.2	2,504	1,115	1,222	258	1,137	106	9	42	12,184	149	8.28	3.53	2.35	0.80	21.9	9.3	1.26	.280	3.79	84	3.56	85	7.77	190.9
13	Chuck Finley C. Finley	2,610	524	200	173	.536	467	3.85	63	15	0	3197.1	3,069	1,366	1,517	304	1,332	76	24	36	13,638	130	7.35	3.75	1.96	0.86	19.1	9.8	1.38	.297	4.27	87	3.90	88	8.64	189.7
14	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,607	682	305	203	.600	682	3.54	56	25	0	4413.1	4,298	1,734	1,900	356	1,500	66	0	145	18,604	65	5.32	3.06	1.74	0.73	14.0	8.1	1.31	.280	3.87	86	3.94	94	8.76	120.1
15	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,478	549	254	186	.577	527	3.90	175	28	0	3824.0	3,567	1,657	1,815	389	1,390	58	10	99	16,120	206	5.83	3.27	1.78	0.92	15.4	8.6	1.30	.269	4.27	96	3.93	95	8.40	93
16	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,464	457	179	158	.531	428	3.97	81	18	0	2962.2	2,723	1,306	1,438	311	1,289	46	3	34	12,562	89	7.49	3.92	1.91	0.94	19.6	10.3	1.35	.285	4.37	93	3.93	91	8.27	120.6
17	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	2,405	686	267	204	.567	628	4.24	33	10	0	4020.1	4,156	1,892	2,036	511	1,137	144	15	67	17,102	57	5.38	2.55	2.12	1.14	14.1	6.6	1.32	.282	4.56	97	4.45	102	9.30	-26.4
18	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,401	1,071	197	171	.535	361	3.50	100	20	390	3285.2	3,076	1,278	1,382	347	738	75	577	91	13,534	28	6.58	2.02	3.25	0.95	17.7	5.5	1.16	.274	3.79	86	3.40	85	8.43	224.9
19	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,397	486	211	144	.594	476	3.28	72	17	0	3256.1	3,079	1,185	1,357	208	901	139	1	42	13,542	108	6.62	2.49	2.66	0.57	17.7	6.7	1.22	.290	3.75	78	3.32	78	8.51	344.2
20	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	2,374	418	152	149	.505	411	4.26	26	7	0	2647.1	2,606	1,252	1,340	352	713	86	5	50	11,137	71	8.07	2.42	3.33	1.20	21.3	6.4	1.25	.296	4.56	96	3.92	88	8.86	160.1
21	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,346	844	216	216	.500	440	3.74	107	13	59	3777.1	3,260	1,569	1,792	375	1,649	173	230	44	16,059	179	5.59	3.93	1.42	0.89	14.6	10.3	1.30	.251	4.27	95	4.26	108	7.77	-130.2
22	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,301	548	221	190	.538	522	3.53	154	27	7	3735.1	3,557	1,465	1,675	337	1,405	86	17	54	15,843	139	5.54	3.39	1.64	0.81	14.5	8.9	1.33	.275	4.04	89	3.81	96	8.57	59.1
23	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2,293	430	194	112	.634	410	3.51	68	24	3	2800.2	2,564	1,091	1,198	210	954	78	4	42	11,705	76	7.37	3.07	2.40	0.67	19.6	8.2	1.26	.288	3.85	90	3.32	83	8.24	182.1
24	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2,251	489	240	138	.635	479	3.88	25	4	0	3055.1	3,185	1,317	1,461	263	962	51	3	41	12,987	62	6.63	2.83	2.34	0.77	17.3	7.4	1.36	.309	4.30	86	3.74	82	9.38	267.5
25	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,236	441	195	139	.584	437	3.09	128	40	0	3141.2	2,666	1,077	1,185	260	961	43	1	84	12,827	86	6.41	2.75	2.33	0.74	17.4	7.5	1.15	.258	3.39	83	3.27	88	7.64	151.2