most pitcher strikeouts from 2002 to 2017

Between the 2002 and 2017 seasons, CC Sabathia struck out the most hitters, with 2,675 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	CC Sabathia	2,675	476	220	141	.609	476	3.66	38	12	0	3136.2	2,993	1,276	1,394	317	914	102	0	43	13,093	64	7.68	2.62	2.93	0.91	20.4	7.0	1.25	.295	4.00	85	3.66	85	8.59	227.3
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,416	385	188	114	.623	385	3.46	23	7	0	2545.0	2,242	979	1,061	244	771	84	0	27	10,513	78	8.54	2.73	3.13	0.86	23.0	7.3	1.18	.286	3.75	81	3.46	82	7.93	216.8
3	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,342	375	160	114	.584	375	3.20	25	11	0	2502.1	2,243	890	992	220	721	87	0	16	10,274	140	8.42	2.59	3.25	0.79	22.8	7.0	1.18	.293	3.57	80	3.34	81	8.07	211.2
4	A.J. Burnett	2,295	388	146	136	.518	383	3.96	22	9	0	2434.0	2,257	1,072	1,177	232	948	134	1	27	10,386	152	8.49	3.51	2.42	0.86	22.1	9.1	1.32	.299	4.35	97	3.77	91	8.35	104.7
5	John Lackey J. Lackey	2,294	448	188	147	.561	446	3.92	18	8	0	2840.1	2,862	1,237	1,347	319	815	133	0	32	12,030	125	7.27	2.58	2.81	1.01	19.1	6.8	1.29	.300	4.27	92	3.94	94	9.07	79.6
6	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,236	422	172	107	.616	381	3.40	16	5	1	2455.2	2,305	928	1,001	243	594	59	8	20	10,080	80	8.19	2.18	3.76	0.89	22.2	5.9	1.18	.297	3.67	81	3.36	81	8.45	207.2
7	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,227	363	147	102	.590	362	3.37	16	7	0	2362.1	2,104	884	943	264	645	74	0	42	9,678	49	8.48	2.46	3.45	1.01	23.0	6.7	1.16	.284	3.59	81	3.59	86	8.02	149.7
8	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	2,207	388	152	126	.547	377	3.63	15	6	0	2377.0	2,134	960	1,011	259	708	78	3	42	9,838	46	8.36	2.68	3.12	0.98	22.4	7.2	1.20	.285	3.83	90	3.64	89	8.08	127.6
9	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,149	305	141	75	.653	296	3.30	8	4	0	1897.0	1,589	695	751	213	534	66	2	13	7,719	61	10.20	2.53	4.02	1.01	27.8	6.9	1.12	.289	3.56	79	3.24	79	7.54	179.5
10	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,120	292	144	64	.692	290	2.36	25	15	0	1935.0	1,431	508	554	128	507	29	1	27	7,602	71	9.86	2.36	4.18	0.60	27.9	6.7	1.00	.270	2.58	62	2.59	66	6.66	286.7
11	James Shields J. Shields	2,080	373	138	123	.529	372	3.97	23	9	0	2411.1	2,391	1,064	1,152	327	668	88	0	22	10,122	96	7.76	2.49	3.11	1.22	20.5	6.6	1.27	.297	4.30	98	4.09	99	8.92	4.7
12	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,041	349	159	92	.633	348	3.51	15	4	0	2184.1	2,008	853	920	208	704	73	0	7	9,070	54	8.41	2.90	2.90	0.86	22.5	7.8	1.24	.298	3.79	82	3.54	87	8.27	129.6
13	Dan Haren D. Haren	2,013	391	153	131	.539	380	3.75	16	6	1	2419.2	2,357	1,009	1,105	305	500	67	4	39	10,022	98	7.49	1.86	4.03	1.13	20.1	5.0	1.18	.288	4.11	92	3.77	92	8.77	92.8
14	Ervin Santana E. Santana	1,905	379	149	124	.546	376	4.02	21	11	0	2383.1	2,276	1,065	1,150	307	739	100	1	34	10,027	96	7.19	2.79	2.58	1.16	19.0	7.4	1.27	.282	4.34	97	4.23	102	8.59	-25.1
15	Johan Santana J. Santana	1,896	315	136	75	.645	275	3.02	15	10	1	1896.0	1,574	636	684	203	497	31	9	13	7,669	60	9.00	2.36	3.81	0.96	24.7	6.5	1.09	.272	3.25	71	3.31	79	7.47	195.5
16	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	1,882	342	185	88	.678	341	3.17	64	18	0	2413.0	2,277	849	927	198	444	74	0	27	9,785	40	7.02	1.66	4.24	0.74	19.2	4.5	1.13	.289	3.46	73	3.22	75	8.49	292.2
17	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	1,880	326	124	117	.515	320	4.11	18	3	0	2071.2	1,990	946	1,016	274	538	65	4	38	8,661	66	8.17	2.34	3.49	1.19	21.7	6.2	1.22	.291	4.41	94	3.85	88	8.65	122.5
18	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	1,877	331	136	104	.567	328	3.91	12	6	0	2027.0	1,883	880	948	235	618	75	1	28	8,480	58	8.33	2.74	3.04	1.04	22.1	7.3	1.23	.290	4.21	91	3.76	91	8.36	88.5
19	Aaron Harang A. Harang	1,842	387	128	143	.472	381	4.26	15	8	0	2322.0	2,445	1,099	1,177	298	712	63	2	54	9,975	76	7.14	2.76	2.59	1.16	18.5	7.1	1.36	.304	4.56	103	4.17	100	9.48	12.3
20	Cliff Lee C. Lee	1,824	328	143	91	.611	324	3.52	29	12	0	2156.2	2,116	843	923	223	464	50	1	12	8,917	41	7.61	1.94	3.93	0.93	20.5	5.2	1.20	.298	3.85	84	3.44	82	8.83	168.2
21	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	1,736	278	110	89	.553	270	3.74	10	7	1	1682.0	1,506	699	746	147	669	44	3	33	7,120	107	9.29	3.58	2.59	0.79	24.4	9.4	1.29	.300	3.99	99	3.44	90	8.06	81.5
22	Ubaldo Jimenez U. Jimenez	1,720	329	114	117	.494	315	4.34	9	3	1	1870.0	1,757	901	968	186	848	78	4	31	8,094	93	8.28	4.08	2.03	0.90	21.3	10.5	1.39	.299	4.66	102	4.04	95	8.46	44.5
23	Roy Oswalt R. Oswalt	1,708	337	149	99	.601	321	3.40	17	7	0	2103.2	2,073	795	849	184	496	74	3	32	8,726	30	7.31	2.12	3.44	0.79	19.6	5.7	1.22	.302	3.63	80	3.40	79	8.87	211.1
24	Mark Buehrle M. Buehrle	1,707	458	194	151	.562	458	3.84	29	8	0	3010.2	3,229	1,286	1,426	332	667	68	0	46	12,595	26	5.10	1.99	2.56	0.99	13.6	5.3	1.29	.295	4.26	88	4.11	94	9.65	95.9
25	Matt Cain M. Cain	1,694	342	104	118	.468	331	3.68	15	6	0	2085.2	1,849	853	910	211	712	62	4	42	8,699	70	7.31	3.07	2.38	0.91	19.5	8.2	1.23	.272	3.93	93	3.91	99	7.98	9.2