most pitcher strikeouts from 2012 to 2021

Between the 2012 and 2021 seasons, Max Scherzer struck out the most batters, with 2,422 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	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,422	297	154	62	.713	297	2.91	12	5	0	1919.2	1,477	621	656	213	467	67	0	16	7,655	46	11.36	2.19	5.19	1.00	31.6	6.1	1.01	.282	3.08	70	2.89	70	6.92	264.1
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	1,948	242	110	71	.608	241	3.06	16	3	0	1578.0	1,290	536	582	170	349	100	0	12	6,347	35	11.11	1.99	5.58	0.97	30.7	5.5	1.04	.296	3.32	72	2.91	69	7.36	226
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1,925	261	138	56	.711	260	2.33	19	12	0	1738.1	1,297	450	496	150	328	25	0	9	6,736	67	9.97	1.70	5.87	0.78	28.6	4.9	0.93	.266	2.57	60	2.64	66	6.72	261.6
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1,798	255	119	72	.623	255	3.16	12	4	0	1672.2	1,377	588	637	192	441	43	0	10	6,762	32	9.67	2.37	4.08	1.03	26.6	6.5	1.09	.276	3.43	76	3.34	80	7.41	157.6
5	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	1,677	292	143	59	.708	291	3.13	5	2	0	1830.1	1,610	636	672	197	387	29	0	13	7,336	57	8.25	1.90	4.33	0.97	22.9	5.3	1.09	.280	3.30	77	3.38	84	7.92	133.5
6	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	1,673	234	117	63	.650	234	3.20	6	3	0	1449.1	1,238	515	557	153	373	46	0	6	5,857	52	10.39	2.32	4.49	0.95	28.6	6.4	1.11	.300	3.46	79	3.08	75	7.69	168.1
7	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	1,661	269	107	87	.552	269	3.35	16	7	0	1708.1	1,474	636	692	204	405	69	0	30	6,954	26	8.75	2.13	4.10	1.07	23.9	5.8	1.10	.275	3.65	86	3.57	93	7.77	49.1
8	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	1,602	229	107	57	.652	229	3.26	2	2	0	1373.1	1,138	497	545	143	373	52	0	20	5,577	41	10.50	2.44	4.29	0.94	28.7	6.7	1.10	.292	3.57	81	3.08	77	7.46	145.2
9	Jon Lester J. Lester	1,594	297	124	83	.599	297	3.73	9	2	0	1782.1	1,737	738	823	209	530	50	0	11	7,468	38	8.05	2.68	3.01	1.06	21.3	7.1	1.27	.300	4.16	89	3.84	94	8.77	43.5
10	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	1,591	212	79	67	.541	212	3.56	2	1	0	1293.1	1,047	512	542	165	442	54	0	8	5,333	72	11.07	3.08	3.60	1.15	29.8	8.3	1.15	.286	3.77	83	3.48	82	7.29	107.8
11	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	1,551	270	114	76	.600	262	3.49	4	2	0	1549.0	1,410	601	648	149	563	65	2	19	6,553	50	9.01	3.27	2.75	0.87	23.7	8.6	1.27	.298	3.77	86	3.60	88	8.19	86.7
12	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	1,539	222	103	61	.628	220	3.18	18	8	0	1418.1	1,233	501	551	140	323	49	1	9	5,717	27	9.77	2.05	4.76	0.89	26.9	5.6	1.10	.298	3.50	76	3.03	73	7.82	174.8
13	David Price D. Price	1,519	266	114	56	.671	233	3.32	15	2	1	1528.0	1,402	563	614	160	353	44	6	8	6,247	31	8.95	2.08	4.30	0.94	24.3	5.7	1.15	.298	3.62	80	3.28	80	8.26	136.6
14	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,505	198	77	53	.592	198	2.50	4	2	0	1261.2	981	350	385	108	295	21	0	13	4,978	26	10.74	2.10	5.10	0.77	30.2	5.9	1.01	.286	2.75	64	2.63	65	7.00	203.1
15	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	1,469	242	89	68	.567	242	3.45	7	3	0	1536.2	1,391	589	639	169	475	75	0	17	6,380	40	8.60	2.78	3.09	0.99	23.0	7.4	1.21	.292	3.74	83	3.72	90	8.15	70.2
16	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	1,416	222	83	69	.546	212	3.79	6	3	1	1297.2	1,122	547	592	160	491	66	6	10	5,463	50	9.82	3.41	2.88	1.11	25.9	9.0	1.24	.289	4.11	88	3.86	91	7.78	56.9
17	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,395	283	83	80	.509	257	3.84	2	2	0	1558.0	1,544	664	717	166	457	38	7	22	6,541	64	8.06	2.64	3.05	0.96	21.3	7.0	1.28	.307	4.14	93	3.68	88	8.92	86.2
18	Chris Archer C. Archer	1,370	218	61	81	.430	215	3.87	3	3	0	1254.1	1,145	540	598	153	428	38	1	8	5,286	69	9.83	3.07	3.20	1.10	25.9	8.1	1.25	.301	4.29	97	3.65	90	8.22	54.6
19	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	1,349	249	93	69	.574	239	3.61	3	2	0	1397.2	1,253	561	599	116	551	34	1	16	5,909	46	8.69	3.55	2.45	0.75	22.8	9.3	1.29	.295	3.86	89	3.53	88	8.07	75.6
20	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,338	247	81	84	.491	229	4.09	5	2	2	1385.0	1,390	629	677	178	419	34	9	21	5,879	50	8.69	2.72	3.19	1.16	22.8	7.1	1.31	.310	4.40	97	3.86	93	9.03	45.5
21	J.A. Happ	1,307	266	108	76	.587	256	4.16	0	0	0	1448.1	1,408	670	706	206	466	32	5	7	6,132	37	8.12	2.90	2.80	1.28	21.3	7.6	1.29	.292	4.39	100	4.21	101	8.75	-3.4
22	Jeff Samardzija J. Samardzija	1,307	236	68	97	.412	236	4.12	9	4	0	1475.2	1,400	676	720	189	391	51	0	18	6,126	47	7.97	2.38	3.34	1.15	21.3	6.4	1.21	.289	4.39	104	3.92	99	8.54	3.9
23	Ian Kennedy I. Kennedy	1,301	345	69	88	.439	213	4.26	1	0	56	1362.0	1,321	645	697	214	456	60	96	23	5,806	46	8.60	3.01	2.85	1.41	22.4	7.9	1.30	.293	4.61	106	4.39	110	8.73	-63
24	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,290	193	62	58	.517	189	4.00	1	1	0	1035.2	915	460	492	156	453	34	1	19	4,419	43	11.21	3.94	2.85	1.36	29.2	10.3	1.32	.305	4.28	92	4.04	97	7.95	16.6
25	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	1,288	245	99	79	.556	239	3.84	6	5	0	1392.2	1,229	594	660	151	464	56	1	18	5,783	74	8.32	3.00	2.78	0.98	22.3	8.0	1.22	.282	4.27	93	3.82	92	7.94	48.2