most pitcher strikeouts since 2015

Since 2015, Max Scherzer has fanned the most batters, with 2,178 strikeouts.

NAMESOGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
2,178
281
130
70
.650
281
3.03
11
4
0
1742.1
1,333
586
614
228
398
71
0
13
6,933
35
11.25
2.06
5.47
1.18
31.4
5.7
0.99
.272
3.17
73
3.17
75
6.89
198.1
2Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
2,013
276
132
68
.660
276
3.14
8
5
0
1698.2
1,391
592
639
199
432
49
0
6
6,821
45
10.67
2.29
4.66
1.05
29.5
6.3
1.07
.289
3.39
76
3.17
75
7.37
197.9
3Aaron Nola
A. Nola
1,922
294
111
92
.547
294
3.88
6
4
0
1761.1
1,575
760
799
226
467
56
0
16
7,240
19
9.82
2.39
4.12
1.15
26.5
6.5
1.16
.295
4.08
92
3.54
83
8.05
143.8
4Chris Sale
C. Sale
1,906
237
107
62
.633
236
3.09
9
2
0
1464.1
1,181
502
542
156
328
102
0
3
5,902
28
11.71
2.02
5.81
0.96
32.3
5.6
1.03
.301
3.33
71
2.82
67
7.26
227.6
5Kevin Gausman
K. Gausman
1,870
331
105
104
.502
307
3.77
3
2
0
1807.1
1,724
757
812
224
493
37
8
9
7,540
52
9.31
2.45
3.79
1.12
24.8
6.5
1.23
.305
4.04
91
3.58
84
8.59
134.5
6Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
1,768
235
90
62
.592
235
2.58
4
2
0
1450.0
1,094
415
450
149
310
24
0
12
5,677
31
10.97
1.92
5.70
0.92
31.1
5.5
0.97
.276
2.79
65
2.74
66
6.79
225.3
7Robbie Ray
R. Ray
1,765
266
90
83
.520
265
3.87
2
1
0
1467.0
1,257
631
676
223
619
51
0
19
6,190
59
10.83
3.80
2.85
1.37
28.5
10.0
1.28
.293
4.15
92
4.09
100
7.71
0.4
8Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
1,724
258
114
70
.620
258
3.09
6
3
0
1593.1
1,264
547
589
198
396
52
0
7
6,400
35
9.74
2.24
4.35
1.12
26.9
6.2
1.04
.265
3.33
74
3.45
82
7.14
135.9
9Sonny Gray
S. Gray
1,705
302
111
90
.552
295
3.66
5
3
0
1675.0
1,473
682
744
177
536
52
2
3
6,955
89
9.16
2.88
3.18
0.95
24.5
7.7
1.20
.289
4.00
87
3.55
84
7.91
123.5
10Charlie Morton
C. Morton
1,681
281
111
73
.603
275
3.95
0
0
0
1521.0
1,345
667
716
169
571
136
1
13
6,461
35
9.95
3.38
2.94
1.00
26.0
8.8
1.26
.301
4.24
95
3.79
92
7.96
61.1
11Patrick Corbin
P. Corbin
1,621
327
91
127
.417
313
4.63
4
2
1
1770.2
1,917
910
983
255
564
42
7
21
7,662
53
8.24
2.87
2.87
1.30
21.2
7.4
1.40
.321
5.00
109
4.23
100
9.74
-0.4
12Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
1,607
244
125
47
.727
242
2.58
8
6
0
1477.0
1,158
424
469
153
289
24
0
3
5,790
55
9.79
1.76
5.56
0.93
27.8
5.0
0.98
.270
2.86
64
2.96
71
7.06
197.6
13Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
1,579
239
98
59
.624
239
3.21
4
2
0
1474.2
1,239
526
564
143
372
62
0
9
5,981
26
9.64
2.27
4.24
0.87
26.4
6.2
1.09
.287
3.44
78
3.17
75
7.56
172.4
14Luis Castillo
L. Castillo
1,540
253
84
89
.486
252
3.64
1
0
0
1457.0
1,262
590
645
181
471
53
0
8
6,037
19
9.51
2.91
3.27
1.12
25.5
7.8
1.19
.285
3.98
88
3.75
89
7.80
75.1
15José Berríos
J. Berríos
1,481
275
108
82
.568
273
4.08
5
1
0
1571.2
1,474
713
765
219
473
98
0
7
6,607
35
8.48
2.71
3.13
1.25
22.4
7.2
1.24
.289
4.38
97
4.18
98
8.44
16.3
16Blake Snell
B. Snell
1,445
223
81
63
.563
223
3.17
1
1
0
1161.0
897
409
445
111
523
11
0
6
4,809
86
11.20
4.05
2.76
0.86
30.0
10.9
1.22
.289
3.45
78
3.30
79
6.95
112.7
17Carlos Rodón
C. Rodón
1,419
233
93
73
.560
228
3.75
3
1
0
1290.0
1,090
537
580
159
485
66
1
5
5,416
67
9.90
3.38
2.93
1.11
26.2
9.0
1.22
.283
4.05
91
3.83
90
7.60
56.7
18Lance Lynn
L. Lynn
1,416
245
94
71
.570
243
3.86
2
1
0
1390.1
1,289
597
664
185
481
60
0
16
5,918
44
9.17
3.11
2.94
1.20
23.9
8.1
1.27
.292
4.30
91
4.03
94
8.34
40.1
19Jose Quintana
J. Quintana
1,413
301
91
88
.508
278
3.85
2
2
0
1604.1
1,555
686
738
178
508
49
5
14
6,753
57
7.93
2.85
2.78
1.00
20.9
7.5
1.29
.299
4.14
92
3.87
93
8.72
55.1
20Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
1,395
214
76
68
.528
214
3.82
0
0
0
1232.2
1,026
523
545
178
345
63
0
5
5,043
54
10.19
2.52
4.04
1.30
27.7
6.8
1.11
.277
3.98
91
3.77
89
7.49
65.5
21Carlos Carrasco
C. Carrasco
1,394
249
93
79
.541
232
4.19
8
3
1
1317.1
1,290
614
645
183
356
47
8
13
5,498
51
9.52
2.43
3.92
1.25
25.4
6.5
1.25
.315
4.41
100
3.76
89
8.81
66.4
22Kyle Gibson
K. Gibson
1,384
293
96
95
.503
287
4.55
3
1
0
1647.2
1,690
833
892
214
587
61
0
15
7,074
57
7.56
3.21
2.36
1.17
19.6
8.3
1.38
.306
4.87
107
4.35
102
9.23
-17.5
23Nick Pivetta
N. Pivetta
1,353
258
70
78
.473
213
4.47
2
0
3
1227.0
1,119
610
639
197
433
34
13
7
5,173
53
9.92
3.18
3.12
1.44
26.2
8.4
1.26
.292
4.69
105
4.18
99
8.21
5.4
24Eduardo Rodriguez
E. Rodriguez
1,336
250
98
67
.594
244
4.12
0
0
0
1358.0
1,325
622
657
171
477
32
1
9
5,802
17
8.85
3.16
2.80
1.13
23.0
8.2
1.33
.305
4.35
94
3.96
95
8.78
35.3
25Kyle Hendricks
K. Hendricks
1,326
294
98
89
.524
288
3.85
6
4
0
1664.2
1,596
712
764
205
392
65
4
17
6,892
12
7.17
2.12
3.38
1.11
19.2
5.7
1.19
.284
4.13
93
3.99
96
8.63
29.9

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.490
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.449
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.438
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.609
28
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.596
0.5
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0.5
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.408
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.388
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30
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.612
3.0
21
27
.438
11.5
21
27
.438
11.5
21
28
.429
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AL CentralWLPCTGB
28
22
.560
25
23
.521
2.0
22
27
.449
5.5
20
29
.408
7.5
20
29
.408
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AL WestWLPCTGB
24
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.479
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23
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.460
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.400
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