most pitching strikeouts from 2003 to 2020

Between the 2003 and 2020 seasons, Justin Verlander fanned the most batters, with 3,013 strikeouts.

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most pitching strikeouts by a player from 2003 to 2020

	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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,013	454	226	129	.637	454	3.33	26	9	0	2988.0	2,538	1,105	1,192	310	851	98	0	27	12,214	87	9.08	2.56	3.54	0.93	24.7	7.0	1.13	.281	3.59	78	3.40	80	7.64	280.4
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,784	377	175	93	.653	368	3.21	11	5	0	2357.1	1,953	841	906	264	641	86	2	20	9,573	71	10.63	2.45	4.34	1.01	29.1	6.7	1.10	.291	3.46	77	3.13	76	7.46	262.2
3	CC Sabathia	2,773	495	221	145	.604	494	3.66	36	12	0	3187.0	3,057	1,295	1,421	346	916	115	0	41	13,335	61	7.83	2.59	3.03	0.98	20.8	6.9	1.25	.295	4.01	85	3.74	86	8.63	207.8
4	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,689	500	208	126	.623	459	3.37	16	5	1	2939.0	2,728	1,100	1,181	298	676	70	8	25	12,002	89	8.23	2.07	3.98	0.91	22.4	5.6	1.16	.294	3.62	80	3.36	81	8.35	253.4
5	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,560	423	163	122	.572	422	3.43	17	7	0	2698.0	2,424	1,027	1,103	310	767	100	0	43	11,115	57	8.54	2.56	3.34	1.03	23.0	6.9	1.18	.287	3.68	82	3.68	88	8.09	151.3
6	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,526	357	175	76	.697	354	2.43	25	15	0	2333.0	1,756	631	690	181	585	34	1	27	9,179	88	9.74	2.26	4.32	0.70	27.5	6.4	1.00	.269	2.66	63	2.75	69	6.77	320.6
7	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,524	419	169	136	.554	418	3.42	25	11	0	2729.2	2,487	1,037	1,157	264	805	105	0	16	11,284	156	8.32	2.65	3.14	0.87	22.4	7.1	1.21	.293	3.81	84	3.52	85	8.20	181.5
8	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,397	424	193	111	.635	423	3.60	15	4	0	2598.2	2,451	1,040	1,131	269	837	87	0	8	10,860	63	8.30	2.90	2.86	0.93	22.1	7.7	1.27	.300	3.92	84	3.68	90	8.49	120.4
9	James Shields J. Shields	2,234	407	145	139	.511	405	4.01	23	9	0	2616.0	2,581	1,167	1,267	361	746	97	1	22	10,993	107	7.69	2.57	2.99	1.24	20.3	6.8	1.27	.294	4.36	98	4.16	101	8.88	-13.5
10	John Lackey J. Lackey	2,225	430	179	143	.556	428	3.93	17	8	0	2732.0	2,749	1,193	1,295	309	782	129	0	32	11,565	118	7.33	2.58	2.85	1.02	19.2	6.8	1.29	.300	4.27	92	3.94	94	9.06	74.1
11	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	2,117	371	146	119	.551	360	3.60	15	6	0	2279.1	2,028	911	957	248	675	75	3	38	9,408	42	8.36	2.67	3.14	0.98	22.5	7.2	1.19	.283	3.78	89	3.64	89	8.01	123.9
12	A.J. Burnett	2,092	357	134	127	.513	354	4.02	15	4	0	2229.2	2,104	997	1,093	220	858	125	1	22	9,542	138	8.44	3.46	2.44	0.89	21.9	9.0	1.33	.302	4.41	98	3.82	92	8.49	84.3
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	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,007	312	109	73	.599	232	3.03	16	3	12	1629.2	1,312	548	590	172	374	98	25	14	6,544	38	11.08	2.07	5.37	0.95	30.7	5.7	1.03	.293	3.26	71	2.90	69	7.25	235.7
15	David Price D. Price	1,981	321	150	80	.652	311	3.31	17	3	0	2029.2	1,813	746	819	207	527	59	1	12	8,314	39	8.78	2.34	3.76	0.92	23.8	6.3	1.15	.290	3.63	81	3.34	82	8.04	164.7
16	Ervin Santana E. Santana	1,926	387	149	127	.540	384	4.09	21	11	0	2421.1	2,326	1,101	1,186	322	754	102	1	34	10,205	97	7.16	2.80	2.55	1.20	18.9	7.4	1.27	.282	4.41	99	4.30	104	8.65	-42.3
17	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	1,860	344	131	101	.565	328	3.70	4	2	0	1933.0	1,744	795	857	171	815	50	4	21	8,242	59	8.66	3.79	2.28	0.80	22.6	9.9	1.32	.294	3.99	91	3.67	91	8.12	77.3
18	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	1,830	393	167	98	.630	326	3.38	24	10	3	2169.1	2,066	815	876	176	591	64	13	36	9,001	41	7.59	2.45	3.10	0.73	20.3	6.6	1.22	.298	3.63	85	3.40	84	8.57	155.5
19	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	1,824	298	120	96	.556	295	3.20	15	6	0	1887.2	1,669	672	734	205	441	68	1	36	7,697	25	8.70	2.10	4.14	0.98	23.7	5.7	1.12	.284	3.50	84	3.40	89	7.96	84.1
20	Cliff Lee C. Lee	1,818	326	143	90	.614	322	3.53	29	12	0	2146.1	2,110	841	921	223	456	50	1	11	8,873	41	7.62	1.91	3.99	0.94	20.5	5.1	1.20	.298	3.86	84	3.44	82	8.85	168
21	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	1,815	419	112	114	.496	300	4.15	3	1	1	1813.2	1,649	837	911	184	816	62	19	15	7,781	100	9.01	4.05	2.22	0.91	23.3	10.5	1.36	.299	4.52	101	3.88	95	8.18	39.3
22	Aaron Harang A. Harang	1,778	371	123	139	.469	366	4.24	15	8	0	2243.2	2,367	1,057	1,133	291	667	60	2	52	9,621	75	7.13	2.68	2.67	1.17	18.5	6.9	1.35	.304	4.54	103	4.17	100	9.49	12
23	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	1,764	308	130	97	.573	307	3.90	12	6	0	1919.1	1,790	831	892	222	574	74	1	26	8,026	53	8.27	2.69	3.07	1.04	22.0	7.2	1.23	.291	4.18	91	3.77	91	8.39	83.9
24	Johan Santana J. Santana	1,759	288	128	69	.650	261	3.02	15	10	0	1787.2	1,490	600	643	196	448	30	7	13	7,217	45	8.86	2.26	3.93	0.99	24.4	6.2	1.08	.270	3.24	71	3.35	80	7.50	175.6
25	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

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