most pitching strikeouts since 2016

Since 2016, Max Scherzer has fanned the most hitters, with 1,902 strikeouts.

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most pitching strikeouts by a player since 2016
NAMESOGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
1,902
248
116
58
.667
248
3.06
7
1
0
1513.2
1,157
515
540
201
364
66
0
11
6,034
25
11.31
2.16
5.23
1.20
31.5
6.0
1.00
.273
3.21
73
3.23
76
6.88
170.6
2Aaron Nola
A. Nola
1,864
283
106
91
.538
283
3.90
6
4
0
1694.2
1,512
735
774
216
448
54
0
15
6,966
19
9.90
2.38
4.16
1.15
26.8
6.4
1.16
.296
4.11
92
3.51
82
8.03
146
3Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
1,823
246
114
60
.655
246
3.18
8
5
0
1503.1
1,214
532
568
188
391
39
0
5
6,034
38
10.91
2.34
4.66
1.13
30.2
6.5
1.07
.286
3.40
77
3.23
76
7.27
174.2
4Kevin Gausman
K. Gausman
1,780
308
102
97
.513
292
3.72
3
2
0
1706.2
1,627
706
758
207
467
36
7
8
7,119
45
9.39
2.46
3.81
1.09
25.0
6.6
1.23
.307
4.00
89
3.53
83
8.58
136.5
5Robbie Ray
R. Ray
1,649
244
85
71
.545
243
3.92
2
1
0
1343.1
1,138
585
624
215
577
43
0
16
5,666
57
11.05
3.87
2.86
1.44
29.1
10.2
1.28
.290
4.18
93
4.16
101
7.62
-8.1
6Chris Sale
C. Sale
1,648
208
96
51
.653
207
3.02
8
2
0
1267.2
1,006
426
457
133
289
90
0
3
5,097
21
11.70
2.05
5.70
0.94
32.3
5.7
1.02
.297
3.24
69
2.82
67
7.14
199.2
7Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
1,611
238
109
62
.637
238
3.06
5
2
0
1460.0
1,151
497
533
185
364
49
0
6
5,865
33
9.93
2.24
4.43
1.14
27.5
6.2
1.04
.264
3.29
73
3.45
82
7.10
126.7
8Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
1,589
241
99
60
.623
241
3.21
4
2
0
1486.2
1,246
530
568
147
374
62
0
9
6,025
26
9.62
2.26
4.25
0.89
26.4
6.2
1.09
.285
3.44
78
3.19
76
7.54
169.7
9Charlie Morton
C. Morton
1,585
258
102
64
.614
252
3.87
0
0
0
1392.0
1,208
598
639
156
530
124
1
7
5,898
33
10.25
3.43
2.99
1.01
26.9
9.0
1.25
.300
4.13
92
3.75
90
7.81
66.8
10Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
1,572
207
76
55
.580
207
2.62
4
2
0
1268.0
955
369
399
136
276
22
0
10
4,967
25
11.16
1.96
5.70
0.97
31.6
5.6
0.97
.277
2.83
65
2.77
67
6.78
197.7
11Patrick Corbin
P. Corbin
1,554
313
86
122
.413
299
4.66
4
2
1
1696.2
1,835
878
951
247
548
40
7
21
7,349
50
8.24
2.91
2.84
1.31
21.1
7.5
1.40
.320
5.04
110
4.26
101
9.73
-3.8
12Luis Castillo
L. Castillo
1,546
254
84
89
.486
253
3.63
1
0
0
1461.0
1,264
590
645
181
473
53
0
8
6,054
19
9.52
2.91
3.27
1.11
25.5
7.8
1.19
.285
3.97
88
3.74
89
7.79
76.2
13Sonny Gray
S. Gray
1,540
272
97
83
.539
265
3.81
2
1
0
1471.0
1,313
622
676
160
479
51
2
3
6,143
76
9.42
2.93
3.22
0.98
25.1
7.8
1.22
.295
4.14
90
3.56
84
8.03
111.9
14José 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
15Blake 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
16Yu 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
17Nick 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
18Dylan Cease
D. Cease
1,323
199
68
61
.527
199
3.83
3
3
0
1077.1
903
459
506
126
456
38
0
9
4,562
56
11.05
3.81
2.90
1.05
29.0
10.0
1.26
.297
4.23
92
3.60
84
7.54
78.6
19Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
1,306
211
109
40
.732
209
2.67
4
3
0
1244.1
995
369
407
138
247
19
0
2
4,900
46
9.45
1.79
5.29
1.00
26.7
5.0
1.00
.269
2.94
65
3.15
74
7.20
150
20Carlos Rodón
C. Rodón
1,290
209
85
68
.556
207
3.73
2
1
0
1161.2
967
481
519
149
419
58
0
5
4,852
60
9.99
3.25
3.08
1.15
26.6
8.6
1.19
.279
4.02
90
3.83
90
7.49
53.2
21Lance Lynn
L. Lynn
1,249
214
82
60
.577
212
3.99
2
1
0
1215.0
1,117
538
598
172
413
55
0
11
5,167
42
9.25
3.06
3.02
1.27
24.2
8.0
1.26
.288
4.43
92
4.12
95
8.27
32.2
22Eduardo Rodriguez
E. Rodriguez
1,248
231
89
61
.593
225
4.12
0
0
0
1249.1
1,215
572
604
159
443
28
1
8
5,329
13
8.99
3.19
2.82
1.15
23.4
8.3
1.33
.306
4.35
94
3.95
94
8.75
35.9
23Kyle Gibson
K. Gibson
1,239
261
85
84
.503
255
4.65
2
1
0
1453.0
1,504
750
804
196
522
54
0
9
6,253
50
7.67
3.23
2.37
1.21
19.8
8.3
1.39
.308
4.98
109
4.41
103
9.32
-20.3
24Jose Quintana
J. Quintana
1,236
270
82
79
.509
247
3.96
1
1
0
1399.1
1,343
615
663
162
464
41
5
10
5,901
52
7.95
2.98
2.66
1.04
20.9
7.9
1.29
.295
4.26
94
3.97
95
8.64
34
25Sean Manaea
S. Manaea
1,222
255
79
67
.541
210
4.12
3
3
0
1279.0
1,190
586
633
174
362
65
11
4
5,356
37
8.60
2.55
3.38
1.22
22.8
6.8
1.21
.288
4.45
101
4.01
97
8.37
15.9

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.630
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.648
35
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1.5
29
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.500
8.0
26
32
.448
11.0
23
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.411
13.0
AL CentralWLPCTGB
34
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.576
30
27
.526
3.0
27
31
.466
6.5
22
35
.386
11.0
22
36
.379
11.5
AL WestWLPCTGB
29
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.500
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.474
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26
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.456
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.441
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