most single game strikeouts in mlb history

Reggie Jackson has the most career strikeouts, with 2,596 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:
most single game strikeouts by a player in MLB history
NAME SO G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SB CS PA TB XBH SH SF IBB GIDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
1 Reggie Jackson
R. Jackson
2,596
1,778
6,614
851
1,438
270
21
312
949
767
51
132
64
7,480
2,686
603
8
40
97
97
.217
.302
.406
.708
2 Jim Thome
J. Thome
2,548
1,728
6,152
1,012
1,477
285
18
389
1,057
1,020
41
11
11
7,255
2,965
692
1
41
105
88
.240
.350
.482
.832
3 Adam Dunn
A. Dunn
2,379
1,500
5,414
743
1,112
225
6
307
817
873
63
51
18
6,380
2,270
538
2
28
89
58
.205
.321
.419
.740
4 Sammy Sosa
S. Sosa
2,306
1,547
6,045
844
1,387
235
22
344
955
554
30
117
60
6,685
2,698
601
10
46
87
120
.229
.295
.446
.742
5 Alex Rodriguez
A. Rodriguez
2,287
1,659
6,541
1,027
1,587
271
11
353
1,049
698
87
159
43
7,393
2,939
635
9
58
49
135
.243
.321
.449
.771
6 Miguel Cabrera
M. Cabrera
2,105
1,579
6,051
738
1,505
304
10
230
892
607
28
18
8
6,736
2,519
544
4
46
102
169
.249
.318
.416
.734
7 Andres Galarraga
A. Galarraga
2,003
1,377
5,266
676
1,272
257
17
217
786
319
103
83
43
5,719
2,214
491
0
31
49
96
.242
.296
.420
.717
8 Justin Upton
J. Upton
1,971
1,289
4,849
642
1,076
218
21
206
626
507
35
85
33
5,432
1,954
445
2
39
33
91
.222
.298
.403
.701
9 Giancarlo Stanton
G. Stanton
1,963
1,205
4,603
583
1,013
194
10
273
718
489
35
23
10
5,155
2,046
477
0
28
61
93
.220
.298
.444
.743
10 Jose Canseco
J. Canseco
1,942
1,281
4,950
709
1,101
189
8
276
854
548
50
107
48
5,600
2,134
473
0
52
42
93
.222
.303
.431
.735
11 Willie Stargell
W. Stargell
1,936
1,375
5,066
646
1,185
229
25
248
772
480
43
11
9
5,633
2,208
502
6
38
110
73
.234
.304
.436
.739
12 Mark Reynolds
M. Reynolds
1,927
1,215
4,264
550
882
169
11
200
592
478
34
46
20
4,811
1,673
380
3
32
15
67
.207
.290
.392
.682
13 Nelson Cruz
N. Cruz
1,916
1,319
5,023
638
1,150
198
8
286
787
410
46
38
19
5,511
2,222
492
2
30
46
101
.229
.292
.442
.734
14 Curtis Granderson
C. Granderson
1,916
1,323
5,053
766
1,083
211
62
215
593
553
45
87
31
5,705
2,063
488
24
30
16
43
.214
.296
.408
.704
15 Paul Goldschmidt
P. Goldschmidt
1,910
1,294
4,965
706
1,229
265
14
210
693
605
28
92
21
5,629
2,152
489
0
31
69
89
.248
.331
.433
.764
16 Mike Cameron
M. Cameron
1,901
1,276
4,813
632
1,016
231
39
167
590
513
62
178
51
5,448
1,826
437
20
40
12
67
.211
.293
.379
.672
17 Mike Schmidt
M. Schmidt
1,883
1,338
4,928
708
1,055
193
29
246
714
710
39
85
46
5,743
2,044
468
16
50
89
73
.214
.315
.415
.730
18 Fred McGriff
F. McGriff
1,882
1,382
5,163
662
1,189
212
12
250
799
614
20
40
12
5,833
2,175
474
1
35
71
111
.230
.313
.421
.734
19 Tony Perez
T. Perez
1,867
1,410
5,340
582
1,244
244
34
167
746
429
12
26
21
5,833
2,057
445
3
49
77
127
.233
.289
.385
.674
20 Chris Davis
C. Davis
1,852
1,109
4,062
500
824
157
5
211
561
398
43
12
8
4,532
1,624
373
1
28
29
46
.203
.279
.400
.679
21 Ryan Howard
R. Howard
1,843
1,154
4,372
554
958
176
9
241
783
475
45
7
3
4,931
1,875
426
0
39
97
71
.219
.300
.429
.729
22 Bobby Abreu
B. Abreu
1,840
1,340
5,008
701
1,222
292
34
148
690
725
11
200
70
5,795
2,026
474
3
48
55
78
.244
.338
.405
.743
23 Derek Jeter
D. Jeter
1,840
1,409
5,987
862
1,572
235
27
111
595
466
71
174
49
6,589
2,194
373
36
29
20
126
.263
.322
.366
.688
24 Dave Kingman
D. Kingman
1,816
1,215
4,536
532
933
161
9
259
724
337
34
51
33
4,960
1,889
429
10
43
39
69
.206
.263
.416
.680
25 Manny Ramirez
M. Ramirez
1,813
1,316
4,964
780
1,304
275
13
282
942
668
50
19
17
5,735
2,451
570
1
52
105
118
.263
.353
.494
.846
StatMuse has game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1916 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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