most strikeouts allowed from 1966 to 1995

Between the 1966 and 1995 seasons, Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters, with 5,714 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most strikeouts allowed by a player from 1966 to 1995

	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	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	5,714	807	324	292	.526	773	3.19	222	61	3	5386.0	3,923	1,911	2,178	321	2,795	158	13	78	22,575	277	9.55	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	90	2.96	83	6.56	370.2
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4,115	726	329	244	.574	707	3.22	254	55	2	5192.2	4,645	1,857	2,123	411	1,825	52	8	149	21,579	178	7.13	3.16	2.25	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.68	87	3.14	86	8.05	270.8
3	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,701	692	287	250	.534	685	3.31	242	60	0	4970.0	4,632	1,830	2,029	430	1,322	155	3	71	20,491	114	6.70	2.39	2.80	0.78	18.1	6.5	1.20	.282	3.67	85	3.18	82	8.39	368.6
4	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,640	656	311	205	.603	647	2.86	231	61	1	4783.0	3,971	1,521	1,674	380	1,390	76	6	116	19,369	126	6.85	2.62	2.62	0.72	18.8	7.2	1.12	.259	3.15	79	3.03	85	7.47	286.1
5	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,574	774	324	256	.559	756	3.26	178	58	5	5282.1	4,692	1,914	2,104	472	1,343	82	12	102	21,631	112	6.09	2.29	2.66	0.80	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.58	92	3.23	90	7.99	181.2
6	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,285	813	316	271	.538	715	3.35	245	45	23	5314.1	4,956	1,980	2,295	476	1,776	119	60	83	22,287	216	5.56	3.01	1.85	0.81	14.7	8.0	1.27	.269	3.89	87	3.61	95	8.39	116.4
7	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,182	657	282	225	.556	594	3.34	267	49	6	4488.1	4,135	1,666	1,850	482	995	84	31	116	18,354	62	6.38	2.00	3.20	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	87	3.27	88	8.29	223
8	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,137	642	290	235	.552	634	3.04	291	51	3	4829.0	4,427	1,633	1,888	349	1,223	95	7	133	19,738	136	5.85	2.28	2.57	0.65	15.9	6.2	1.17	.273	3.52	83	3.03	84	8.25	303.7
9	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,773	638	240	236	.504	616	3.66	143	34	1	4188.1	4,063	1,704	1,910	448	1,255	129	10	116	17,641	119	5.96	2.70	2.21	0.96	15.7	7.1	1.27	.277	4.10	94	3.78	96	8.73	66.4
10	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,556	612	222	209	.515	527	3.36	140	33	17	3839.1	3,635	1,433	1,608	290	1,198	71	43	121	15,996	89	5.99	2.81	2.13	0.68	16.0	7.5	1.26	.282	3.77	92	3.25	90	8.52	152.5
11	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,478	549	254	186	.577	527	3.90	175	28	0	3824.0	3,567	1,657	1,815	389	1,390	58	10	99	16,120	206	5.83	3.27	1.78	0.92	15.4	8.6	1.30	.269	4.27	96	3.93	95	8.40	93
12	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,362	858	216	216	.500	440	3.75	107	13	61	3801.1	3,283	1,582	1,807	383	1,665	174	240	44	16,170	179	5.59	3.94	1.42	0.91	14.6	10.3	1.30	.250	4.28	95	4.28	109	7.77	-142.3
13	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,333	349	182	98	.650	348	3.00	94	36	0	2533.1	2,143	845	939	175	750	82	0	41	10,352	64	8.29	2.66	3.11	0.62	22.5	7.2	1.14	.281	3.34	69	2.88	70	7.61	347.5
14	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,311	466	179	164	.522	408	3.45	172	32	5	3018.1	2,809	1,156	1,282	285	907	70	25	64	12,556	102	6.89	2.70	2.55	0.85	18.4	7.2	1.23	.281	3.82	97	3.19	88	8.38	151.7
15	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,285	901	192	159	.547	361	3.48	100	20	323	3133.0	2,916	1,212	1,311	324	716	67	464	86	12,894	26	6.56	2.06	3.19	0.93	17.7	5.6	1.16	.273	3.77	86	3.36	84	8.38	222.1
16	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,252	383	166	141	.541	380	3.81	79	18	0	2648.2	2,370	1,120	1,241	265	1,145	43	1	26	11,164	79	7.65	3.89	1.97	0.90	20.2	10.3	1.33	.282	4.22	90	3.79	89	8.05	135.5
17	Vida Blue V. Blue	2,175	502	209	161	.565	473	3.27	143	37	2	3343.1	2,939	1,213	1,357	263	1,185	23	11	61	13,837	103	5.85	3.19	1.84	0.71	15.7	8.6	1.23	.263	3.65	92	3.42	94	7.91	67.4
18	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,159	513	208	157	.570	438	3.31	168	44	13	3163.0	2,815	1,163	1,271	313	991	44	44	48	13,041	21	6.14	2.82	2.18	0.89	16.6	7.6	1.20	.262	3.62	87	3.47	91	8.01	108
19	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2,137	531	263	148	.640	515	2.84	211	53	3	3856.0	3,274	1,215	1,346	297	1,255	36	8	36	15,720	81	4.99	2.93	1.70	0.69	13.6	8.0	1.17	.248	3.14	79	3.49	95	7.64	84.6
20	Tommy John T. John	2,045	690	272	213	.561	656	3.35	154	44	1	4412.0	4,501	1,640	1,887	279	1,160	96	17	91	18,437	173	4.17	2.37	1.76	0.57	11.1	6.3	1.28	.284	3.85	90	3.38	89	9.18	199.3
21	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2,022	610	231	176	.568	528	3.60	120	28	6	3747.2	3,601	1,500	1,673	344	1,080	110	40	63	15,636	81	4.86	2.59	1.87	0.83	12.9	6.9	1.25	.270	4.02	93	3.85	99	8.65	20.9
22	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	2,015	557	214	191	.528	529	3.37	102	26	5	3548.1	3,588	1,330	1,494	221	935	88	16	117	14,888	89	5.11	2.37	2.16	0.56	13.5	6.3	1.27	.290	3.79	89	3.21	85	9.10	225.7
23	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,969	506	211	146	.591	462	3.47	61	28	8	3092.0	2,894	1,191	1,310	267	1,034	79	20	60	12,956	55	5.73	3.01	1.90	0.78	15.2	8.0	1.27	.273	3.81	94	3.70	99	8.42	6.9
24	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	1,930	468	216	158	.578	456	3.22	178	40	1	3316.1	2,834	1,185	1,312	353	908	47	4	52	13,465	47	5.24	2.46	2.13	0.96	14.3	6.7	1.13	.243	3.56	94	3.63	102	7.69	-40.5
25	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,918	402	158	133	.543	375	3.49	112	31	2	2669.1	2,435	1,036	1,164	197	1,038	20	10	63	11,238	108	6.47	3.50	1.85	0.66	17.1	9.2	1.30	.277	3.92	96	3.49	95	8.21	50