most strikeouts allowed from 1968 to 1996

Between the 1968 and 1996 seasons, Nolan Ryan fanned the most hitters, with 5,708 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most strikeouts allowed by a player from 1968 to 1996

	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	5,708	805	324	291	.527	772	3.19	222	61	3	5383.0	3,918	1,906	2,173	320	2,792	158	13	77	22,558	276	9.54	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.63	90	2.96	83	6.55	371
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,922	687	312	232	.574	670	3.23	241	52	1	4947.2	4,416	1,775	2,030	399	1,745	50	7	147	20,554	170	7.13	3.17	2.25	0.73	19.1	8.5	1.25	.278	3.69	87	3.17	87	8.03	252.7
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	3,470	621	295	192	.606	613	2.87	213	59	1	4532.0	3,747	1,444	1,589	361	1,312	71	5	110	18,340	121	6.89	2.61	2.64	0.72	18.9	7.2	1.12	.258	3.16	79	3.02	84	7.44	284.5
5	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,196	700	301	229	.568	687	3.24	161	53	4	4824.0	4,277	1,737	1,916	435	1,234	73	10	87	19,753	104	5.96	2.30	2.59	0.81	16.2	6.2	1.14	.259	3.57	91	3.28	91	7.98	163.1
6	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,139	739	301	259	.538	695	3.41	235	44	12	5057.0	4,744	1,914	2,199	463	1,698	110	30	75	21,236	194	5.59	3.02	1.85	0.82	14.8	8.0	1.27	.271	3.91	88	3.64	95	8.44	109
7	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,796	558	256	204	.557	544	3.38	245	45	1	4014.2	3,755	1,508	1,672	428	860	77	9	96	16,446	59	6.27	1.93	3.25	0.96	17.0	5.2	1.15	.271	3.75	88	3.27	87	8.42	212
8	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
9	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,706	567	254	210	.547	562	3.08	260	45	2	4280.1	3,954	1,463	1,698	314	1,099	86	5	113	17,525	116	5.69	2.31	2.46	0.66	15.4	6.3	1.18	.273	3.57	84	3.10	85	8.31	252.9
10	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,590	383	192	111	.634	382	3.06	100	38	0	2776.0	2,359	943	1,045	194	856	86	0	43	11,384	72	8.40	2.78	3.03	0.63	22.8	7.5	1.16	.283	3.39	70	2.93	70	7.65	386.6
11	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,545	603	222	207	.517	524	3.34	140	33	17	3817.0	3,613	1,418	1,591	287	1,179	71	42	117	15,891	89	6.00	2.78	2.16	0.68	16.0	7.4	1.26	.282	3.75	91	3.23	90	8.52	159.1
12	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
13	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
14	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,335	401	172	146	.541	398	3.85	81	18	0	2772.0	2,486	1,186	1,309	283	1,190	45	1	26	11,682	83	7.58	3.86	1.96	0.92	20.0	10.2	1.33	.281	4.25	91	3.84	90	8.07	137
15	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,334	964	192	165	.538	361	3.48	100	20	353	3193.0	2,981	1,234	1,337	332	722	71	517	88	13,145	26	6.58	2.04	3.23	0.94	17.8	5.5	1.16	.273	3.77	86	3.37	84	8.40	225.6
16	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
17	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2,070	630	240	182	.569	548	3.63	121	29	6	3859.2	3,723	1,556	1,736	356	1,117	112	40	65	16,119	81	4.83	2.60	1.85	0.83	12.8	6.9	1.25	.270	4.05	93	3.88	99	8.68	22.3
18	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
19	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	2,013	435	171	141	.548	406	3.50	112	31	2	2841.0	2,612	1,105	1,242	214	1,105	20	10	65	11,979	115	6.38	3.50	1.82	0.68	16.8	9.2	1.31	.278	3.93	96	3.55	95	8.27	44.8
20	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2,001	334	168	92	.646	332	3.24	68	24	1	2340.1	2,067	842	924	142	739	50	1	35	9,654	56	7.70	2.84	2.71	0.55	20.7	7.7	1.20	.286	3.55	87	2.92	77	7.95	217
21	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
22	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	1,967	492	245	137	.641	476	2.80	203	52	3	3598.2	3,064	1,119	1,245	270	1,144	36	8	35	14,659	72	4.92	2.86	1.72	0.68	13.4	7.8	1.17	.249	3.11	77	3.46	93	7.66	96.5
23	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	1,964	395	151	137	.524	345	3.38	156	25	3	2610.2	2,440	979	1,092	247	768	57	20	54	10,842	88	6.77	2.65	2.56	0.85	18.1	7.1	1.23	.281	3.76	94	3.19	87	8.41	136.9
24	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	1,907	628	220	191	.535	547	3.64	127	39	11	3669.2	3,734	1,483	1,700	245	1,127	59	41	118	15,582	107	4.68	2.76	1.69	0.60	12.2	7.2	1.32	.285	4.17	100	3.45	95	9.16	68.4
25	Frank Viola F. Viola	1,844	421	176	150	.540	420	3.73	74	16	0	2836.1	2,827	1,175	1,303	294	864	48	0	39	11,933	86	5.85	2.74	2.13	0.93	15.5	7.2	1.30	.285	4.13	90	3.81	94	8.97	68.4