most strikeouts as a pitcher from 1976 to 2000

Between the 1976 and 2000 seasons, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 3,956 strikeouts.

	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	3,956	552	219	194	.530	552	3.25	127	38	0	3735.1	2,777	1,349	1,538	224	1,798	101	0	55	15,584	200	9.53	4.33	2.20	0.54	25.4	11.5	1.22	.269	3.71	89	2.92	80	6.69	307.9
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,504	512	260	142	.647	511	3.07	116	45	0	3666.2	3,101	1,252	1,385	260	1,186	124	0	44	15,089	92	8.60	2.91	2.95	0.64	23.2	7.9	1.17	.284	3.40	69	3.01	70	7.61	522.7
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,040	366	179	95	.653	357	3.19	76	28	2	2498.2	1,932	887	1,002	222	1,089	107	4	16	10,382	80	10.95	3.92	2.79	0.80	29.3	10.5	1.21	.289	3.61	74	3.16	73	6.96	340.1
4	David Cone D. Cone	2,540	420	184	116	.613	390	3.40	56	22	1	2745.0	2,336	1,037	1,135	237	1,067	96	9	37	11,485	140	8.33	3.50	2.38	0.78	22.1	9.3	1.24	.278	3.72	83	3.50	84	7.66	198.5
5	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
6	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,464	457	179	158	.531	428	3.97	81	18	0	2962.2	2,723	1,306	1,438	311	1,289	46	3	34	12,562	89	7.49	3.92	1.91	0.94	19.6	10.3	1.35	.285	4.37	93	3.93	91	8.27	120.6
7	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,374	476	192	165	.538	472	3.57	145	36	0	3358.2	3,216	1,332	1,463	316	919	116	1	48	13,958	83	6.36	2.46	2.58	0.85	17.0	6.6	1.23	.283	3.92	90	3.46	87	8.62	177.3
8	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,350	471	240	135	.640	467	2.83	99	31	0	3318.0	2,986	1,042	1,195	176	733	90	3	130	13,469	47	6.37	1.99	3.21	0.48	17.4	5.4	1.12	.278	3.24	69	2.99	73	8.10	412.5
9	Chuck Finley C. Finley	2,340	470	181	151	.545	413	3.76	60	14	0	2893.0	2,755	1,208	1,342	277	1,219	73	24	30	12,334	126	7.28	3.79	1.92	0.86	19.0	9.9	1.37	.294	4.17	85	3.94	89	8.57	162.3
10	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,302	561	208	206	.502	544	3.78	113	24	1	3636.0	3,570	1,527	1,715	398	1,097	114	7	106	15,377	105	5.70	2.72	2.10	0.99	15.0	7.1	1.28	.277	4.25	96	3.90	98	8.84	28.3
11	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2,293	430	194	112	.634	410	3.51	68	24	3	2800.2	2,564	1,091	1,198	210	954	78	4	42	11,705	76	7.37	3.07	2.40	0.67	19.6	8.2	1.26	.288	3.85	90	3.32	83	8.24	182.1
12	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,249	1,037	184	164	.529	337	3.55	94	18	388	3099.0	2,929	1,224	1,321	331	648	68	572	83	12,740	24	6.53	1.88	3.47	0.96	17.7	5.1	1.15	.275	3.84	87	3.38	84	8.51	219.4
13	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,220	394	181	125	.592	380	3.32	109	24	1	2766.1	2,487	1,020	1,170	234	944	25	6	77	11,472	100	7.22	3.07	2.35	0.76	19.4	8.2	1.24	.280	3.81	88	3.25	87	8.09	143.5
14	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,179	720	200	203	.496	440	3.77	107	13	49	3548.2	3,100	1,487	1,698	357	1,530	155	172	40	15,095	169	5.53	3.88	1.42	0.91	14.4	10.1	1.30	.252	4.31	95	4.28	108	7.86	-121
15	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	2,149	692	245	193	.559	562	3.70	122	30	8	3999.2	3,897	1,643	1,835	372	1,165	122	51	71	16,754	83	4.84	2.62	1.84	0.84	12.8	7.0	1.27	.272	4.13	94	3.91	99	8.77	17
16	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,098	356	157	113	.581	356	3.35	47	14	0	2414.1	2,092	898	986	195	774	38	0	55	9,947	119	7.82	2.89	2.71	0.73	21.1	7.8	1.19	.277	3.68	83	3.30	82	7.80	209.1
17	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	2,074	453	173	153	.531	424	3.54	113	31	2	2930.0	2,718	1,154	1,303	226	1,151	25	10	65	12,398	119	6.37	3.54	1.80	0.69	16.7	9.3	1.32	.279	4.00	96	3.60	96	8.35	34.5
18	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	2,014	510	204	150	.576	466	3.48	68	25	5	3130.1	2,939	1,211	1,366	235	1,007	117	19	108	13,150	121	5.79	2.90	2.00	0.68	15.3	7.7	1.26	.277	3.93	89	3.68	93	8.45	84.8
19	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
20	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	1,942	716	171	182	.484	371	3.84	53	9	32	3016.2	2,951	1,286	1,431	321	874	81	171	101	12,716	52	5.79	2.61	2.22	0.96	15.3	6.9	1.27	.277	4.27	95	3.89	97	8.80	25.3
21	Bobby Witt B. Witt	1,924	416	138	156	.469	390	4.84	47	11	0	2421.2	2,457	1,301	1,426	246	1,350	36	13	36	10,810	126	7.15	5.02	1.43	0.91	17.8	12.5	1.57	.305	5.30	111	4.40	102	9.13	-21.9
22	Kevin Brown K. Brown	1,917	382	170	114	.599	380	3.21	71	17	0	2660.2	2,494	948	1,091	161	730	117	1	36	11,046	86	6.48	2.47	2.63	0.54	17.4	6.6	1.21	.287	3.69	77	3.30	78	8.44	282.7
23	Andy Benes A. Benes	1,858	358	143	128	.528	351	3.86	20	9	1	2301.0	2,175	988	1,075	249	797	44	3	49	9,728	62	7.27	3.12	2.33	0.97	19.1	8.2	1.29	.284	4.20	94	3.90	93	8.51	76
24	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
25	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	1,831	426	173	152	.532	416	3.70	114	19	2	2912.1	2,809	1,197	1,366	268	1,156	64	7	44	12,441	107	5.66	3.57	1.58	0.83	14.7	9.3	1.36	.279	4.22	93	3.90	98	8.68	25