most strikeouts as a pitcher from 2013 to 2023

Between the 2013 and 2023 seasons, Max Scherzer fanned the most batters, with 2,538 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	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,538	315	161	66	.709	315	2.86	12	5	0	2030.0	1,532	644	678	231	476	77	0	14	8,054	47	11.25	2.11	5.33	1.02	31.5	5.9	0.99	.275	3.01	69	2.94	71	6.79	267.1
2	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,152	300	145	75	.659	300	3.17	8	5	0	1859.0	1,549	654	702	206	471	55	0	6	7,471	58	10.42	2.28	4.57	1.00	28.8	6.3	1.09	.293	3.40	79	3.13	76	7.50	208
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1,970	274	149	55	.730	273	2.31	17	10	0	1768.2	1,323	454	501	163	328	25	0	4	6,851	67	10.02	1.67	6.01	0.83	28.8	4.8	0.93	.266	2.55	59	2.71	66	6.73	262.7
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1,888	277	133	76	.636	277	3.10	6	3	0	1771.2	1,440	610	662	203	455	49	0	8	7,141	38	9.59	2.31	4.15	1.03	26.4	6.4	1.07	.272	3.36	75	3.36	81	7.32	161
5	Chris Sale C. Sale	1,886	234	99	69	.589	234	3.14	15	3	0	1494.1	1,215	522	571	166	328	103	0	7	6,025	32	11.36	1.98	5.75	1.00	31.3	5.4	1.03	.296	3.44	73	2.93	70	7.32	211.6
6	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	1,708	237	87	76	.534	237	3.55	2	1	0	1433.0	1,173	565	591	191	433	64	0	7	5,862	69	10.73	2.72	3.94	1.20	29.1	7.4	1.12	.283	3.71	85	3.53	84	7.37	106.1
7	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	1,686	288	117	87	.574	286	3.74	4	2	0	1678.1	1,550	698	764	196	585	74	0	17	7,129	54	9.04	3.14	2.88	1.05	23.6	8.2	1.27	.295	4.10	91	3.84	92	8.31	61.5
8	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	1,666	256	114	72	.613	248	3.36	18	8	1	1574.1	1,404	587	636	168	347	59	2	9	6,382	28	9.52	1.98	4.80	0.96	26.1	5.4	1.11	.298	3.64	81	3.18	77	8.03	162.9
9	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,652	215	84	57	.596	215	2.53	4	2	0	1356.1	1,040	381	418	119	307	21	0	13	5,332	27	10.96	2.04	5.38	0.79	31.0	5.8	0.99	.285	2.77	65	2.58	64	6.90	225.5
10	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	1,647	314	134	78	.632	310	3.27	5	2	0	1897.1	1,725	690	735	218	383	34	0	13	7,646	58	7.81	1.82	4.30	1.03	21.5	5.0	1.11	.281	3.49	79	3.56	88	8.18	103.2
11	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,603	298	88	91	.492	259	3.84	1	0	0	1537.0	1,515	656	701	192	429	33	11	9	6,455	60	9.39	2.51	3.74	1.12	24.8	6.6	1.26	.315	4.10	92	3.60	85	8.87	110
12	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	1,592	271	98	94	.510	271	3.56	14	6	0	1675.1	1,495	663	722	210	420	72	0	24	6,893	25	8.55	2.26	3.79	1.13	23.1	6.1	1.14	.279	3.88	90	3.75	97	8.03	19.3
13	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,582	235	90	71	.559	235	3.72	5	3	0	1422.0	1,234	588	620	169	371	49	0	16	5,815	15	10.01	2.35	4.26	1.07	27.2	6.4	1.13	.292	3.92	88	3.37	78	7.81	146.1
14	Charlie Morton C. Morton	1,576	264	107	68	.611	264	3.66	0	0	0	1487.0	1,295	605	664	138	527	139	0	13	6,265	43	9.54	3.19	2.99	0.84	25.2	8.4	1.23	.298	4.02	91	3.58	89	7.84	81
15	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,521	279	98	85	.536	270	3.47	6	4	0	1571.0	1,348	606	664	146	544	51	2	5	6,528	97	8.71	3.12	2.80	0.84	23.3	8.3	1.20	.282	3.80	84	3.56	86	7.72	106.7
16	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,511	303	86	87	.497	280	3.74	2	2	0	1663.0	1,631	691	749	165	486	39	5	19	6,971	57	8.18	2.63	3.11	0.89	21.7	7.0	1.27	.307	4.05	91	3.56	86	8.83	109.8
17	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,505	226	74	71	.510	222	3.96	1	1	0	1228.0	1,082	541	577	188	520	41	1	19	5,213	49	11.03	3.81	2.89	1.38	28.9	10.0	1.30	.302	4.23	94	4.06	99	7.93	8.3
18	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,504	288	91	110	.453	275	4.39	6	2	1	1610.2	1,693	786	853	224	500	41	6	20	6,928	57	8.40	2.79	3.01	1.25	21.7	7.2	1.36	.315	4.77	104	4.10	98	9.46	15.8
19	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	1,439	270	97	78	.554	223	3.92	9	4	2	1346.1	1,283	586	617	165	353	46	21	16	5,578	51	9.62	2.36	4.08	1.10	25.8	6.3	1.22	.313	4.12	93	3.49	83	8.58	102.9
20	Jon Lester J. Lester	1,428	264	115	69	.625	264	3.58	6	2	0	1577.0	1,521	628	706	184	462	46	0	9	6,592	32	8.15	2.64	3.09	1.05	21.7	7.0	1.26	.299	4.03	86	3.81	93	8.68	45
21	Chris Archer C. Archer	1,418	237	62	86	.419	236	3.91	3	3	0	1327.2	1,209	577	637	162	463	40	0	8	5,601	70	9.61	3.14	3.06	1.10	25.3	8.3	1.26	.298	4.32	98	3.72	92	8.20	45.8
22	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	1,410	202	92	52	.639	202	3.31	2	2	0	1218.2	1,010	448	490	129	327	49	0	19	4,947	37	10.41	2.41	4.31	0.95	28.5	6.6	1.10	.291	3.62	82	3.12	77	7.46	125.7
23	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,401	227	87	63	.580	227	3.45	4	3	0	1378.2	1,229	528	573	127	405	60	0	14	5,714	31	9.15	2.64	3.46	0.83	24.5	7.1	1.19	.296	3.74	87	3.34	81	8.02	122.3
24	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	1,399	218	82	67	.550	208	3.76	6	3	1	1281.1	1,108	536	579	158	478	65	6	10	5,386	48	9.83	3.36	2.93	1.11	26.0	8.9	1.24	.289	4.07	88	3.84	91	7.78	59.1
25	Kyle Gibson K. Gibson	1,359	300	103	100	.507	294	4.54	3	1	0	1696.0	1,747	856	907	203	589	64	0	14	7,274	66	7.21	3.13	2.31	1.08	18.7	8.1	1.38	.305	4.81	108	4.26	101	9.27	-6.1