most strikeouts as pitcher since 2016

Since 2016, Max Scherzer has struck out the most hitters, with 1,902 strikeouts.

NAMESOGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
1,902
248
116
58
.667
248
3.06
7
1
0
1513.2
1,157
515
540
201
364
66
0
11
6,034
25
11.31
2.16
5.23
1.20
31.5
6.0
1.00
.273
3.21
73
3.23
76
6.88
170.6
2Aaron Nola
A. Nola
1,854
281
105
90
.538
281
3.90
6
4
0
1683.2
1,501
729
768
215
448
54
0
15
6,922
19
9.91
2.39
4.14
1.15
26.8
6.5
1.16
.296
4.11
92
3.52
82
8.02
143.9
3Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
1,811
244
113
60
.653
244
3.21
8
5
0
1490.2
1,208
532
568
188
388
39
0
5
5,989
38
10.93
2.34
4.67
1.14
30.2
6.5
1.07
.286
3.43
77
3.24
76
7.29
171
4Kevin Gausman
K. Gausman
1,767
306
101
97
.510
290
3.74
3
2
0
1695.0
1,615
704
756
207
464
35
7
8
7,070
45
9.38
2.46
3.81
1.10
25.0
6.6
1.23
.306
4.01
90
3.54
83
8.58
133.7
5Robbie Ray
R. Ray
1,645
242
85
70
.548
241
3.86
2
1
0
1335.0
1,125
572
610
212
568
43
0
16
5,619
57
11.09
3.83
2.90
1.43
29.3
10.1
1.27
.290
4.11
91
4.12
100
7.58
-2.2
6Chris Sale
C. Sale
1,632
206
94
51
.648
205
3.03
8
2
0
1255.2
996
423
454
133
286
89
0
3
5,048
21
11.70
2.05
5.71
0.95
32.3
5.7
1.02
.297
3.25
69
2.83
67
7.14
195.7
7Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
1,611
238
109
62
.637
238
3.06
5
2
0
1460.0
1,151
497
533
185
364
49
0
6
5,865
33
9.93
2.24
4.43
1.14
27.5
6.2
1.04
.264
3.29
73
3.45
82
7.10
126.7
8Charlie Morton
C. Morton
1,585
258
102
64
.614
252
3.87
0
0
0
1392.0
1,208
598
639
156
530
124
1
7
5,898
33
10.25
3.43
2.99
1.01
26.9
9.0
1.25
.300
4.13
92
3.75
90
7.81
66.8
9Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
1,579
239
98
59
.624
239
3.21
4
2
0
1474.2
1,239
526
564
143
372
62
0
9
5,981
26
9.64
2.27
4.24
0.87
26.4
6.2
1.09
.287
3.44
78
3.17
75
7.56
172.4
10Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
1,563
205
76
54
.585
205
2.58
4
2
0
1259.0
945
361
391
133
272
22
0
10
4,926
25
11.17
1.94
5.75
0.95
31.7
5.5
0.97
.277
2.80
64
2.75
66
6.76
200.3
11Patrick Corbin
P. Corbin
1,540
310
85
122
.411
296
4.67
4
2
1
1681.2
1,820
873
946
245
544
40
7
21
7,285
49
8.24
2.91
2.83
1.31
21.1
7.5
1.41
.320
5.06
110
4.27
101
9.74
-4.5
12Luis Castillo
L. Castillo
1,536
252
84
88
.488
252
3.64
1
0
0
1454.2
1,261
588
643
181
469
52
0
8
6,026
19
9.50
2.90
3.28
1.12
25.5
7.8
1.19
.285
3.98
88
3.75
89
7.80
75
13Sonny Gray
S. Gray
1,527
270
96
83
.536
263
3.81
2
1
0
1461.0
1,302
618
672
160
476
49
2
3
6,100
76
9.41
2.93
3.21
0.99
25.0
7.8
1.22
.294
4.14
90
3.58
84
8.02
109.6
14José Berríos
J. Berríos
1,481
275
108
82
.568
273
4.08
5
1
0
1571.2
1,474
713
765
219
473
98
0
7
6,607
35
8.48
2.71
3.13
1.25
22.4
7.2
1.24
.289
4.38
97
4.18
98
8.44
16.3
15Blake Snell
B. Snell
1,445
223
81
63
.563
223
3.17
1
1
0
1161.0
897
409
445
111
523
11
0
6
4,809
86
11.20
4.05
2.76
0.86
30.0
10.9
1.22
.289
3.45
78
3.30
79
6.95
112.7
16Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
1,395
214
76
68
.528
214
3.82
0
0
0
1232.2
1,026
523
545
178
345
63
0
5
5,043
54
10.19
2.52
4.04
1.30
27.7
6.8
1.11
.277
3.98
91
3.77
89
7.49
65.5
17Nick Pivetta
N. Pivetta
1,353
258
70
78
.473
213
4.47
2
0
3
1227.0
1,119
610
639
197
433
34
13
7
5,173
53
9.92
3.18
3.12
1.44
26.2
8.4
1.26
.292
4.69
105
4.18
99
8.21
5.4
18Dylan Cease
D. Cease
1,306
197
68
59
.535
197
3.81
3
3
0
1067.2
895
452
499
122
451
38
0
9
4,521
56
11.01
3.80
2.90
1.03
28.9
10.0
1.26
.297
4.21
91
3.57
83
7.54
81.2
19Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
1,306
211
109
40
.732
209
2.67
4
3
0
1244.1
995
369
407
138
247
19
0
2
4,900
46
9.45
1.79
5.29
1.00
26.7
5.0
1.00
.269
2.94
65
3.15
74
7.20
150
20Carlos Rodón
C. Rodón
1,280
207
84
67
.556
205
3.75
2
1
0
1150.2
960
479
517
148
414
58
0
5
4,809
60
10.01
3.24
3.09
1.16
26.6
8.6
1.19
.279
4.04
91
3.83
90
7.51
52.7
21Lance Lynn
L. Lynn
1,249
214
82
60
.577
212
3.99
2
1
0
1215.0
1,117
538
598
172
413
55
0
11
5,167
42
9.25
3.06
3.02
1.27
24.2
8.0
1.26
.288
4.43
92
4.12
95
8.27
32.2
22Kyle Gibson
K. Gibson
1,239
261
85
84
.503
255
4.65
2
1
0
1453.0
1,504
750
804
196
522
54
0
9
6,253
50
7.67
3.23
2.37
1.21
19.8
8.3
1.39
.308
4.98
109
4.41
103
9.32
-20.3
23Eduardo Rodriguez
E. Rodriguez
1,238
229
88
61
.591
223
4.15
0
0
0
1236.1
1,205
570
602
158
440
28
1
8
5,280
13
9.01
3.20
2.81
1.15
23.4
8.3
1.33
.306
4.38
94
3.96
94
8.77
34.8
24Jose Quintana
J. Quintana
1,232
268
81
78
.509
245
3.92
1
1
0
1392.1
1,330
606
654
161
463
41
5
10
5,866
52
7.96
2.99
2.66
1.04
21.0
7.9
1.29
.295
4.23
94
3.97
95
8.60
33.9
25Sean Manaea
S. Manaea
1,213
253
79
66
.545
210
4.13
3
3
0
1272.1
1,183
584
631
174
360
65
11
4
5,327
37
8.58
2.55
3.37
1.23
22.8
6.8
1.21
.287
4.46
102
4.03
98
8.37
13.8

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.681
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.511
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.489
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21
26
.447
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.435
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.591
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27
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.511
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.617
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.609
0.5
22
23
.489
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20
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.426
9.0
18
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.383
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.667
28
19
.596
3.0
21
25
.457
9.5
21
26
.447
10.0
19
27
.413
11.5
AL CentralWLPCTGB
26
22
.542
24
22
.522
1.0
21
26
.447
4.5
20
27
.426
5.5
20
27
.426
5.5
AL WestWLPCTGB
23
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.478
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22
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.458
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.396
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