Lance Parrish has the most career strikeouts by a catcher, with 1,527 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Lance Parrish L. Parrish	1,527	1,988	7,067	856	1,782	305	27	324	1,070	612	37	28	37	7,797	3,113	656	23	58	62	197	.252	.313	.440	.753	962	79.8	.332	105	46.3
2	Ivan Rodriguez I. Rodriguez	1,474	2,543	9,592	1,354	2,844	572	51	311	1,332	513	58	127	64	10,270	4,451	934	31	76	67	337	.296	.334	.464	.798	1383	124.8	.344	104	63.1
3	Jorge Posada J. Posada	1,377	1,714	5,748	866	1,583	365	10	261	1,021	897	72	20	19	6,763	2,751	636	1	45	74	169	.275	.377	.479	.856	1063	228.8	.370	125	213.1
4	Carlton Fisk C. Fisk	1,348	2,408	8,436	1,227	2,269	398	45	366	1,288	839	137	125	58	9,513	3,855	809	25	76	105	195	.269	.342	.457	.799	1320	264.6	.355	118	190.7
5	Salvador Perez S. Perez	1,303	1,707	6,477	710	1,712	320	11	303	1,016	271	96	6	1	6,897	2,963	634	0	53	43	196	.264	.301	.457	.759	852	49.1	.323	102	17.3
6	Benito Santiago B. Santiago	1,270	1,978	6,951	755	1,830	323	41	217	920	430	38	91	69	7,515	2,886	581	26	70	52	204	.263	.307	.415	.722	832	-67.7	.315	91	-82.8
7	Jason Varitek J. Varitek	1,216	1,546	5,099	664	1,307	306	14	193	757	614	61	25	18	5,839	2,220	513	22	43	59	129	.256	.341	.435	.776	752	33.2	.337	99	-5.4
8	Russell Martin R. Martin	1,211	1,693	5,701	803	1,416	255	9	191	771	792	107	101	51	6,648	2,262	455	12	36	46	190	.248	.349	.397	.746	829	50.1	.330	104	34
9	J.T. Realmuto	1,176	1,373	5,050	696	1,366	279	35	180	677	365	82	104	27	5,536	2,255	494	1	38	20	107	.270	.328	.447	.774	733	73.1	.332	109	61.1
10	Johnny Bench J. Bench	1,161	1,877	6,771	1,001	1,811	342	22	356	1,259	813	19	67	38	7,700	3,265	720	9	88	129	170	.267	.344	.482	.826	1115	288.8	.365	128	243.8
11	Yasmani Grandal Y. Grandal	1,124	1,307	4,138	535	977	183	7	194	592	679	26	13	7	4,885	1,756	384	6	36	11	126	.236	.345	.424	.769	657	80.3	.335	112	75
12	Martín Maldonado M. Maldonado	1,107	1,230	3,596	369	731	138	4	119	384	304	67	3	5	4,028	1,234	261	51	10	17	89	.203	.277	.343	.620	334	-142.5	.273	69	-147.6
13	Mike Zunino M. Zunino	1,088	892	2,798	326	557	121	5	149	372	219	60	2	4	3,098	1,135	275	8	13	1	54	.199	.271	.406	.676	305	-57.3	.293	87	-47.8
14	Alex Avila A. Avila	1,068	1,052	3,060	352	714	155	9	105	397	528	19	8	8	3,638	1,202	269	11	20	24	83	.233	.348	.393	.740	453	34.8	.328	104	16.9
15	Miguel Olivo M. Olivo	1,060	1,124	3,765	435	905	177	26	145	490	158	29	53	34	3,993	1,569	348	17	24	19	77	.240	.275	.417	.691	383	-93.7	.297	78	-109.1
16	Brian McCann B. McCann	1,054	1,755	6,067	742	1,590	294	5	282	1,018	640	75	25	9	6,850	2,740	581	9	59	71	180	.262	.337	.452	.789	910	106.6	.340	110	83.7
17	Brad Ausmus B. Ausmus	1,034	1,971	6,279	718	1,579	270	34	80	607	634	69	102	53	7,101	2,157	384	82	37	69	201	.251	.325	.344	.669	687	-197.8	.299	76	-222.5
18	Chris Iannetta C. Iannetta	1,024	1,197	3,563	449	820	181	11	141	502	576	69	11	10	4,253	1,446	333	9	36	29	83	.230	.345	.406	.751	535	40.2	.331	100	-1.3
19	Charles Johnson C. Johnson	997	1,188	3,836	465	940	211	4	167	570	475	25	6	10	4,385	1,660	382	18	31	29	112	.245	.330	.433	.762	547	-3.4	.332	97	-16.8
20	Jarrod Saltalamacchia J. Saltalamacchia	984	895	2,852	377	662	161	6	110	381	304	10	5	7	3,191	1,165	277	4	21	12	48	.232	.306	.408	.715	350	-16	.313	90	-37.8
21	Darrell Porter D. Porter	982	1,697	5,409	746	1,338	234	48	181	805	875	43	39	37	6,407	2,211	463	18	62	102	100	.247	.353	.409	.762	827	114.8	.342	113	97
22	Mike Piazza M. Piazza	974	1,700	6,147	968	1,921	306	7	399	1,237	673	28	17	20	6,888	3,438	712	0	40	132	206	.313	.381	.559	.940	1238	379.9	.397	145	399.8
23	Jason Castro J. Castro	970	952	2,981	368	678	166	9	97	325	347	27	6	2	3,381	1,153	272	8	18	11	60	.227	.312	.387	.699	366	-24.1	.307	93	-29.2
24	Jim Sundberg J. Sundberg	963	1,962	6,021	621	1,493	243	36	95	624	699	22	20	37	6,898	2,093	374	118	38	31	159	.248	.327	.348	.674	718	-51.7	.309	91	-72.9
25	John Buck J. Buck	959	1,090	3,612	389	844	172	9	134	491	307	51	6	12	4,009	1,436	315	13	26	23	86	.234	.301	.398	.698	412	-59.5	.305	85	-75.1