most strikeouts by a pitcher 2015 to 2025 nl

Between the 2015 and 2025 seasons, Max Scherzer fanned the most batters in the NL, with 1,993 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	1,993	242	119	56	.680	242	2.80	11	4	0	1550.1	1,156	482	509	190	342	66	0	13	6,137	30	11.57	1.99	5.83	1.10	32.5	5.6	0.97	.272	2.95	67	2.97	71	6.71	209.3
2	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,876	285	109	89	.551	285	3.83	6	4	0	1715.2	1,522	730	769	217	449	56	0	16	7,039	18	9.84	2.36	4.18	1.14	26.7	6.4	1.15	.294	4.03	91	3.50	82	7.98	147.1
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1,607	244	125	47	.727	242	2.58	8	6	0	1477.0	1,158	424	469	153	289	24	0	3	5,790	55	9.79	1.76	5.56	0.93	27.8	5.0	0.98	.270	2.86	64	2.96	71	7.06	197.6
4	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,549	234	95	59	.617	234	3.24	4	2	0	1443.0	1,218	519	557	142	365	61	0	9	5,861	26	9.66	2.28	4.24	0.89	26.4	6.2	1.10	.287	3.47	78	3.19	75	7.60	166.2
5	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,465	288	83	115	.419	275	4.66	3	2	1	1577.0	1,712	816	886	230	500	35	6	20	6,832	47	8.36	2.85	2.93	1.31	21.4	7.3	1.40	.322	5.06	109	4.22	100	9.77	1.3
6	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,463	187	73	51	.589	187	2.50	4	2	0	1185.2	904	330	363	110	260	20	0	11	4,652	25	11.11	1.97	5.63	0.83	31.4	5.6	0.98	.284	2.76	64	2.60	63	6.86	200.2
7	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,227	186	61	56	.521	186	4.04	2	1	0	1006.0	868	452	488	142	464	40	0	19	4,297	47	10.98	4.15	2.64	1.27	28.6	10.8	1.32	.300	4.37	95	4.05	98	7.77	8.1
8	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	1,212	263	90	79	.533	257	3.75	6	4	0	1500.0	1,429	625	672	180	349	60	4	14	6,197	12	7.27	2.09	3.47	1.08	19.6	5.6	1.19	.284	4.03	91	3.93	95	8.57	36.7
9	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	1,174	207	67	75	.472	207	3.79	10	4	0	1256.2	1,155	529	573	174	315	60	0	15	5,217	15	8.41	2.26	3.73	1.25	22.5	6.0	1.17	.281	4.10	93	3.98	100	8.27	-3.1
10	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	1,153	211	70	42	.625	162	3.59	1	0	1	931.0	694	371	392	118	360	48	6	3	3,853	31	11.15	3.48	3.20	1.14	29.9	9.3	1.13	.265	3.79	85	3.66	87	6.71	57.5
11	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	1,115	175	63	54	.538	175	3.83	0	0	0	995.1	830	424	439	146	269	55	0	4	4,063	39	10.08	2.43	4.14	1.32	27.4	6.6	1.10	.276	3.97	94	3.81	91	7.51	42.4
12	Germán Márquez G. Márquez	1,069	203	68	72	.486	200	4.67	4	2	0	1146.1	1,175	595	642	165	354	38	0	14	4,907	61	8.39	2.78	3.02	1.30	21.8	7.2	1.33	.308	5.04	97	4.19	95	9.23	31.8
13	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	1,060	176	66	51	.564	176	3.58	2	2	0	1007.1	843	401	425	117	324	36	0	3	4,142	33	9.47	2.89	3.27	1.05	25.6	7.8	1.16	.279	3.80	84	3.65	89	7.53	49.1
14	Jon Lester J. Lester	1,031	199	84	50	.627	199	3.77	4	0	0	1144.0	1,118	479	536	149	347	34	0	9	4,804	24	8.11	2.73	2.97	1.17	21.5	7.2	1.28	.299	4.22	90	4.05	97	8.80	14.9
15	Logan Webb L. Webb	994	180	69	51	.575	177	3.38	3	2	0	1062.1	1,020	399	440	74	250	36	0	4	4,350	22	8.42	2.12	3.98	0.63	22.9	5.7	1.20	.316	3.73	83	3.01	75	8.64	121.8
16	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	977	138	70	32	.686	138	3.42	1	1	0	820.2	676	312	333	90	228	32	0	14	3,348	23	10.71	2.50	4.29	0.99	29.2	6.8	1.10	.290	3.65	81	3.15	75	7.41	98
17	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	952	182	81	61	.570	182	3.71	5	4	0	1046.0	934	431	491	121	347	43	0	12	4,349	61	8.19	2.99	2.74	1.04	21.9	8.0	1.22	.282	4.22	89	3.96	94	8.04	27.7
18	Kyle Freeland K. Freeland	944	236	64	90	.416	231	4.54	0	0	0	1260.1	1,394	636	690	180	392	47	0	12	5,466	17	6.74	2.80	2.41	1.29	17.3	7.2	1.42	.311	4.93	94	4.57	103	9.95	-17.5
19	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	933	178	48	29	.623	117	3.21	0	0	2	773.2	591	276	298	82	232	36	16	3	3,130	35	10.85	2.70	4.02	0.95	29.8	7.4	1.06	.276	3.47	75	3.18	75	6.88	90.6
20	Sandy Alcantara S. Alcantara	931	177	52	67	.437	169	3.65	12	4	0	1075.1	934	436	485	113	330	44	3	8	4,425	26	7.79	2.76	2.82	0.95	21.0	7.5	1.18	.273	4.06	86	3.85	92	7.82	37.7
21	Joe Musgrove J. Musgrove	897	157	55	50	.524	155	3.58	2	2	0	884.2	794	352	385	106	218	70	1	9	3,667	17	9.13	2.22	4.11	1.08	24.5	5.9	1.14	.290	3.92	88	3.67	88	8.08	49.6
22	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	896	198	81	62	.566	194	4.25	7	2	0	1126.2	1,172	532	558	129	350	39	2	20	4,807	16	7.16	2.80	2.56	1.03	18.6	7.3	1.35	.307	4.46	103	4.10	99	9.36	4.1
23	Alex Wood A. Wood	893	203	62	51	.549	167	3.96	0	0	0	969.1	933	426	465	102	283	61	4	18	4,094	29	8.29	2.63	3.16	0.95	21.8	6.9	1.25	.302	4.32	99	3.74	93	8.66	31.2
24	Charlie Morton C. Morton	887	152	55	44	.556	152	4.01	0	0	0	834.0	743	372	402	95	319	77	0	10	3,541	18	9.57	3.44	2.78	1.03	25.0	9.0	1.27	.300	4.34	97	3.94	98	8.02	10.4
25	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	883	146	74	32	.698	146	2.99	3	1	0	937.1	779	311	328	105	190	14	0	9	3,712	25	8.48	1.82	4.65	1.01	23.8	5.1	1.03	.267	3.15	70	3.38	82	7.48	76.3

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30

Wood

RBI

85

Abrams

AVG

.286

Abrams

Team Pitching Leaders

12

Griffin

133

Cavalli

ERA

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Griffin

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610

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	68	45	.602
Phillies	61	53	.535	7.5
Marlins	58	56	.509	10.5
Nationals	55	60	.478	14.0
Mets	48	66	.421	20.5

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 8/5	WSH	@	PHI	6:40 PM
Thu 8/6	WSH	@	PHI	6:05 PM
Fri 8/7	CIN	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Sat 8/8	CIN	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Sun 8/9	CIN	@	WSH	12:15 PM

Last Game

Nationals

55 - 60

Final

Phillies

61 - 53

Tue 4 Aug 2026

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HR Leaders

35

Alvarez

33

Goodman

33

Schwarber

RBI Leaders

86

Stewart

85

Abrams

84

Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

.329

Alvarez

.325

Arraez

.323

Lopez

Hit Leaders

142

Lopez

138

Arraez

135

Alvarez

Run Leaders

100

Wood

78

Alvarez

78

Olson

OBP Leaders

.443

Alvarez

.408

Soto

.397

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.644

Alvarez

.564

García

.553

Caminero

SB Leaders

40

Nuñez

30

Chisholm

30

Witt

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

14

Sánchez

13

Burns

13

Gray

Strikeout Leaders

195

Misiorowski

178

Williams

174

Cease

ERA Leaders

1.63

Misiorowski

2.08

Sale

2.26

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.73

Misiorowski

0.88

Yamamoto

0.93

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.82

Misiorowski

13.12

Cease

11.53

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.72

Misiorowski

6.10

Rasmussen

5.52

Schlittler

Walk Leaders

20

Rasmussen

20

Martinez

24

Wrobleski

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,945.7

Ohtani

1,661.5

Wood

1,599.6

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

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Ohtani

1,234

Wood

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66-49

64-49

62-50

62-52

Worst Record ATS

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46-68

49-65

50-64

51-62

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	68	45	.602
Phillies	61	53	.535	7.5
Marlins	58	56	.509	10.5
Nationals	55	60	.478	14.0
Mets	48	66	.421	20.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	70	43	.619
Cubs	65	49	.570	5.5
Pirates	57	58	.496	14.0
Cardinals	56	58	.491	14.5
Reds	54	58	.482	15.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	69	45	.605
Diamondbacks	60	54	.526	9.0
Padres	59	55	.518	10.0
Giants	48	66	.421	21.0
Rockies	45	69	.395	24.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	67	46	.593
Yankees	64	50	.561	3.5
Red Sox	61	51	.545	5.5
Orioles	55	58	.487	12.0
Blue Jays	53	61	.465	14.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	59	53	.527
Guardians	57	57	.500	3.0
Twins	56	58	.491	4.0
Tigers	55	58	.487	4.5
Royals	47	67	.412	13.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	59	56	.513
Rangers	56	58	.491	2.5
Mariners	55	59	.482	3.5
Athletics	45	68	.398	13.0
Angels	43	70	.381	15.0