most strikeouts by a pitcher after age 29

Randy Johnson has struck out the most career hitters by a pitcher older than 29, with 3,803 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	H/9
1	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3,803	458	239	110	.685	445	3.10	76	30	1	3105.0	2,535	1,070	1,203	321	893	138	5	31	12,611	63	11.02	2.59	4.26	0.93	30.2	7.1	1.10	.297	3.49	7.35
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3,629	513	202	176	.534	513	3.24	106	31	0	3451.0	2,584	1,243	1,421	211	1,615	96	0	53	14,388	195	9.46	4.21	2.25	0.55	25.2	11.2	1.22	.269	3.71	6.74
3	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,999	702	287	247	.537	661	3.45	220	39	10	4800.1	4,516	1,840	2,116	447	1,653	105	27	72	20,217	179	5.62	3.10	1.81	0.84	14.8	8.2	1.29	.271	3.97	8.47
4	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,864	446	208	116	.642	445	3.34	32	13	0	2960.1	2,555	1,099	1,208	238	1,046	111	0	29	12,329	97	8.71	3.18	2.74	0.72	23.2	8.5	1.22	.287	3.67	7.77
5	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,554	532	240	196	.550	527	3.11	244	43	2	4018.2	3,739	1,389	1,611	304	1,044	82	5	101	16,481	111	5.72	2.34	2.45	0.68	15.5	6.3	1.19	.275	3.61	8.37
6	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2,412	431	196	139	.585	417	3.34	123	27	1	3021.2	2,704	1,121	1,286	258	1,048	27	6	82	12,535	105	7.18	3.12	2.30	0.77	19.2	8.4	1.24	.278	3.83	8.05
7	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,316	337	164	94	.636	315	3.45	56	12	9	2272.2	2,118	870	901	267	420	37	21	15	9,201	44	9.17	1.66	5.51	1.06	25.2	4.6	1.12	.300	3.57	8.39
8	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,178	272	130	64	.670	272	2.84	11	4	0	1723.0	1,298	544	575	208	390	71	0	13	6,834	37	11.38	2.04	5.58	1.09	31.9	5.7	0.98	.273	3.00	6.78
9	Dazzy Vance D. Vance	2,027	431	197	136	.592	345	3.22	216	29	12	2934.2	2,773	1,050	1,225	131	819	74	47		12,227	36	6.22	2.51	2.47	0.40	16.6	6.7	1.22	.288	3.76	8.50
10	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,009	305	138	86	.616	305	3.25	6	3	0	1918.2	1,597	693	749	227	504	56	0	8	7,784	40	9.42	2.36	3.99	1.06	25.8	6.5	1.10	.275	3.51	7.49
11	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	2,006	555	235	155	.603	527	4.19	26	8	0	3374.0	3,465	1,571	1,682	443	873	127	6	48	14,281	35	5.35	2.33	2.30	1.18	14.0	6.1	1.29	.279	4.49	9.24
12	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,993	573	182	183	.499	439	3.86	107	13	9	3278.2	2,900	1,405	1,602	341	1,383	140	64	31	13,944	152	5.47	3.80	1.44	0.94	14.3	9.9	1.31	.254	4.40	7.96
13	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	1,925	566	277	186	.598	499	3.09	285	48	22	3952.1	3,678	1,356	1,501	345	1,021	34	53		16,206	53	4.38	2.32	1.89	0.79	11.9	6.3	1.19	.259	3.42	8.38
14	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	1,907	307	160	105	.604	299	2.70	175	38	2	2436.0	2,028	732	823	140	750	51	4	78	9,940	62	7.05	2.77	2.54	0.52	19.2	7.5	1.14	.266	3.04	7.49
15	Early Wynn E. Wynn	1,889	474	217	150	.591	420	3.34	191	40	13	3132.2	2,747	1,163	1,298	266	1,258	48	44		13,166	35	5.43	3.61	1.50	0.76	14.3	9.6	1.28	.256	3.73	7.89
16	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	1,883	440	204	133	.605	440	3.36	39	15	0	2866.0	2,830	1,071	1,190	244	436	76	0	93	11,674	33	5.91	1.37	4.32	0.77	16.1	3.7	1.14	.286	3.74	8.89
17	Tim Wakefield T. Wakefield	1,840	542	162	150	.519	382	4.46	18	2	22	2684.2	2,602	1,330	1,494	358	969	159	77	30	11,564	112	6.17	3.25	1.90	1.20	15.9	8.4	1.33	.272	5.01	8.72
18	Don Sutton D. Sutton	1,836	442	185	143	.564	438	3.43	79	22	2	2992.1	2,724	1,140	1,250	302	752	38	3	48	12,297	54	5.52	2.26	2.44	0.91	14.9	6.1	1.16	.259	3.76	8.19
19	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	1,829	367	137	120	.533	338	3.23	91	28	11	2399.1	2,248	861	962	215	579	105	21	73	9,957	29	6.86	2.17	3.16	0.81	18.4	5.8	1.18	.281	3.61	8.43
20	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	1,826	446	157	156	.502	381	3.54	94	18	16	2771.2	2,701	1,091	1,219	209	868	50	37	74	11,606	51	5.93	2.82	2.10	0.68	15.7	7.5	1.29	.288	3.96	8.77
21	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1,784	373	165	118	.583	369	3.19	98	32	0	2615.2	2,248	926	1,022	218	822	36	1	70	10,724	77	6.14	2.83	2.17	0.75	16.6	7.7	1.17	.258	3.52	7.73
22	Chuck Finley C. Finley	1,771	307	127	111	.534	307	4.08	37	9	0	1998.2	1,938	906	1,009	203	822	51	0	19	8,575	94	7.97	3.70	2.15	0.91	20.7	9.6	1.38	.303	4.54	8.73
23	Charlie Morton C. Morton	1,732	291	112	81	.580	285	3.83	0	0	0	1603.1	1,411	682	742	165	588	146	1	13	6,781	41	9.72	3.30	2.95	0.93	25.5	8.7	1.25	.300	4.17	7.92
24	David Wells D. Wells	1,721	415	188	119	.612	412	4.26	52	12	0	2698.1	2,942	1,278	1,369	332	511	68	0	39	11,355	60	5.74	1.70	3.37	1.11	15.2	4.5	1.28	.299	4.57	9.81
25	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	1,660	314	152	94	.618	313	3.83	22	9	0	1994.0	2,008	848	916	210	416	42	0	14	8,221	37	7.49	1.88	3.99	0.95	20.2	5.1	1.22	.305	4.13	9.06