most strikeouts by a pitcher from 2016 to 2023

Between the 2016 and 2023 seasons, Max Scherzer fanned the most hitters, with 1,770 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	1,770	217	108	46	.701	217	2.81	7	1	0	1366.2	1,008	427	451	168	323	62	0	11	5,415	21	11.66	2.13	5.48	1.11	32.7	6.0	0.97	.272	2.97	66	3.02	71	6.64	186.5
2	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	1,712	227	105	55	.656	227	3.20	8	5	0	1395.2	1,130	496	530	177	359	33	0	4	5,599	38	11.04	2.32	4.77	1.14	30.6	6.4	1.07	.287	3.42	77	3.21	75	7.29	165.9
3	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,514	222	84	69	.549	222	3.73	5	3	0	1344.1	1,160	557	589	158	352	47	0	15	5,497	15	10.14	2.36	4.30	1.06	27.5	6.4	1.12	.292	3.94	88	3.33	77	7.77	146.3
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1,399	191	100	44	.694	191	2.76	5	2	0	1214.0	892	372	398	153	283	37	0	5	4,788	28	10.37	2.10	4.94	1.13	29.2	5.9	0.97	.253	2.95	65	3.29	77	6.61	133.1
5	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,367	194	68	55	.553	193	3.91	1	1	0	1071.2	918	465	495	174	460	33	0	16	4,532	45	11.48	3.86	2.97	1.46	30.2	10.2	1.29	.298	4.16	92	4.09	99	7.71	7.1
6	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,363	233	74	72	.507	217	3.76	0	0	0	1263.2	1,244	528	567	160	349	30	7	6	5,308	40	9.71	2.49	3.91	1.14	25.7	6.6	1.26	.318	4.04	89	3.55	83	8.86	102.2
7	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,303	163	61	43	.587	163	2.50	4	2	0	1025.0	774	285	315	96	226	18	0	9	4,016	20	11.44	1.98	5.77	0.84	32.4	5.6	0.98	.286	2.77	63	2.55	61	6.80	184.6
8	Charlie Morton C. Morton	1,269	195	85	43	.664	195	3.56	0	0	0	1084.2	902	429	460	110	393	92	0	4	4,543	28	10.53	3.26	3.23	0.91	27.9	8.7	1.19	.296	3.82	84	3.49	83	7.48	88.9
9	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	1,249	183	64	60	.516	183	3.75	0	0	0	1079.0	895	450	469	152	304	54	0	5	4,416	48	10.42	2.54	4.11	1.27	28.3	6.9	1.11	.280	3.91	89	3.68	86	7.47	71.9
10	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,248	240	71	97	.423	227	4.60	3	2	1	1317.1	1,413	673	738	196	429	30	6	19	5,711	40	8.53	2.93	2.91	1.34	21.9	7.5	1.40	.320	5.04	107	4.25	100	9.65	2.7
11	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,223	191	71	55	.563	191	3.20	0	0	0	992.2	775	353	381	102	451	10	0	5	4,119	71	11.09	4.09	2.71	0.92	29.7	10.9	1.24	.288	3.45	78	3.44	82	7.03	83.9
12	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1,198	181	96	36	.727	180	2.55	4	3	0	1101.2	857	312	342	128	203	15	0	1	4,304	39	9.79	1.66	5.90	1.05	27.8	4.7	0.96	.264	2.79	62	3.10	73	7.00	139
13	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,190	212	83	66	.557	211	4.15	4	1	0	1213.1	1,146	559	600	162	363	78	0	4	5,123	33	8.83	2.69	3.28	1.20	23.2	7.1	1.24	.295	4.45	97	4.04	94	8.50	36.2
14	Chris Sale C. Sale	1,178	147	63	40	.612	147	3.29	8	2	0	897.1	717	328	354	107	201	65	0	3	3,620	14	11.82	2.02	5.86	1.07	32.5	5.6	1.02	.295	3.55	73	2.98	69	7.19	133.4
15	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,156	181	61	64	.488	181	3.54	1	0	0	1054.2	882	415	459	126	360	36	0	6	4,360	16	9.86	3.07	3.21	1.08	26.5	8.3	1.18	.282	3.92	83	3.66	85	7.53	75.5
16	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	1,140	191	75	56	.573	189	4.00	2	1	0	1097.2	1,004	488	534	156	369	51	0	11	4,656	39	9.35	3.03	3.09	1.28	24.5	7.9	1.25	.288	4.38	92	4.10	93	8.23	36.7
17	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,130	178	69	47	.595	178	3.43	3	2	0	1093.1	972	417	447	103	280	45	0	9	4,489	16	9.30	2.30	4.04	0.85	25.2	6.2	1.15	.296	3.68	83	3.23	76	8.00	123.9
18	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,102	203	65	65	.500	196	3.74	1	0	0	1080.0	944	449	487	110	391	42	2	3	4,537	67	9.18	3.26	2.82	0.92	24.3	8.6	1.24	.288	4.06	87	3.66	85	7.87	80.2
19	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	1,092	222	83	63	.568	218	3.73	3	1	0	1294.2	1,235	536	569	172	254	20	0	8	5,265	34	7.59	1.77	4.30	1.20	20.7	4.8	1.15	.285	3.96	86	3.84	92	8.59	52.5
20	Jon Gray J. Gray	1,085	196	67	62	.519	195	4.41	2	1	0	1073.1	1,032	526	561	140	359	49	1	10	4,548	40	9.10	3.01	3.02	1.17	23.9	7.9	1.30	.306	4.70	95	3.98	91	8.65	49.5
21	Kyle Gibson K. Gibson	1,078	227	77	73	.513	221	4.58	2	1	0	1271.0	1,314	647	690	166	447	50	0	8	5,458	44	7.63	3.17	2.41	1.18	19.8	8.2	1.39	.309	4.89	106	4.34	101	9.30	-2.8
22	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	1,077	180	60	62	.492	178	4.43	5	3	0	1013.2	886	499	531	166	385	40	1	7	4,260	45	9.56	3.42	2.80	1.47	25.3	9.0	1.25	.278	4.71	104	4.44	102	7.87	-4.6
23	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	1,075	157	65	45	.591	148	3.52	5	3	1	935.1	790	366	402	116	323	48	5	5	3,898	34	10.34	3.11	3.33	1.12	27.6	8.3	1.19	.289	3.87	79	3.67	84	7.60	73.7
24	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	1,053	185	74	55	.574	172	4.02	5	2	1	982.0	962	439	466	136	263	37	4	11	4,101	40	9.65	2.41	4.00	1.25	25.7	6.4	1.25	.316	4.27	94	3.73	87	8.82	58.6
25	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	1,016	164	76	42	.644	158	3.47	11	7	1	969.1	855	374	405	117	218	37	1	3	3,937	18	9.43	2.02	4.66	1.09	25.8	5.5	1.11	.290	3.76	82	3.41	81	7.94	87.1