most strikeouts by a pitcher from 2018 to 2023

Between the 2018 and 2023 seasons, Gerrit Cole fanned the most hitters, with 1,418 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	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	1,418	173	86	33	.723	173	2.93	7	5	0	1076.2	800	350	375	139	268	23	0	0	4,244	26	11.85	2.24	5.29	1.16	33.4	6.3	0.99	.276	3.13	70	3.03	71	6.69	150.6
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	1,218	152	72	33	.686	152	2.84	4	1	0	937.2	717	296	312	115	212	45	0	7	3,733	15	11.69	2.03	5.75	1.10	32.6	5.7	0.99	.281	2.99	68	2.99	70	6.88	130.7
3	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,209	175	66	49	.574	175	3.65	5	3	0	1065.1	890	432	454	130	274	39	0	10	4,321	12	10.21	2.31	4.41	1.10	28.0	6.3	1.09	.285	3.84	86	3.37	78	7.52	111.6
4	Charlie Morton C. Morton	1,087	166	70	35	.667	166	3.54	0	0	0	920.2	762	362	387	95	335	79	0	3	3,855	23	10.63	3.27	3.24	0.93	28.2	8.7	1.19	.295	3.78	84	3.50	84	7.45	72.2
5	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,058	166	58	57	.504	166	3.58	1	0	0	965.1	818	384	427	115	328	33	0	5	4,001	14	9.86	3.06	3.23	1.07	26.4	8.2	1.19	.285	3.98	84	3.66	85	7.63	69
6	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,049	161	66	40	.623	161	3.28	3	2	0	1007.0	875	367	394	88	240	42	0	8	4,103	15	9.38	2.14	4.37	0.79	25.6	5.8	1.11	.293	3.52	79	3.07	72	7.82	131.7
7	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	1,032	167	57	58	.496	167	4.48	5	3	0	947.0	829	471	499	151	361	36	0	7	3,980	42	9.81	3.43	2.86	1.44	25.9	9.1	1.26	.283	4.74	105	4.33	99	7.88	7.6
8	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,010	169	54	48	.529	153	3.60	0	0	0	897.1	853	359	392	103	231	20	7	5	3,735	24	10.13	2.32	4.37	1.03	27.0	6.2	1.21	.316	3.93	86	3.25	77	8.56	94.7
9	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,006	148	60	40	.600	148	3.02	0	0	0	774.1	569	260	272	82	341	10	0	4	3,171	57	11.69	3.96	2.95	0.95	31.7	10.8	1.18	.281	3.16	74	3.32	79	6.61	75.8
10	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,002	172	66	51	.564	172	3.96	4	1	0	1009.1	941	444	473	135	280	60	0	4	4,226	25	8.93	2.50	3.58	1.20	23.7	6.6	1.21	.293	4.22	93	3.94	92	8.39	38.5
11	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	987	158	64	48	.571	156	4.12	2	1	0	911.1	853	417	454	129	291	41	0	6	3,880	37	9.75	2.87	3.39	1.27	25.4	7.5	1.26	.298	4.48	94	3.95	89	8.42	49
12	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	939	171	52	71	.423	171	4.62	3	2	0	972.0	1,028	499	532	146	302	22	0	9	4,184	21	8.69	2.80	3.11	1.35	22.4	7.2	1.37	.318	4.93	109	4.20	98	9.52	7.8
13	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	938	134	60	32	.652	132	3.27	5	2	0	831.0	742	302	323	94	187	18	1	1	3,370	34	10.16	2.03	5.02	1.02	27.8	5.5	1.12	.304	3.50	77	3.13	74	8.04	102.6
14	Robbie Ray R. Ray	931	134	45	35	.563	133	3.89	0	0	0	735.1	617	318	333	127	318	22	0	9	3,091	29	11.39	3.89	2.93	1.55	30.1	10.3	1.27	.289	4.08	93	4.26	104	7.55	-12.5
15	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	926	124	69	27	.719	124	2.51	3	2	0	780.1	551	218	237	96	154	25	0	0	3,036	17	10.68	1.78	6.01	1.11	30.5	5.1	0.90	.248	2.73	60	3.09	73	6.35	99.5
16	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	921	108	39	25	.609	108	2.08	2	1	0	675.2	452	156	175	53	131	13	0	4	2,585	9	12.27	1.74	7.03	0.71	35.6	5.1	0.86	.272	2.33	52	2.11	51	6.02	155.8
17	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	908	135	47	43	.522	135	3.77	0	0	0	792.0	655	332	343	113	215	45	0	3	3,234	30	10.32	2.44	4.22	1.28	28.1	6.6	1.10	.278	3.90	92	3.72	88	7.44	44.1
18	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	870	167	45	27	.625	106	3.26	0	0	2	709.1	542	257	275	75	206	33	16	2	2,865	34	11.04	2.61	4.22	0.95	30.4	7.2	1.05	.278	3.49	77	3.11	73	6.88	90.2
19	Sonny Gray S. Gray	855	154	50	42	.543	147	3.50	0	0	0	800.2	672	311	328	73	292	37	2	2	3,342	41	9.61	3.28	2.93	0.82	25.6	8.7	1.20	.287	3.69	81	3.47	80	7.55	78.2
20	Kyle Gibson K. Gibson	853	173	59	52	.532	167	4.43	1	1	0	965.2	957	475	508	122	332	40	0	5	4,112	31	7.95	3.09	2.57	1.14	20.7	8.1	1.33	.302	4.73	103	4.21	98	8.92	10.2
21	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	827	170	42	49	.462	126	4.65	2	0	3	750.2	706	388	407	122	284	26	13	5	3,207	37	9.92	3.40	2.91	1.46	25.8	8.9	1.32	.300	4.88	108	4.32	102	8.46	-5.8
22	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	824	133	66	28	.702	132	2.77	0	0	0	777.2	624	239	262	97	162	13	0	0	3,081	30	9.54	1.87	5.09	1.12	26.7	5.3	1.01	.265	3.03	68	3.36	78	7.22	78.1
23	Germán Márquez G. Márquez	821	141	53	48	.525	141	4.40	4	2	0	833.1	800	407	439	114	247	21	0	10	3,497	49	8.87	2.67	3.32	1.23	23.5	7.1	1.26	.299	4.74	92	3.93	89	8.64	44.3
24	Joe Musgrove J. Musgrove	796	138	49	45	.521	136	3.54	2	2	0	785.0	700	309	341	92	195	60	1	9	3,257	17	9.13	2.24	4.08	1.05	24.4	6.0	1.14	.288	3.91	87	3.64	87	8.03	49
25	Dylan Cease D. Cease	792	123	43	35	.551	123	3.83	2	2	0	658.0	565	280	311	82	294	28	0	7	2,820	38	10.83	4.02	2.69	1.12	28.1	10.4	1.31	.297	4.25	89	3.86	87	7.73	37.9