most strikeouts by a pitcher in a season since 1980

Since 1980, Randy Johnson has struck out the most batters in a season, with 372 strikeouts in 2001.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	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	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	372	2001	ARI	35	21	6	.778	34	2.49	3	2	0	249.2	181	69	74	19	71	18	1	2	994	8	13.41	2.56	5.24	0.68	37.4	7.1	1.01	.315	2.67	55	2.12	48	6.52	63.9
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	364	1999	ARI	35	17	9	.654	35	2.48	12	2	0	271.2	207	75	86	30	70	9	0	3	1,079	4	12.06	2.32	5.20	0.99	33.7	6.5	1.02	.292	2.85	53	2.75	59	6.86	57.2
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	347	2000	ARI	35	19	7	.731	35	2.64	8	3	0	248.2	202	73	89	23	76	6	0	1	1,001	5	12.56	2.75	4.57	0.83	34.7	7.6	1.12	.326	3.22	56	2.53	53	7.31	61.1
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	334	2002	ARI	35	24	5	.828	35	2.32	8	4	0	260.0	197	67	78	26	71	13	0	1	1,035	3	11.56	2.46	4.70	0.90	32.3	6.9	1.03	.289	2.70	54	2.65	61	6.82	47
5	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	329	1998	TOT	34	19	11	.633	34	3.28	10	6	0	244.1	203	89	102	23	86	14	0	1	1,014	7	12.12	3.17	3.83	0.85	32.4	8.5	1.18	.320	3.76	72	2.89	65	7.48	42.2
6	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	326	2019	HOU	33	20	5	.800	33	2.50	0	0	0	212.1	142	59	66	29	48	3	0	0	817	4	13.82	2.03	6.79	1.23	39.9	5.9	0.89	.275	2.80	55	2.63	58	6.02	45
7	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	319	1997	PHI	35	17	11	.607	35	2.97	7	2	0	254.1	208	84	96	25	58	5	0	3	1,009	5	11.29	2.05	5.50	0.88	31.6	5.7	1.05	.304	3.40	69	2.61	62	7.36	45.8
8	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	316	2002	ARI	36	23	7	.767	35	3.23	5	1	0	259.1	218	93	95	29	33	3	0	1	1,017	6	10.97	1.15	9.58	1.01	31.1	3.2	0.97	.297	3.30	75	2.39	55	7.57	54.3
9	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	313	1999	BOS	31	23	4	.852	29	2.07	5	1	0	213.1	160	49	56	9	37	9	1	1	835	6	13.20	1.56	8.46	0.38	37.5	4.4	0.92	.323	2.36	42	1.38	30	6.75	79.4
10	Chris Sale C. Sale	308	2017	BOS	32	17	8	.680	32	2.90	1	0	0	214.1	165	69	73	24	43	8	0	0	851	3	12.93	1.81	7.16	1.01	36.2	5.1	0.97	.301	3.07	63	2.45	56	6.93	45.5
11	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	308	1993	SEA	35	19	8	.704	34	3.24	10	3	1	255.1	185	92	97	22	99	16	1	1	1,043	8	10.86	3.49	3.11	0.78	29.5	9.5	1.11	.273	3.42	74	3.04	70	6.52	36.2
12	Mike Scott M. Scott	306	1986	HOU	37	18	10	.643	37	2.22	7	5	0	275.1	182	68	73	17	72	2	0	6	1,065	3	10.00	2.35	4.25	0.56	28.7	6.8	0.92	.247	2.39	63	2.15	61	5.95	43.6
13	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	305	1997	MON	31	17	8	.680	31	1.90	13	4	0	241.1	158	51	65	16	67	9	0	5	947	3	11.37	2.50	4.55	0.60	32.2	7.1	0.93	.258	2.42	45	2.38	57	5.89	49
14	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	301	2015	LAD	33	16	7	.696	33	2.13	4	3	0	232.2	163	55	62	15	42	5	0	1	890	9	11.64	1.62	7.17	0.58	33.8	4.7	0.88	.281	2.40	57	1.98	52	6.31	47.7
15	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	301	1989	TEX	32	16	10	.615	32	3.20	6	2	0	239.1	162	85	96	17	98	9	0	3	988	19	11.32	3.69	3.07	0.64	30.5	9.9	1.09	.258	3.61	82	2.50	65	6.09	35.1
16	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	300	2019	HOU	34	21	6	.778	34	2.58	2	1	0	223.0	137	64	66	36	42	6	0	0	847	4	12.11	1.70	7.14	1.45	35.4	5.0	0.80	.218	2.66	57	3.26	72	5.53	31.5
17	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	300	2018	WSH	33	18	7	.720	33	2.53	2	1	0	220.2	150	62	66	23	51	12	0	4	866	4	12.24	2.08	5.88	0.94	34.6	5.9	0.91	.265	2.69	62	2.65	64	6.12	36.1
18	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	300	1998	PHI	35	15	14	.517	35	3.25	15	2	0	268.2	236	97	101	23	61	6	0	3	1,089	12	10.05	2.04	4.92	0.77	27.5	5.6	1.11	.305	3.38	76	2.76	65	7.91	45.1
19	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	294	1995	SEA	30	18	2	.900	30	2.48	6	3	0	214.1	159	59	65	12	65	6	0	1	866	5	12.35	2.73	4.52	0.50	33.9	7.5	1.05	.301	2.73	53	2.08	44	6.68	62
20	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	293	2001	ARI	35	22	6	.786	35	2.98	6	1	0	256.2	237	85	86	37	39	1	0	0	1,021	4	10.27	1.37	7.51	1.30	28.7	3.8	1.08	.307	3.02	66	3.10	70	8.31	38
21	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	292	1997	TOR	34	21	7	.750	34	2.05	9	3	0	264.0	204	60	65	9	68	12	0	1	1,044	4	9.95	2.32	4.29	0.31	28.0	6.5	1.03	.294	2.22	45	2.24	50	6.95	66.3
22	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	291	1997	SEA	30	20	4	.833	29	2.28	5	2	0	213.0	147	54	60	20	77	10	0	2	850	4	12.30	3.25	3.78	0.85	34.2	9.1	1.05	.281	2.54	50	2.82	62	6.21	41.3
23	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	291	1988	BOS	35	18	12	.600	35	2.93	14	8	0	264.0	217	86	93	17	62	6	0	4	1,063	4	9.92	2.11	4.69	0.58	27.4	5.8	1.06	.291	3.17	72	2.17	56	7.40	50.5
24	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	290	2018	HOU	34	16	9	.640	34	2.52	1	1	0	214.0	156	60	63	28	37	8	0	0	833	5	12.20	1.56	7.84	1.18	34.8	4.4	0.90	.272	2.65	62	2.78	67	6.56	33
25	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	290	2004	ARI	35	16	14	.533	35	2.60	4	2	0	245.2	177	71	88	18	44	10	0	1	964	3	10.62	1.61	6.59	0.66	30.1	4.6	0.90	.264	3.22	57	2.29	51	6.48	59.7