most strikeouts by a relief pitcher in a career including playoffs

Aroldis Chapman has fanned the most career batters by a relief pitcher in the regular-season and playoffs, with 1,404 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	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,404	909	63	51	.553	0	2.51	0	0	378	873.0	514	243	271	58	429	36	592	8	3,554	90	14.47	4.42	3.27	0.60	39.5	12.1	1.08	.280	2.79	5.30
2	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,372	993	57	42	.576	0	2.55	0	0	495	992.2	644	281	302	95	300	35	747	23	3,930	21	12.44	2.72	4.57	0.86	34.9	7.6	0.95	.258	2.74	5.84
3	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	1,369	984	117	86	.576	0	2.77	0	0	318	1588.0	1,256	489	547	101	635	40	698	88	6,532	56	7.76	3.60	2.16	0.57	21.0	9.7	1.19	.263	3.10	7.12
4	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	1,366	1,020	124	103	.546	0	2.49	0	0	229	1874.2	1,437	518	636	125	661	51	652	58	7,628	83	6.56	3.17	2.07	0.60	17.9	8.7	1.12	.242	3.05	6.90
5	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	1,314	881	56	51	.523	0	2.65	0	0	450	851.2	515	251	280	79	366	44	675	11	3,438	73	13.89	3.87	3.59	0.83	38.2	10.6	1.03	.267	2.96	5.44
6	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	1,245	1,201	87	58	.600	0	1.92	0	0	694	1374.2	1,020	293	318	65	287	47	1,030	45	5,397	16	8.15	1.88	4.34	0.43	23.1	5.3	0.95	.254	2.08	6.68
7	David Robertson D. Robertson	1,232	923	74	47	.612	0	2.96	0	0	180	941.0	712	309	333	87	380	27	369	41	3,883	60	11.78	3.63	3.24	0.83	31.7	9.8	1.16	.290	3.18	6.81
8	Lee Smith L. Smith	1,232	1,020	71	89	.444	0	3.01	0	0	479	1257.2	1,104	420	461	88	475	9	806	100	5,257	46	8.82	3.40	2.59	0.63	23.4	9.0	1.26	.294	3.30	7.90
9	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	1,228	937	111	105	.514	0	2.71	0	0	350	1563.0	1,326	471	522	102	446	32	730	109	6,336	38	7.07	2.57	2.75	0.59	19.4	7.0	1.13	.270	3.01	7.64
10	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	1,209	867	48	41	.539	0	2.41	0	0	425	914.2	622	245	275	85	302	34	712	26	3,659	44	11.90	2.97	4.00	0.84	33.0	8.3	1.01	.265	2.71	6.12
11	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	1,191	974	57	57	.500	0	2.86	0	0	440	1012.2	770	322	351	103	407	18	685	44	4,169	73	10.58	3.62	2.93	0.92	28.6	9.8	1.16	.272	3.12	6.84
12	Jesse Orosco J. Orosco	1,191	1,272	90	79	.533	0	3.13	0	0	146	1298.2	1,051	452	509	113	578	36	508	87	5,463	40	8.25	4.01	2.06	0.78	21.8	10.6	1.25	.265	3.53	7.28
13	Lindy McDaniel L. McDaniel	1,165	913	119	88	.575	0	3.14	0	0	174	1694.2	1,590	591	682	122	486	11	577	120	7,019	92	6.19	2.58	2.40	0.65	16.6	6.9	1.23	.280	3.62	8.44
14	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	1,147	1,047	62	77	.446	0	2.87	0	0	605	1102.1	857	352	384	102	312	9	867	59	4,443	49	9.36	2.55	3.68	0.83	25.8	7.0	1.06	.263	3.14	7.00
15	Tug McGraw T. McGraw	1,022	811	92	72	.561	0	2.84	0	0	188	1353.2	1,142	427	482	75	527	21	560	132	5,614	54	6.79	3.50	1.94	0.50	18.2	9.4	1.23	.269	3.20	7.59
16	Michael Jackson M. Jackson	1,008	1,029	62	65	.488	0	3.36	0	0	146	1183.1	980	442	483	121	453	56	433	85	4,939	34	7.67	3.45	2.23	0.92	20.4	9.2	1.21	.260	3.67	7.45
17	Don McMahon D. McMahon	1,006	882	90	66	.577	0	2.95	0	0	152	1310.1	1,050	429	479	104	582	34	513	82	5,499	74	6.91	4.00	1.73	0.71	18.3	10.6	1.25	.251	3.29	7.21
18	Dan Plesac D. Plesac	990	1,051	62	67	.481	0	3.57	0	0	158	1003.1	910	398	441	98	370	14	422	52	4,233	41	8.88	3.32	2.68	0.88	23.4	8.7	1.28	.294	3.96	8.16
19	Octavio Dotel O. Dotel	988	750	53	42	.558	0	3.33	0	0	109	783.1	593	290	317	86	324	33	307	38	3,271	42	11.35	3.72	3.05	0.99	30.2	9.9	1.17	.276	3.64	6.81
20	John Franco J. Franco	985	1,134	92	87	.514	0	2.88	0	0	425	1260.0	1,177	403	469	81	498	22	778	78	5,366	55	7.04	3.56	1.98	0.58	18.4	9.3	1.33	.290	3.35	8.41
21	Armando Benitez A. Benitez	982	790	43	49	.467	0	3.15	0	0	293	809.1	570	283	310	102	422	16	540	35	3,388	18	10.92	4.69	2.33	1.13	29.0	12.5	1.23	.251	3.45	6.34
22	Fernando Rodney F. Rodney	966	971	49	71	.408	0	3.84	0	0	327	950.1	833	405	446	75	483	53	593	40	4,151	68	9.15	4.57	2.00	0.71	23.3	11.6	1.38	.294	4.22	7.89
23	Roberto Hernandez R. Hernandez	942	1,018	66	72	.478	0	3.42	0	0	327	1068.2	1,002	406	468	95	462	35	676	55	4,622	50	7.93	3.89	2.04	0.80	20.4	10.0	1.37	.294	3.94	8.44
24	Mike Stanton M. Stanton	939	1,230	73	65	.529	0	3.85	0	0	85	1165.2	1,127	498	538	94	440	33	378	85	4,970	37	7.25	3.40	2.13	0.73	18.9	8.9	1.34	.298	4.15	8.70
25	Tom Gordon T. Gordon	934	708	65	54	.546	0	3.39	0	0	158	869.0	676	327	347	71	367	18	353	40	3,615	57	9.67	3.80	2.54	0.74	25.8	10.2	1.20	.272	3.59	7.00