most strikeouts by active pitcher all-time

Justin Verlander has fanned the most career batters by an active pitcher, with 3,451 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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,451	534	262	149	.637	534	3.31	26	9	0	3457.2	2,931	1,273	1,377	361	967	116	0	27	14,123	97	8.98	2.52	3.57	0.94	24.4	6.8	1.13	.279	3.58	78	3.43	81	7.63	306
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,408	467	215	112	.657	458	3.16	12	5	0	2881.0	2,349	1,012	1,085	337	756	112	2	20	11,640	78	10.65	2.36	4.51	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.286	3.39	76	3.18	77	7.34	307.8
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,968	432	212	94	.693	429	2.50	25	15	0	2742.2	2,091	762	835	227	678	44	1	28	10,816	103	9.74	2.22	4.38	0.74	27.4	6.3	1.01	.270	2.74	64	2.82	70	6.86	366.8
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,470	380	139	86	.618	300	3.06	16	3	12	2000.1	1,636	680	732	207	466	123	25	15	8,064	47	11.11	2.10	5.30	0.93	30.6	5.8	1.05	.298	3.29	72	2.89	69	7.36	287.9
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,251	317	153	80	.657	317	3.18	8	5	0	1954.0	1,627	690	740	217	500	61	0	8	7,861	58	10.37	2.30	4.50	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.292	3.41	79	3.16	77	7.49	213.5
6	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,075	392	138	130	.515	388	4.09	3	2	0	2157.1	2,035	981	1,079	211	809	188	0	25	9,262	69	8.66	3.38	2.56	0.88	22.4	8.7	1.32	.305	4.50	102	3.87	96	8.49	40
7	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2,007	282	110	88	.556	282	3.58	2	1	0	1706.0	1,394	678	712	217	544	77	0	8	7,009	79	10.59	2.87	3.69	1.14	28.6	7.8	1.14	.283	3.76	85	3.53	84	7.35	125.8
8	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,824	275	105	84	.556	275	3.72	6	4	0	1662.1	1,464	688	726	205	434	54	0	16	6,808	18	9.88	2.35	4.20	1.11	26.8	6.4	1.14	.293	3.93	88	3.45	81	7.93	151.5
9	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,802	336	104	105	.498	297	3.84	3	1	0	1758.0	1,705	750	805	216	497	35	11	10	7,363	63	9.23	2.54	3.63	1.11	24.5	6.7	1.25	.309	4.12	93	3.61	85	8.73	119.2
10	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,771	315	114	95	.545	306	3.51	6	4	0	1783.2	1,529	695	763	173	594	56	2	5	7,385	105	8.94	3.00	2.98	0.87	24.0	8.0	1.19	.283	3.85	85	3.52	85	7.72	124.5
11	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,748	364	106	104	.505	338	3.73	2	2	0	1998.1	1,949	828	893	205	600	53	7	23	8,372	75	7.87	2.70	2.91	0.92	20.9	7.2	1.28	.302	4.02	91	3.70	89	8.78	99.6
12	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,746	347	105	132	.443	329	4.50	6	2	2	1917.0	2,047	958	1,032	267	587	48	9	23	8,253	63	8.20	2.76	2.97	1.25	21.2	7.1	1.37	.318	4.85	107	4.13	99	9.61	7.6
13	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,702	225	86	58	.597	225	2.52	4	2	0	1405.0	1,080	394	431	125	317	23	0	13	5,525	28	10.90	2.03	5.37	0.80	30.8	5.7	0.99	.284	2.76	65	2.61	64	6.92	229.6
14	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,691	267	106	71	.599	267	3.34	4	3	0	1629.2	1,407	604	654	155	466	70	0	14	6,699	39	9.34	2.57	3.63	0.86	25.2	7.0	1.15	.290	3.61	84	3.31	80	7.77	149.6
15	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,594	241	82	73	.529	237	3.94	1	1	0	1303.0	1,132	571	607	199	558	47	1	19	5,523	54	11.01	3.85	2.86	1.37	28.9	10.1	1.30	.299	4.19	94	4.08	99	7.82	3.4
16	Kyle Gibson K. Gibson	1,515	332	111	109	.505	326	4.55	3	1	0	1873.1	1,924	948	1,010	232	660	68	0	15	8,038	71	7.28	3.17	2.30	1.11	18.8	8.2	1.38	.304	4.85	108	4.31	103	9.24	-22.6
17	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,411	302	94	83	.531	283	4.01	5	3	0	1621.0	1,606	722	765	181	449	52	5	16	6,814	51	7.83	2.49	3.14	1.00	20.7	6.6	1.27	.302	4.25	98	3.78	93	8.92	55.7
18	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,388	252	100	78	.562	251	4.07	5	1	0	1452.1	1,359	656	699	201	438	92	0	6	6,107	35	8.60	2.71	3.17	1.25	22.7	7.2	1.24	.290	4.33	96	4.15	98	8.42	19.1
19	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,372	213	77	58	.570	213	3.18	1	1	0	1105.2	850	391	426	108	503	11	0	5	4,583	81	11.17	4.09	2.73	0.88	29.9	11.0	1.22	.287	3.47	78	3.35	80	6.92	100.7
20	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,361	218	75	78	.490	218	3.55	1	0	0	1268.1	1,075	500	546	154	423	42	0	8	5,244	16	9.66	3.00	3.22	1.09	26.0	8.1	1.18	.282	3.87	85	3.70	88	7.63	75.7
21	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	1,324	286	102	66	.607	265	3.86	2	2	0	1500.0	1,443	644	687	181	472	38	4	18	6,315	41	7.94	2.83	2.81	1.09	21.0	7.5	1.28	.293	4.12	96	3.97	98	8.66	12.2
22	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	1,275	282	98	84	.538	276	3.72	6	4	0	1611.0	1,525	665	714	189	376	66	4	16	6,642	12	7.12	2.10	3.39	1.06	19.2	5.7	1.18	.282	3.99	90	3.93	95	8.52	35.6
23	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,264	810	57	45	.559	0	2.62	0	0	340	772.1	455	225	249	53	398	33	528	7	3,163	82	14.73	4.64	3.18	0.62	40.0	12.6	1.10	.284	2.90	64	2.43	58	5.30	145.8
24	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,263	206	79	66	.545	201	3.81	3	1	0	1135.1	978	481	518	143	424	56	1	5	4,777	62	10.01	3.36	2.98	1.13	26.4	8.9	1.23	.289	4.11	92	3.83	90	7.75	50.2
25	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,230	882	49	37	.570	0	2.60	0	0	453	877.2	584	254	272	83	265	31	661	18	3,486	21	12.61	2.72	4.64	0.85	35.3	7.6	0.97	.267	2.79	66	2.57	63	5.99	143.3