most strikeouts by pitcher from 1985 to 2004

Between the 1985 and 2004 seasons, Roger Clemens struck out the most hitters, with 4,191 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	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,191	619	319	160	.666	619	3.15	112	45	0	4359.2	3,700	1,524	1,681	323	1,429	145	0	54	17,956	126	8.65	2.95	2.93	0.67	23.3	8.0	1.18	.285	3.47	70	3.08	71	7.64	607.8
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,161	489	246	128	.658	479	3.07	92	37	2	3368.0	2,612	1,148	1,303	301	1,302	156	5	23	13,864	95	11.12	3.48	3.20	0.80	30.0	9.4	1.16	.291	3.48	70	2.99	69	6.98	521.7
3	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,916	608	305	174	.637	604	2.95	105	35	0	4181.1	3,843	1,370	1,563	269	871	118	3	158	16,989	55	6.28	1.87	3.35	0.58	17.2	5.1	1.13	.279	3.36	72	3.13	76	8.27	475.2
4	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,745	482	184	123	.599	370	3.32	82	19	13	2812.2	2,492	1,039	1,101	286	638	44	60	41	11,399	70	8.78	2.04	4.30	0.92	24.1	5.6	1.11	.287	3.52	78	3.13	74	7.97	346.4
5	David Cone D. Cone	2,668	450	194	126	.606	419	3.46	56	22	1	2898.2	2,504	1,115	1,222	258	1,137	106	9	42	12,184	149	8.28	3.53	2.35	0.80	21.9	9.3	1.26	.280	3.79	84	3.56	85	7.77	190.9
6	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,653	388	182	76	.705	321	2.71	42	16	3	2296.0	1,746	691	766	175	615	115	23	21	9,189	53	10.40	2.41	4.31	0.69	28.9	6.7	1.03	.279	3.00	61	2.71	63	6.84	421.3
7	Chuck Finley C. Finley	2,610	524	200	173	.536	467	3.85	63	15	0	3197.1	3,069	1,366	1,517	304	1,332	76	24	36	13,638	130	7.35	3.75	1.96	0.86	19.1	9.8	1.38	.297	4.27	87	3.90	88	8.64	189.7
8	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,398	602	163	121	.574	361	3.27	47	14	154	2699.2	2,327	982	1,074	216	829	40	204	61	11,066	128	7.99	2.76	2.89	0.72	21.7	7.5	1.17	.278	3.58	81	3.21	79	7.76	267.4
9	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,347	473	207	137	.602	463	3.20	72	17	0	3183.0	2,972	1,132	1,300	203	882	132	1	41	13,196	102	6.64	2.49	2.66	0.57	17.8	6.7	1.21	.287	3.68	77	3.32	78	8.40	338.3
10	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,260	422	162	148	.523	395	4.01	76	16	0	2737.2	2,535	1,221	1,339	295	1,171	38	3	29	11,597	85	7.43	3.85	1.93	0.97	19.5	10.1	1.35	.286	4.40	94	3.96	92	8.33	105.3
11	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,258	413	211	119	.639	413	3.59	54	21	0	2833.1	2,675	1,131	1,203	300	637	36	0	23	11,548	61	7.17	2.02	3.54	0.95	19.6	5.5	1.17	.286	3.82	79	3.54	78	8.50	313.4
12	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,245	570	262	171	.605	570	3.44	53	23	0	3740.1	3,583	1,429	1,576	288	1,276	52	0	127	15,725	61	5.40	3.07	1.76	0.69	14.3	8.1	1.30	.278	3.79	84	3.86	93	8.62	125.9
13	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2,017	399	177	103	.632	379	3.58	61	21	3	2582.2	2,403	1,028	1,126	203	881	76	4	40	10,826	73	7.03	3.07	2.29	0.71	18.6	8.1	1.27	.288	3.92	91	3.46	86	8.37	137.5
14	Andy Benes A. Benes	2,000	403	155	139	.527	387	3.97	21	9	1	2505.1	2,377	1,106	1,206	289	909	55	6	52	10,645	63	7.18	3.27	2.20	1.04	18.8	8.5	1.31	.282	4.33	96	4.07	96	8.54	37.1
15	Kevin Appier K. Appier	1,994	414	169	137	.552	402	3.74	34	12	0	2595.1	2,425	1,078	1,168	232	933	79	2	51	10,958	106	6.91	3.24	2.14	0.80	18.2	8.5	1.29	.284	4.05	83	3.81	86	8.41	174.5
16	David Wells D. Wells	1,974	588	212	136	.609	417	4.03	52	12	13	3022.1	3,117	1,355	1,469	353	644	71	65	60	12,615	96	5.88	1.92	3.07	1.05	15.6	5.1	1.24	.289	4.37	90	3.94	88	9.28	175.1
17	Bobby Witt B. Witt	1,955	430	142	157	.475	397	4.83	47	11	0	2465.0	2,493	1,324	1,449	252	1,375	39	13	37	11,003	128	7.14	5.02	1.42	0.92	17.8	12.5	1.57	.304	5.29	111	4.41	102	9.10	-26.2
18	Al Leiter A. Leiter	1,877	386	155	120	.564	356	3.65	16	10	2	2248.2	1,998	913	998	185	1,065	105	7	51	9,664	61	7.51	4.26	1.76	0.74	19.4	11.0	1.36	.282	3.99	86	4.02	93	8.00	77.9
19	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	1,859	457	193	142	.576	446	3.54	60	21	2	2932.2	2,772	1,152	1,295	225	951	113	5	100	12,342	112	5.71	2.92	1.95	0.69	15.1	7.7	1.27	.277	3.97	90	3.74	94	8.51	69.3
20	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	1,856	301	118	101	.539	299	4.05	16	9	0	1871.1	1,631	842	902	232	853	36	0	29	7,963	105	8.93	4.10	2.18	1.12	23.3	10.7	1.33	.281	4.34	97	4.13	96	7.84	32
21	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	1,840	261	93	86	.520	261	3.40	24	7	0	1681.2	1,257	635	715	119	704	58	0	26	6,970	97	9.85	3.77	2.61	0.64	26.4	10.1	1.17	.268	3.83	91	2.88	77	6.73	161.5
22	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	1,782	506	192	145	.570	453	4.15	27	8	0	2939.2	3,002	1,355	1,469	358	843	99	14	52	12,473	45	5.46	2.58	2.11	1.10	14.3	6.8	1.31	.282	4.50	95	4.34	99	9.19	19.8
23	John Burkett J. Burkett	1,766	445	166	136	.550	423	4.31	21	6	1	2648.1	2,866	1,268	1,374	257	700	90	8	59	11,324	33	6.00	2.38	2.52	0.87	15.6	6.2	1.35	.307	4.67	102	3.84	91	9.74	117.1
24	Tom Gordon T. Gordon	1,733	671	122	111	.524	203	3.99	18	4	114	1896.2	1,703	840	924	149	893	35	258	48	8,162	101	8.22	4.24	1.94	0.71	21.2	10.9	1.37	.290	4.38	90	3.65	85	8.08	137
25	Tom Candiotti T. Candiotti	1,691	433	145	158	.479	396	3.72	66	10	0	2637.0	2,562	1,091	1,257	241	857	83	10	31	11,188	119	5.77	2.92	1.97	0.82	15.1	7.7	1.30	.279	4.29	92	3.90	95	8.74	48.5