most strikeouts by pitcher from 1985 to 2010

Between the 1985 and 2010 seasons, Randy Johnson struck out the most hitters, with 4,875 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	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,875	618	303	166	.646	603	3.29	100	37	2	4135.1	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	75	3.18	73	7.28	554.3
2	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4,546	688	345	180	.657	687	3.09	113	45	0	4783.1	4,039	1,643	1,818	350	1,551	157	0	60	19,665	139	8.55	2.92	2.93	0.66	23.1	7.9	1.17	.282	3.42	69	3.09	71	7.60	663.9
3	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,371	744	355	227	.610	740	3.16	109	35	0	5008.1	4,726	1,756	1,981	353	999	137	3	177	20,421	70	6.06	1.80	3.37	0.63	16.5	4.9	1.14	.281	3.56	76	3.25	78	8.49	519.5
4	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	3,154	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	46	17	3	2827.1	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	10.04	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	66	2.91	68	7.07	454.6
5	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,116	569	216	146	.597	436	3.46	83	20	22	3261.0	2,998	1,253	1,318	347	711	52	81	43	13,284	72	8.60	1.96	4.38	0.96	23.5	5.4	1.14	.293	3.64	80	3.22	76	8.27	373.6
6	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3,084	723	213	155	.579	481	3.33	53	16	154	3473.0	3,074	1,284	1,391	288	1,010	57	204	84	14,271	145	7.99	2.62	3.05	0.75	21.6	7.1	1.18	.283	3.60	81	3.23	78	7.97	356.6
7	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,813	537	270	153	.638	536	3.68	57	23	0	3562.2	3,460	1,458	1,559	376	785	60	0	29	14,593	71	7.11	1.98	3.58	0.95	19.3	5.4	1.19	.292	3.94	82	3.57	79	8.74	372.8
8	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
9	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
10	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,607	682	305	203	.600	682	3.54	56	25	0	4413.1	4,298	1,734	1,900	356	1,500	66	0	145	18,604	65	5.32	3.06	1.74	0.73	14.0	8.1	1.31	.280	3.87	86	3.94	94	8.76	120.1
11	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	2,405	686	267	204	.567	628	4.24	33	10	0	4020.1	4,156	1,892	2,036	511	1,137	144	15	67	17,102	57	5.38	2.55	2.12	1.14	14.1	6.6	1.32	.282	4.56	97	4.45	102	9.30	-26.4
12	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2,397	486	211	144	.594	476	3.28	72	17	0	3256.1	3,079	1,185	1,357	208	901	139	1	42	13,542	108	6.62	2.49	2.66	0.57	17.7	6.7	1.22	.290	3.75	78	3.32	78	8.51	344.2
13	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	2,374	418	152	149	.505	411	4.26	26	7	0	2647.1	2,606	1,252	1,340	352	713	86	5	50	11,137	71	8.07	2.42	3.33	1.20	21.3	6.4	1.25	.296	4.56	96	3.92	88	8.86	160.1
14	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
15	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2,251	489	240	138	.635	479	3.88	25	4	0	3055.1	3,185	1,317	1,461	263	962	51	3	41	12,987	62	6.63	2.83	2.34	0.77	17.3	7.4	1.36	.309	4.30	86	3.74	82	9.38	267.5
16	David Wells D. Wells	2,201	660	239	157	.604	489	4.13	54	12	13	3439.0	3,635	1,578	1,702	407	719	83	65	65	14,413	101	5.76	1.88	3.06	1.07	15.3	5.0	1.27	.293	4.45	93	3.99	90	9.51	172.9
17	Tim Wakefield T. Wakefield	2,063	594	193	172	.529	440	4.38	32	6	22	3071.2	2,989	1,494	1,681	393	1,158	178	72	32	13,262	119	6.04	3.39	1.78	1.15	15.6	8.7	1.35	.274	4.93	95	4.70	108	8.76	-119.4
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	Al Leiter A. Leiter	1,974	419	162	132	.551	382	3.80	16	10	2	2391.0	2,152	1,010	1,101	198	1,163	117	9	53	10,334	63	7.43	4.38	1.70	0.75	19.1	11.3	1.39	.284	4.14	90	4.09	95	8.10	63
22	Kenny Rogers K. Rogers	1,968	762	219	156	.584	474	4.27	36	9	28	3302.2	3,457	1,568	1,739	339	1,175	127	133	53	14,280	79	5.36	3.20	1.67	0.92	13.8	8.2	1.40	.292	4.74	93	4.38	97	9.42	43.3
23	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
24	Kevin Millwood K. Millwood	1,940	414	159	137	.537	406	4.11	21	5	0	2505.0	2,544	1,143	1,245	274	779	71	3	43	10,705	60	6.97	2.80	2.49	0.98	18.1	7.3	1.33	.297	4.47	93	3.98	90	9.14	123
25	Tom Gordon T. Gordon	1,928	890	138	126	.523	203	3.96	18	4	158	2108.0	1,889	927	1,016	176	977	38	347	57	9,058	112	8.23	4.17	1.97	0.75	21.3	10.8	1.36	.288	4.34	89	3.70	86	8.06	144.4