most strikeouts by pitcher from 1997 to 2010

Between the 1997 and 2010 seasons, Randy Johnson struck out the most hitters, with 3,166 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	3,166	386	199	102	.661	379	3.16	59	22	0	2614.1	2,173	917	1,038	285	717	122	3	28	10,629	49	10.90	2.47	4.42	0.98	29.8	6.7	1.11	.298	3.57	70	3.04	68	7.48	416
2	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,489	322	171	69	.713	320	2.78	39	13	0	2156.1	1,677	666	733	183	521	112	1	19	8,650	42	10.39	2.17	4.78	0.76	28.8	6.0	1.02	.280	3.06	62	2.75	63	7.00	398.5
3	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
4	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,316	337	164	94	.636	315	3.45	56	12	9	2272.2	2,118	870	901	267	420	37	21	15	9,201	44	9.17	1.66	5.51	1.06	25.2	4.6	1.12	.300	3.57	76	3.17	72	8.39	306
5	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,082	326	162	73	.689	325	3.21	18	8	0	2140.2	1,826	764	840	169	724	73	0	20	8,856	71	8.75	3.04	2.88	0.71	23.5	8.2	1.19	.285	3.53	71	3.27	72	7.68	293.8
6	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,053	376	180	112	.616	375	3.74	30	12	0	2425.0	2,394	1,008	1,088	259	511	49	0	20	9,961	52	7.62	1.90	4.02	0.96	20.6	5.1	1.20	.301	4.04	83	3.47	77	8.88	279
7	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	1,975	423	207	121	.631	419	3.86	20	4	0	2659.1	2,773	1,141	1,270	225	827	47	1	36	11,313	48	6.68	2.80	2.39	0.76	17.5	7.3	1.35	.309	4.30	86	3.69	82	9.38	236.8
8	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
9	Johan Santana J. Santana	1,877	339	133	69	.658	263	3.10	13	8	1	1908.2	1,609	658	708	203	528	36	23	12	7,763	67	8.85	2.49	3.55	0.96	24.2	6.8	1.12	.275	3.34	71	3.39	79	7.59	189.9
10	Livan Hernandez L. Hernandez	1,827	445	166	163	.505	445	4.39	49	8	0	2943.1	3,239	1,437	1,540	331	1,002	72	0	76	12,760	36	5.59	3.06	1.82	1.01	14.3	7.9	1.44	.305	4.71	103	4.40	102	9.90	-33.6
11	CC Sabathia	1,787	322	157	88	.641	322	3.57	30	11	0	2127.0	1,947	844	919	188	664	66	0	28	8,804	44	7.56	2.81	2.69	0.80	20.3	7.5	1.23	.288	3.89	81	3.57	82	8.24	186.9
12	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	1,728	408	190	123	.607	408	3.42	34	14	0	2642.2	2,624	1,003	1,113	234	410	74	0	83	10,784	29	5.88	1.40	4.21	0.80	16.0	3.8	1.15	.287	3.79	80	3.48	80	8.94	263.4
13	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	1,714	346	169	86	.663	320	3.32	58	19	1	2297.1	2,228	848	944	196	485	62	6	23	9,426	48	6.71	1.90	3.53	0.77	18.2	5.1	1.18	.292	3.70	73	3.41	76	8.73	262.8
14	Tim Wakefield T. Wakefield	1,694	498	149	139	.517	348	4.44	13	2	22	2444.1	2,367	1,207	1,345	316	890	147	71	29	10,527	95	6.24	3.28	1.90	1.16	16.1	8.5	1.33	.274	4.95	96	4.65	107	8.72	-84.6
15	Roy Oswalt R. Oswalt	1,666	316	150	83	.644	303	3.18	20	8	0	2015.0	1,918	712	765	173	467	71	5	32	8,292	23	7.44	2.09	3.57	0.77	20.1	5.6	1.18	.295	3.42	75	3.34	77	8.57	225.7
16	Jason Schmidt J. Schmidt	1,665	295	123	88	.583	295	3.84	19	9	0	1875.0	1,711	801	874	172	721	49	0	32	7,968	84	7.99	3.46	2.31	0.83	20.9	9.0	1.30	.287	4.20	89	3.72	87	8.21	118
17	Barry Zito B. Zito	1,651	355	142	120	.542	353	3.86	11	4	0	2198.1	1,959	944	1,026	229	910	88	1	43	9,332	43	6.76	3.73	1.81	0.94	17.7	9.8	1.31	.268	4.20	89	4.28	99	8.02	14.7
18	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	1,649	436	195	125	.609	430	4.14	23	7	0	2743.0	2,784	1,262	1,342	357	703	112	2	36	11,580	30	5.41	2.31	2.35	1.17	14.2	6.1	1.27	.277	4.40	94	4.47	101	9.13	-8.8
19	A.J. Burnett	1,618	281	110	100	.524	277	3.99	21	9	0	1770.0	1,596	785	862	172	743	89	1	25	7,542	99	8.23	3.78	2.18	0.87	21.5	9.9	1.32	.289	4.38	93	3.92	90	8.12	84.6
20	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	1,607	328	153	103	.598	325	4.10	31	8	0	2076.2	2,068	945	1,031	256	710	44	0	30	8,828	39	6.96	3.08	2.26	1.11	18.2	8.0	1.34	.292	4.47	89	4.21	93	8.96	71.8
21	Chan Ho Park C. Ho Park	1,583	424	119	93	.561	276	4.38	10	3	2	1876.1	1,783	914	991	221	832	133	44	32	8,198	71	7.59	3.99	1.90	1.06	19.3	10.1	1.39	.288	4.75	103	4.47	102	8.55	-16.8
22	Ryan Dempster R. Dempster	1,574	485	102	102	.500	260	4.37	11	3	87	1840.1	1,811	894	971	199	858	78	185	44	8,060	62	7.70	4.20	1.83	0.97	19.5	10.6	1.45	.301	4.75	102	4.30	99	8.86	7.7
23	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	1,556	457	99	65	.604	215	3.19	16	7	154	1668.2	1,529	592	630	138	383	28	204	42	6,794	41	8.39	2.07	4.06	0.74	22.9	5.6	1.15	.297	3.40	74	3.05	70	8.25	239.8
24	Tim Hudson T. Hudson	1,541	345	165	87	.655	344	3.42	23	11	0	2288.1	2,147	870	948	184	706	84	0	69	9,524	63	6.06	2.78	2.18	0.72	16.2	7.4	1.25	.280	3.73	78	3.81	87	8.44	153.2
25	Randy Wolf R. Wolf	1,529	313	114	97	.540	309	4.13	13	9	0	1898.0	1,821	872	930	241	692	82	1	36	8,101	34	7.25	3.28	2.21	1.14	18.9	8.5	1.32	.284	4.41	97	4.34	100	8.63	-3.7