most strikeouts by pitcher from 1998 to 2010

Between the 1998 and 2010 seasons, Randy Johnson struck out the most batters, with 2,875 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	2,875	356	179	98	.646	350	3.23	54	20	0	2401.1	2,026	863	978	265	640	112	3	26	9,779	45	10.78	2.40	4.49	0.99	29.4	6.5	1.11	.299	3.67	72	3.06	69	7.59	374.7
2	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
3	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2,184	291	154	61	.716	289	2.89	26	9	0	1915.0	1,519	615	668	167	454	103	1	14	7,703	39	10.26	2.13	4.81	0.78	28.4	5.9	1.03	.282	3.14	64	2.80	64	7.14	349.5
4	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	1,997	302	147	83	.639	280	3.50	49	10	9	2018.1	1,910	786	805	242	362	32	21	12	8,192	39	8.90	1.61	5.52	1.08	24.4	4.4	1.13	.300	3.59	77	3.24	73	8.52	260.2
5	Kevin Millwood K. Millwood	1,898	402	154	134	.535	398	4.11	21	5	0	2453.2	2,489	1,120	1,219	273	758	69	1	42	10,478	59	6.96	2.78	2.50	1.00	18.1	7.2	1.32	.296	4.47	93	3.99	90	9.13	116.5
6	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
7	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	1,835	343	165	104	.613	342	3.80	26	11	0	2200.1	2,197	928	1,001	232	457	46	0	17	9,056	47	7.51	1.87	4.02	0.95	20.3	5.0	1.21	.303	4.09	84	3.47	77	8.99	252.9
8	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	1,809	388	189	114	.624	384	3.96	16	3	0	2419.0	2,540	1,064	1,184	218	762	44	1	36	10,327	41	6.73	2.84	2.37	0.81	17.5	7.4	1.37	.310	4.41	88	3.77	84	9.45	195.5
9	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1,790	292	141	66	.681	291	3.38	9	5	0	1876.2	1,622	704	775	160	656	61	0	19	7,812	67	8.58	3.15	2.73	0.77	22.9	8.4	1.21	.284	3.72	75	3.42	76	7.78	227.5
10	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
11	Livan Hernandez L. Hernandez	1,755	428	157	160	.495	428	4.44	49	8	0	2847.0	3,158	1,403	1,501	326	964	69	0	75	12,355	36	5.55	3.05	1.82	1.03	14.2	7.8	1.45	.306	4.74	104	4.43	103	9.98	-40
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	1,551	375	171	119	.590	375	3.53	29	12	0	2410.0	2,424	946	1,055	225	390	68	0	77	9,891	29	5.79	1.46	3.98	0.84	15.7	3.9	1.17	.287	3.94	82	3.58	82	9.05	217.1
18	Tim Wakefield T. Wakefield	1,543	463	137	124	.525	319	4.46	9	0	22	2243.0	2,174	1,112	1,236	292	803	131	69	24	9,661	89	6.19	3.22	1.92	1.17	16.0	8.3	1.33	.273	4.96	96	4.65	107	8.72	-78.7
19	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
20	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	1,541	309	149	96	.608	308	4.02	30	8	0	1982.2	1,961	886	965	244	665	41	0	29	8,401	34	7.00	3.02	2.32	1.11	18.3	7.9	1.32	.291	4.38	88	4.18	92	8.90	76.1
21	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	1,536	406	178	120	.597	400	4.16	21	7	0	2554.1	2,597	1,181	1,260	336	660	105	2	34	10,793	27	5.41	2.33	2.33	1.18	14.2	6.1	1.28	.277	4.44	95	4.49	102	9.15	-17.8
22	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
23	Jason Schmidt J. Schmidt	1,529	263	113	79	.589	263	3.76	17	9	0	1687.1	1,518	705	768	156	645	40	0	30	7,143	76	8.16	3.44	2.37	0.83	21.4	9.0	1.28	.285	4.10	87	3.67	86	8.10	115.5
24	Kerry Wood K. Wood	1,519	381	83	68	.550	178	3.65	11	5	62	1320.1	1,030	536	568	142	634	94	131	20	5,597	58	10.35	4.32	2.40	0.97	27.1	11.3	1.26	.277	3.87	85	3.81	87	7.02	85.3
25	Ted Lilly T. Lilly	1,474	310	113	96	.541	285	4.18	5	3	0	1718.1	1,592	798	847	258	581	51	5	26	7,279	53	7.72	3.04	2.54	1.35	20.3	8.0	1.26	.271	4.44	94	4.42	100	8.34	-1.5