most strikeouts by pitchers from 1964 to 1992

Between the 1964 and 1992 seasons, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 5,668 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	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	5,668	794	319	287	.526	760	3.17	222	61	3	5319.2	3,869	1,875	2,131	316	2,755	157	13	78	22,284	274	9.59	4.66	2.06	0.53	25.4	12.4	1.25	.265	3.61	89	2.94	83	6.55	371.4
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4,136	741	329	244	.574	709	3.22	254	55	2	5217.2	4,672	1,864	2,130	414	1,833	53	13	150	21,683	183	7.13	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.67	87	3.14	86	8.06	271.5
3	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,701	692	287	250	.534	685	3.31	242	60	0	4970.0	4,632	1,830	2,029	430	1,322	155	3	71	20,491	114	6.70	2.39	2.80	0.78	18.1	6.5	1.20	.282	3.67	85	3.18	82	8.39	368.6
4	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,640	656	311	205	.603	647	2.86	231	61	1	4783.0	3,971	1,521	1,674	380	1,390	76	6	116	19,369	126	6.85	2.62	2.62	0.72	18.8	7.2	1.12	.259	3.15	79	3.03	85	7.47	286.1
5	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,574	774	324	256	.559	756	3.26	178	58	5	5282.1	4,692	1,914	2,104	472	1,343	82	12	102	21,631	112	6.09	2.29	2.66	0.80	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.58	92	3.23	90	7.99	181.2
6	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,462	733	310	258	.546	679	3.07	302	53	8	5231.0	4,800	1,787	2,058	386	1,336	106	26	155	21,418	153	5.96	2.30	2.59	0.66	16.2	6.2	1.17	.274	3.54	84	3.04	84	8.26	318.8
7	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,342	864	318	274	.537	716	3.35	245	45	29	5404.0	5,044	2,012	2,337	482	1,809	123	83	86	22,677	226	5.57	3.01	1.85	0.80	14.7	8.0	1.27	.270	3.89	87	3.61	95	8.40	116.1
8	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,192	664	284	226	.557	594	3.34	267	49	7	4500.2	4,142	1,669	1,853	484	997	84	37	116	18,400	62	6.38	1.99	3.20	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	87	3.27	88	8.28	222.9
9	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,729	553	212	182	.538	478	3.43	191	41	10	3494.0	3,221	1,333	1,473	334	1,043	87	35	66	14,520	116	7.03	2.69	2.62	0.86	18.8	7.2	1.22	.280	3.79	96	3.18	87	8.30	185.3
10	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,657	606	233	219	.515	584	3.63	143	34	1	3985.2	3,847	1,606	1,800	420	1,200	120	10	108	16,769	112	6.00	2.71	2.21	0.95	15.8	7.2	1.27	.277	4.06	94	3.74	95	8.69	78.7
11	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,556	612	222	209	.515	527	3.36	140	33	17	3839.1	3,635	1,433	1,608	290	1,198	71	43	121	15,996	89	5.99	2.81	2.13	0.68	16.0	7.5	1.26	.282	3.77	92	3.25	90	8.52	152.5
12	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2,422	385	199	129	.607	371	2.77	212	46	4	3022.1	2,521	930	1,039	199	939	71	8	93	12,365	76	7.21	2.80	2.58	0.59	19.6	7.6	1.14	.266	3.09	76	2.77	80	7.51	229.2
13	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,416	573	229	172	.571	484	3.30	187	49	15	3486.1	3,075	1,280	1,400	346	1,104	49	51	53	14,365	27	6.24	2.85	2.19	0.89	16.8	7.7	1.20	.261	3.61	87	3.46	92	7.94	117.1
14	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,315	385	135	122	.525	320	3.03	100	22	13	2333.1	1,801	785	898	149	1,193	55	34	73	9,858	128	8.93	4.60	1.94	0.57	23.5	12.1	1.28	.269	3.46	86	2.97	82	6.95	169.6
15	Jack Morris J. Morris	2,275	499	237	168	.585	477	3.73	170	27	0	3530.0	3,215	1,464	1,603	357	1,258	51	10	95	14,782	179	5.80	3.21	1.81	0.91	15.4	8.5	1.27	.264	4.09	93	3.89	95	8.20	91.6
16	Tommy John T. John	2,236	754	288	229	.557	697	3.35	162	46	3	4690.0	4,760	1,744	2,007	301	1,253	98	21	101	19,601	186	4.29	2.40	1.78	0.58	11.4	6.4	1.28	.284	3.85	90	3.37	89	9.13	207.2
17	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2,212	558	268	152	.638	521	2.86	211	53	4	3948.0	3,349	1,253	1,395	303	1,311	38	15	37	16,114	85	5.04	2.99	1.69	0.69	13.7	8.1	1.18	.249	3.18	80	3.50	95	7.63	83.2
18	Vida Blue V. Blue	2,175	502	209	161	.565	473	3.27	143	37	2	3343.1	2,939	1,213	1,357	263	1,185	23	11	61	13,837	103	5.85	3.19	1.84	0.71	15.7	8.6	1.23	.263	3.65	92	3.42	94	7.91	67.4
19	Charlie Hough C. Hough	2,171	803	202	191	.514	385	3.67	106	12	61	3483.1	2,963	1,420	1,624	346	1,542	156	240	41	14,779	159	5.61	3.98	1.41	0.89	14.7	10.4	1.29	.248	4.20	93	4.24	108	7.66	-123.1
20	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2,118	740	181	145	.555	361	3.43	100	20	239	2971.1	2,747	1,133	1,224	307	679	63	325	80	12,213	26	6.42	2.06	3.12	0.93	17.3	5.6	1.15	.270	3.71	85	3.37	85	8.32	197.1
21	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,034	776	245	189	.565	523	3.38	149	24	15	3827.1	3,939	1,436	1,683	327	853	77	94	107	16,025	97	4.78	2.01	2.38	0.77	12.7	5.3	1.25	.284	3.96	93	3.34	91	9.26	144.7
22	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	2,015	557	214	191	.528	529	3.37	102	26	5	3548.1	3,588	1,330	1,494	221	935	88	16	117	14,888	89	5.11	2.37	2.16	0.56	13.5	6.3	1.27	.290	3.79	89	3.21	85	9.10	225.7
23	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	2,012	500	224	166	.574	476	3.26	181	42	1	3449.1	2,958	1,248	1,380	374	954	49	6	57	14,032	49	5.25	2.49	2.11	0.98	14.3	6.8	1.13	.243	3.60	95	3.66	103	7.72	-51.5
24	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	1,907	628	220	191	.535	547	3.64	127	39	11	3669.2	3,734	1,483	1,700	245	1,127	59	41	118	15,582	107	4.68	2.76	1.69	0.60	12.2	7.2	1.32	.285	4.17	100	3.45	95	9.16	68.4
25	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1,873	273	152	72	.679	272	2.80	89	34	0	2031.0	1,703	631	708	128	552	53	0	36	8,229	48	8.30	2.45	3.39	0.57	22.8	6.7	1.11	.280	3.14	66	2.66	66	7.55	306.8