most strikeouts by pitchers from 1970 to 1992

Between the 1970 and 1992 seasons, Nolan Ryan fanned the most hitters, with 5,437 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	5,437	746	307	274	.528	731	3.16	217	61	2	5093.1	3,711	1,789	2,038	300	2,624	152	8	70	21,333	265	9.61	4.64	2.07	0.53	25.5	12.3	1.24	.266	3.60	89	2.94	82	6.56	372.7
2	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
3	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,550	622	282	210	.573	606	3.30	219	45	1	4479.1	4,017	1,641	1,877	373	1,591	43	6	137	18,632	157	7.13	3.20	2.23	0.75	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.77	88	3.23	87	8.07	225.9
4	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,057	549	254	173	.595	543	2.96	181	49	0	3980.2	3,321	1,309	1,441	322	1,182	56	3	96	16,163	105	6.91	2.67	2.59	0.73	18.9	7.3	1.13	.260	3.26	80	3.07	84	7.51	256.3
5	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,817	624	273	196	.582	619	3.26	143	47	3	4323.0	3,829	1,564	1,729	404	1,084	68	4	67	17,680	91	5.86	2.26	2.60	0.84	15.9	6.1	1.14	.257	3.60	89	3.35	91	7.97	148.3
6	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,806	662	264	234	.530	626	3.51	199	35	9	4516.0	4,281	1,759	2,023	426	1,596	100	23	65	19,074	163	5.59	3.18	1.76	0.85	14.7	8.4	1.30	.273	4.03	89	3.75	96	8.53	79.6
7	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
8	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2,300	488	219	181	.548	485	3.18	215	39	1	3664.1	3,424	1,294	1,490	281	949	71	3	87	15,021	98	5.65	2.33	2.42	0.69	15.3	6.3	1.19	.275	3.66	85	3.18	85	8.41	220.1
9	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
10	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,263	475	215	174	.553	462	3.46	202	35	0	3395.1	3,216	1,307	1,454	375	724	66	8	74	13,940	46	6.00	1.92	3.13	0.99	16.2	5.2	1.16	.270	3.85	89	3.40	89	8.52	156.1
11	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,187	536	186	186	.500	458	3.52	107	20	17	3312.1	3,205	1,296	1,453	257	1,042	59	42	99	13,876	74	5.94	2.83	2.10	0.70	15.8	7.5	1.28	.285	3.95	95	3.32	90	8.71	135.3
12	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
13	Vida Blue V. Blue	2,151	490	208	160	.565	469	3.22	143	37	1	3301.1	2,890	1,182	1,323	250	1,167	23	10	60	13,646	102	5.86	3.18	1.84	0.68	15.8	8.6	1.23	.263	3.61	91	3.38	93	7.88	82.3
14	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
15	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
16	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	1,904	627	219	191	.534	546	3.64	127	39	11	3662.2	3,732	1,483	1,700	245	1,124	57	41	118	15,555	107	4.68	2.76	1.69	0.60	12.2	7.2	1.33	.285	4.18	100	3.45	95	9.17	68.7
17	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
18	Bob Welch B. Welch	1,862	451	199	129	.607	426	3.27	61	28	8	2856.2	2,607	1,039	1,152	232	935	71	16	53	11,885	51	5.87	2.95	1.99	0.73	15.7	7.9	1.24	.270	3.63	90	3.56	97	8.21	33.9
19	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	1,844	466	229	133	.633	453	2.82	192	46	3	3417.2	2,933	1,072	1,197	259	1,080	35	7	34	13,937	65	4.86	2.84	1.71	0.68	13.2	7.7	1.17	.249	3.15	78	3.49	94	7.72	82.7
20	Mark Langston M. Langston	1,805	299	128	115	.527	296	3.75	68	16	0	2072.2	1,817	864	965	203	942	39	1	22	8,749	58	7.84	4.09	1.92	0.88	20.6	10.8	1.33	.280	4.19	91	3.74	90	7.89	95.4
21	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	1,778	368	170	91	.651	323	3.29	95	26	4	2392.0	2,198	874	953	226	633	13	23	24	9,794	56	6.69	2.38	2.81	0.85	18.2	6.5	1.18	.276	3.59	84	3.26	82	8.27	192
22	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,764	333	141	118	.544	322	3.34	107	29	2	2355.1	2,113	873	991	155	918	16	5	58	9,893	95	6.74	3.51	1.92	0.59	17.8	9.3	1.29	.278	3.79	94	3.29	92	8.07	73.6
23	Floyd Bannister F. Bannister	1,723	431	134	143	.484	363	4.06	62	16	0	2388.0	2,320	1,078	1,189	291	846	40	13	39	10,187	84	6.49	3.19	2.04	1.10	16.9	8.3	1.33	.278	4.48	100	3.99	98	8.74	21.5
24	Frank Viola F. Viola	1,722	377	163	137	.543	376	3.70	72	15	0	2577.0	2,550	1,059	1,171	271	751	40	0	30	10,796	77	6.01	2.62	2.29	0.95	16.0	7.0	1.28	.284	4.09	90	3.72	93	8.91	74.5
25	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	1,693	523	193	156	.553	442	3.62	108	23	5	3159.1	3,050	1,271	1,417	286	926	80	39	52	13,190	72	4.82	2.64	1.83	0.81	12.8	7.0	1.26	.271	4.04	96	3.79	99	8.69	6