most strikeouts by pitchers in national league since 1961

Since 1961, Steve Carlton has struck out the most hitters in the NL, with 4,000 strikeouts.

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	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	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4,000	695	319	226	.585	677	3.11	251	55	1	4992.2	4,429	1,723	1,970	379	1,717	49	7	145	20,677	174	7.21	3.10	2.33	0.68	19.3	8.3	1.23	.279	3.55	85	3.05	85	7.98	293.7
2	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
3	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,272	559	273	170	.616	553	2.73	213	56	1	4131.1	3,352	1,254	1,380	314	1,204	59	5	105	16,639	107	7.13	2.62	2.72	0.68	19.7	7.2	1.10	.258	3.01	77	2.90	83	7.30	270.7
4	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	3,052	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	25	15	0	2855.1	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.2
5	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3,051	715	211	150	.584	473	3.27	53	16	154	3433.0	3,015	1,247	1,354	280	1,001	54	204	83	14,085	145	8.00	2.62	3.05	0.73	21.7	7.1	1.17	.282	3.55	80	3.21	78	7.90	359.4
6	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	3,000	488	245	163	.600	461	2.84	251	55	6	3722.0	3,105	1,176	1,324	246	1,249	100	15	110	15,336	101	7.25	3.02	2.40	0.59	19.6	8.1	1.17	.266	3.20	77	2.86	80	7.51	283.6
7	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,939	600	257	198	.565	583	3.07	166	55	5	4170.0	3,592	1,422	1,576	325	1,071	64	12	96	16,975	89	6.34	2.31	2.74	0.70	17.3	6.3	1.12	.260	3.40	90	3.00	88	7.75	184.6
8	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,912	740	268	230	.538	595	3.20	226	43	29	4622.1	4,224	1,645	1,922	392	1,458	108	81	83	19,238	200	5.67	2.84	2.00	0.76	15.1	7.6	1.23	.267	3.74	84	3.45	92	8.22	154.8
9	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
10	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,500	406	162	111	.593	333	3.30	79	19	10	2516.2	2,216	922	979	257	571	38	44	40	10,184	64	8.94	2.04	4.38	0.92	24.5	5.6	1.11	.287	3.50	78	3.11	73	7.92	315
11	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2,359	387	135	132	.506	356	3.23	51	15	2	2364.2	1,810	848	969	145	1,140	68	10	45	9,942	127	8.98	4.34	2.07	0.55	23.7	11.5	1.25	.267	3.69	94	3.02	89	6.89	108.5
12	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,330	277	139	73	.656	270	2.92	43	18	0	1866.1	1,531	606	694	191	506	79	4	24	7,566	37	11.24	2.44	4.60	0.92	30.8	6.7	1.09	.300	3.35	66	2.84	64	7.38	330.5
13	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,233	288	128	71	.643	279	2.93	11	4	0	1776.2	1,370	579	627	215	426	81	2	15	7,115	37	11.31	2.16	5.24	1.09	31.4	6.0	1.01	.278	3.18	69	3.07	73	6.94	224.6
14	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,224	449	232	139	.625	437	2.86	238	51	2	3368.1	3,033	1,071	1,268	312	667	38	10	80	13,664	48	5.94	1.78	3.33	0.83	16.3	4.9	1.10	.261	3.39	81	3.03	88	8.10	146.7
15	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	2,202	478	200	128	.610	411	3.53	28	11	3	2668.1	2,577	1,047	1,117	233	736	81	13	40	11,116	51	7.43	2.48	2.99	0.79	19.8	6.6	1.24	.298	3.77	88	3.53	87	8.69	152.8
16	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	2,070	358	134	124	.519	355	3.47	16	7	0	2209.1	2,007	853	933	258	544	89	1	38	9,098	29	8.43	2.22	3.81	1.05	22.8	6.0	1.15	.285	3.80	90	3.62	94	8.18	50.1
17	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,063	335	125	101	.553	334	3.30	15	7	0	2151.1	1,922	790	841	235	572	65	0	41	8,808	39	8.63	2.39	3.61	0.98	23.4	6.5	1.16	.287	3.52	81	3.50	85	8.04	148.6
18	Aaron Nola A. Nola	2,053	317	116	100	.537	317	3.90	6	4	0	1890.0	1,695	818	859	253	508	58	0	18	7,776	20	9.78	2.42	4.04	1.20	26.4	6.5	1.17	.294	4.09	92	3.62	84	8.07	139
19	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,050	409	169	133	.560	347	3.20	154	29	7	2688.1	2,412	956	1,066	273	603	52	31	78	10,956	37	6.86	2.02	3.40	0.91	18.7	5.5	1.12	.268	3.57	84	3.06	83	8.07	182.3
20	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	2,008	310	126	80	.612	310	3.26	5	3	0	1884.1	1,593	683	737	186	537	80	0	14	7,708	43	9.59	2.56	3.74	0.89	26.1	7.0	1.13	.287	3.52	81	3.29	79	7.61	182.2
21	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	1,996	431	160	156	.506	398	3.16	114	28	5	2868.0	2,620	1,007	1,145	209	914	55	14	100	11,900	74	6.26	2.87	2.18	0.66	16.8	7.7	1.23	.276	3.59	90	3.14	91	8.22	101.1
22	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	1,993	545	210	187	.529	518	3.39	99	26	5	3477.2	3,513	1,309	1,470	217	925	87	15	117	14,606	89	5.16	2.39	2.15	0.56	13.6	6.3	1.28	.290	3.80	89	3.21	85	9.09	222
23	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1,991	419	165	141	.539	391	3.43	108	29	2	2744.2	2,525	1,047	1,189	205	1,069	21	10	63	11,594	110	6.53	3.51	1.86	0.67	17.2	9.2	1.31	.279	3.90	95	3.51	95	8.28	46.6
24	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	1,960	459	175	135	.565	375	3.00	143	23	9	2938.1	2,709	979	1,148	195	738	60	30	108	12,079	94	6.00	2.26	2.66	0.60	16.2	6.1	1.17	.275	3.52	86	2.89	85	8.30	169.3
25	Andy Benes A. Benes	1,955	391	148	137	.519	375	3.92	21	9	1	2442.1	2,305	1,065	1,164	281	876	53	6	50	10,354	61	7.20	3.23	2.23	1.04	18.9	8.5	1.30	.282	4.29	96	4.04	96	8.49	39.3

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Braves	94	67	.584
Phillies	87	73	.544	6.5
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Nationals	76	85	.472	18.0
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Phillies	87	73	.544	6.5
Marlins	79	82	.491	15.0
Nationals	76	85	.472	18.0
Mets	74	87	.460	20.0
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Cubs - w	88	73	.547	13.5
Pirates	81	80	.503	20.5
Cardinals	77	83	.481	24.0
Reds	75	86	.466	26.5
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