most strikeouts for a pitcher since 2002

Since 2002, Justin Verlander has fanned the most batters, with 3,457 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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,457	536	262	150	.636	536	3.31	26	9	0	3467.2	2,943	1,277	1,381	363	973	116	0	27	14,170	97	8.97	2.53	3.55	0.94	24.4	6.9	1.13	.279	3.58	78	3.43	81	7.64	303
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,408	467	215	112	.657	458	3.16	12	5	0	2881.0	2,349	1,012	1,085	337	756	112	2	20	11,640	78	10.65	2.36	4.51	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.286	3.39	76	3.18	77	7.34	307.8
3	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,979	586	225	156	.591	541	3.49	17	5	1	3389.1	3,207	1,315	1,410	367	762	79	8	25	13,877	101	7.91	2.02	3.91	0.97	21.5	5.5	1.17	.293	3.74	83	3.51	85	8.52	235
4	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,971	434	212	94	.693	431	2.51	25	15	0	2748.2	2,096	767	840	228	682	44	1	28	10,842	103	9.73	2.23	4.36	0.75	27.4	6.3	1.01	.270	2.75	64	2.83	70	6.86	365.4
5	CC Sabathia	2,922	528	234	156	.600	527	3.70	38	12	0	3397.0	3,255	1,397	1,530	363	1,004	116	0	43	14,226	67	7.74	2.66	2.91	0.96	20.5	7.1	1.25	.294	4.05	86	3.75	87	8.62	218.5
6	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,560	423	163	122	.572	422	3.43	17	7	0	2698.0	2,424	1,027	1,103	310	767	100	0	43	11,115	57	8.54	2.56	3.34	1.03	23.0	6.9	1.18	.287	3.68	82	3.68	88	8.09	151.3
7	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,524	419	169	136	.554	418	3.42	25	11	0	2729.2	2,487	1,037	1,157	264	805	105	0	16	11,284	156	8.32	2.65	3.14	0.87	22.4	7.1	1.21	.293	3.81	84	3.52	85	8.20	181.5
8	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,492	383	140	86	.619	303	3.05	16	3	12	2020.0	1,653	684	737	209	471	124	25	15	8,141	47	11.10	2.10	5.29	0.93	30.6	5.8	1.05	.298	3.28	71	2.89	69	7.36	289.6
9	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,488	452	200	117	.631	451	3.66	15	4	0	2740.0	2,610	1,114	1,215	294	892	90	0	13	11,487	63	8.17	2.93	2.79	0.97	21.7	7.8	1.28	.300	3.99	86	3.77	92	8.57	101.7
10	A.J. Burnett	2,295	388	146	136	.518	383	3.96	22	9	0	2434.0	2,257	1,072	1,177	232	948	134	1	27	10,386	152	8.49	3.51	2.42	0.86	22.1	9.1	1.32	.299	4.35	97	3.77	91	8.35	104.7
11	John Lackey J. Lackey	2,294	448	188	147	.561	446	3.92	18	8	0	2840.1	2,862	1,237	1,347	319	815	133	0	32	12,030	125	7.27	2.58	2.81	1.01	19.1	6.8	1.29	.300	4.27	92	3.94	94	9.07	79.6
12	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,251	317	153	80	.657	317	3.18	8	5	0	1954.0	1,627	690	740	217	500	61	0	8	7,861	58	10.37	2.30	4.50	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.292	3.41	79	3.16	77	7.49	213.5
13	James Shields J. Shields	2,234	407	145	139	.511	405	4.01	23	9	0	2616.0	2,581	1,167	1,267	361	746	97	1	22	10,993	107	7.69	2.57	2.99	1.24	20.3	6.8	1.27	.294	4.36	98	4.16	101	8.88	-13.5
14	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	2,207	388	152	126	.547	377	3.63	15	6	0	2377.0	2,134	960	1,011	259	708	78	3	42	9,838	46	8.36	2.68	3.12	0.98	22.4	7.2	1.20	.285	3.83	90	3.64	89	8.08	127.6
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	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,092	396	139	130	.517	389	4.08	3	2	0	2172.2	2,043	985	1,083	213	813	189	1	25	9,320	69	8.67	3.37	2.57	0.88	22.4	8.7	1.31	.304	4.49	102	3.86	96	8.46	40.8
17	David Price D. Price	2,076	400	157	82	.657	322	3.32	17	3	3	2143.2	1,930	790	865	221	562	63	19	16	8,807	40	8.72	2.36	3.69	0.93	23.6	6.4	1.16	.290	3.63	81	3.38	83	8.10	165.9
18	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
19	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	2,015	364	142	99	.589	340	3.74	4	2	1	2006.1	1,856	834	916	231	704	89	4	21	8,520	61	9.04	3.16	2.86	1.04	23.7	8.3	1.28	.296	4.11	91	3.82	93	8.33	67.8
20	Dan Haren D. Haren	2,013	391	153	131	.539	380	3.75	16	6	1	2419.2	2,357	1,009	1,105	305	500	67	4	39	10,022	98	7.49	1.86	4.03	1.13	20.1	5.0	1.18	.288	4.11	92	3.77	92	8.77	92.8
21	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2,007	282	110	88	.556	282	3.58	2	1	0	1706.0	1,394	678	712	217	544	77	0	8	7,009	79	10.59	2.87	3.69	1.14	28.6	7.8	1.14	.283	3.76	85	3.53	84	7.35	125.8
22	Ervin Santana E. Santana	1,978	425	151	129	.539	386	4.11	21	11	0	2486.2	2,391	1,135	1,221	331	776	104	20	35	10,482	104	7.16	2.81	2.55	1.20	18.9	7.4	1.27	.282	4.42	99	4.31	104	8.65	-44.1
23	Johan Santana J. Santana	1,896	315	136	75	.645	275	3.02	15	10	1	1896.0	1,574	636	684	203	497	31	9	13	7,669	60	9.00	2.36	3.81	0.96	24.7	6.5	1.09	.272	3.25	71	3.31	79	7.47	195.5
24	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	1,882	342	185	88	.678	341	3.17	64	18	0	2413.0	2,277	849	927	198	444	74	0	27	9,785	40	7.02	1.66	4.24	0.74	19.2	4.5	1.13	.289	3.46	73	3.22	75	8.49	292.2
25	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	1,880	326	124	117	.515	320	4.11	18	3	0	2071.2	1,990	946	1,016	274	538	65	4	38	8,661	66	8.17	2.34	3.49	1.19	21.7	6.2	1.22	.291	4.41	94	3.85	88	8.65	122.5