most strikeouts for a pitcher since 2003

Since 2003, Justin Verlander has struck out the most hitters, with 3,553 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	3,553	555	266	158	.627	555	3.32	26	9	0	3567.2	3,046	1,317	1,428	371	1,004	121	0	28	14,607	99	8.96	2.53	3.54	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.60	79	3.43	81	7.68	310.9
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,489	483	220	117	.653	474	3.22	12	5	0	2963.0	2,433	1,059	1,132	354	779	114	2	20	11,987	80	10.60	2.37	4.48	1.08	29.1	6.5	1.08	.287	3.44	77	3.23	78	7.39	302.5
3	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	375.1
4	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
5	CC Sabathia	2,773	495	221	145	.604	494	3.66	36	12	0	3187.0	3,057	1,295	1,421	346	916	115	0	41	13,335	61	7.83	2.59	3.03	0.98	20.8	6.9	1.25	.295	4.01	85	3.74	86	8.63	207.8
6	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,579	393	145	88	.622	312	3.01	16	3	12	2084.0	1,692	697	750	213	487	130	25	15	8,389	48	11.14	2.10	5.30	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.24	70	2.87	68	7.31	303.3
7	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
8	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
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	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
11	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
12	John Lackey J. Lackey	2,225	430	179	143	.556	428	3.93	17	8	0	2732.0	2,749	1,193	1,295	309	782	129	0	32	11,565	118	7.33	2.58	2.85	1.02	19.2	6.8	1.29	.300	4.27	92	3.94	94	9.06	74.1
13	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
14	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,196	416	147	134	.523	409	4.13	3	2	0	2267.2	2,143	1,040	1,139	226	859	200	1	27	9,755	72	8.72	3.41	2.56	0.90	22.5	8.8	1.32	.306	4.52	103	3.89	97	8.51	36.6
15	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	2,117	371	146	119	.551	360	3.60	15	6	0	2279.1	2,028	911	957	248	675	75	3	38	9,408	42	8.36	2.67	3.14	0.98	22.5	7.2	1.19	.283	3.78	89	3.64	89	8.01	123.9
16	A.J. Burnett	2,092	357	134	127	.513	354	4.02	15	4	0	2229.2	2,104	997	1,093	220	858	125	1	22	9,542	138	8.44	3.46	2.44	0.89	21.9	9.0	1.33	.302	4.41	98	3.82	92	8.49	84.3
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	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2,075	297	115	93	.553	297	3.65	2	1	0	1778.0	1,460	721	756	231	563	83	0	8	7,305	83	10.50	2.85	3.69	1.17	28.4	7.7	1.14	.282	3.83	87	3.58	85	7.39	120
19	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
20	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	2,015	364	143	99	.591	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
21	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
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	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,954	361	112	113	.498	322	3.81	4	2	0	1911.0	1,835	810	866	233	535	38	11	11	7,986	64	9.20	2.52	3.65	1.10	24.5	6.7	1.24	.307	4.08	92	3.59	85	8.64	132.7
24	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,925	339	125	102	.551	330	3.58	7	5	0	1918.0	1,675	763	836	192	621	57	2	5	7,952	106	9.03	2.91	3.10	0.90	24.2	7.8	1.20	.288	3.92	87	3.51	85	7.86	136.2
25	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,876	285	109	89	.551	285	3.83	6	4	0	1715.2	1,522	730	769	217	449	56	0	16	7,039	18	9.84	2.36	4.18	1.14	26.7	6.4	1.15	.294	4.03	91	3.50	82	7.98	147.1