Between the 2002 and 2017 seasons, Adam Dunn had the most strikeouts, with 2,305 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most strikeouts by a player from 2002 to 2017

	NAME	SO	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Adam Dunn A. Dunn	2,305	1,935	6,639	1,043	1,567	316	9	443	1,125	1,279	82	59	23	8,042	3,230	768	2	40	120	96	.236	.364	.487	.851	1232	280.9	.366	122	225.6
2	Ryan Howard R. Howard	1,843	1,572	5,707	848	1,475	277	21	382	1,194	709	59	12	5	6,530	2,940	680	0	55	154	116	.258	.343	.515	.859	976	212.1	.361	121	175.3
3	Mark Reynolds M. Reynolds	1,806	1,524	5,091	755	1,209	238	14	281	811	661	52	62	31	5,846	2,318	533	3	39	25	106	.237	.329	.455	.784	775	96.8	.340	104	32.3
4	Curtis Granderson C. Granderson	1,712	1,796	6,576	1,113	1,659	307	92	319	865	829	60	151	46	7,540	3,107	718	29	46	29	58	.252	.339	.472	.812	1061	178.4	.350	117	154.7
5	Alfonso Soriano A. Soriano	1,660	1,786	7,118	1,068	1,931	444	28	391	1,082	466	83	244	69	7,720	3,604	863	4	49	68	116	.271	.321	.506	.828	1091	173.2	.351	113	123.9
6	Miguel Cabrera M. Cabrera	1,626	2,226	8,322	1,371	2,636	545	17	462	1,613	1,065	60	38	21	9,530	4,601	1,024	5	78	226	294	.317	.395	.553	.948	1723	601.6	.400	149	563.9
7	B.J. Upton	1,561	1,469	5,175	723	1,260	262	32	164	586	589	24	300	92	5,854	2,078	458	22	44	23	98	.243	.321	.402	.723	667	-13	.318	98	-12
8	Carlos Pena C. Pena	1,560	1,471	4,887	739	1,130	227	25	283	806	807	75	29	22	5,820	2,256	535	6	45	51	70	.231	.346	.462	.808	815	125.3	.350	117	123.4
9	Justin Upton J. Upton	1,544	1,489	5,456	875	1,467	306	37	256	812	633	57	138	53	6,193	2,615	599	3	44	48	107	.269	.348	.479	.828	901	188.6	.356	121	153.1
10	Alex Rodriguez A. Rodriguez	1,540	1,832	6,808	1,261	1,948	320	17	455	1,356	953	129	178	37	7,960	3,667	792	0	70	82	181	.286	.381	.539	.919	1391	441.6	.391	141	400.7
11	Chris Davis C. Davis	1,504	1,168	4,149	638	1,020	204	5	267	694	472	48	17	11	4,701	2,035	476	1	31	47	51	.246	.328	.490	.818	658	118.9	.349	117	92.2
12	David Ortiz D. Ortiz	1,498	2,078	7,575	1,256	2,191	556	17	503	1,605	1,176	32	14	9	8,864	4,290	1,076	1	80	196	206	.289	.384	.566	.950	1593	548.6	.398	145	481.3
13	Carlos Beltran C. Beltran	1,471	2,163	8,058	1,303	2,234	486	52	382	1,327	948	41	238	40	9,152	3,970	920	15	90	98	165	.277	.353	.493	.845	1369	285.8	.361	123	253.6
14	Torii Hunter T. Hunter	1,470	1,983	7,556	1,118	2,109	434	25	312	1,218	586	81	172	83	8,290	3,529	771	4	63	49	227	.279	.335	.467	.802	1130	155.8	.346	114	138.9
15	Mike Napoli M. Napoli	1,468	1,392	4,572	697	1,125	224	11	267	744	650	69	39	24	5,329	2,172	502	2	36	31	114	.246	.346	.475	.821	769	151.7	.355	119	116.8
16	Matt Kemp M. Kemp	1,466	1,541	5,726	866	1,634	308	37	259	920	466	25	183	63	6,282	2,793	604	1	64	66	163	.285	.338	.488	.826	893	164.6	.352	122	159.6
17	Jhonny Peralta J. Peralta	1,450	1,798	6,599	841	1,761	376	24	202	873	606	38	17	27	7,319	2,791	602	13	63	24	200	.267	.329	.423	.752	894	37.6	.328	103	19.9
18	Jayson Werth J. Werth	1,450	1,583	5,484	883	1,465	300	22	229	799	764	64	132	23	6,366	2,496	551	4	50	32	99	.267	.360	.455	.816	920	180.6	.356	120	148.7
19	Mark Teixeira M. Teixeira	1,441	1,862	6,936	1,099	1,862	408	18	409	1,298	918	111	26	7	8,029	3,533	835	0	64	91	158	.268	.360	.509	.869	1268	317.6	.371	127	262.4
20	Adam LaRoche A. LaRoche	1,407	1,605	5,593	752	1,452	340	13	255	882	649	24	13	11	6,329	2,583	608	5	58	67	128	.260	.336	.462	.798	848	107.4	.343	110	77.4
21	Jay Bruce J. Bruce	1,378	1,416	5,205	751	1,294	272	29	277	838	528	27	62	37	5,805	2,455	578	3	42	66	90	.249	.319	.472	.790	756	90.4	.337	108	59.6
22	Nick Swisher N. Swisher	1,373	1,527	5,369	805	1,338	307	11	245	803	817	56	13	15	6,308	2,402	563	13	53	42	131	.249	.351	.447	.799	874	135.5	.348	114	108.7
23	Adrian Gonzalez A. Gonzalez	1,367	1,875	6,970	982	2,010	432	12	311	1,176	767	44	6	7	7,856	3,399	755	4	71	155	202	.288	.359	.488	.847	1168	252.8	.361	127	259.2
24	Matt Holliday M. Holliday	1,344	1,878	6,956	1,154	2,081	466	32	314	1,217	790	124	108	37	7,916	3,553	812	1	45	57	220	.299	.378	.511	.889	1322	391.8	.383	135	334.4
25	Dan Uggla D. Uggla	1,341	1,346	4,759	759	1,149	238	18	235	706	626	70	26	21	5,509	2,128	491	12	42	22	74	.241	.336	.447	.783	731	84.4	.341	109	61.8