most strikeouts in a single season by nl pitcher since 1920

Since 1920, Sandy Koufax has struck out the most hitters in the NL in a season, with 382 strikeouts in 1965.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	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	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	382	1965	LAD	43	26	8	.765	41	2.04	27	8	2	335.2	216	76	90	26	71	5	2	4	1,297	11	10.24	1.90	5.38	0.70	29.5	5.5	0.86	.234	2.41	63	1.93	61	5.79	47.9
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	372	2001	ARI	35	21	6	.778	34	2.49	3	2	0	249.2	181	69	74	19	71	18	1	2	994	8	13.41	2.56	5.24	0.68	37.4	7.1	1.01	.315	2.67	55	2.12	48	6.52	63.9
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	364	1999	ARI	35	17	9	.654	35	2.48	12	2	0	271.2	207	75	86	30	70	9	0	3	1,079	4	12.06	2.32	5.20	0.99	33.7	6.5	1.02	.292	2.85	53	2.75	59	6.86	57.2
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	347	2000	ARI	35	19	7	.731	35	2.64	8	3	0	248.2	202	73	89	23	76	6	0	1	1,001	5	12.56	2.75	4.57	0.83	34.7	7.6	1.12	.326	3.22	56	2.53	53	7.31	61.1
5	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	334	2002	ARI	35	24	5	.828	35	2.32	8	4	0	260.0	197	67	78	26	71	13	0	1	1,035	3	11.56	2.46	4.70	0.90	32.3	6.9	1.03	.289	2.70	54	2.65	61	6.82	47
6	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	319	1997	PHI	35	17	11	.607	35	2.97	7	2	0	254.1	208	84	96	25	58	5	0	3	1,009	5	11.29	2.05	5.50	0.88	31.6	5.7	1.05	.304	3.40	69	2.61	62	7.36	45.8
7	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	317	1966	LAD	41	27	9	.750	41	1.73	27	5	0	323.0	241	62	74	19	77	0	0	4	1,274	7	8.83	2.15	4.12	0.53	24.9	6.0	0.98	.258	2.06	53	2.07	65	6.72	41.8
8	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	316	2002	ARI	36	23	7	.767	35	3.23	5	1	0	259.1	218	93	95	29	33	3	0	1	1,017	6	10.97	1.15	9.58	1.01	31.1	3.2	0.97	.297	3.30	75	2.39	55	7.57	54.3
9	J.R. Richard	313	1979	HOU	38	18	13	.581	38	2.71	19	4	0	292.1	220	88	98	13	98	3	0	5	1,175	19	9.64	3.02	3.19	0.40	26.6	8.3	1.09	.277	3.02	78	2.19	62	6.77	45.6
10	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	310	1972	PHI	41	27	10	.730	41	1.97	30	8	0	346.1	257	76	84	17	87	1	0	8	1,351	8	8.06	2.26	3.56	0.44	22.9	6.4	0.99	.256	2.18	56	2.00	59	6.68	53.5
11	Mike Scott M. Scott	306	1986	HOU	37	18	10	.643	37	2.22	7	5	0	275.1	182	68	73	17	72	2	0	6	1,065	3	10.00	2.35	4.25	0.56	28.7	6.8	0.92	.247	2.39	63	2.15	61	5.95	43.6
12	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	306	1963	LAD	40	25	5	.833	40	1.88	20	11	0	311.0	214	65	68	18	58	3	0	7	1,210	6	8.86	1.68	5.28	0.52	25.3	4.8	0.87	.238	1.97	62	1.85	62	6.19	41.9
13	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	305	1997	MON	31	17	8	.680	31	1.90	13	4	0	241.1	158	51	65	16	67	9	0	5	947	3	11.37	2.50	4.55	0.60	32.2	7.1	0.93	.258	2.42	45	2.38	57	5.89	49
14	J.R. Richard	303	1978	HOU	36	18	11	.621	36	3.11	16	3	0	275.1	192	95	104	12	141	2	0	4	1,139	16	9.90	4.61	2.15	0.39	26.6	12.4	1.21	.264	3.40	94	2.50	74	6.28	26.9
15	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	301	2015	LAD	33	16	7	.696	33	2.13	4	3	0	232.2	163	55	62	15	42	5	0	1	890	9	11.64	1.62	7.17	0.58	33.8	4.7	0.88	.281	2.40	57	1.98	52	6.31	47.7
16	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	300	2018	WSH	33	18	7	.720	33	2.53	2	1	0	220.2	150	62	66	23	51	12	0	4	866	4	12.24	2.08	5.88	0.94	34.6	5.9	0.91	.265	2.69	62	2.65	64	6.12	36.1
17	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	300	1998	PHI	35	15	14	.517	35	3.25	15	2	0	268.2	236	97	101	23	61	6	0	3	1,089	12	10.05	2.04	4.92	0.77	27.5	5.6	1.11	.305	3.38	76	2.76	65	7.91	45.1
18	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	293	2001	ARI	35	22	6	.786	35	2.98	6	1	0	256.2	237	85	86	37	39	1	0	0	1,021	4	10.27	1.37	7.51	1.30	28.7	3.8	1.08	.307	3.02	66	3.10	70	8.31	38
19	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	290	2004	ARI	35	16	14	.533	35	2.60	4	2	0	245.2	177	71	88	18	44	10	0	1	964	3	10.62	1.61	6.59	0.66	30.1	4.6	0.90	.264	3.22	57	2.29	51	6.48	59.7
20	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	289	1971	NYM	36	20	10	.667	35	1.76	21	4	0	286.1	210	56	61	18	61	4	1	2	1,103	5	9.08	1.92	4.74	0.57	26.2	5.5	0.95	.263	1.92	52	1.93	58	6.60	44.5
21	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	286	1982	PHI	38	23	11	.676	38	3.10	19	6	0	295.2	253	102	114	17	86	1	0	5	1,193	9	8.71	2.62	3.33	0.52	24.0	7.2	1.15	.294	3.47	85	2.40	67	7.70	38.3
22	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	286	1980	PHI	38	24	9	.727	38	2.34	13	3	0	304.0	243	79	87	15	90	2	0	12	1,228	17	8.47	2.66	3.18	0.44	23.3	7.3	1.10	.273	2.58	64	2.41	66	7.19	42.3
23	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	284	2016	WSH	34	20	7	.741	34	2.96	1	0	0	228.1	165	75	77	31	56	6	0	2	902	2	11.19	2.21	5.07	1.22	31.5	6.2	0.97	.255	3.04	70	3.23	78	6.50	22.7
24	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	283	1970	NYM	37	18	12	.600	36	2.82	19	2	0	290.2	230	91	103	21	83	4	1	8	1,173	6	8.76	2.57	3.41	0.65	24.1	7.1	1.08	.267	3.19	71	2.52	67	7.12	40.5
25	Spencer Strider S. Strider	281	2023	ATL	32	19	5	.792	32	3.86	0	0	0	186.2	146	80	85	22	58	9	0	1	763	6	13.55	2.80	4.84	1.06	36.8	7.6	1.09	.316	4.10	87	2.85	66	7.04	30.3

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