most strikeouts in national league after 2000 by pitcher

Since 2001, Clayton Kershaw has fanned the most hitters in the NL, with 3,052 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	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	375.7
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,978	304	112	95	.541	304	3.93	6	4	0	1812.2	1,630	792	833	237	480	57	0	16	7,464	20	9.82	2.38	4.12	1.18	26.5	6.4	1.16	.296	4.14	93	3.57	83	8.09	143.5
7	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,918	297	122	76	.616	297	3.23	5	3	0	1815.1	1,534	652	705	176	510	78	0	14	7,419	42	9.51	2.53	3.76	0.87	25.9	6.9	1.13	.287	3.50	80	3.27	79	7.61	176.3
8	Roy Oswalt R. Oswalt	1,793	348	159	99	.616	332	3.29	20	8	0	2186.1	2,120	800	856	186	509	77	5	34	9,037	27	7.38	2.10	3.52	0.77	19.8	5.6	1.20	.299	3.52	78	3.34	77	8.73	235.9
9	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,729	342	103	131	.440	324	4.51	6	2	2	1892.1	2,018	949	1,023	263	579	48	9	23	8,146	61	8.22	2.75	2.99	1.25	21.2	7.1	1.37	.318	4.87	107	4.12	99	9.60	8.4
10	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	1,723	247	113	62	.646	247	3.24	2	2	0	1470.0	1,217	530	582	149	394	53	0	20	5,962	44	10.55	2.41	4.37	0.91	28.9	6.6	1.10	.293	3.56	80	3.01	75	7.45	165.9
11	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	1,704	269	108	83	.565	261	3.61	10	7	1	1643.2	1,438	660	705	136	646	42	3	33	6,920	104	9.33	3.54	2.64	0.74	24.6	9.3	1.27	.296	3.86	96	3.35	88	7.87	94.2
12	Matt Cain M. Cain	1,694	342	104	118	.468	331	3.68	15	6	0	2085.2	1,849	853	910	211	712	62	4	42	8,699	70	7.31	3.07	2.38	0.91	19.5	8.2	1.23	.272	3.93	93	3.91	99	7.98	9.2
13	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	1,693	330	132	94	.584	326	3.46	16	7	0	2005.1	1,818	772	835	224	584	112	1	19	8,322	34	7.60	2.62	2.90	1.01	20.3	7.0	1.20	.279	3.75	85	3.92	96	8.16	31.2
14	Aaron Harang A. Harang	1,675	342	117	125	.483	338	4.14	13	6	0	2093.0	2,193	962	1,033	265	630	55	1	51	8,959	72	7.20	2.71	2.66	1.14	18.7	7.0	1.35	.304	4.44	100	4.13	98	9.43	24.7
15	Carlos Zambrano C. Zambrano	1,637	354	132	91	.592	302	3.66	10	5	0	1959.0	1,709	797	879	161	898	102	11	41	8,389	58	7.52	4.13	1.82	0.74	19.5	10.7	1.33	.277	4.04	85	4.01	93	7.85	65.4
16	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,607	209	82	57	.590	209	2.52	4	2	0	1326.0	1,021	372	407	117	303	21	0	13	5,217	26	10.91	2.06	5.30	0.79	30.8	5.8	1.00	.285	2.76	65	2.61	64	6.93	216.2
17	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	1,586	274	111	87	.561	264	3.42	7	3	0	1650.2	1,456	627	667	168	513	55	3	34	6,833	35	8.65	2.80	3.09	0.92	23.2	7.5	1.19	.286	3.64	87	3.53	86	7.94	107.5
18	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	1,561	255	131	53	.712	255	3.04	4	2	0	1612.0	1,402	544	582	163	352	27	0	13	6,469	56	8.72	1.97	4.43	0.91	24.1	5.4	1.09	.284	3.25	76	3.20	80	7.83	139.7
19	Randy Wolf R. Wolf	1,502	323	114	102	.528	317	4.10	12	9	1	1950.1	1,911	889	951	244	659	88	2	36	8,309	36	6.93	3.04	2.28	1.13	18.1	7.9	1.32	.287	4.39	100	4.30	102	8.82	-18.6
20	Ryan Dempster R. Dempster	1,478	463	95	98	.492	241	4.27	9	2	87	1718.2	1,675	816	884	174	739	64	184	36	7,446	52	7.74	3.87	2.00	0.91	19.8	9.9	1.40	.301	4.63	101	4.06	96	8.77	30.9
21	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	1,452	185	90	52	.634	179	3.11	18	9	0	1206.0	1,013	417	474	129	301	61	3	18	4,905	23	10.84	2.25	4.82	0.96	29.6	6.1	1.09	.298	3.54	70	2.93	67	7.56	194.6
22	Charlie Morton C. Morton	1,402	287	91	105	.464	286	4.24	3	2	0	1580.2	1,541	745	825	152	607	141	0	24	6,835	55	7.98	3.46	2.31	0.87	20.5	8.9	1.36	.306	4.70	107	4.02	102	8.77	-13.3
23	A.J. Burnett	1,385	235	85	87	.494	232	3.66	17	9	0	1500.2	1,335	610	677	115	582	74	0	19	6,332	79	8.31	3.49	2.38	0.69	21.9	9.2	1.28	.292	4.06	94	3.51	89	8.01	74.8
24	Livan Hernandez L. Hernandez	1,377	382	124	131	.486	338	4.46	32	7	1	2276.0	2,496	1,127	1,197	257	744	62	17	66	9,815	30	5.45	2.94	1.85	1.02	14.0	7.6	1.42	.304	4.73	106	4.38	103	9.87	-36.8
25	Brett Myers B. Myers	1,346	342	94	89	.514	249	4.22	12	3	40	1654.0	1,666	776	832	233	542	55	69	35	7,072	41	7.32	2.95	2.48	1.27	19.0	7.7	1.33	.293	4.53	100	4.35	102	9.07	-12.1

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