most strikeouts per 9 by a pitcher since 2016 to 2021 120 or more starts

Between the 2016 and 2021 seasons, Max Scherzer had the best K/9 when starting 120+ games, with 11.98 per nine innings.

	NAME	K/9	GS	G	W	L	W%	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	11.98	167	167	85	35	.708	2.75	1,423	7	1	0	1068.2	774	326	347	127	254	47	0	11	4,229	18	2.14	5.60	1.07	33.6	6.0	0.96	.272	2.92	64	2.89	67	6.52	164.6
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	11.95	125	125	57	34	.626	3.16	1,048	8	2	0	789.0	625	277	299	92	171	56	0	3	3,170	11	1.95	6.13	1.05	33.1	5.4	1.01	.296	3.41	70	2.88	67	7.13	126.4
3	Robbie Ray R. Ray	11.79	160	161	56	42	.571	3.93	1,152	1	1	0	879.1	751	384	410	142	393	26	0	16	3,738	39	4.02	2.93	1.45	30.8	10.5	1.30	.301	4.20	89	4.07	96	7.69	15.4
4	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	11.25	161	161	77	43	.642	3.26	1,233	6	3	0	986.0	819	357	385	124	261	24	0	4	3,985	32	2.38	4.72	1.13	30.9	6.5	1.10	.297	3.51	77	3.17	74	7.48	126
5	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	11.18	146	146	54	39	.581	2.46	1,156	4	2	0	930.1	715	254	282	85	214	18	0	9	3,662	19	2.07	5.40	0.82	31.6	5.8	1.00	.288	2.73	61	2.62	63	6.92	162.1
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	10.98	136	136	69	32	.683	2.87	1,070	5	2	0	876.2	637	280	292	123	209	26	0	5	3,453	20	2.15	5.12	1.26	31.0	6.1	0.97	.254	3.00	67	3.35	77	6.54	97.2
7	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	10.96	129	129	40	42	.488	3.78	911	0	0	0	748.0	613	314	331	112	224	34	0	5	3,071	43	2.70	4.07	1.35	29.7	7.3	1.12	.280	3.98	88	3.71	85	7.38	53.4
8	Blake Snell B. Snell	10.75	135	135	49	36	.576	3.42	818	0	0	0	684.2	557	260	283	76	301	5	0	5	2,842	52	3.96	2.72	1.00	28.8	10.6	1.25	.293	3.72	83	3.56	85	7.32	49.4
9	Charlie Morton C. Morton	10.58	134	134	62	25	.713	3.36	881	0	0	0	749.1	603	280	305	68	247	62	0	2	3,099	20	2.97	3.57	0.82	28.4	8.0	1.13	.291	3.66	79	3.23	76	7.24	87.2
10	Chris Archer C. Archer	10.54	122	123	29	49	.372	4.32	808	0	0	0	689.2	663	331	362	104	239	18	0	5	2,949	39	3.12	3.38	1.36	27.4	8.1	1.31	.314	4.72	104	3.89	93	8.65	23.6
11	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	10.34	148	157	65	45	.591	3.52	1,075	5	3	1	935.1	790	366	402	116	323	48	5	5	3,898	34	3.11	3.33	1.12	27.6	8.3	1.19	.289	3.87	79	3.67	84	7.60	73.7
12	Aaron Nola A. Nola	10.25	158	158	61	47	.565	3.68	1,077	3	2	0	945.2	814	387	409	107	278	37	0	14	3,897	11	2.65	3.87	1.02	27.6	7.1	1.15	.295	3.89	87	3.36	77	7.75	103.5
13	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	10.16	123	136	56	40	.583	3.70	835	5	2	1	740.0	686	304	324	101	184	23	4	9	3,039	32	2.24	4.54	1.23	27.5	6.1	1.18	.309	3.94	84	3.52	81	8.34	66.9
14	Vince Velasquez V. Velasquez	9.95	120	137	30	43	.411	5.00	658	1	1	0	595.1	588	331	349	106	247	28	4	8	2,583	21	3.73	2.66	1.60	25.5	9.6	1.40	.312	5.28	119	4.65	107	8.89	-20.7
15	Rich Hill R. Hill	9.90	121	123	48	29	.623	3.22	698	1	0	0	634.2	497	227	240	76	213	46	0	6	2,597	8	3.02	3.28	1.08	26.9	8.2	1.12	.269	3.40	79	3.74	90	7.05	30.5
16	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	9.86	134	135	71	28	.717	2.60	924	4	3	0	843.2	661	244	267	99	140	10	0	1	3,288	33	1.49	6.60	1.06	28.1	4.3	0.95	.266	2.85	64	3.03	72	7.05	112.2
17	Kenta Maeda K. Maeda	9.85	135	169	59	41	.590	3.87	834	0	0	6	762.0	646	328	348	102	220	29	8	13	3,130	18	2.60	3.79	1.20	26.6	7.0	1.14	.280	4.11	94	3.69	88	7.63	43.4
18	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	9.80	123	123	40	49	.449	3.72	770	1	0	0	707.1	604	292	322	85	259	23	0	6	2,943	13	3.30	2.97	1.08	26.2	8.8	1.22	.287	4.10	85	3.75	85	7.69	53
19	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	9.72	132	138	54	33	.621	4.21	794	0	0	0	735.0	711	344	355	94	257	21	1	5	3,127	5	3.15	3.09	1.15	25.4	8.2	1.32	.315	4.35	92	3.80	88	8.71	43.6
20	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	9.37	136	138	54	38	.587	3.60	825	2	1	0	792.1	696	317	342	93	283	32	0	10	3,336	32	3.21	2.92	1.06	24.7	8.5	1.24	.287	3.88	81	3.81	86	7.91	54.5
21	Sonny Gray S. Gray	9.30	140	147	49	52	.485	4.07	802	1	0	0	776.1	689	351	384	91	300	30	2	3	3,295	58	3.48	2.67	1.05	24.3	9.1	1.27	.289	4.45	94	3.90	89	7.99	43.7
22	Jon Gray J. Gray	9.23	142	143	53	47	.530	4.54	809	1	1	0	788.2	778	398	425	101	266	34	1	9	3,371	32	3.04	3.04	1.15	24.0	7.9	1.32	.313	4.85	94	3.92	88	8.88	47.3
23	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	9.17	155	171	50	53	.485	3.96	921	0	0	0	904.0	893	398	423	126	266	26	7	6	3,820	35	2.65	3.46	1.25	24.1	7.0	1.28	.309	4.21	92	3.90	90	8.89	43.7
24	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	9.10	164	177	55	63	.466	4.22	996	2	2	1	984.2	993	462	506	136	323	19	6	18	4,208	32	2.95	3.08	1.24	23.7	7.7	1.34	.313	4.62	98	3.98	93	9.08	32.9
25	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	9.08	120	120	44	34	.564	3.51	755	3	2	0	748.1	679	292	313	70	207	29	0	8	3,095	14	2.49	3.65	0.84	24.4	6.7	1.18	.299	3.76	86	3.32	78	8.17	76.4