Chris Sale has the highest career K/9, with 11.13 per nine innings.

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most strikeouts per 9 innings with a minimum of 1500 IP by a player career

	NAME	K/9	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	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	Chris Sale C. Sale	11.13	2201.0	413	157	94	.625	332	2.96	2,722	16	3	12	1,785	724	782	221	513	140	25	15	8,860	48	2.10	5.31	0.90	30.7	5.8	1.04	.297	3.20	69	2.85	68	7.30	325.4
2	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	10.81	1653.1	269	103	72	.589	269	2.67	1,986	4	2	0	1,274	490	527	162	374	25	0	16	6,513	33	2.04	5.31	0.88	30.5	5.7	1.00	.280	2.87	68	2.74	67	6.94	249.7
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	10.61	4135.1	618	303	166	.646	603	3.29	4,875	100	37	2	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	75	3.18	73	7.28	554.3
4	Robbie Ray R. Ray	10.60	1563.2	287	98	87	.530	282	3.87	1,841	2	1	0	1,351	673	724	231	665	52	1	19	6,609	63	3.83	2.77	1.33	27.9	10.1	1.29	.293	4.17	92	4.08	100	7.78	0.5
5	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	10.56	2987.2	490	221	121	.646	481	3.27	3,507	12	5	0	2,464	1,085	1,158	363	793	115	2	20	12,104	80	2.39	4.42	1.09	29.0	6.6	1.09	.287	3.49	79	3.27	79	7.42	291.9
6	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	10.50	1778.0	297	115	93	.553	297	3.65	2,075	2	1	0	1,460	721	756	231	563	83	0	8	7,305	83	2.85	3.69	1.17	28.4	7.7	1.14	.282	3.83	87	3.58	85	7.39	120
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	10.34	2022.0	329	157	85	.649	329	3.19	2,324	8	5	0	1,687	717	767	228	514	62	0	7	8,140	58	2.29	4.52	1.01	28.6	6.3	1.09	.291	3.41	79	3.17	77	7.51	217
8	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	10.04	2827.1	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	3,154	46	17	3	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	66	2.91	68	7.07	454.6
9	Aaron Nola A. Nola	9.80	1829.2	307	112	98	.533	307	3.94	1,992	6	4	0	1,648	801	842	243	488	57	0	18	7,537	20	2.40	4.08	1.20	26.4	6.5	1.17	.295	4.14	93	3.60	84	8.11	137.6
10	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	9.62	2855.1	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	3,052	25	15	0	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.7
11	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	9.55	1831.1	300	123	77	.615	300	3.24	1,943	5	3	0	1,547	659	712	179	513	78	0	14	7,482	42	2.52	3.79	0.88	26.0	6.9	1.12	.287	3.50	81	3.27	79	7.60	178.5
12	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	9.55	5386.0	807	324	292	.526	773	3.19	5,714	222	61	3	3,923	1,911	2,178	321	2,795	158	13	78	22,575	277	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	90	2.96	83	6.56	370.2
13	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	9.46	1641.2	271	116	77	.601	260	3.44	1,725	18	8	1	1,486	627	684	177	368	65	4	9	6,688	31	2.02	4.69	0.97	25.8	5.5	1.13	.301	3.75	83	3.22	78	8.15	161.7
14	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	9.41	1510.1	263	86	93	.480	260	3.65	1,579	1	0	0	1,315	613	673	190	485	53	2	9	6,267	21	2.89	3.26	1.13	25.2	7.7	1.19	.284	4.01	89	3.78	90	7.84	71.2
15	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	9.29	1682.0	278	110	89	.553	270	3.74	1,736	10	7	1	1,506	699	746	147	669	44	3	33	7,120	107	3.58	2.59	0.79	24.4	9.4	1.29	.300	3.99	99	3.44	90	8.06	81.5
16	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	9.28	2324.1	397	165	87	.655	314	2.76	2,396	137	40	9	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	75	2.69	75	6.79	226.6
17	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	9.19	2038.1	384	117	123	.488	345	3.85	2,081	4	2	0	1,963	872	934	248	571	39	11	12	8,526	65	2.52	3.64	1.10	24.4	6.7	1.24	.307	4.12	93	3.59	85	8.67	144.1
18	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	9.04	2006.1	364	143	99	.591	340	3.74	2,015	4	2	1	1,856	834	916	231	704	89	4	21	8,520	61	3.16	2.86	1.04	23.7	8.3	1.28	.296	4.11	91	3.82	93	8.33	67.8
19	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	9.01	1813.2	419	112	114	.496	300	4.15	1,815	3	1	1	1,649	837	911	184	816	62	19	15	7,781	100	4.05	2.22	0.91	23.3	10.5	1.36	.299	4.52	101	3.88	95	8.18	39.3
20	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	8.99	1704.0	343	112	105	.516	286	4.24	1,703	11	4	2	1,694	803	843	224	471	58	29	21	7,146	61	2.49	3.62	1.18	23.8	6.6	1.27	.313	4.45	102	3.78	91	8.95	71.3
21	Sonny Gray S. Gray	8.96	2031.2	359	138	104	.570	350	3.54	2,023	7	5	0	1,778	800	874	204	651	60	2	5	8,413	106	2.88	3.11	0.90	24.0	7.7	1.20	.287	3.87	86	3.51	85	7.88	143
22	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	8.96	3571.1	556	266	159	.626	556	3.33	3,554	26	9	0	3,052	1,322	1,433	372	1,006	121	0	28	14,626	100	2.54	3.53	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	79	3.44	81	7.69	309.9
23	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	8.86	2492.1	425	141	134	.513	346	3.17	2,453	103	23	14	1,948	879	999	164	1,312	59	39	74	10,587	140	4.74	1.87	0.59	23.2	12.4	1.31	.270	3.61	90	3.06	84	7.03	160.4
24	Johan Santana J. Santana	8.83	2025.2	360	139	78	.641	284	3.20	1,988	15	10	1	1,726	721	773	220	567	36	23	13	8,262	68	2.52	3.51	0.98	24.1	6.9	1.13	.276	3.43	74	3.43	81	7.67	187.6
25	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	8.73	1976.1	323	123	109	.530	318	4.24	1,918	16	9	0	1,768	932	993	251	908	38	2	31	8,462	109	4.13	2.11	1.14	22.7	10.7	1.35	.284	4.52	102	4.22	98	8.05	14.5

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