Since 2016, Gerrit Cole and Max Scherzer are tied for fanning the most hitters, with 1,811 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most strikeouts by a player since 2016 pitcher

	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	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	1,811	244	113	60	.653	244	3.21	8	5	0	1490.2	1,208	532	568	188	388	39	0	6	5,989	38	10.93	2.34	4.67	1.14	30.2	6.5	1.07	.286	3.43	77	3.24	76	7.29	171.4
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	1,811	227	110	50	.688	227	2.85	7	1	0	1413.0	1,051	448	473	177	333	63	0	11	5,603	23	11.54	2.12	5.44	1.13	32.3	5.9	0.98	.272	3.01	68	3.07	72	6.69	184.2
3	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,756	262	99	82	.547	262	3.73	6	4	0	1584.2	1,390	657	695	194	415	52	0	15	6,490	18	9.97	2.36	4.23	1.10	27.1	6.4	1.14	.294	3.95	88	3.42	80	7.89	151.9
4	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,562	271	90	86	.511	255	3.77	2	1	0	1484.2	1,434	622	671	184	417	32	7	7	6,216	43	9.47	2.53	3.75	1.12	25.1	6.7	1.25	.311	4.07	90	3.58	84	8.69	111.5
5	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1,505	215	105	52	.669	215	2.99	5	2	0	1341.1	1,025	445	474	173	323	43	0	5	5,341	30	10.10	2.17	4.66	1.16	28.2	6.0	1.00	.258	3.18	71	3.41	80	6.88	124.3
6	Charlie Morton C. Morton	1,462	233	93	59	.612	230	3.78	0	0	0	1277.2	1,096	536	576	140	479	111	0	5	5,388	30	10.30	3.37	3.05	0.99	27.1	8.9	1.23	.299	4.06	90	3.69	89	7.72	70.7
7	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,451	208	75	57	.568	207	3.90	1	1	0	1140.2	965	494	524	185	496	39	0	16	4,819	50	11.45	3.91	2.93	1.46	30.1	10.3	1.28	.295	4.13	92	4.12	100	7.61	1.3
8	Chris Sale C. Sale	1,449	183	82	46	.641	183	3.19	8	2	0	1110.1	899	394	422	121	249	76	0	3	4,479	20	11.75	2.02	5.82	0.98	32.4	5.6	1.03	.301	3.42	72	2.85	67	7.29	173.9
9	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,411	217	87	55	.613	217	3.30	3	2	0	1337.1	1,146	491	526	130	341	55	0	9	5,450	24	9.50	2.29	4.14	0.87	25.9	6.3	1.11	.289	3.54	80	3.21	76	7.71	150.1
10	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,404	277	79	111	.416	264	4.69	3	2	1	1516.2	1,650	791	861	225	491	33	6	20	6,582	45	8.33	2.91	2.86	1.34	21.3	7.5	1.41	.322	5.11	110	4.28	101	9.79	-4.9
11	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,379	251	100	78	.562	250	4.07	5	1	0	1446.1	1,354	654	697	199	433	91	0	5	6,080	35	8.58	2.69	3.18	1.24	22.7	7.1	1.24	.290	4.34	97	4.14	97	8.43	21.4
12	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,372	213	77	58	.570	213	3.18	1	1	0	1105.2	850	391	426	108	503	11	0	5	4,583	81	11.17	4.09	2.73	0.88	29.9	11.0	1.22	.287	3.47	78	3.35	80	6.92	100.8
13	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,361	218	75	78	.490	218	3.55	1	0	0	1268.1	1,075	500	546	154	423	42	0	8	5,244	16	9.66	3.00	3.22	1.09	26.0	8.1	1.18	.282	3.87	85	3.70	88	7.63	75.7
14	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,353	173	63	44	.589	173	2.50	4	2	0	1073.2	814	298	328	102	236	20	0	9	4,209	21	11.34	1.98	5.73	0.86	32.1	5.6	0.98	.285	2.75	63	2.59	62	6.82	188.8
15	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,344	238	80	75	.516	231	3.77	1	0	0	1285.2	1,123	538	586	137	440	47	2	3	5,369	75	9.41	3.08	3.05	0.96	25.0	8.2	1.22	.290	4.10	89	3.60	84	7.86	95.9
16	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	1,327	199	71	63	.530	199	3.72	0	0	0	1160.2	960	480	501	164	326	57	0	5	4,747	50	10.29	2.53	4.07	1.27	28.0	6.9	1.11	.277	3.88	89	3.71	87	7.44	71.3
17	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	1,249	214	81	60	.574	212	3.99	2	1	0	1215.0	1,117	538	598	172	413	55	0	11	5,167	42	9.25	3.06	3.02	1.27	24.2	8.0	1.26	.288	4.43	92	4.12	95	8.27	32.2
18	Kyle Gibson K. Gibson	1,234	259	85	82	.509	253	4.59	2	1	0	1448.1	1,491	739	793	195	518	54	0	9	6,222	49	7.67	3.22	2.38	1.21	19.8	8.3	1.39	.307	4.93	108	4.40	103	9.27	-19.3
19	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1,222	188	98	38	.721	187	2.60	4	3	0	1131.2	893	327	361	130	212	17	0	2	4,437	41	9.72	1.69	5.76	1.03	27.5	4.8	0.98	.267	2.87	64	3.11	73	7.10	141.1
20	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	1,183	230	61	72	.459	185	4.65	2	0	3	1069.2	1,004	553	578	178	389	31	13	6	4,541	52	9.95	3.27	3.04	1.50	26.1	8.6	1.30	.299	4.86	108	4.29	101	8.45	-5.7
21	Jon Gray J. Gray	1,171	219	72	68	.514	214	4.42	2	1	0	1176.0	1,139	577	615	151	387	49	3	11	4,987	41	8.96	2.96	3.03	1.16	23.5	7.8	1.30	.306	4.71	97	3.96	90	8.72	54.9
22	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	1,167	214	79	67	.541	199	4.23	5	2	1	1117.2	1,113	525	555	162	306	42	6	11	4,690	45	9.40	2.46	3.81	1.30	24.9	6.5	1.27	.316	4.47	100	3.89	92	8.96	44.5
23	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,148	242	73	70	.510	219	3.89	1	1	0	1255.1	1,204	542	580	142	406	35	5	10	5,280	51	8.23	2.91	2.83	1.02	21.7	7.7	1.28	.299	4.16	93	3.85	92	8.63	47.5
24	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,124	180	70	60	.538	178	3.82	2	1	0	996.0	848	423	455	132	353	48	0	5	4,170	55	10.16	3.19	3.18	1.19	27.0	8.5	1.21	.285	4.11	92	3.82	90	7.66	46.3
25	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	1,109	228	77	62	.554	198	4.00	3	3	0	1184.1	1,088	527	573	158	335	54	3	4	4,933	34	8.43	2.55	3.31	1.20	22.5	6.8	1.20	.284	4.35	98	4.01	97	8.27	16.6