most strikeouts single season nationals pitcher from 2015 to 2025

Between the 2015 and 2025 seasons, Max Scherzer struck out the most hitters for the Nationals in a season, with 300 strikeouts in 2018.

	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	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
2	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
3	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	276	2015	WSH	33	14	12	.538	33	2.79	4	3	0	228.2	176	71	74	27	34	5	0	2	899	10	10.86	1.34	8.12	1.06	30.7	3.8	0.92	.268	2.91	71	2.76	72	6.93	27.6
4	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	268	2017	WSH	31	16	6	.727	31	2.51	2	0	0	200.2	126	56	62	22	55	11	0	2	780	4	12.02	2.47	4.87	0.99	34.4	7.1	0.90	.245	2.78	57	2.89	66	5.65	33.2
5	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	251	2019	WSH	33	18	6	.750	33	3.32	0	0	0	209.0	161	77	79	24	56	10	0	4	841	8	10.81	2.41	4.48	1.03	29.8	6.7	1.04	.274	3.40	75	3.24	73	6.93	28.3
6	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	243	2019	WSH	27	11	7	.611	27	2.92	0	0	0	172.1	144	56	59	18	33	7	0	2	693	0	12.69	1.72	7.36	0.94	35.1	4.8	1.03	.321	3.08	66	2.44	55	7.52	38.6
7	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	238	2019	WSH	33	14	7	.667	33	3.25	1	1	0	202.0	169	73	81	24	70	3	0	2	835	4	10.60	3.12	3.40	1.07	28.5	8.4	1.18	.290	3.61	73	3.48	78	7.53	22.2
8	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	204	2017	WSH	28	15	4	.789	28	2.52	1	1	0	175.1	131	49	55	13	47	7	0	5	701	3	10.47	2.41	4.34	0.67	29.1	6.7	1.02	.274	2.82	57	2.71	62	6.72	32.4
9	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	188	2017	WSH	32	15	9	.625	32	2.96	0	0	0	201.0	158	66	69	21	79	7	0	5	827	7	8.42	3.54	2.38	0.94	22.7	9.6	1.18	.258	3.09	67	3.92	89	7.07	10.7
10	MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	185	2025	WSH	30	5	15	.250	30	4.17	0	0	0	159.2	152	74	75	20	64	5	0	0	680	12	10.43	3.61	2.89	1.13	27.2	9.4	1.35	.325	4.23	97	3.74	89	8.57	8.5
11	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	183	2016	WSH	24	15	4	.789	24	3.60	0	0	0	147.2	119	59	59	15	44	2	0	1	598	2	11.15	2.68	4.16	0.91	30.6	7.4	1.10	.294	3.60	85	2.92	71	7.25	19.8
12	MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	181	2024	WSH	32	10	12	.455	32	3.90	0	0	0	166.1	171	72	93	15	65	11	0	0	731	14	9.79	3.52	2.78	0.81	24.8	8.9	1.42	.340	5.03	94	3.53	87	9.25	9.8
13	Tanner Roark T. Roark	172	2016	WSH	34	16	10	.615	33	2.83	0	0	0	210.0	173	66	72	17	73	13	0	4	855	6	7.37	3.13	2.36	0.73	20.1	8.5	1.17	.269	3.09	67	3.78	92	7.41	8
14	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	171	2016	WSH	32	11	11	.500	32	4.57	0	0	0	177.1	179	90	98	19	59	9	0	2	765	7	8.68	2.99	2.90	0.96	22.4	7.7	1.34	.316	4.97	108	3.75	91	9.08	7.3
15	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	169	2015	WSH	31	11	8	.579	31	3.79	0	0	0	175.2	181	74	79	8	69	4	0	3	758	4	8.66	3.54	2.45	0.41	22.3	9.1	1.42	.341	4.05	96	3.04	79	9.27	15.6
16	Tanner Roark T. Roark	166	2017	WSH	32	13	11	.542	30	4.67	0	0	0	181.1	178	94	105	23	64	6	0	5	776	3	8.24	3.18	2.59	1.14	21.4	8.2	1.33	.300	5.21	105	4.13	94	8.83	5.6
17	Jordan Zimmermann J. Zimmermann	164	2015	WSH	33	13	10	.565	33	3.66	0	0	0	201.2	204	82	89	24	39	8	0	3	831	2	7.32	1.74	4.21	1.07	19.7	4.7	1.20	.302	3.97	93	3.75	98	9.10	2
18	Jake Irvin J. Irvin	156	2024	WSH	33	10	14	.417	33	4.41	0	0	0	187.2	173	92	97	29	52	4	0	1	769	5	7.48	2.49	3.00	1.39	20.3	6.8	1.20	.273	4.65	107	4.40	108	8.30	-7.2
19	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	156	2018	WSH	22	10	7	.588	22	3.74	0	0	0	130.0	118	54	59	18	38	8	0	2	544	5	10.80	2.63	4.11	1.25	28.7	7.0	1.20	.309	4.08	91	3.62	87	8.17	7.5
20	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	155	2015	WSH	23	11	7	.611	23	3.46	0	0	0	127.1	115	49	56	14	26	3	0	0	523	4	10.96	1.84	5.96	0.99	29.6	5.0	1.11	.311	3.96	88	2.80	73	8.13	14.7
21	Josiah Gray J. Gray	154	2022	WSH	28	7	10	.412	28	5.02	0	0	0	148.2	136	83	84	38	66	8	0	1	649	7	9.32	4.00	2.33	2.30	23.7	10.2	1.36	.256	5.09	124	5.85	145	8.23	-29.8
22	MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	151	2023	WSH	27	7	10	.412	27	4.42	0	0	0	136.1	134	67	71	27	57	1	0	0	582	6	9.97	3.76	2.65	1.78	25.9	9.8	1.40	.309	4.69	102	4.89	111	8.85	-7
23	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	147	2021	WSH	19	8	4	.667	19	2.76	1	0	0	111.0	71	34	36	18	28	8	0	0	428	0	11.92	2.27	5.25	1.46	34.3	6.5	0.89	.233	2.92	66	3.59	84	5.76	8.4
24	Tanner Roark T. Roark	146	2018	WSH	31	9	15	.375	30	4.34	0	0	0	180.1	181	87	90	24	50	10	1	3	760	5	7.29	2.50	2.92	1.20	19.2	6.6	1.28	.296	4.49	106	4.26	103	9.03	-2.3
25	Josiah Gray J. Gray	143	2023	WSH	30	8	13	.381	30	3.91	0	0	0	159.0	152	69	72	22	80	9	0	1	698	9	8.09	4.53	1.79	1.25	20.5	11.5	1.46	.293	4.08	90	4.93	112	8.60	-8.9

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Phillies	83	67	.553	5.0
Marlins	74	76	.493	14.0
Nationals	70	81	.464	18.5
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Tue 9/15	PHI	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Wed 9/16	PHI	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Fri 9/18	WSH	@	STL	8:15 PM
Sat 9/19	WSH	@	STL	7:15 PM
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Phillies	83	67	.553	5.0
Marlins	74	76	.493	14.0
Nationals	70	81	.464	18.5
Mets	69	80	.463	18.5
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Cubs	83	67	.553	10.0
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