pitcher most strikeouts in a world series since 1999

Since 1999, Curt Schilling has struck out the most hitters in a World Series, with 26 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	SERIES	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	H/9
1	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	26	2001	World Series	ARI	3	1	0	1.000	3	1.69	0	0	0	21.1	12	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	77	0	10.97	0.84	13.00	0.84	33.8	2.6	0.66	.217	1.69	5.06
2	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	19	2003	World Series	FLA	2	1	1	.500	2	1.10	1	1	0	16.1	8	2	2	0	5	1	0	0	61	0	10.47	2.76	3.80	0.00	31.1	8.2	0.80	.222	1.10	4.41
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	19	2001	World Series	NYY	2	1	0	1.000	2	1.35	0	0	0	13.1	10	2	2	0	4	1	0	0	55	0	12.83	2.70	4.75	0.00	34.5	7.3	1.05	.323	1.35	6.75
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	19	2001	World Series	ARI	3	3	0	1.000	2	1.04	1	1	0	17.1	9	2	2	0	3	0	1	0	63	0	9.87	1.56	6.33	0.00	30.2	4.8	0.69	.220	1.04	4.67
5	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	18	2022	World Series	HOU	2	2	0	1.000	2	1.46	0	0	0	12.1	6	2	2	1	5	1	0	0	46	0	13.14	3.65	3.60	0.73	39.1	10.9	0.89	.238	1.46	4.38
6	Blake Snell B. Snell	18	2020	World Series	TBR	2	0	0		2	2.70	0	0	0	10.0	4	3	3	1	4	0	0	0	38	0	16.20	3.60	4.50	0.90	47.4	10.5	0.80	.200	2.70	3.60
7	Trey Yesavage T. Yesavage	17	2025	World Series	TOR	3	1	0	1.000	2	2.84	0	0	0	12.2	8	4	4	2	4	1	0	0	48	0	12.08	2.84	4.25	1.42	35.4	8.3	0.95	.250	2.84	5.68
8	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	17	2017	World Series	LAD	3	1	0	1.000	2	4.02	0	0	0	15.2	9	7	7	2	5	0	0	2	60	1	9.77	2.87	3.40	1.15	28.3	8.3	0.89	.194	4.02	5.17
9	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	17	2014	World Series	SFG	3	2	0	1.000	2	0.43	1	1	1	21.0	9	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	74	0	7.29	0.43	17.00	0.43	23.0	1.4	0.48	.148	0.43	3.86
10	Jon Lester J. Lester	16	2016	World Series	CHC	3	1	1	.500	2	3.68	0	0	0	14.2	13	6	7	2	4	1	0	0	60	1	9.82	2.45	4.00	1.23	26.7	6.7	1.16	.297	4.30	7.98
11	Al Leiter A. Leiter	16	2000	World Series	NYM	2	0	1	.000	2	2.87	0	0	0	15.2	12	5	6	2	6	0	0	1	64	0	9.19	3.45	2.67	1.15	25.0	9.4	1.15	.250	3.45	6.89
12	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	15	2025	World Series	LAD	3	3	0	1.000	2	1.02	1	0	0	17.2	10	2	2	0	2	2	1	0	65	0	7.64	1.02	7.50	0.00	23.1	3.1	0.68	.217	1.02	5.09
13	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	15	2020	World Series	TBR	2	0	2	.000	2	9.64	0	0	0	9.1	9	10	10	3	9	0	0	0	46	4	14.46	8.68	1.67	2.89	32.6	19.6	1.93	.316	9.64	8.68
14	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	15	2019	World Series	HOU	2	1	1	.500	2	3.86	0	0	0	14.0	11	6	6	3	3	0	0	0	54	0	9.64	1.93	5.00	1.93	27.8	5.6	1.00	.242	3.86	7.07
15	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	15	2016	World Series	CHC	2	2	0	1.000	2	2.38	0	0	0	11.1	5	3	3	1	6	1	0	0	46	1	11.91	4.76	2.50	0.79	32.6	13.0	0.97	.174	2.38	3.97
16	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	15	2016	World Series	CLE	3	2	0	1.000	3	2.81	0	0	0	16.0	15	5	5	2	1	2	0	0	64	0	8.44	0.56	15.00	1.13	23.4	1.6	1.00	.295	2.81	8.44
17	Jon Lester J. Lester	15	2013	World Series	BOS	2	2	0	1.000	2	0.59	0	0	0	15.1	9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	54	0	8.80	0.59	15.00	0.59	27.8	1.9	0.65	.216	0.59	5.28
18	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	14	2025	World Series	TOR	2	0	2	.000	2	4.26	0	0	0	12.2	7	6	6	2	2	0	0	1	47	0	9.95	1.42	7.00	1.42	29.8	4.3	0.71	.172	4.26	4.97
19	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	14	2020	World Series	LAD	2	2	0	1.000	2	2.31	0	0	0	11.2	7	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	42	0	10.80	2.31	4.67	0.77	33.3	7.1	0.86	.250	2.31	5.40
20	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	14	2019	World Series	WSH	2	2	0	1.000	2	2.51	0	0	0	14.1	12	4	4	2	3	0	0	1	58	1	8.79	1.88	4.67	1.26	24.1	5.2	1.05	.256	2.51	7.53
21	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	14	2017	World Series	HOU	2	0	1	.000	2	3.75	0	0	0	12.0	5	5	5	2	2	1	0	0	43	0	10.50	1.50	7.00	1.50	32.6	4.7	0.58	.125	3.75	3.75
22	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	14	2013	World Series	STL	2	0	2	.000	2	4.50	0	0	0	12.0	14	6	8	0	2	0	0	0	52	0	10.50	1.50	7.00	0.00	26.9	3.8	1.33	.389	6.00	10.50
23	Jeff Weaver J. Weaver	14	2006	World Series	STL	2	1	1	.500	2	2.77	0	0	0	13.0	13	4	5	2	2	1	0	0	56	0	9.69	1.38	7.00	1.38	25.0	3.6	1.15	.297	3.46	9.00
24	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	14	2003	World Series	NYY	2	1	1	.500	2	0.57	0	0	0	15.2	12	1	3	0	4	0	0	1	63	0	8.04	2.30	3.50	0.00	22.2	6.3	1.02	.267	1.72	6.89
25	Jason Schmidt J. Schmidt	14	2002	World Series	SFG	2	1	0	1.000	2	5.23	0	0	0	10.1	16	6	6	2	4	0	0	0	51	1	12.19	3.48	3.50	1.74	27.5	7.8	1.94	.452	5.23	13.94

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