Before 1982, Walter Johnson fanned the most batters, with 3,509 strikeouts.

	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	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	3,509	802	417	279	.599	666	2.17	531	110	34	5914.1	4,913	1,424	1,902	97	1,363	205	127		23,405	154	5.34	2.07	2.57	0.15	15.0	5.8	1.06	.264	2.89	68	2.42	76	7.48	472.8
2	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,336	715	297	239	.554	628	2.99	294	52	10	4947.0	4,479	1,644	1,903	348	1,276	100	33	156	20,219	142	6.07	2.32	2.61	0.63	16.5	6.3	1.16	.273	3.46	83	2.96	84	8.15	313.4
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3,249	452	189	174	.521	418	3.11	178	47	3	3074.0	2,193	1,061	1,211	161	1,812	84	13	44	12,991	151	9.51	5.31	1.79	0.47	25.0	13.9	1.30	.264	3.55	89	3.00	86	6.42	180.8
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,148	549	262	173	.602	531	2.99	223	46	1	3979.1	3,463	1,324	1,502	303	1,354	44	7	115	16,403	133	7.12	3.06	2.32	0.69	19.2	8.3	1.21	.273	3.40	82	3.03	85	7.83	237.1
5	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	3,117	528	251	174	.591	482	2.91	255	56	6	3884.1	3,279	1,258	1,420	257	1,336	102	21	118	16,068	108	7.22	3.10	2.33	0.60	19.4	8.3	1.19	.268	3.29	78	2.89	81	7.60	290.5
6	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,075	504	259	143	.644	498	2.60	208	54	1	3789.0	3,015	1,095	1,201	282	1,074	52	5	96	15,176	94	7.30	2.55	2.86	0.67	20.3	7.1	1.08	.256	2.85	74	2.80	81	7.16	284.5
7	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,962	597	264	202	.567	531	3.31	262	47	7	4116.0	3,745	1,513	1,672	446	883	73	36	109	16,763	57	6.48	1.93	3.35	0.98	17.7	5.3	1.12	.266	3.66	86	3.23	86	8.19	221.2
8	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,855	591	224	184	.549	519	3.27	151	40	16	3760.1	3,433	1,366	1,527	372	1,000	160	39	98	15,618	47	6.83	2.39	2.86	0.89	18.3	6.4	1.18	.273	3.65	88	3.22	88	8.22	195.2
9	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,832	586	217	191	.532	496	3.44	195	41	10	3638.1	3,366	1,390	1,537	347	1,099	92	40	67	15,140	124	7.01	2.72	2.58	0.86	18.7	7.3	1.23	.280	3.80	96	3.19	87	8.33	188.5
10	Cy Young C. Young	2,803	906	511	316	.618	815	2.63	749	76	17	7356.0	7,092	2,147	3,167	138	1,217	161	84		29,565	156	3.43	1.49	2.30	0.17	9.5	4.1	1.13	.275	3.87	74	2.84	79	8.68	620
11	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,756	557	241	184	.567	540	3.05	162	55	5	3887.2	3,332	1,319	1,457	308	995	62	12	88	15,811	84	6.38	2.30	2.77	0.71	17.4	6.3	1.11	.259	3.37	90	3.00	88	7.71	174.3
12	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,640	670	240	216	.526	526	3.13	220	41	29	4183.1	3,781	1,457	1,717	351	1,274	103	81	79	17,361	190	5.68	2.74	2.07	0.76	15.2	7.3	1.21	.264	3.69	82	3.39	91	8.13	161.9
13	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	2,583	750	363	245	.597	665	3.09	382	63	28	5243.2	4,830	1,798	2,016	434	1,434	42	67	60	21,547	81	4.43	2.46	1.80	0.74	12.0	6.7	1.19	.258	3.46	84	3.44	94	8.29	124.4
14	Bob Feller B. Feller	2,581	570	266	162	.621	484	3.25	279	44	22	3827.0	3,271	1,384	1,557	224	1,764	60	52	6	16,180	69	6.07	4.15	1.46	0.53	16.0	10.9	1.32	.264	3.66	82	3.48	89	7.69	184.6
15	Tim Keefe T. Keefe	2,564	600	342	225	.603	594	2.63	554	39	2	5049.2	4,438	1,474	2,470	75	1,233	83	7		20,941	240	4.57	2.20	2.08	0.13	12.2	5.9	1.12	.257	4.40	79	2.92	87	7.91	239.2
16	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	2,507	636	373	188	.665	552	2.13	435	79	30	4788.2	4,219	1,135	1,620	89	848	59	73		18,913	115	4.71	1.59	2.96	0.17	13.3	4.5	1.06	.268	3.04	75	2.26	76	7.93	363
17	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2,486	518	209	166	.557	465	2.95	167	49	6	3432.0	3,084	1,124	1,292	280	855	154	34	123	14,097	82	6.52	2.24	2.91	0.73	17.6	6.1	1.15	.272	3.39	83	3.02	88	8.09	162.2
18	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,453	425	141	134	.513	346	3.17	103	23	14	2492.1	1,948	879	999	164	1,312	59	39	74	10,587	140	8.86	4.74	1.87	0.59	23.2	12.4	1.31	.270	3.61	90	3.06	84	7.03	160.4
19	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,407	812	278	234	.543	623	3.44	180	31	15	4420.2	4,493	1,689	1,979	384	1,050	120	81	104	18,540	126	4.90	2.14	2.29	0.78	13.0	5.7	1.25	.282	4.03	93	3.39	90	9.15	171.6
20	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2,396	397	165	87	.655	314	2.76	137	40	9	2324.1	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	9.28	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	75	2.69	75	6.79	226.6
21	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,386	567	227	170	.572	479	3.28	187	49	15	3456.2	3,036	1,261	1,380	343	1,096	49	51	53	14,230	27	6.21	2.85	2.18	0.89	16.8	7.7	1.20	.260	3.59	87	3.47	92	7.90	112.6
22	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,357	407	167	148	.530	402	2.95	159	42	0	3000.2	2,699	984	1,103	215	810	75	3	49	12,273	66	7.07	2.43	2.91	0.64	19.2	6.6	1.17	.282	3.31	80	2.83	77	8.10	288.8
23	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	2,357	676	286	245	.539	609	3.41	305	45	25	4688.2	4,582	1,774	1,962	505	902	54	49	69	19,174	33	4.52	1.73	2.61	0.97	12.3	4.7	1.17	.265	3.77	89	3.50	91	8.80	179.6
24	Early Wynn E. Wynn	2,334	691	300	244	.551	611	3.54	289	49	16	4564.0	4,291	1,796	2,037	338	1,775	64	67	36	19,408	51	4.60	3.50	1.31	0.67	12.0	9.1	1.33	.265	4.02	94	3.64	97	8.46	56.4
25	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	2,316	407	193	143	.574	340	2.16	261	50	5	2961.1	2,460	711	1,063	37	803	115	54		11,717	74	7.04	2.44	2.88	0.11	19.8	6.9	1.10	.287	3.23	75	2.03	71	7.48	262