pitcher with most strikeouts after age 40

Nolan Ryan has fanned the most career hitters by a pitcher older than 40, with 1,167 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	H/9
1	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	1,167	162	63	50	.558	162	3.45	19	7	0	1060.0	779	406	460	79	440	41	0	11	4,385	58	9.91	3.74	2.65	0.67	26.6	10.0	1.15	.263	3.91	6.61
2	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	940	256	100	83	.546	250	3.93	39	10	1	1635.0	1,639	714	795	167	676	24	4	12	7,031	47	5.17	3.72	1.39	0.92	13.4	9.6	1.42	.282	4.38	9.02
3	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	784	224	84	77	.522	218	4.63	7	2	0	1336.1	1,446	688	734	208	375	58	2	20	5,771	13	5.28	2.53	2.09	1.40	13.6	6.5	1.36	.285	4.94	9.74
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	755	134	61	39	.610	129	4.15	8	0	0	804.1	766	371	413	112	199	35	2	14	3,351	14	8.45	2.23	3.79	1.25	22.5	5.9	1.20	.291	4.62	8.57
5	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	619	113	51	26	.662	112	2.83	1	0	0	706.0	575	222	248	50	221	19	0	11	2,870	19	7.89	2.82	2.80	0.64	21.6	7.7	1.13	.268	3.16	7.33
6	Charlie Hough C. Hough	582	175	52	72	.419	173	4.24	19	3	0	1094.1	1,005	515	574	129	497	53	1	9	4,745	46	4.79	4.09	1.17	1.06	12.3	10.5	1.37	.251	4.72	8.27
7	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	542	145	55	55	.500	138	4.58	3	1	0	820.2	928	418	446	122	140	14	2	11	3,480	5	5.94	1.54	3.87	1.34	15.6	4.0	1.30	.303	4.89	10.18
8	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	510	391	44	33	.571	0	2.05	0	0	90	666.0	456	152	185	39	205	14	260	29	2,632	31	6.89	2.77	2.49	0.53	19.4	7.8	0.99	.224	2.50	6.16
9	Tim Wakefield T. Wakefield	402	126	37	37	.500	103	4.79	4	0	0	663.0	668	353	393	88	210	36	16	5	2,856	43	5.46	2.85	1.91	1.19	14.1	7.4	1.32	.274	5.33	9.07
10	Rich Hill R. Hill	393	94	23	30	.434	84	4.51	0	0	0	433.0	428	217	237	60	153	28	4	0	1,862	5	8.17	3.18	2.57	1.25	21.1	8.2	1.34	.300	4.93	8.90
11	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	393	119	35	48	.422	117	4.17	18	3	0	759.1	865	352	402	74	191	20	2	12	3,262	30	4.66	2.26	2.06	0.88	12.0	5.9	1.39	.306	4.76	10.25
12	Cy Young C. Young	383	110	54	45	.545	105	0.01	86	9	2	882.0	782		315	11	147	18	4		3,465	23	3.91	1.50	2.61	0.11	11.1	4.2	1.05	.265	3.21	7.98
13	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	378	138	53	48	.525	119	3.51	55	8	4	880.2	877	343	382	94	206	8	14	12	3,640	15	3.86	2.11	1.83	0.96	10.4	5.7	1.23	.265	3.90	8.96
14	Jack Quinn J. Quinn	346	322	89	73	.549	138	3.52	60	10	37	1307.0	1,504	511	640	41	285	32	116		5,631	17	2.38	1.96	1.21	0.28	6.1	5.1	1.37	.297	4.41	10.36
15	David Wells D. Wells	312	95	37	25	.597	95	4.53	2	0	0	562.1	675	283	296	71	88	12	0	5	2,399	7	4.99	1.41	3.55	1.14	13.0	3.7	1.36	.315	4.74	10.80
16	Satchel Paige S. Paige	288	179	28	31	.475	26	3.31	7	4	33	476.0	429	175	192	30	180	7	109	0	2,003	6	5.45	3.40	1.60	0.57	14.4	9.0	1.28	.266	3.63	8.11
17	R.A. Dickey	262	61	20	25	.444	60	4.35	0	0	0	359.2	362	174	196	54	130	16	1	3	1,543	18	6.56	3.25	2.02	1.35	17.0	8.4	1.37	.285	4.90	9.06
18	Don Sutton D. Sutton	259	85	29	28	.509	84	4.15	4	1	0	486.0	482	224	238	76	120	11	0	8	2,028	13	4.80	2.22	2.16	1.41	12.8	5.9	1.24	.260	4.41	8.93
19	Tommy John T. John	245	137	37	44	.457	122	4.67	5	2	0	697.0	870	362	398	58	198	21	7	16	3,071	34	3.16	2.56	1.24	0.75	8.0	6.4	1.53	.319	5.14	11.23
20	Dazzy Vance D. Vance	240	100	22	18	.550	41	4.13	12	1	7	402.2	421	185	208	21	126	8	25		1,735	7	5.36	2.82	1.90	0.47	13.8	7.3	1.36	.299	4.65	9.41
21	Kenny Rogers K. Rogers	217	75	29	25	.537	74	4.66	0	0	0	440.2	472	228	251	53	158	19	1	5	1,906	10	4.43	3.23	1.37	1.08	11.4	8.3	1.43	.287	5.13	9.64
22	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	216	68	15	29	.341	54	5.72	3	0	1	338.0	381	215	250	54	177	5	6	9	1,539	14	5.75	4.71	1.22	1.44	14.0	11.5	1.65	.301	6.66	10.14
23	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	197	55	20	19	.513	52	3.67	6	2	0	323.1	339	132	151	22	94	6	0	8	1,383	8	5.48	2.62	2.10	0.61	14.2	6.8	1.34	.298	4.20	9.44
24	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	192	65	21	23	.477	65	4.21	1	0	0	380.2	414	178	193	34	54	11	0	8	1,588	6	4.54	1.28	3.56	0.80	12.1	3.4	1.23	.293	4.56	9.79
25	Early Wynn E. Wynn	185	64	16	19	.457	47	3.78	17	3	1	333.1	309	140	147	28	118	4	9	9	1,390	3	5.00	3.19	1.57	0.76	13.3	8.5	1.28	.266	3.97	8.34