pitcher with most strikeouts from 2000 to 2020

Between the 2000 and 2020 seasons, CC Sabathia struck out the most batters, with 3,093 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	CC Sabathia	3,093	561	251	161	.609	560	3.74	38	12	0	3577.1	3,404	1,485	1,623	382	1,099	123	0	44	14,989	74	7.78	2.76	2.81	0.96	20.6	7.3	1.26	.294	4.08	87	3.77	87	8.56	223.7
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,013	454	226	129	.637	454	3.33	26	9	0	2988.0	2,538	1,105	1,192	310	851	98	0	27	12,214	87	9.08	2.56	3.54	0.93	24.7	7.0	1.13	.281	3.59	78	3.40	80	7.64	280.4
3	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,784	377	175	93	.653	368	3.21	11	5	0	2357.1	1,953	841	906	264	641	86	2	20	9,573	71	10.63	2.45	4.34	1.01	29.1	6.7	1.10	.291	3.46	77	3.13	76	7.46	262.2
4	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,689	500	208	126	.623	459	3.37	16	5	1	2939.0	2,728	1,100	1,181	298	676	70	8	25	12,002	89	8.23	2.07	3.98	0.91	22.4	5.6	1.16	.294	3.62	80	3.36	81	8.35	253.4
5	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,560	423	163	122	.572	422	3.43	17	7	0	2698.0	2,424	1,027	1,103	310	767	100	0	43	11,115	57	8.54	2.56	3.34	1.03	23.0	6.9	1.18	.287	3.68	82	3.68	88	8.09	151.3
6	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,526	357	175	76	.697	354	2.43	25	15	0	2333.0	1,756	631	690	181	585	34	1	27	9,179	88	9.74	2.26	4.32	0.70	27.5	6.4	1.00	.269	2.66	63	2.75	69	6.77	320.6
7	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,524	419	169	136	.554	418	3.42	25	11	0	2729.2	2,487	1,037	1,157	264	805	105	0	16	11,284	156	8.32	2.65	3.14	0.87	22.4	7.1	1.21	.293	3.81	84	3.52	85	8.20	181.5
8	A.J. Burnett	2,480	428	160	155	.508	423	3.99	24	10	0	2690.0	2,482	1,194	1,305	260	1,075	143	1	33	11,483	161	8.30	3.60	2.31	0.87	21.6	9.4	1.32	.295	4.37	97	3.85	92	8.30	96.2
9	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,397	424	193	111	.635	423	3.60	15	4	0	2598.2	2,451	1,040	1,131	269	837	87	0	8	10,860	63	8.30	2.90	2.86	0.93	22.1	7.7	1.27	.300	3.92	84	3.68	90	8.49	120.4
10	John Lackey J. Lackey	2,294	448	188	147	.561	446	3.92	18	8	0	2840.1	2,862	1,237	1,347	319	815	133	0	32	12,030	125	7.27	2.58	2.81	1.01	19.1	6.8	1.29	.300	4.27	92	3.94	94	9.07	79.6
11	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	2,284	391	151	137	.524	385	4.04	25	7	0	2513.0	2,434	1,129	1,212	322	643	73	4	52	10,504	72	8.18	2.30	3.55	1.15	21.7	6.1	1.22	.294	4.34	91	3.77	86	8.72	179
12	James Shields J. Shields	2,234	407	145	139	.511	405	4.01	23	9	0	2616.0	2,581	1,167	1,267	361	746	97	1	22	10,993	107	7.69	2.57	2.99	1.24	20.3	6.8	1.27	.294	4.36	98	4.16	101	8.88	-13.5
13	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	2,207	388	152	126	.547	377	3.63	15	6	0	2377.0	2,134	960	1,011	259	708	78	3	42	9,838	46	8.36	2.68	3.12	0.98	22.4	7.2	1.20	.285	3.83	90	3.64	89	8.08	127.6
14	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,182	287	143	78	.647	281	3.34	32	12	0	1885.1	1,616	699	790	212	484	89	3	22	7,686	34	10.42	2.31	4.51	1.01	28.4	6.3	1.11	.298	3.77	75	3.12	70	7.71	275.2
15	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,150	483	211	167	.558	472	4.11	30	10	0	2958.2	3,096	1,351	1,465	388	748	51	2	36	12,487	32	6.54	2.28	2.87	1.18	17.2	6.0	1.30	.296	4.46	96	4.14	97	9.42	44.8
16	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	2,022	378	194	98	.664	370	3.36	65	19	0	2586.0	2,481	966	1,055	215	511	77	4	27	10,566	50	7.04	1.78	3.96	0.75	19.1	4.8	1.16	.293	3.67	77	3.27	75	8.63	304.7
17	Dan Haren D. Haren	2,013	391	153	131	.539	380	3.75	16	6	1	2419.2	2,357	1,009	1,105	305	500	67	4	39	10,022	98	7.49	1.86	4.03	1.13	20.1	5.0	1.18	.288	4.11	92	3.77	92	8.77	92.8
18	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,007	312	109	73	.599	232	3.03	16	3	12	1629.2	1,312	548	590	172	374	98	25	14	6,544	38	11.08	2.07	5.37	0.95	30.7	5.7	1.03	.293	3.26	71	2.90	69	7.25	235.7
19	Johan Santana J. Santana	1,988	360	139	78	.641	284	3.20	15	10	1	2025.2	1,726	721	773	220	567	36	23	13	8,262	68	8.83	2.52	3.51	0.98	24.1	6.9	1.13	.276	3.43	74	3.43	81	7.67	187.6
20	David Price D. Price	1,981	321	150	80	.652	311	3.31	17	3	0	2029.2	1,813	746	819	207	527	59	1	12	8,314	39	8.78	2.34	3.76	0.92	23.8	6.3	1.15	.290	3.63	81	3.34	82	8.04	164.7
21	Tim Hudson T. Hudson	1,948	461	211	131	.617	458	3.50	25	13	0	2990.1	2,836	1,164	1,263	240	855	120	0	82	12,425	78	5.86	2.57	2.28	0.72	15.7	6.9	1.23	.280	3.80	84	3.79	91	8.54	131.3
22	Ervin Santana E. Santana	1,926	387	149	127	.540	384	4.09	21	11	0	2421.1	2,326	1,101	1,186	322	754	102	1	34	10,205	97	7.16	2.80	2.55	1.20	18.9	7.4	1.27	.282	4.41	99	4.30	104	8.65	-42.3
23	Ryan Dempster R. Dempster	1,914	540	124	120	.508	315	4.26	11	3	87	2185.1	2,129	1,034	1,126	240	940	76	185	44	9,474	67	7.88	3.87	2.04	0.99	20.2	9.9	1.40	.300	4.64	100	4.14	98	8.77	22
24	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	1,901	335	138	106	.566	332	3.88	12	6	0	2051.0	1,897	884	957	238	629	76	1	28	8,579	59	8.34	2.76	3.02	1.04	22.2	7.3	1.23	.289	4.20	91	3.77	91	8.32	88.8
25	Barry Zito B. Zito	1,885	433	165	143	.536	421	4.04	12	5	0	2576.2	2,381	1,157	1,254	282	1,064	97	9	52	11,001	50	6.58	3.72	1.77	0.98	17.1	9.7	1.34	.274	4.38	97	4.38	104	8.32	-43.1