pitcher with the most strikeouts in the last 20 years

Between May 14, 2005 and May 14, 2025, Justin Verlander has fanned the most hitters, with 3,456 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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,456	535	262	150	.636	535	3.31	26	9	0	3463.2	2,940	1,275	1,379	363	968	116	0	27	14,150	97	8.98	2.52	3.57	0.94	24.4	6.8	1.13	.279	3.58	7.64
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,408	467	215	112	.657	458	3.16	12	5	0	2881.0	2,349	1,012	1,085	337	756	112	2	20	11,640	78	10.65	2.36	4.51	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.286	3.39	7.34
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,968	432	212	94	.693	429	2.50	25	15	0	2742.2	2,091	762	835	227	678	44	1	28	10,816	103	9.74	2.22	4.38	0.74	27.4	6.3	1.01	.270	2.74	6.86
4	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,858	555	217	141	.606	510	3.47	16	5	1	3204.1	3,028	1,236	1,328	338	728	67	8	22	13,110	99	8.03	2.04	3.93	0.95	21.8	5.6	1.17	.295	3.73	8.50
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	8.09
6	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	8.20
7	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,488	452	200	117	.631	451	3.66	15	4	0	2740.0	2,610	1,114	1,215	294	892	90	0	13	11,487	63	8.17	2.93	2.79	0.97	21.7	7.8	1.28	.300	3.99	8.57
8	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,478	381	139	86	.618	301	3.06	16	3	12	2006.0	1,644	682	735	207	468	124	25	15	8,091	47	11.12	2.10	5.29	0.93	30.6	5.8	1.05	.299	3.30	7.38
9	CC Sabathia	2,472	430	195	124	.611	429	3.63	33	10	0	2771.0	2,661	1,119	1,235	304	769	100	0	35	11,588	56	8.03	2.50	3.21	0.99	21.3	6.6	1.24	.297	4.01	8.64
10	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,251	317	153	80	.657	317	3.18	8	5	0	1954.0	1,627	690	740	217	500	61	0	8	7,861	58	10.37	2.30	4.50	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.292	3.41	7.49
11	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	8.88
12	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	2,202	478	200	128	.610	411	3.53	28	11	3	2668.1	2,577	1,047	1,117	233	736	81	13	40	11,116	51	7.43	2.48	2.99	0.79	19.8	6.6	1.24	.298	3.77	8.69
13	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,081	394	138	130	.515	388	4.09	3	2	0	2162.1	2,037	982	1,080	212	810	188	1	25	9,280	69	8.66	3.37	2.57	0.88	22.4	8.7	1.32	.305	4.50	8.48
14	David Price D. Price	2,076	400	157	82	.657	322	3.32	17	3	3	2143.2	1,930	790	865	221	562	63	19	16	8,807	40	8.72	2.36	3.69	0.93	23.6	6.4	1.16	.290	3.63	8.10
15	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	2,070	358	134	124	.519	355	3.47	16	7	0	2209.1	2,007	853	933	258	544	89	1	38	9,098	29	8.43	2.22	3.81	1.05	22.8	6.0	1.15	.285	3.80	8.18
16	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	2,015	364	142	99	.589	340	3.74	4	2	1	2006.1	1,856	834	916	231	704	89	4	21	8,520	61	9.04	3.16	2.86	1.04	23.7	8.3	1.28	.296	4.11	8.33
17	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2,007	282	110	88	.556	282	3.58	2	1	0	1706.0	1,394	678	712	217	544	77	0	8	7,009	79	10.59	2.87	3.69	1.14	28.6	7.8	1.14	.283	3.76	7.35
18	Ervin Santana E. Santana	1,978	425	151	129	.539	386	4.11	21	11	0	2486.2	2,391	1,135	1,221	331	776	104	20	35	10,482	104	7.16	2.81	2.55	1.20	18.9	7.4	1.27	.282	4.42	8.65
19	A.J. Burnett	1,906	326	124	116	.517	324	4.07	12	4	0	2036.2	1,941	921	1,013	205	788	118	1	20	8,750	125	8.42	3.48	2.42	0.91	21.8	9.0	1.34	.303	4.48	8.58
20	Dan Haren D. Haren	1,903	356	146	116	.557	354	3.67	16	6	1	2263.0	2,190	923	1,007	288	439	58	2	37	9,330	90	7.57	1.75	4.33	1.15	20.4	4.7	1.16	.286	4.00	8.71
21	John Lackey J. Lackey	1,895	357	152	112	.576	356	3.79	14	5	0	2290.1	2,268	965	1,049	251	639	109	0	24	9,647	91	7.45	2.51	2.97	0.99	19.6	6.6	1.27	.299	4.12	8.91
22	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	1,860	344	131	101	.565	328	3.70	4	2	0	1933.0	1,744	795	857	171	815	50	4	21	8,242	59	8.66	3.79	2.28	0.80	22.6	9.9	1.32	.294	3.99	8.12
23	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	1,857	370	144	113	.560	365	3.52	18	8	0	2256.1	2,094	883	955	253	637	120	1	22	9,373	36	7.41	2.54	2.92	1.01	19.8	6.8	1.21	.283	3.81	8.35
24	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,831	277	105	86	.550	277	3.78	6	4	0	1671.0	1,482	701	739	210	437	55	0	16	6,855	18	9.86	2.35	4.19	1.13	26.7	6.4	1.15	.294	3.98	7.98
25	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	1,815	419	112	114	.496	300	4.15	3	1	1	1813.2	1,649	837	911	184	816	62	19	15	7,781	100	9.01	4.05	2.22	0.91	23.3	10.5	1.36	.299	4.52	8.18