pitchers with most strikeouts from 1959 to 1990

Between the 1959 and 1990 seasons, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 5,308 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	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	5,308	740	302	272	.526	706	3.16	218	59	3	4989.1	3,629	1,754	1,998	295	2,614	140	13	78	20,926	257	9.57	4.72	2.03	0.53	25.4	12.5	1.25	.265	3.60	90	2.95	84	6.55	332.5
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4,136	741	329	244	.574	709	3.22	254	55	2	5217.2	4,672	1,864	2,130	414	1,833	53	13	150	21,683	183	7.13	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.67	87	3.14	86	8.06	271.5
3	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,640	656	311	205	.603	647	2.86	231	61	1	4783.0	3,971	1,521	1,674	380	1,390	76	6	116	19,369	126	6.85	2.62	2.62	0.72	18.8	7.2	1.12	.259	3.15	79	3.03	85	7.47	286.1
4	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3,631	667	279	238	.540	661	3.27	241	60	0	4837.0	4,482	1,760	1,953	413	1,293	150	3	69	19,923	111	6.76	2.41	2.81	0.77	18.2	6.5	1.19	.282	3.63	84	3.16	82	8.34	370.5
5	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,574	774	324	256	.559	756	3.26	178	58	5	5282.1	4,692	1,914	2,104	472	1,343	82	12	102	21,631	112	6.09	2.29	2.66	0.80	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.58	92	3.23	90	7.99	181.2
6	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,534	777	314	265	.542	690	3.11	303	53	10	5350.0	4,938	1,846	2,128	399	1,379	108	33	164	21,953	160	5.95	2.32	2.56	0.67	16.1	6.3	1.18	.275	3.58	85	3.06	85	8.31	312.9
7	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,342	864	318	274	.537	716	3.35	245	45	29	5404.0	5,044	2,012	2,337	482	1,809	123	83	86	22,677	226	5.57	3.01	1.85	0.80	14.7	8.0	1.27	.270	3.89	87	3.61	95	8.40	116.1
8	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,192	664	284	226	.557	594	3.34	267	49	7	4500.2	4,142	1,669	1,853	484	997	84	37	116	18,400	62	6.38	1.99	3.20	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	87	3.27	88	8.28	222.9
9	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
10	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
11	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,556	612	222	209	.515	527	3.36	140	33	17	3839.1	3,635	1,433	1,608	290	1,198	71	43	121	15,996	89	5.99	2.81	2.13	0.68	16.0	7.5	1.26	.282	3.77	92	3.25	90	8.52	152.5
12	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,461	898	283	237	.544	625	3.45	180	31	17	4530.1	4,620	1,738	2,038	395	1,083	122	102	116	19,023	128	4.89	2.15	2.27	0.78	12.9	5.7	1.26	.282	4.05	93	3.41	91	9.18	165.8
13	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,459	541	207	196	.514	520	3.58	137	32	1	3581.2	3,442	1,424	1,600	372	1,032	111	10	90	15,031	98	6.18	2.59	2.38	0.93	16.4	6.9	1.25	.278	4.02	93	3.63	93	8.65	104.5
14	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
15	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,425	481	182	158	.535	444	3.24	127	36	13	3169.0	2,917	1,142	1,278	297	789	136	27	83	13,128	34	6.89	2.24	3.07	0.84	18.5	6.0	1.17	.276	3.63	88	3.11	86	8.28	188.9
16	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,416	573	229	172	.571	484	3.30	187	49	15	3486.1	3,075	1,280	1,400	346	1,104	49	51	53	14,365	27	6.24	2.85	2.19	0.89	16.8	7.7	1.20	.261	3.61	87	3.46	92	7.94	117.1
17	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,303	471	243	142	.631	457	2.89	244	52	2	3507.0	3,153	1,126	1,329	320	709	40	11	82	14,236	51	5.91	1.82	3.25	0.82	16.2	5.0	1.10	.261	3.41	81	3.04	88	8.09	154.8
18	Tommy John T. John	2,245	760	288	231	.555	700	3.34	162	46	3	4710.1	4,783	1,749	2,017	302	1,259	98	22	102	19,692	187	4.29	2.41	1.78	0.58	11.4	6.4	1.28	.284	3.85	90	3.37	89	9.14	208.3
19	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2,212	558	268	152	.638	521	2.86	211	53	4	3948.0	3,349	1,253	1,395	303	1,311	38	15	37	16,114	85	5.04	2.99	1.69	0.69	13.7	8.1	1.18	.249	3.18	80	3.50	95	7.63	83.2
20	Vida Blue V. Blue	2,175	502	209	161	.565	473	3.27	143	37	2	3343.1	2,939	1,213	1,357	263	1,185	23	11	61	13,837	103	5.85	3.19	1.84	0.71	15.7	8.6	1.23	.263	3.65	92	3.42	94	7.91	67.4
21	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2,152	415	175	139	.557	395	2.89	150	44	6	2900.1	2,578	931	1,074	233	691	130	17	111	11,860	68	6.68	2.14	3.11	0.72	18.1	5.8	1.13	.271	3.33	84	2.95	89	8.00	124.5
22	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2,083	295	145	66	.687	260	2.49	128	38	8	1961.0	1,440	543	616	159	604	14	20	40	7,895	62	9.56	2.77	3.45	0.73	26.4	7.7	1.04	.254	2.83	69	2.42	70	6.61	227.2
23	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	2,012	500	224	166	.574	476	3.26	181	42	1	3449.1	2,958	1,248	1,380	374	954	49	6	57	14,032	49	5.25	2.49	2.11	0.98	14.3	6.8	1.13	.243	3.60	95	3.66	103	7.72	-51.5
24	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	2,011	553	214	189	.531	528	3.37	102	26	5	3537.2	3,571	1,325	1,489	221	928	88	15	116	14,834	89	5.12	2.36	2.17	0.56	13.6	6.3	1.27	.289	3.79	89	3.21	85	9.08	226.2
25	Charlie Hough C. Hough	1,988	745	186	169	.524	329	3.63	98	11	61	3107.2	2,636	1,254	1,438	306	1,382	138	239	39	13,170	144	5.76	4.00	1.44	0.89	15.1	10.5	1.29	.249	4.16	92	4.19	107	7.63	-93.7