pitchers with the most strikeouts since 2016

Since 2016, Gerrit Cole and Max Scherzer are tied for fanning the most hitters, with 1,811 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	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	1,811	244	113	60	.653	244	3.21	8	5	0	1490.2	1,208	532	568	188	388	39	0	6	5,989	38	10.93	2.34	4.67	1.14	30.2	6.5	1.07	.286	3.43	77	3.24	76	7.29	171.4
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	1,811	227	110	50	.688	227	2.85	7	1	0	1413.0	1,051	448	473	177	333	63	0	11	5,603	23	11.54	2.12	5.44	1.13	32.3	5.9	0.98	.272	3.01	68	3.07	72	6.69	184.2
3	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,763	264	99	84	.541	264	3.78	6	4	0	1593.1	1,408	670	708	199	418	53	0	15	6,537	18	9.96	2.36	4.22	1.12	27.0	6.4	1.15	.295	4.00	90	3.46	81	7.95	145.7
4	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,586	275	93	87	.517	259	3.77	2	1	0	1510.2	1,459	632	681	188	417	32	7	7	6,318	43	9.45	2.48	3.80	1.12	25.1	6.6	1.24	.310	4.06	90	3.57	84	8.69	113.8
5	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1,514	218	105	53	.665	218	3.00	5	2	0	1356.1	1,042	452	481	176	331	44	0	5	5,409	30	10.05	2.20	4.57	1.17	28.0	6.1	1.01	.259	3.19	72	3.45	81	6.91	119.8
6	Chris Sale C. Sale	1,489	188	84	46	.646	188	3.13	8	2	0	1142.2	923	398	427	123	259	79	0	3	4,608	20	11.73	2.04	5.75	0.97	32.3	5.6	1.03	.301	3.36	71	2.84	67	7.27	178.3
7	Charlie Morton C. Morton	1,481	238	94	60	.610	232	3.77	0	0	0	1297.0	1,108	543	583	143	484	113	1	5	5,463	30	10.28	3.36	3.06	0.99	27.1	8.9	1.23	.298	4.05	90	3.70	89	7.69	70.1
8	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,479	212	78	57	.578	211	3.85	1	1	0	1165.2	984	499	529	185	502	39	0	16	4,917	51	11.42	3.88	2.95	1.43	30.1	10.2	1.27	.295	4.08	91	4.07	99	7.60	7.6
9	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,448	222	91	56	.619	222	3.28	3	2	0	1369.1	1,163	499	534	132	350	55	0	9	5,569	24	9.52	2.30	4.14	0.87	26.0	6.3	1.10	.288	3.51	80	3.19	76	7.64	155.5
10	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,425	281	80	113	.415	268	4.69	3	2	1	1540.0	1,667	802	872	230	499	34	6	20	6,674	45	8.33	2.92	2.86	1.34	21.4	7.5	1.41	.320	5.10	110	4.29	101	9.74	-7.6
11	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,408	256	101	79	.561	255	4.06	5	1	0	1475.2	1,377	666	709	203	445	94	0	6	6,202	35	8.59	2.71	3.16	1.24	22.7	7.2	1.23	.290	4.32	96	4.14	98	8.40	20.2
12	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,381	222	76	79	.490	222	3.54	1	0	0	1292.1	1,100	509	555	155	428	42	0	8	5,344	16	9.62	2.98	3.23	1.08	25.8	8.0	1.18	.283	3.87	85	3.68	87	7.66	79.3
13	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,379	177	65	45	.591	177	2.49	4	2	0	1099.0	832	304	334	106	241	20	0	9	4,307	21	11.29	1.97	5.72	0.87	32.0	5.6	0.98	.283	2.74	62	2.61	63	6.81	190
14	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,372	213	77	58	.570	213	3.18	1	1	0	1105.2	850	391	426	108	503	11	0	5	4,583	81	11.17	4.09	2.73	0.88	29.9	11.0	1.22	.287	3.47	78	3.35	80	6.92	100.7
15	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,371	242	82	75	.522	235	3.77	1	0	0	1308.1	1,145	548	596	140	443	47	2	3	5,462	75	9.43	3.05	3.09	0.96	25.1	8.1	1.21	.290	4.10	89	3.59	84	7.88	98.5
16	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	1,327	199	71	63	.530	199	3.72	0	0	0	1160.2	960	480	501	164	326	57	0	5	4,747	50	10.29	2.53	4.07	1.27	28.0	6.9	1.11	.277	3.88	89	3.71	87	7.44	71.3
17	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	1,249	214	81	60	.574	212	3.99	2	1	0	1215.0	1,117	538	598	172	413	55	0	11	5,167	42	9.25	3.06	3.02	1.27	24.2	8.0	1.26	.288	4.43	92	4.12	95	8.27	32.2
18	Kyle Gibson K. Gibson	1,239	261	85	84	.503	255	4.65	2	1	0	1453.0	1,504	750	804	196	522	54	0	9	6,253	50	7.67	3.23	2.37	1.21	19.8	8.3	1.39	.308	4.98	109	4.40	103	9.32	-20.5
19	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1,228	191	98	38	.721	190	2.62	4	3	0	1142.2	904	333	367	131	218	17	0	2	4,484	41	9.67	1.72	5.63	1.03	27.4	4.9	0.98	.267	2.89	64	3.12	74	7.12	140.2
20	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	1,202	233	61	73	.455	188	4.65	2	0	3	1085.2	1,017	561	586	181	395	32	13	6	4,609	52	9.96	3.27	3.04	1.50	26.1	8.6	1.30	.299	4.86	108	4.29	101	8.43	-6.8
21	Jon Gray J. Gray	1,171	219	72	68	.514	214	4.42	2	1	0	1176.0	1,139	577	615	151	387	49	3	11	4,987	41	8.96	2.96	3.03	1.16	23.5	7.8	1.30	.306	4.71	97	3.96	90	8.72	54.9
22	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	1,167	214	79	67	.541	199	4.23	5	2	1	1117.2	1,113	525	555	162	306	42	6	11	4,690	45	9.40	2.46	3.81	1.30	24.9	6.5	1.27	.316	4.47	100	3.89	92	8.96	44.5
23	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,157	184	73	60	.549	182	3.78	2	1	0	1020.0	865	428	460	134	359	48	0	5	4,266	56	10.21	3.17	3.22	1.18	27.1	8.4	1.20	.285	4.06	91	3.78	89	7.63	51.5
24	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,151	243	73	70	.510	220	3.88	1	1	0	1260.2	1,209	543	583	143	408	35	5	10	5,302	51	8.22	2.91	2.82	1.02	21.7	7.7	1.28	.299	4.16	93	3.86	92	8.63	46.4
25	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	1,109	228	77	62	.554	198	4.00	3	3	0	1184.1	1,088	527	573	158	335	54	3	4	4,933	34	8.43	2.55	3.31	1.20	22.5	6.8	1.20	.284	4.35	98	4.01	97	8.27	16.6