relief pitcher strikeout leaders 2000 to 2025

Between the 2000 and 2025 seasons, Aroldis Chapman struck out the most batters by a relief pitcher, with 1,331 strikeouts.

NAMESOGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Aroldis Chapman
A. Chapman
1,331
863
60
47
.561
0
2.52
0
0
367
821.1
475
230
255
54
408
33
563
7
3,341
87
14.58
4.47
3.26
0.59
39.8
12.2
1.08
.278
2.79
5.20
2Craig Kimbrel
C. Kimbrel
1,282
851
56
48
.538
0
2.58
0
0
440
821.2
492
236
263
75
346
40
656
11
3,306
70
14.04
3.79
3.71
0.82
38.8
10.5
1.02
.267
2.88
5.39
3Kenley Jansen
K. Jansen
1,278
934
54
40
.574
0
2.57
0
0
475
927.1
610
265
284
88
282
32
700
20
3,680
21
12.40
2.74
4.53
0.85
34.7
7.7
0.96
.261
2.76
5.92
4David Robertson
D. Robertson
1,175
880
68
46
.596
0
2.93
0
0
179
893.1
674
291
315
81
364
25
358
38
3,687
57
11.84
3.67
3.23
0.82
31.9
9.9
1.16
.290
3.17
6.79
5Francisco Rodriguez
F. Rodriguez
1,142
948
52
53
.495
0
2.86
0
0
437
976.0
738
310
336
98
389
17
677
42
4,011
68
10.53
3.59
2.94
0.90
28.5
9.7
1.15
.271
3.10
6.81
6Octavio Dotel
O. Dotel
948
719
49
40
.551
0
3.30
0
0
109
753.2
571
276
302
83
307
31
304
35
3,143
39
11.32
3.67
3.09
0.99
30.2
9.8
1.16
.275
3.61
6.82
7Fernando Rodney
F. Rodney
943
951
48
71
.403
0
3.80
0
0
327
933.0
817
394
433
73
464
52
590
38
4,064
65
9.10
4.48
2.03
0.70
23.2
11.4
1.37
.294
4.18
7.88
8Tyler Clippard
T. Clippard
921
793
52
46
.531
0
2.99
0
0
74
825.2
576
274
295
101
319
31
212
17
3,365
45
10.04
3.48
2.89
1.10
27.4
9.5
1.08
.238
3.22
6.28
9Joe Nathan
J. Nathan
871
753
52
28
.650
0
2.47
0
0
376
752.0
530
206
217
57
243
18
585
27
3,006
41
10.42
2.91
3.58
0.68
29.0
8.1
1.03
.260
2.60
6.34
10Kyle Farnsworth
K. Farnsworth
870
861
37
54
.407
0
4.01
0
0
57
831.1
768
370
404
98
344
23
292
36
3,566
36
9.42
3.72
2.53
1.06
24.4
9.6
1.34
.300
4.37
8.31
11Adam Ottavino
A. Ottavino
853
724
41
41
.500
0
3.40
0
0
46
730.1
609
276
296
68
322
50
168
31
3,098
65
10.51
3.97
2.65
0.84
27.5
10.4
1.27
.300
3.65
7.50
12Edwin Díaz
E. Díaz
839
520
28
36
.438
0
2.82
0
0
253
519.1
356
163
176
54
182
40
395
9
2,105
33
14.54
3.15
4.61
0.94
39.9
8.6
1.04
.305
3.05
6.17
13Mariano Rivera
M. Rivera
836
849
56
47
.544
0
2.05
0
0
523
907.0
698
207
227
49
167
38
768
28
3,562
8
8.30
1.66
5.01
0.49
23.5
4.7
0.95
.263
2.25
6.93
14Josh Hader
J. Hader
829
468
34
31
.523
0
2.64
0
0
226
512.1
282
150
164
65
198
24
321
6
2,019
19
14.56
3.48
4.19
1.14
41.1
9.8
0.94
.240
2.88
4.95
15Joakim Soria
J. Soria
829
772
36
45
.444
0
3.11
0
0
229
762.0
631
263
278
66
231
27
427
18
3,141
33
9.79
2.73
3.59
0.78
26.4
7.4
1.13
.284
3.28
7.45
16Joaquin Benoit
J. Benoit
825
709
44
30
.595
0
3.06
0
0
53
794.0
586
270
291
79
300
22
185
19
3,242
27
9.35
3.40
2.75
0.90
25.4
9.3
1.12
.251
3.30
6.64
17Billy Wagner
B. Wagner
802
629
30
26
.536
0
2.30
0
0
321
650.0
443
166
190
60
192
26
529
21
2,577
35
11.10
2.66
4.18
0.83
31.1
7.5
0.98
.256
2.63
6.13
18Brad Lidge
B. Lidge
795
602
26
32
.448
0
3.55
0
0
225
600.1
490
237
257
57
285
33
368
41
2,576
46
11.92
4.27
2.79
0.85
30.9
11.1
1.29
.308
3.85
7.35
19Jonathan Papelbon
J. Papelbon
793
686
41
36
.532
0
2.45
0
0
368
709.2
557
193
221
55
175
32
585
17
2,867
13
10.06
2.22
4.53
0.70
27.7
6.1
1.03
.277
2.80
7.06
20Sergio Romo
S. Romo
782
816
42
35
.545
0
3.18
0
0
137
718.0
575
254
271
85
175
27
301
21
2,896
21
9.80
2.19
4.47
1.07
27.0
6.0
1.04
.268
3.40
7.21
21Francisco Cordero
F. Cordero
777
780
45
51
.469
0
3.38
0
0
329
805.2
732
303
335
62
357
27
571
28
3,460
36
8.68
3.99
2.18
0.69
22.5
10.3
1.35
.300
3.74
8.18
22Héctor Neris
H. Neris
775
643
46
43
.517
0
3.47
0
0
107
627.1
509
242
272
83
243
36
274
16
2,632
38
11.12
3.49
3.19
1.19
29.4
9.2
1.20
.285
3.90
7.30
23Jake Diekman
J. Diekman
764
705
27
34
.443
0
3.91
0
0
19
602.1
483
262
312
53
358
47
141
21
2,662
44
11.42
5.35
2.13
0.79
28.7
13.4
1.40
.299
4.66
7.22
24Jonathan Broxton
J. Broxton
758
694
43
38
.531
0
3.41
0
0
118
676.0
580
256
285
51
268
20
293
34
2,836
21
10.09
3.57
2.83
0.68
26.7
9.4
1.25
.304
3.79
7.72
25Steve Cishek
S. Cishek
743
737
33
43
.434
0
2.98
0
0
133
710.2
565
235
264
54
288
59
312
38
2,993
29
9.41
3.65
2.58
0.68
24.8
9.6
1.20
.276
3.34
7.16
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