the most strikeouts by a pitcher after the deadball era and before 1992

Before 1992, Nolan Ryan fanned the most batters, with 5,511 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	ERA	G	W	L	W%	GS	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	5,511	3.16	767	314	278	.530	733	220	61	3	5162.1	3,731	1,810	2,056	307	2,686	145	13	78	21,609	265	9.61	4.68	2.05	0.54	25.5	12.4	1.24	.264	3.58	89	2.94	83	6.50	356.9
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4,136	3.22	741	329	244	.574	709	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	2.86	656	311	205	.603	647	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	3.27	667	279	238	.540	661	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	3.26	774	324	256	.559	756	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	3.11	777	314	265	.542	690	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	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	3,509	2.17	802	417	279	.599	666	531	110	34	5914.1	4,913	1,424	1,902	97	1,363	205	127		23,405	154	5.34	2.07	2.57	0.15	15.0	5.8	1.06	.264	2.89	68	2.42	76	7.48	472.8
8	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,342	3.35	864	318	274	.537	716	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
9	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,192	3.34	664	284	226	.557	594	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
10	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	3,117	2.91	528	251	174	.591	482	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
11	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,855	3.27	591	224	184	.549	519	151	40	16	3760.1	3,433	1,366	1,527	372	1,000	160	39	98	15,618	47	6.83	2.39	2.86	0.89	18.3	6.4	1.18	.273	3.65	88	3.22	88	8.22	195.2
12	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,832	3.44	586	217	191	.532	496	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
13	Cy Young C. Young	2,803	2.63	906	511	316	.618	815	749	76	17	7356.0	7,092	2,147	3,167	138	1,217	161	84		29,565	156	3.43	1.49	2.30	0.17	9.5	4.1	1.13	.275	3.87	74	2.84	79	8.68	620
14	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	2,583	3.09	750	363	245	.597	665	382	63	28	5243.2	4,830	1,798	2,016	434	1,434	42	67	60	21,547	81	4.43	2.46	1.80	0.74	12.0	6.7	1.19	.258	3.46	84	3.44	94	8.29	124.4
15	Bob Feller B. Feller	2,581	3.25	570	266	162	.621	484	279	44	22	3827.0	3,271	1,384	1,557	224	1,764	60	52	6	16,180	69	6.07	4.15	1.46	0.53	16.0	10.9	1.32	.264	3.66	82	3.48	89	7.69	184.6
16	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2,566	3.59	574	220	208	.514	553	140	34	1	3799.0	3,659	1,515	1,698	398	1,110	113	10	99	15,951	101	6.08	2.63	2.31	0.94	16.1	7.0	1.26	.277	4.02	93	3.68	94	8.67	96.4
17	Tim Keefe T. Keefe	2,564	2.63	600	342	225	.603	594	554	39	2	5049.2	4,438	1,474	2,470	75	1,233	83	7		20,941	240	4.57	2.20	2.08	0.13	12.2	5.9	1.12	.257	4.40	79	2.92	87	7.91	239.2
18	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,556	3.36	612	222	209	.515	527	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
19	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	2,507	2.13	636	373	188	.665	552	435	79	30	4788.2	4,219	1,135	1,620	89	848	59	73		18,913	115	4.71	1.59	2.96	0.17	13.3	4.5	1.06	.268	3.04	75	2.26	76	7.93	363
20	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2,486	2.95	518	209	166	.557	465	167	49	6	3432.0	3,084	1,124	1,292	280	855	154	34	123	14,097	82	6.52	2.24	2.91	0.73	17.6	6.1	1.15	.272	3.39	83	3.02	88	8.09	162.2
21	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,461	3.45	898	283	237	.544	625	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
22	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,453	3.17	425	141	134	.513	346	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
23	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,416	3.30	573	229	172	.571	484	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
24	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2,396	2.76	397	165	87	.655	314	137	40	9	2324.1	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	9.28	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	75	2.69	75	6.79	226.6
25	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	2,357	3.41	676	286	245	.539	609	305	45	25	4688.2	4,582	1,774	1,962	505	902	54	49	69	19,174	33	4.52	1.73	2.61	0.97	12.3	4.7	1.17	.265	3.77	89	3.50	91	8.80	179.6