what active pitcher had the most strikouts

Justin Verlander has struck out the most career hitters by an active pitcher, with 3,457 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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,457	536	262	150	.636	536	3.31	26	9	0	3467.2	2,943	1,277	1,381	363	973	116	0	27	14,170	97	8.97	2.53	3.55	0.94	24.4	6.9	1.13	.279	3.58	78	3.43	81	7.64	303.2
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	76	3.18	77	7.34	307.8
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,970	433	212	94	.693	430	2.51	25	15	0	2746.2	2,096	767	840	228	681	44	1	28	10,836	103	9.73	2.23	4.36	0.75	27.4	6.3	1.01	.270	2.75	64	2.83	70	6.87	365.3
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,486	382	140	86	.619	302	3.05	16	3	12	2013.0	1,649	683	736	208	470	124	25	15	8,116	47	11.11	2.10	5.29	0.93	30.6	5.8	1.05	.298	3.29	72	2.89	69	7.37	289.6
5	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	79	3.16	77	7.49	213.5
6	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,087	395	138	130	.515	388	4.08	3	2	0	2166.2	2,039	983	1,081	212	811	188	1	25	9,296	69	8.67	3.37	2.57	0.88	22.5	8.7	1.32	.305	4.49	102	3.86	96	8.47	41.5
7	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	85	3.53	84	7.35	125.8
8	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	90	3.49	81	7.98	145.7
9	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,811	338	105	106	.498	299	3.86	3	1	0	1769.0	1,722	759	814	219	497	35	11	10	7,412	63	9.21	2.53	3.64	1.11	24.4	6.7	1.25	.310	4.14	93	3.62	86	8.76	118.1
10	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,785	317	115	95	.548	308	3.52	6	4	0	1793.1	1,540	702	770	176	596	56	2	5	7,426	105	8.96	2.99	2.99	0.88	24.0	8.0	1.19	.283	3.86	85	3.53	85	7.73	123.6
11	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,758	349	106	133	.444	331	4.49	6	2	2	1930.0	2,054	963	1,037	269	592	49	9	23	8,303	63	8.20	2.76	2.97	1.25	21.2	7.1	1.37	.317	4.84	107	4.13	99	9.58	7
12	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,751	365	106	104	.505	339	3.72	2	2	0	2003.2	1,954	829	896	206	602	53	7	23	8,394	75	7.87	2.70	2.91	0.93	20.9	7.2	1.28	.302	4.02	90	3.70	89	8.78	98.8
13	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,719	227	88	58	.603	227	2.51	4	2	0	1418.0	1,090	396	433	127	319	23	0	13	5,575	28	10.91	2.02	5.39	0.81	30.8	5.7	0.99	.284	2.75	65	2.62	64	6.92	231.4
14	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,705	269	108	71	.603	269	3.31	4	3	0	1642.2	1,413	604	654	155	469	70	0	14	6,745	39	9.34	2.57	3.64	0.85	25.3	7.0	1.15	.289	3.58	83	3.29	80	7.74	153.3
15	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,603	242	83	73	.532	238	3.95	1	1	0	1309.0	1,139	574	610	199	561	47	1	19	5,551	54	11.02	3.86	2.86	1.37	28.9	10.1	1.30	.299	4.19	94	4.07	99	7.83	5
16	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,423	304	95	83	.534	285	3.98	5	3	0	1633.2	1,610	722	765	181	453	52	5	16	6,860	52	7.84	2.50	3.14	1.00	20.7	6.6	1.26	.301	4.21	98	3.77	92	8.87	58.6
17	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,396	254	100	78	.562	253	4.08	5	1	0	1463.2	1,372	663	706	202	442	94	0	6	6,159	35	8.58	2.72	3.16	1.24	22.7	7.2	1.24	.291	4.34	97	4.15	98	8.44	18.7
18	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,375	221	76	79	.490	221	3.54	1	0	0	1286.1	1,091	506	552	155	427	42	0	8	5,317	16	9.62	2.99	3.22	1.08	25.9	8.0	1.18	.282	3.86	85	3.69	87	7.63	77.7
19	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
20	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	1,333	288	103	66	.609	267	3.85	2	2	0	1511.1	1,459	647	690	182	474	38	4	18	6,366	41	7.94	2.82	2.81	1.08	20.9	7.4	1.28	.294	4.11	95	3.97	98	8.69	13.4
21	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	1,284	284	98	86	.533	278	3.72	6	4	0	1622.0	1,536	671	720	191	380	66	4	16	6,690	12	7.12	2.11	3.38	1.06	19.2	5.7	1.18	.282	4.00	91	3.93	95	8.52	34.8
22	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,278	208	80	66	.548	203	3.82	3	1	0	1146.1	988	486	523	145	428	56	1	5	4,825	62	10.03	3.36	2.99	1.14	26.5	8.9	1.24	.289	4.11	92	3.83	90	7.76	50.8
23	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,272	816	58	46	.558	0	2.61	0	0	342	778.0	459	226	250	53	400	33	532	7	3,186	82	14.71	4.63	3.18	0.61	39.9	12.6	1.10	.284	2.89	64	2.42	58	5.31	147.6
24	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,233	887	49	38	.563	0	2.61	0	0	454	881.2	588	256	274	84	266	31	666	18	3,503	21	12.59	2.72	4.64	0.86	35.2	7.6	0.97	.267	2.80	66	2.58	64	6.00	142.7
25	Jon Gray J. Gray	1,211	228	72	70	.507	223	4.45	2	1	0	1216.2	1,191	602	641	155	401	51	3	13	5,172	44	8.96	2.97	3.02	1.15	23.4	7.8	1.31	.309	4.74	97	3.95	90	8.81	57.2