what active pitcher had the most strikouts

Justin Verlander has struck out the most career hitters by an active pitcher, with 3,476 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	3,476	540	262	153	.631	540	3.33	26	9	0	3486.1	2,967	1,290	1,395	364	978	118	0	27	14,257	97	8.97	2.52	3.55	0.94	24.4	6.9	1.13	.279	3.60	79	3.43	81	7.66	305.6
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,423	470	215	112	.657	461	3.17	12	5	0	2895.0	2,363	1,019	1,092	338	762	113	2	20	11,699	79	10.64	2.37	4.49	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.287	3.39	76	3.18	77	7.35	309
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	3,000	441	216	94	.697	438	2.52	25	15	0	2787.1	2,133	779	854	233	692	44	1	28	10,999	105	9.69	2.23	4.34	0.75	27.3	6.3	1.01	.270	2.76	64	2.84	70	6.89	365.8
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,528	387	143	87	.622	307	3.02	16	3	12	2047.2	1,668	686	739	209	481	126	25	15	8,249	47	11.11	2.11	5.26	0.92	30.6	5.8	1.05	.297	3.25	71	2.88	69	7.33	296.9
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	2,131	402	143	130	.524	395	4.06	3	2	0	2203.0	2,076	995	1,094	214	822	194	1	25	9,456	70	8.71	3.36	2.59	0.87	22.5	8.7	1.32	.305	4.47	101	3.84	96	8.48	46.6
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	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,867	347	108	108	.500	308	3.86	3	1	0	1822.2	1,768	781	836	225	517	38	11	10	7,639	63	9.22	2.55	3.61	1.11	24.4	6.8	1.25	.309	4.13	93	3.62	86	8.73	120.3
9	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	145.9
10	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,831	324	118	97	.549	315	3.51	7	5	0	1837.1	1,580	716	784	177	601	57	2	5	7,599	105	8.97	2.94	3.05	0.87	24.1	7.9	1.19	.284	3.84	85	3.49	84	7.74	135
11	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,797	358	108	138	.439	340	4.50	7	2	2	1980.2	2,107	990	1,064	276	604	49	9	23	8,517	64	8.17	2.74	2.98	1.25	21.1	7.1	1.37	.316	4.83	107	4.13	99	9.57	7.7
12	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,773	277	112	73	.605	277	3.26	5	3	0	1694.2	1,441	613	665	158	482	71	0	14	6,942	40	9.42	2.56	3.68	0.84	25.5	6.9	1.13	.288	3.53	82	3.25	79	7.65	165.4
13	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,771	371	108	106	.505	345	3.73	2	2	0	2035.0	1,987	844	913	208	618	54	7	23	8,535	75	7.83	2.73	2.87	0.92	20.7	7.2	1.28	.302	4.04	91	3.71	89	8.79	98.3
14	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,766	235	93	59	.612	235	2.49	4	2	0	1468.1	1,120	407	444	130	329	24	0	13	5,762	28	10.82	2.02	5.37	0.80	30.6	5.7	0.99	.282	2.72	64	2.62	64	6.86	239.9
15	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,665	251	86	76	.531	247	3.88	2	1	0	1366.0	1,180	589	628	206	574	47	1	19	5,773	57	10.97	3.78	2.90	1.36	28.8	9.9	1.28	.297	4.14	92	4.03	98	7.77	9.7
16	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,438	308	96	84	.533	289	3.96	5	3	0	1649.2	1,624	726	769	182	458	52	5	17	6,926	52	7.85	2.50	3.14	0.99	20.8	6.6	1.26	.301	4.20	97	3.76	92	8.86	60.8
17	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,435	262	103	80	.563	261	4.04	5	1	0	1512.0	1,409	679	723	206	454	95	0	7	6,346	35	8.54	2.70	3.16	1.23	22.6	7.2	1.23	.289	4.30	96	4.13	97	8.39	22.8
18	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,418	229	77	81	.487	229	3.54	1	0	0	1333.1	1,134	524	572	163	439	43	0	8	5,509	17	9.57	2.96	3.23	1.10	25.7	8.0	1.18	.282	3.86	85	3.71	88	7.65	75.7
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	100.8
20	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	1,369	296	104	71	.594	275	3.89	2	2	0	1555.2	1,505	672	715	190	488	41	4	18	6,560	42	7.92	2.82	2.81	1.10	20.9	7.4	1.28	.294	4.14	96	4.00	98	8.71	9.2
21	Wade Miley W. Miley	1,368	320	109	99	.524	312	4.09	3	2	0	1757.1	1,783	798	855	198	611	46	3	10	7,519	58	7.01	3.13	2.24	1.01	18.2	8.1	1.36	.299	4.38	98	4.16	101	9.13	-6.3
22	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,333	217	84	69	.549	212	3.80	3	1	0	1198.1	1,028	506	545	152	444	60	1	5	5,038	65	10.01	3.33	3.00	1.14	26.5	8.8	1.23	.287	4.09	92	3.83	90	7.72	52.8
23	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	1,321	293	102	87	.540	287	3.74	6	4	0	1672.2	1,595	695	747	199	387	68	4	19	6,909	12	7.11	2.08	3.41	1.07	19.1	5.6	1.18	.283	4.02	91	3.94	96	8.58	34.9
24	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,299	835	58	46	.558	0	2.57	0	0	350	796.0	465	227	252	53	403	33	542	7	3,249	82	14.69	4.56	3.22	0.60	40.0	12.4	1.09	.282	2.85	63	2.38	57	5.26	154.6
25	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,254	907	50	38	.568	0	2.61	0	0	461	900.0	601	261	280	86	274	31	677	20	3,582	21	12.54	2.74	4.58	0.86	35.0	7.6	0.97	.266	2.80	66	2.60	64	6.01	144.1