what active pitcher has the most career strikeouts

Justin Verlander has fanned 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	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	307.9
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,974	435	212	94	.693	432	2.51	25	15	0	2753.2	2,102	768	841	228	684	44	1	28	10,863	103	9.72	2.24	4.35	0.75	27.4	6.3	1.01	.270	2.75	64	2.83	70	6.87	365.9
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,500	384	141	86	.621	304	3.04	16	3	12	2026.0	1,655	684	737	209	474	125	25	15	8,165	47	11.11	2.11	5.27	0.93	30.6	5.8	1.05	.298	3.27	71	2.89	69	7.35	290.6
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	2,092	396	139	130	.517	389	4.08	3	2	0	2172.2	2,043	985	1,083	213	813	189	1	25	9,320	69	8.67	3.37	2.57	0.88	22.4	8.7	1.31	.304	4.49	102	3.87	96	8.46	40.9
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	145.5
9	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,826	340	107	106	.502	301	3.83	3	1	0	1784.0	1,730	760	815	220	497	35	11	10	7,465	63	9.21	2.51	3.67	1.11	24.5	6.7	1.25	.309	4.11	92	3.60	85	8.73	121.8
10	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,800	319	116	95	.550	310	3.51	6	4	0	1806.1	1,553	705	773	176	597	56	2	5	7,478	105	8.97	2.97	3.02	0.88	24.1	8.0	1.19	.284	3.85	85	3.51	85	7.74	127.6
11	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,770	352	106	135	.440	334	4.49	6	2	2	1945.2	2,067	971	1,045	272	597	49	9	23	8,366	64	8.19	2.76	2.96	1.26	21.2	7.1	1.37	.316	4.83	107	4.14	99	9.56	5.8
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	98.7
13	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,728	229	88	59	.599	229	2.52	4	2	0	1430.1	1,098	400	437	129	322	23	0	13	5,623	28	10.87	2.03	5.37	0.81	30.7	5.7	0.99	.283	2.75	65	2.63	65	6.91	231.2
14	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,719	271	109	72	.602	271	3.32	4	3	0	1654.2	1,420	610	660	156	475	70	0	14	6,794	39	9.35	2.58	3.62	0.85	25.3	7.0	1.15	.289	3.59	83	3.29	80	7.72	153.9
15	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,626	245	84	74	.532	241	3.90	1	1	0	1329.0	1,150	576	612	199	565	47	1	19	5,623	56	11.01	3.83	2.88	1.35	28.9	10.0	1.29	.298	4.14	93	4.03	98	7.79	10.4
16	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,431	306	95	84	.531	287	3.96	5	3	0	1641.2	1,617	723	766	182	455	52	5	16	6,894	52	7.85	2.49	3.15	1.00	20.8	6.6	1.26	.301	4.20	97	3.76	92	8.86	59.4
17	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	20.5
18	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	79.5
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	1,340	290	103	66	.609	269	3.85	2	2	0	1523.1	1,467	651	694	184	476	39	4	18	6,412	41	7.92	2.81	2.82	1.09	20.9	7.4	1.28	.293	4.10	95	3.97	98	8.67	12.6
21	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	1,298	287	99	87	.532	281	3.74	6	4	0	1639.1	1,559	682	731	195	382	68	4	18	6,769	12	7.13	2.10	3.40	1.07	19.2	5.6	1.18	.283	4.01	91	3.94	96	8.56	33.2
22	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,296	210	82	66	.554	205	3.77	3	1	0	1159.1	995	486	523	145	430	56	1	5	4,873	63	10.06	3.34	3.01	1.13	26.6	8.8	1.23	.289	4.06	91	3.79	89	7.72	55.8
23	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,277	821	58	46	.558	0	2.61	0	0	343	783.0	462	227	251	53	401	33	534	7	3,205	82	14.68	4.61	3.18	0.61	39.8	12.5	1.10	.284	2.89	64	2.41	58	5.31	149
24	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,237	891	49	38	.563	0	2.62	0	0	457	885.2	592	258	276	84	270	31	670	18	3,523	21	12.57	2.74	4.58	0.85	35.1	7.7	0.97	.267	2.80	66	2.59	64	6.02	142.9
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