what pitcher has the most strikeouts in the last 10 years

Between June 17, 2015 and June 17, 2025, Max Scherzer has fanned the most hitters, with 1,974 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	H/9
1	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	1,974	247	117	57	.672	247	2.90	10	3	0	1548.1	1,159	499	524	198	353	66	0	13	6,136	31	11.47	2.05	5.59	1.15	32.2	5.8	0.98	.271	3.05	6.74
2	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	1,920	263	122	66	.649	263	3.21	8	5	0	1614.2	1,319	576	617	195	413	44	0	6	6,485	42	10.70	2.30	4.65	1.09	29.6	6.4	1.07	.287	3.44	7.35
3	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	7.98
4	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,695	295	96	95	.503	279	3.81	2	1	0	1626.2	1,573	689	740	205	450	35	7	8	6,806	50	9.38	2.49	3.77	1.13	24.9	6.6	1.24	.309	4.09	8.70
5	Chris Sale C. Sale	1,679	209	92	55	.626	209	3.17	9	2	0	1283.2	1,055	452	488	139	287	90	0	3	5,193	25	11.77	2.01	5.85	0.97	32.3	5.5	1.05	.306	3.42	7.40
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1,625	237	110	61	.643	237	3.03	6	3	0	1484.2	1,152	500	535	188	361	47	0	6	5,924	32	9.85	2.19	4.50	1.14	27.4	6.1	1.02	.260	3.24	6.98
7	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,605	234	82	69	.543	233	3.85	1	1	0	1286.2	1,100	551	589	194	550	46	0	19	5,438	55	11.23	3.85	2.92	1.36	29.5	10.1	1.28	.298	4.12	7.69
8	Charlie Morton C. Morton	1,584	259	100	69	.592	253	3.90	0	0	0	1406.2	1,237	610	657	155	523	126	1	11	5,964	32	10.13	3.35	3.03	0.99	26.6	8.8	1.25	.303	4.20	7.91
9	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,514	300	87	120	.420	287	4.62	4	2	1	1643.1	1,772	843	913	240	521	36	6	20	7,105	50	8.29	2.85	2.91	1.31	21.3	7.3	1.40	.320	5.00	9.70
10	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,512	197	74	49	.602	197	2.49	4	2	0	1224.0	925	339	371	115	265	21	0	9	4,790	25	11.12	1.95	5.71	0.85	31.6	5.5	0.97	.282	2.73	6.80
11	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,471	262	90	80	.529	255	3.75	4	2	0	1438.1	1,264	600	654	154	482	47	2	3	5,996	80	9.20	3.02	3.05	0.96	24.5	8.0	1.21	.289	4.09	7.91
12	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,464	224	92	56	.622	224	3.26	3	2	0	1381.1	1,170	501	537	133	351	55	0	9	5,614	25	9.54	2.29	4.17	0.87	26.1	6.3	1.10	.287	3.50	7.62
13	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1,431	214	111	42	.725	213	2.49	8	6	0	1305.0	1,012	361	401	139	242	19	0	2	5,093	48	9.87	1.67	5.91	0.96	28.1	4.8	0.96	.268	2.77	6.98
14	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,419	259	101	80	.558	258	4.06	5	1	0	1493.0	1,394	673	716	205	450	94	0	7	6,272	35	8.55	2.71	3.15	1.24	22.6	7.2	1.24	.290	4.32	8.40
15	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,398	225	76	80	.487	225	3.54	1	0	0	1309.1	1,115	515	563	160	433	42	0	8	5,414	17	9.61	2.98	3.23	1.10	25.8	8.0	1.18	.282	3.87	7.66
16	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	6.92
17	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	1,339	233	89	67	.571	231	3.91	2	1	0	1317.0	1,217	572	637	180	458	59	0	15	5,608	42	9.15	3.13	2.92	1.23	23.9	8.2	1.27	.290	4.35	8.32
18	Kyle Gibson K. Gibson	1,335	280	92	90	.505	274	4.61	3	1	0	1566.2	1,614	803	859	205	562	57	0	13	6,737	54	7.67	3.23	2.38	1.18	19.8	8.3	1.39	.308	4.93	9.27
19	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	1,327	199	71	63	.530	199	3.72	0	0	0	1160.2	960	480	501	164	326	57	0	5	4,747	50	10.29	2.53	4.07	1.27	28.0	6.9	1.11	.277	3.88	7.44
20	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	1,298	231	85	74	.535	216	4.13	7	3	1	1227.1	1,193	563	594	174	331	45	6	11	5,110	47	9.52	2.43	3.92	1.28	25.4	6.5	1.24	.312	4.36	8.75
21	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,271	265	79	74	.516	242	3.80	2	2	0	1401.0	1,357	592	636	154	438	39	5	13	5,891	53	8.16	2.81	2.90	0.99	21.6	7.4	1.28	.302	4.09	8.72
22	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,270	203	81	67	.547	201	3.78	3	1	0	1132.0	962	476	512	146	411	57	0	5	4,744	61	10.10	3.27	3.09	1.16	26.8	8.7	1.21	.285	4.07	7.65
23	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	1,227	237	63	73	.463	192	4.66	2	0	3	1108.2	1,039	574	600	184	399	32	13	6	4,704	52	9.96	3.24	3.08	1.49	26.1	8.5	1.30	.299	4.87	8.43
24	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	1,217	241	97	64	.602	237	3.51	3	1	0	1429.2	1,315	558	592	179	277	23	0	9	5,767	38	7.66	1.74	4.39	1.13	21.1	4.8	1.11	.279	3.73	8.28
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	8.81