what pitcher has the most strikeouts thrown in a career since 1992

Since 1992, Randy Johnson has fanned the most batters, with 4,298 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	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	4,298	519	266	132	.668	505	3.17	90	34	2	3527.2	2,851	1,242	1,396	354	1,122	170	6	33	14,410	83	10.97	2.86	3.83	0.90	29.8	7.8	1.13	.295	3.56	71	3.02	68	7.27	562.4
2	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
3	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
4	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	3,154	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	46	17	3	2827.1	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	10.04	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	66	2.91	68	7.07	454.6
5	CC Sabathia	3,093	561	251	161	.609	560	3.74	38	12	0	3577.1	3,404	1,485	1,623	382	1,099	123	0	44	14,989	74	7.78	2.76	2.81	0.96	20.6	7.3	1.26	.294	4.08	87	3.77	87	8.56	223.7
6	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3,007	468	220	123	.641	467	3.28	40	17	0	3132.1	2,685	1,142	1,257	246	1,090	115	0	32	13,000	98	8.64	3.13	2.76	0.71	23.1	8.4	1.21	.286	3.61	72	3.31	73	7.71	412.8
7	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3,003	469	212	135	.611	431	3.43	83	20	11	3116.0	2,849	1,186	1,245	339	640	51	31	35	12,643	65	8.67	1.85	4.69	0.98	23.8	5.1	1.12	.292	3.60	78	3.21	75	8.23	369.3
8	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,988	438	214	94	.695	435	2.51	25	15	0	2770.1	2,117	772	847	229	688	44	1	28	10,931	104	9.71	2.24	4.34	0.74	27.3	6.3	1.01	.270	2.75	64	2.83	70	6.88	368.1
9	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,979	586	225	156	.591	541	3.49	17	5	1	3389.1	3,207	1,315	1,410	367	762	79	8	25	13,877	101	7.91	2.02	3.91	0.97	21.5	5.5	1.17	.293	3.74	83	3.51	85	8.52	235
10	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	2,761	525	266	148	.643	524	3.70	55	23	0	3475.0	3,383	1,430	1,528	369	764	59	0	29	14,244	68	7.15	1.98	3.61	0.96	19.4	5.4	1.19	.293	3.96	82	3.57	79	8.76	367.1
11	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2,633	567	280	163	.632	567	3.02	76	26	0	3834.1	3,575	1,285	1,434	278	614	107	0	114	15,446	47	6.18	1.44	4.29	0.65	17.0	4.0	1.09	.279	3.37	71	3.20	74	8.39	466.8
12	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2,561	612	171	113	.602	370	3.22	37	14	154	2740.0	2,428	981	1,062	227	738	49	204	74	11,214	101	8.41	2.42	3.47	0.75	22.8	6.6	1.16	.288	3.49	76	3.14	74	7.98	339.1
13	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,560	423	163	122	.572	422	3.43	17	7	0	2698.0	2,424	1,027	1,103	310	767	100	0	43	11,115	57	8.54	2.56	3.34	1.03	23.0	6.9	1.18	.287	3.68	82	3.68	88	8.09	151.3
14	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	2,536	450	165	160	.508	443	4.22	28	8	0	2840.0	2,784	1,331	1,431	373	763	88	5	58	11,935	76	8.04	2.42	3.32	1.18	21.2	6.4	1.25	.295	4.53	96	3.90	88	8.82	164.4
15	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,535	565	247	188	.568	552	4.12	38	13	0	3461.2	3,593	1,584	1,719	439	948	64	2	47	14,655	45	6.59	2.46	2.67	1.14	17.3	6.5	1.31	.296	4.47	95	4.14	96	9.34	71.6
16	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,524	419	169	136	.554	418	3.42	25	11	0	2729.2	2,487	1,037	1,157	264	805	105	0	16	11,284	156	8.32	2.65	3.14	0.87	22.4	7.1	1.21	.293	3.81	84	3.52	85	8.20	181.5
17	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,521	386	142	87	.620	306	3.03	16	3	12	2039.0	1,663	686	739	209	480	126	25	15	8,217	47	11.13	2.12	5.25	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.05	.298	3.26	71	2.88	69	7.34	294.4
18	A.J. Burnett	2,513	435	164	157	.511	430	3.99	24	10	0	2731.1	2,519	1,210	1,328	263	1,100	143	1	35	11,665	161	8.28	3.62	2.28	0.87	21.5	9.4	1.32	.295	4.38	97	3.86	92	8.30	97.3
19	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,488	452	200	117	.631	451	3.66	15	4	0	2740.0	2,610	1,114	1,215	294	892	90	0	13	11,487	63	8.17	2.93	2.79	0.97	21.7	7.8	1.28	.300	3.99	86	3.77	92	8.57	101.7
20	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	2,448	531	256	153	.626	521	3.85	26	4	0	3316.0	3,448	1,418	1,572	288	1,031	55	3	42	14,074	69	6.64	2.80	2.37	0.78	17.4	7.3	1.35	.308	4.27	86	3.73	83	9.36	282.1
21	John Lackey J. Lackey	2,294	448	188	147	.561	446	3.92	18	8	0	2840.1	2,862	1,237	1,347	319	815	133	0	32	12,030	125	7.27	2.58	2.81	1.01	19.1	6.8	1.29	.300	4.27	92	3.94	94	9.07	79.6
22	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
23	James Shields J. Shields	2,234	407	145	139	.511	405	4.01	23	9	0	2616.0	2,581	1,167	1,267	361	746	97	1	22	10,993	107	7.69	2.57	2.99	1.24	20.3	6.8	1.27	.294	4.36	98	4.16	101	8.88	-13.5
24	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	2,207	388	152	126	.547	377	3.63	15	6	0	2377.0	2,134	960	1,011	259	708	78	3	42	9,838	46	8.36	2.68	3.12	0.98	22.4	7.2	1.20	.285	3.83	90	3.64	89	8.08	127.6
25	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	2,202	478	200	128	.610	411	3.53	28	11	3	2668.1	2,577	1,047	1,117	233	736	81	13	40	11,116	51	7.43	2.48	2.99	0.79	19.8	6.6	1.24	.298	3.77	88	3.53	87	8.69	152.8