what pitchers have the most strikeouts in the national league

Jacob Misiorowski fanned the most hitters in the NL this season, with 252 strikeouts.

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2026 season
Regular season

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	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	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	252	2026	MIL	30	16	5	.762	30	1.80	1	1	0	174.2	96	35	43	14	44	9	0	0	665	6	12.98	2.27	5.73	0.72	37.9	6.6	0.80	.237	2.22	43	2.16	52	4.95	39.2
2	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	231	2026	PHI	33	18	7	.720	33	2.91	1	1	0	207.0	204	67	73	19	45	6	0	0	857	4	10.04	1.96	5.13	0.83	27.0	5.3	1.20	.333	3.17	67	2.79	64	8.87	34.6
3	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	221	2026	PHI	30	14	5	.737	29	2.86	1	1	0	179.2	141	57	65	15	52	11	0	0	730	8	11.07	2.60	4.25	0.75	30.3	7.1	1.07	.292	3.26	66	2.77	64	7.06	30.5
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	200	2026	ATL	27	14	9	.609	27	2.16	1	1	0	162.2	129	39	44	10	31	15	0	0	648	0	11.07	1.72	6.45	0.55	30.9	4.8	0.98	.304	2.43	51	2.28	55	7.14	34.3
5	Cade Cavalli C. Cavalli	200	2026	WSH	32	13	5	.722	32	3.02	0	0	0	169.2	148	57	68	18	48	16	0	0	706	4	10.61	2.55	4.17	0.95	28.3	6.8	1.16	.307	3.61	71	3.25	76	7.85	19.4
6	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	200	2026	PIT	32	10	11	.476	32	3.82	0	0	0	174.1	146	74	82	20	49	11	0	0	712	2	10.33	2.53	4.08	1.03	28.1	6.9	1.12	.292	4.23	88	3.32	79	7.54	17.1
7	Nolan McLean N. McLean	194	2026	NYM	31	12	10	.545	31	3.16	0	0	0	179.2	140	63	75	17	70	15	0	0	747	2	9.72	3.51	2.77	0.85	26.0	9.4	1.17	.273	3.76	77	3.58	86	7.01	11.6
8	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	193	2026	PHI	28	14	5	.737	28	3.00	0	0	0	162.0	123	54	55	21	47	4	0	0	645	2	10.72	2.61	4.11	1.17	29.9	7.3	1.05	.268	3.06	69	3.34	77	6.83	17.5
9	Chase Burns C. Burns	185	2026	CIN	29	15	3	.833	29	2.86	0	0	0	154.1	124	49	54	17	56	1	0	0	630	5	10.79	3.27	3.30	0.99	29.4	8.9	1.17	.288	3.15	67	3.24	74	7.23	19
10	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	182	2026	LAD	28	14	9	.609	28	2.53	1	0	0	185.0	119	52	55	20	42	7	0	1	708	2	8.85	2.04	4.33	0.97	25.7	5.9	0.87	.217	2.68	61	3.33	78	5.79	19.6
11	Aaron Nola A. Nola	177	2026	PHI	33	7	12	.368	33	4.67	0	0	0	175.1	177	91	93	37	59	2	0	2	744	2	9.09	3.03	3.00	1.90	23.8	7.9	1.35	.299	4.77	108	4.86	112	9.09	-9.8
12	Shota Imanaga S. Imanaga	174	2026	CHC	32	11	10	.524	32	3.77	0	0	0	174.1	154	73	75	35	37	7	0	0	706	4	8.98	1.91	4.70	1.81	24.6	5.2	1.10	.263	3.87	91	4.46	108	7.95	-6.9
13	Braxton Ashcraft B. Ashcraft	173	2026	PIT	28	14	6	.700	28	3.65	1	0	0	165.1	145	67	73	22	35	7	0	0	667	4	9.42	1.91	4.94	1.20	25.9	5.2	1.09	.286	3.97	84	3.49	83	7.89	13.1
14	Eury Pérez E. Pérez	170	2026	MIA	30	8	11	.421	29	3.91	1	1	0	159.0	124	69	77	20	68	10	0	0	660	4	9.62	3.85	2.50	1.13	25.8	10.3	1.21	.265	4.36	92	4.06	97	7.02	2.6
15	Michael King M. King	159	2026	SDP	32	12	10	.545	32	3.21	0	0	0	185.0	148	66	68	20	70	13	0	0	757	2	7.74	3.41	2.27	0.97	21.0	9.2	1.18	.259	3.31	80	4.13	98	7.20	1.7
16	Matthew Liberatore M. Liberatore	154	2026	STL	31	6	14	.300	31	5.23	0	0	0	155.0	173	90	96	28	55	5	0	0	674	7	8.94	3.19	2.80	1.63	22.8	8.2	1.47	.336	5.57	127	4.62	112	10.05	-8.8
17	Sandy Alcantara S. Alcantara	153	2026	MIA	36	13	11	.542	33	3.87	1	1	3	214.0	204	92	97	24	59	9	3	0	894	2	6.43	2.48	2.59	1.01	17.1	6.6	1.23	.277	4.08	91	4.07	97	8.58	3.1
18	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	144	2026	NYM	33	6	8	.429	19	4.78	0	0	0	150.2	152	80	88	25	44	16	6	0	653	2	8.60	2.63	3.27	1.49	22.1	6.7	1.30	.300	5.26	116	4.53	109	9.08	-6.3
19	Dustin May D. May	144	2026	TOT	31	7	9	.438	31	4.70	1	1	0	145.2	142	76	79	14	50	11	0	0	621	7	8.90	3.09	2.88	0.86	23.2	8.1	1.32	.318	4.88	114	3.62	88	8.77	8.4
20	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	143	2026	AZ	32	16	7	.696	32	2.89	0	0	0	189.2	173	61	68	19	62	1	0	0	788	1	6.79	2.94	2.31	0.90	18.1	7.9	1.24	.274	3.23	69	3.88	94	8.21	5
21	Landen Roupp L. Roupp	143	2026	SFG	29	9	14	.391	29	4.01	0	0	0	155.0	126	69	74	11	75	5	0	0	657	2	8.30	4.35	1.91	0.64	21.8	11.4	1.30	.272	4.30	98	3.72	92	7.32	5.5
22	Kyle Harrison K. Harrison	141	2026	MIL	28	11	5	.688	24	4.20	0	0	0	115.2	120	54	62	20	36	7	0	0	505	3	10.97	2.80	3.92	1.56	27.9	7.1	1.35	.332	4.82	101	4.02	96	9.34	1.8
23	Robbie Ray R. Ray	140	2026	TOT	31	13	8	.619	30	3.59	0	0	0	165.2	140	66	74	22	84	2	0	0	702	6	7.61	4.56	1.67	1.20	19.9	12.0	1.35	.260	4.02	88	4.69	115	7.61	-11.5
24	Bubba Chandler B. Chandler	140	2026	PIT	31	8	10	.444	30	4.50	0	0	0	154.0	136	77	89	15	80	7	0	1	674	4	8.18	4.68	1.75	0.88	20.8	11.9	1.40	.280	5.20	104	4.24	101	7.95	-0.5
25	Tyler Mahle T. Mahle	137	2026	TOT	27	7	10	.412	27	3.99	0	0	0	149.0	138	66	69	20	46	3	0	0	614	3	8.28	2.78	2.98	1.21	22.3	7.5	1.23	.289	4.17	97	3.99	98	8.34	1.3

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Team Batting Leaders

26

Bauers

RBI

100

Turang

AVG

.306

Vaughn

Team Pitching Leaders

16

Misiorowski

252

Misiorowski

ERA

1.80

Misiorowski

Team Rankings

154

28th

832

2nd

1,544

2nd

ERA

3.51

2nd

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	103	59	.636
Cubs	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	SDP	@	MIL	8:30 PM
Sun 10/4	SDP	@	MIL	4:00 PM
Tue 10/6	MIL	@	SDP	9:30 PM
Wed 10/7	MIL	@	SDP	10:00 PM
Fri 10/9	SDP	@	MIL	4:30 PM

Last Game

Cardinals

77 - 85

Final

Brewers

103 - 59

Sun 27 Sep 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

Playoffs HR Leaders

2

Rice

1

Peña

1

Montgomery

Playoffs RBI Leaders

6

Rice

4

Wells

4

Bellinger

Playoffs Batting Average Leaders

1.000

Doyle

1.000

Taylor

1.000

Sheets

Playoffs Hit Leaders

5

Rice

5

Harris

4

Merrill

Playoffs Run Leaders

3

Rice

3

Harris

3

Tatis

Playoffs OBP Leaders

1.000

Doyle

1.000

Taylor

1.000

Sheets

Playoffs SLG Leaders

4.000

Sheets

1.333

Rice

1.333

Velázquez

Playoffs SB Leaders

2

Chisholm

2

Acuña

2

Acuña

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Playoffs Win Leaders

1

Schlittler

1

King

1

Fried

Playoffs Strikeout Leaders

12

Sale

10

Schlittler

8

Burke

Playoffs ERA Leaders

0.00

Schlittler

0.00

Suarez

0.00

Miller

Playoffs WHIP Leaders

0.00

Chapman

0.00

VanWey

0.00

Matsui

Playoffs K/9 Leaders

27.00

Brown

27.00

Chapman

27.00

King

Playoffs K/BB Leaders

12.00

Sale

10.00

Schlittler

7.00

Abreu

Playoffs Walk Leaders

0

Suarez

0

Warren

0

Miller

MLB Fantasy 2026

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

69.6

Rice

59

Schlittler

56.1

Albies

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

51

Rice

41

Albies

36.5

Schlittler

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

95-69

94-70

91-71

88-74

87-75

85-76

Worst Record ATS

60-102

69-96

69-93

75-87

76-88

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - y	98	64	.605
Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians - y	85	77	.525
White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0