which active pitcher most strikeouts including postseason

Chris Sale has fanned the most career hitters by an active pitcher in the regular-season and playoffs, with 2,626 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	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,626	403	146	91	.616	319	3.06	16	3	12	2118.0	1,728	721	776	220	500	132	26	15	8,541	49	11.16	2.12	5.25	0.93	30.7	5.9	1.05	.298	3.30	69	2.83	67	7.34	303.3
2	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,407	339	164	86	.656	339	3.15	8	5	0	2087.1	1,727	731	790	236	536	64	0	9	8,398	59	10.38	2.31	4.49	1.02	28.7	6.4	1.08	.289	3.41	74	2.95	72	7.45	213.5
3	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2,137	311	120	101	.543	311	3.66	2	1	0	1850.2	1,522	753	790	249	578	91	0	9	7,601	84	10.39	2.81	3.70	1.21	28.1	7.6	1.13	.280	3.84	84	3.44	82	7.40	120
4	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	2,010	375	114	118	.491	330	3.82	4	2	0	1967.1	1,870	834	890	240	557	38	13	14	8,208	64	9.20	2.55	3.61	1.10	24.5	6.8	1.23	.304	4.07	89	3.49	83	8.55	132.7
5	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,955	345	126	105	.545	336	3.58	7	5	0	1948.1	1,702	774	849	196	636	59	2	6	8,085	109	9.03	2.94	3.07	0.91	24.2	7.9	1.20	.287	3.92	85	3.45	83	7.86	136.2
6	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,937	296	114	93	.551	296	3.83	6	4	0	1771.1	1,575	754	794	225	460	59	0	16	7,270	18	9.84	2.34	4.21	1.14	26.6	6.3	1.15	.294	4.03	88	3.39	79	8.00	147.1
7	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,897	295	117	78	.600	294	3.24	5	3	0	1798.2	1,512	647	702	171	504	81	0	14	7,350	42	9.49	2.52	3.76	0.86	25.8	6.9	1.12	.286	3.51	79	3.15	77	7.57	164.6
8	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,888	253	100	66	.602	253	2.58	4	2	0	1570.2	1,199	450	487	149	355	25	0	14	6,175	30	10.82	2.03	5.32	0.85	30.6	5.7	0.99	.279	2.79	64	2.65	65	6.87	239.4
9	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,753	271	88	84	.512	263	3.97	2	1	0	1454.1	1,264	642	685	219	613	52	3	19	6,155	65	10.85	3.79	2.86	1.36	28.5	10.0	1.29	.297	4.24	93	4.02	98	7.82	5.1
10	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,569	333	111	87	.561	309	3.85	5	3	0	1782.0	1,726	763	808	194	484	56	6	20	7,449	54	7.92	2.44	3.24	0.98	21.1	6.5	1.24	.298	4.08	91	3.58	87	8.72	66.2
11	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,542	240	88	67	.568	237	3.16	1	1	1	1240.2	950	435	470	121	557	12	1	6	5,122	91	11.19	4.04	2.77	0.88	30.1	10.9	1.21	.287	3.41	72	3.09	74	6.89	111.7
12	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,517	249	85	87	.494	248	3.53	1	0	0	1438.2	1,231	564	615	177	459	49	1	9	5,937	19	9.49	2.87	3.31	1.11	25.6	7.7	1.17	.282	3.85	84	3.65	87	7.70	78.1
13	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,500	279	108	84	.563	276	4.08	5	1	0	1586.2	1,488	719	773	220	479	98	0	7	6,671	35	8.51	2.72	3.13	1.25	22.5	7.2	1.24	.290	4.38	96	4.14	98	8.44	14.3
14	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	1,463	319	114	79	.591	296	3.92	2	2	0	1674.0	1,614	730	773	203	523	43	5	22	7,044	44	7.87	2.81	2.80	1.09	20.8	7.4	1.28	.293	4.16	93	3.85	95	8.68	17.3
15	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,445	239	94	75	.556	233	3.82	3	1	0	1310.2	1,120	556	598	166	487	68	1	7	5,511	67	9.92	3.34	2.97	1.14	26.2	8.8	1.23	.285	4.11	88	3.75	88	7.69	58.2
16	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,404	909	63	51	.553	0	2.51	0	0	378	873.0	514	243	271	58	429	36	592	8	3,554	90	14.47	4.42	3.27	0.60	39.5	12.1	1.08	.280	2.79	58	2.22	53	5.30	161.8
17	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	1,352	258	70	77	.476	211	4.45	2	0	3	1229.2	1,119	608	637	202	432	34	14	7	5,178	54	9.90	3.16	3.13	1.48	26.1	8.3	1.26	.290	4.66	103	4.16	98	8.19	1.1
18	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	1,322	252	95	67	.586	239	4.22	0	0	0	1327.1	1,297	623	657	170	462	34	3	10	5,673	17	8.96	3.13	2.86	1.15	23.3	8.1	1.33	.306	4.45	94	3.89	93	8.79	34.8
19	Dylan Cease D. Cease	1,244	193	65	59	.524	192	3.94	3	3	0	1026.2	869	449	493	123	437	35	0	10	4,360	56	10.91	3.83	2.85	1.08	28.5	10.0	1.27	.296	4.32	91	3.62	84	7.62	67.6
20	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	1,212	250	81	70	.536	216	4.16	3	3	0	1271.2	1,180	588	635	180	358	63	5	4	5,316	36	8.58	2.53	3.39	1.27	22.8	6.7	1.21	.285	4.49	98	3.94	96	8.35	14.6
21	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	1,194	220	71	45	.612	168	3.61	1	0	1	964.1	715	387	408	125	373	49	6	3	3,986	31	11.14	3.48	3.20	1.17	30.0	9.4	1.13	.263	3.81	82	3.53	84	6.67	59.2
22	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	1,188	203	65	62	.512	195	3.87	0	0	0	1047.2	892	450	473	144	377	56	0	10	4,367	38	10.21	3.24	3.15	1.24	27.2	8.6	1.21	.287	4.06	88	3.68	89	7.66	28.8
23	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	1,139	219	64	40	.615	152	3.13	0	0	2	995.0	772	346	381	107	287	39	17	3	4,012	43	10.30	2.60	3.97	0.97	28.4	7.2	1.06	.273	3.45	73	3.16	76	6.98	100.7
24	Luis Severino L. Severino	1,130	215	75	60	.556	198	3.96	2	2	0	1132.1	1,037	498	543	146	352	56	4	3	4,759	30	8.98	2.80	3.21	1.16	23.7	7.4	1.23	.290	4.32	90	3.65	86	8.24	46.2
25	Max Fried M. Fried	1,125	222	94	47	.667	197	3.18	6	4	0	1156.0	1,041	409	452	101	320	47	10	6	4,758	51	8.76	2.49	3.52	0.79	23.6	6.7	1.18	.297	3.52	67	3.03	72	8.10	112