which active starting pitcher has the most career strikeouts

Justin Verlander has fanned the most career batters by an active starting pitcher, with 3,554 strikeouts.

NAMESOGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
3,554
556
266
159
.626
556
3.33
26
9
0
3571.1
3,052
1,322
1,433
372
1,006
121
0
28
14,626
100
8.96
2.54
3.53
0.94
24.3
6.9
1.14
.280
3.61
7.69
2Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
3,481
479
221
120
.648
479
3.26
12
5
0
2962.2
2,444
1,074
1,147
359
780
113
0
20
11,997
80
10.57
2.37
4.46
1.09
29.0
6.5
1.09
.287
3.48
7.42
3Chris Sale
C. Sale
2,507
319
146
86
.629
319
3.02
16
3
0
2025.0
1,646
679
731
210
459
132
0
12
8,145
45
11.14
2.04
5.46
0.93
30.8
5.6
1.04
.297
3.25
7.32
4Gerrit 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
7.49
5Kevin Gausman
K. Gausman
1,921
329
110
112
.495
329
3.81
4
2
0
1891.1
1,814
800
854
232
525
37
0
8
7,901
62
9.14
2.50
3.66
1.10
24.3
6.6
1.24
.305
4.06
8.63
6Sonny Gray
S. Gray
1,917
335
125
103
.548
335
3.61
7
5
0
1919.2
1,679
769
843
194
618
57
0
5
7,960
106
8.99
2.90
3.10
0.91
24.1
7.8
1.20
.287
3.95
7.87
7Aaron Nola
A. Nola
1,911
291
110
92
.545
291
3.87
6
4
0
1747.0
1,558
751
790
223
462
56
0
16
7,179
18
9.84
2.38
4.14
1.15
26.6
6.4
1.16
.295
4.07
8.03
8Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
1,891
254
98
66
.598
254
2.56
4
2
0
1571.0
1,196
447
484
150
352
25
0
14
6,168
32
10.83
2.02
5.37
0.86
30.7
5.7
0.99
.279
2.77
6.85
9Patrick Corbin
P. Corbin
1,840
359
110
139
.442
359
4.53
7
2
0
2033.2
2,175
1,024
1,098
284
622
54
0
23
8,756
64
8.14
2.75
2.96
1.26
21.0
7.1
1.38
.317
4.86
9.63
10Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
1,834
285
114
75
.603
285
3.28
5
3
0
1739.1
1,481
633
686
166
495
76
0
14
7,129
41
9.49
2.56
3.71
0.86
25.7
6.9
1.14
.289
3.55
7.66
11Jose Quintana
J. Quintana
1,772
362
114
112
.504
362
3.77
2
2
0
2078.2
2,023
871
943
217
635
58
0
22
8,720
72
7.67
2.75
2.79
0.94
20.3
7.3
1.28
.299
4.08
8.76
12Robbie Ray
R. Ray
1,768
268
90
85
.514
268
3.90
2
1
0
1474.2
1,269
639
681
220
620
51
0
19
6,225
60
10.79
3.78
2.85
1.34
28.4
10.0
1.28
.294
4.16
7.74
13Carlos Carrasco
C. Carrasco
1,614
286
105
102
.507
286
4.26
11
4
0
1605.1
1,600
760
800
213
444
54
0
20
6,737
60
9.05
2.49
3.64
1.19
24.0
6.6
1.27
.314
4.49
8.97
14Luis Castillo
L. Castillo
1,524
250
83
87
.488
250
3.62
1
0
0
1445.0
1,252
581
636
178
466
51
0
8
5,984
19
9.49
2.90
3.27
1.11
25.5
7.8
1.19
.285
3.96
7.80
15Nathan Eovaldi
N. Eovaldi
1,499
304
103
88
.539
304
3.91
5
3
0
1714.2
1,678
744
790
196
462
55
0
17
7,177
52
7.87
2.42
3.24
1.03
20.9
6.4
1.25
.298
4.15
8.81
16José Berríos
J. Berríos
1,477
273
107
82
.566
273
4.07
5
1
0
1568.1
1,470
710
762
218
471
98
0
7
6,591
35
8.48
2.70
3.14
1.25
22.4
7.1
1.24
.289
4.37
8.44
17Blake Snell
B. Snell
1,440
222
81
62
.566
222
3.15
1
1
0
1158.0
891
405
440
111
521
11
0
6
4,791
86
11.19
4.05
2.76
0.86
30.1
10.9
1.22
.288
3.42
6.92
18Carlos Rodón
C. Rodón
1,404
226
93
71
.567
226
3.74
3
1
0
1273.2
1,074
529
571
159
473
64
0
5
5,337
64
9.92
3.34
2.97
1.12
26.3
8.9
1.21
.283
4.03
7.59
19Michael Wacha
M. Wacha
1,392
294
110
77
.588
294
3.78
2
2
0
1614.1
1,530
678
721
183
506
43
0
18
6,768
40
7.76
2.82
2.75
1.02
20.6
7.5
1.26
.290
4.02
8.53
20Eduardo Rodriguez
E. Rodriguez
1,307
241
94
65
.591
241
4.16
0
0
0
1329.0
1,305
615
650
170
469
32
0
9
5,690
17
8.85
3.18
2.79
1.15
23.0
8.2
1.33
.306
4.40
8.84
21Dylan Cease
D. Cease
1,287
195
67
59
.532
195
3.85
3
3
0
1053.2
887
451
498
122
448
37
0
9
4,470
56
10.99
3.83
2.87
1.04
28.8
10.0
1.27
.297
4.25
7.58
22Nick Pivetta
N. Pivetta
1,228
213
64
72
.471
213
4.50
2
0
0
1133.0
1,047
567
586
182
396
30
0
4
4,778
47
9.75
3.15
3.10
1.45
25.7
8.3
1.27
.294
4.65
8.32
23Chris Bassitt
C. Bassitt
1,175
224
85
67
.559
224
3.70
3
2
0
1278.0
1,208
526
567
144
407
93
0
6
5,425
34
8.27
2.87
2.89
1.01
21.7
7.5
1.26
.295
3.99
8.51
24Jack Flaherty
J. Flaherty
1,154
191
63
58
.521
191
3.87
0
0
0
1012.2
856
436
461
140
375
56
0
10
4,232
35
10.26
3.33
3.08
1.24
27.3
8.9
1.22
.286
4.10
7.61
25Jameson Taillon
J. Taillon
1,101
229
84
61
.579
229
3.90
3
1
0
1267.2
1,206
549
588
179
306
33
0
11
5,253
25
7.82
2.17
3.60
1.27
21.0
5.8
1.19
.283
4.17
8.56
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