which mlb pitcher has the most strikeouts from 2014 to 2024

Between the 2014 and 2024 seasons, Max Scherzer struck out the most batters, with 2,338 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	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,338	292	142	67	.679	292	2.88	12	5	0	1859.0	1,420	594	625	220	430	74	0	14	7,395	43	11.32	2.08	5.44	1.07	31.6	5.8	1.00	.277	3.03	70	2.99	72	6.87	237.7
2	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,151	298	143	73	.662	298	3.18	8	5	0	1836.2	1,518	648	697	210	472	58	0	7	7,392	54	10.54	2.31	4.56	1.03	29.1	6.4	1.08	.291	3.42	78	3.17	76	7.44	203.2
3	Chris Sale C. Sale	1,885	233	106	58	.646	233	3.06	11	2	0	1457.2	1,172	496	538	152	321	97	0	5	5,861	28	11.64	1.98	5.87	0.94	32.2	5.5	1.02	.299	3.32	71	2.79	66	7.24	228.4
4	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,779	268	104	79	.568	268	3.70	6	4	0	1621.1	1,423	667	704	199	421	52	0	16	6,635	17	9.88	2.34	4.23	1.10	26.8	6.3	1.14	.293	3.91	88	3.44	80	7.90	150.7
5	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1,762	248	135	48	.738	247	2.42	14	8	0	1562.2	1,195	421	465	154	285	24	0	3	6,076	57	10.15	1.64	6.18	0.89	29.0	4.7	0.95	.270	2.68	61	2.78	67	6.88	229.4
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1,745	260	125	70	.641	260	3.18	6	3	0	1643.2	1,326	581	624	199	407	51	0	7	6,612	37	9.55	2.23	4.29	1.09	26.4	6.2	1.05	.268	3.42	77	3.44	82	7.26	137.4
7	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,716	309	99	97	.505	285	3.79	3	1	0	1670.1	1,629	703	757	204	472	35	8	7	7,010	59	9.25	2.54	3.64	1.10	24.5	6.7	1.26	.311	4.08	91	3.60	85	8.78	116.5
8	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,666	218	84	57	.596	218	2.52	4	2	0	1367.0	1,051	383	420	120	308	22	0	13	5,376	27	10.97	2.03	5.41	0.79	31.0	5.7	0.99	.286	2.77	65	2.58	64	6.92	227.7
9	Charlie Morton C. Morton	1,658	274	108	74	.593	274	3.75	0	0	0	1536.1	1,336	640	698	155	556	141	0	13	6,473	40	9.71	3.26	2.98	0.91	25.6	8.6	1.23	.298	4.09	92	3.68	91	7.83	71.3
10	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,657	295	106	91	.538	288	3.54	6	4	0	1673.1	1,439	658	721	163	563	54	2	5	6,938	102	8.91	3.03	2.94	0.88	23.9	8.1	1.20	.283	3.88	85	3.55	85	7.74	114.2
11	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	1,597	278	109	81	.574	276	3.72	4	2	0	1594.0	1,474	659	736	198	553	67	0	17	6,784	51	9.02	3.12	2.89	1.12	23.5	8.2	1.27	.292	4.16	89	3.94	94	8.32	47
12	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,548	233	77	73	.513	229	3.98	1	1	0	1258.2	1,102	557	593	194	535	47	1	19	5,342	53	11.07	3.83	2.89	1.39	29.0	10.0	1.30	.301	4.24	94	4.08	99	7.88	4.5
13	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,541	242	96	65	.596	242	3.33	4	3	0	1478.2	1,278	547	593	137	411	64	0	12	6,070	33	9.38	2.50	3.75	0.83	25.4	6.8	1.14	.291	3.61	83	3.25	78	7.78	149.1
14	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	1,530	230	103	67	.606	224	3.30	18	8	1	1427.0	1,251	524	569	153	314	54	1	9	5,774	27	9.65	1.98	4.87	0.96	26.5	5.4	1.10	.295	3.59	79	3.17	77	7.89	152
15	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	1,509	221	81	70	.536	221	3.65	2	1	0	1305.0	1,093	529	555	177	375	59	0	6	5,352	64	10.41	2.59	4.02	1.22	28.2	7.0	1.12	.283	3.83	87	3.61	86	7.54	87.1
16	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	1,499	286	119	74	.617	282	3.34	4	1	0	1719.2	1,573	638	681	205	337	27	0	12	6,929	53	7.85	1.76	4.45	1.07	21.6	4.9	1.11	.281	3.56	80	3.60	88	8.23	93.3
17	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	1,498	276	99	84	.541	237	3.95	9	4	2	1403.1	1,331	616	649	180	368	50	16	14	5,807	54	9.61	2.36	4.07	1.15	25.8	6.3	1.21	.310	4.16	94	3.58	85	8.54	93.3
18	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,482	301	87	90	.492	278	3.77	2	2	0	1633.1	1,593	684	739	164	493	45	5	17	6,856	62	8.17	2.72	3.01	0.90	21.6	7.2	1.28	.306	4.07	92	3.63	87	8.78	93.5
19	Kyle Gibson K. Gibson	1,481	320	109	104	.512	314	4.46	3	1	0	1814.2	1,839	899	960	219	637	63	0	15	7,758	67	7.35	3.16	2.32	1.09	19.1	8.2	1.36	.302	4.76	106	4.25	101	9.12	-7.9
20	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,465	288	83	115	.419	275	4.66	3	2	1	1577.0	1,712	816	886	230	500	35	6	20	6,832	47	8.36	2.85	2.93	1.31	21.4	7.3	1.40	.322	5.06	109	4.22	100	9.77	1.3
21	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	1,393	240	85	85	.500	240	3.67	14	6	0	1474.0	1,349	601	654	195	358	66	0	18	6,090	19	8.51	2.19	3.89	1.19	22.9	5.9	1.16	.283	3.99	92	3.84	98	8.24	8.1
22	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	1,388	214	81	65	.555	204	3.74	6	3	1	1264.1	1,093	526	568	155	462	64	6	10	5,305	47	9.88	3.29	3.00	1.10	26.2	8.7	1.23	.290	4.04	87	3.80	89	7.78	64.9
23	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,368	211	76	58	.567	211	3.19	1	1	0	1096.2	840	389	419	108	495	11	0	5	4,537	79	11.23	4.06	2.76	0.89	30.2	10.9	1.22	.286	3.44	78	3.34	80	6.89	101.5
24	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,343	244	99	77	.563	243	4.07	5	1	0	1405.2	1,314	636	679	193	417	91	0	5	5,909	34	8.60	2.67	3.22	1.24	22.7	7.1	1.23	.290	4.35	96	4.13	97	8.41	24
25	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,331	211	72	76	.486	211	3.56	1	0	0	1230.0	1,040	486	532	151	407	41	0	8	5,079	16	9.74	2.98	3.27	1.10	26.2	8.0	1.18	.282	3.89	85	3.70	87	7.61	75.6

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Braves	48	31	.608
Phillies	45	36	.556	4.0
Marlins	42	39	.519	7.0
Nationals	41	41	.500	8.5
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Sat 6/27	WSH	@	BAL	7:05 PM
Sun 6/28	WSH	@	BAL	1:35 PM
Mon 6/29	WSH	@	BOS	7:10 PM
Tue 6/30	WSH	@	BOS	7:10 PM
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Marlins	42	39	.519	7.0
Nationals	41	41	.500	8.5
Mets	34	47	.420	15.0
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Cubs	44	37	.543	6.5
Cardinals	42	36	.538	7.0
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