which mlb pitcher has the most strikeouts from 2015 to 2023

Between the 2015 and 2023 seasons, Max Scherzer struck out the most hitters, with 2,046 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	2,046	250	122	58	.678	250	2.81	11	4	0	1595.1	1,184	498	525	195	357	67	0	13	6,314	31	11.54	2.01	5.73	1.10	32.4	5.7	0.97	.271	2.96	67	2.98	71	6.68	214.1
2	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	1,914	259	124	63	.663	259	3.12	8	5	0	1603.2	1,313	556	601	188	403	43	0	5	6,431	45	10.74	2.26	4.75	1.06	29.8	6.3	1.07	.290	3.37	76	3.14	75	7.37	192.8
3	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,582	235	90	71	.559	235	3.72	5	3	0	1422.0	1,234	588	620	169	371	49	0	16	5,815	15	10.01	2.35	4.26	1.07	27.2	6.4	1.13	.292	3.92	88	3.37	78	7.81	146.1
4	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1,512	211	105	52	.669	211	2.82	6	3	0	1347.1	1,005	422	454	166	315	40	0	6	5,323	30	10.10	2.10	4.80	1.11	28.4	5.9	0.98	.255	3.03	67	3.31	78	6.71	142.3
5	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,508	193	75	51	.595	193	2.51	4	2	0	1216.0	923	339	374	112	264	20	0	11	4,767	26	11.16	1.95	5.71	0.83	31.6	5.5	0.98	.283	2.77	64	2.58	63	6.83	209.6
6	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1,499	214	112	43	.723	213	2.48	8	6	0	1334.1	1,020	367	404	143	245	20	0	2	5,194	48	10.11	1.65	6.12	0.96	28.9	4.7	0.95	.267	2.72	61	2.90	69	6.88	186.7
7	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,486	217	73	67	.521	216	3.86	1	1	0	1199.1	1,039	515	551	183	509	41	0	19	5,077	47	11.15	3.82	2.92	1.37	29.3	10.0	1.29	.300	4.13	91	4.03	98	7.80	12.7
8	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,466	258	78	79	.497	234	3.80	0	0	0	1376.0	1,353	581	623	177	378	32	8	7	5,778	47	9.59	2.47	3.88	1.16	25.4	6.5	1.26	.316	4.07	90	3.60	84	8.85	103.1
9	Chris Sale C. Sale	1,452	178	76	51	.598	178	3.31	9	2	0	1106.0	902	407	442	130	243	78	0	3	4,474	21	11.82	1.98	5.98	1.06	32.5	5.4	1.04	.300	3.60	76	2.93	69	7.34	165.2
10	Charlie Morton C. Morton	1,365	218	94	52	.644	218	3.69	0	0	0	1213.2	1,039	498	537	123	434	104	0	10	5,106	30	10.12	3.22	3.15	0.91	26.7	8.5	1.21	.297	3.98	89	3.56	86	7.70	83.2
11	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,326	256	77	102	.430	243	4.54	3	2	1	1402.1	1,504	707	772	205	446	32	6	19	6,068	44	8.51	2.86	2.97	1.32	21.9	7.4	1.39	.320	4.95	106	4.20	99	9.65	8.1
12	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	1,307	222	87	67	.565	220	3.87	2	1	0	1273.0	1,176	547	600	169	437	56	0	16	5,407	41	9.24	3.09	2.99	1.19	24.2	8.1	1.27	.293	4.24	90	4.00	93	8.31	44.5
13	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	1,292	254	102	66	.607	250	3.42	4	1	0	1517.1	1,383	577	612	186	294	25	0	9	6,108	41	7.66	1.74	4.39	1.10	21.2	4.8	1.11	.278	3.63	80	3.68	89	8.20	78.7
14	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,271	234	79	72	.523	227	3.58	4	2	0	1288.0	1,110	512	558	127	450	44	2	3	5,368	80	8.88	3.14	2.82	0.89	23.7	8.4	1.21	.283	3.90	84	3.62	85	7.76	92
15	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	1,269	215	88	67	.568	202	3.96	8	3	1	1165.2	1,116	513	541	154	306	42	4	13	4,831	45	9.80	2.36	4.15	1.19	26.3	6.3	1.22	.314	4.18	93	3.59	85	8.62	83.1
16	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	1,261	196	85	58	.594	190	3.48	15	7	1	1191.1	1,044	460	497	139	263	48	1	6	4,823	24	9.53	1.99	4.79	1.05	26.1	5.5	1.10	.291	3.75	82	3.33	80	7.89	113.5
17	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	1,249	183	64	60	.516	183	3.75	0	0	0	1079.0	895	450	469	152	304	54	0	5	4,416	48	10.42	2.54	4.11	1.27	28.3	6.9	1.11	.280	3.91	89	3.68	86	7.47	71.9
18	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	1,245	188	76	57	.571	178	3.68	6	3	1	1111.1	942	455	492	139	402	53	6	6	4,642	41	10.08	3.26	3.10	1.13	26.8	8.7	1.21	.286	3.98	84	3.77	87	7.63	68
19	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,223	191	71	55	.563	191	3.20	0	0	0	992.2	775	353	381	102	451	10	0	5	4,119	71	11.09	4.09	2.71	0.92	29.7	10.9	1.24	.288	3.45	78	3.44	82	7.03	83.9
20	Kyle Gibson K. Gibson	1,223	259	88	84	.512	253	4.48	3	1	0	1465.2	1,500	730	778	184	512	57	0	14	6,279	51	7.51	3.14	2.39	1.13	19.5	8.2	1.37	.306	4.78	105	4.29	100	9.21	0
21	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,190	212	83	66	.557	211	4.15	4	1	0	1213.1	1,146	559	600	162	363	78	0	4	5,123	33	8.83	2.69	3.28	1.20	23.2	7.1	1.24	.295	4.45	97	4.04	94	8.50	36.2
22	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	1,174	207	67	75	.472	207	3.79	10	4	0	1256.2	1,155	529	573	174	315	60	0	15	5,217	15	8.41	2.26	3.73	1.25	22.5	6.0	1.17	.281	4.10	93	3.98	100	8.27	-3.1
23	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,169	238	68	69	.496	215	3.84	2	2	0	1262.2	1,246	539	579	132	378	32	5	14	5,309	48	8.33	2.69	3.09	0.94	22.0	7.1	1.29	.310	4.13	92	3.63	86	8.88	80.1
24	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,156	181	61	64	.488	181	3.54	1	0	0	1054.2	882	415	459	126	360	36	0	6	4,360	16	9.86	3.07	3.21	1.08	26.5	8.3	1.18	.282	3.92	83	3.66	85	7.53	75.5
25	Chris Archer C. Archer	1,144	182	43	70	.381	181	4.11	1	1	0	1004.1	925	459	503	135	353	24	0	5	4,254	55	10.25	3.16	3.24	1.21	26.9	8.3	1.27	.304	4.51	101	3.74	91	8.29	42.3