which mlb pitcher has the most strikeouts from 2016 to 2023

Between the 2016 and 2023 seasons, Max Scherzer struck out the most hitters, with 1,770 strikeouts.

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1Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
1,770
217
108
46
.701
217
2.81
7
1
0
1366.2
1,008
427
451
168
323
62
0
11
5,415
21
11.66
2.13
5.48
1.11
32.7
6.0
0.97
.272
2.97
66
3.02
71
6.64
186.5
2Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
1,712
227
105
55
.656
227
3.20
8
5
0
1395.2
1,130
496
530
177
359
33
0
4
5,599
38
11.04
2.32
4.77
1.14
30.6
6.4
1.07
.287
3.42
77
3.21
75
7.29
165.9
3Aaron Nola
A. Nola
1,514
222
84
69
.549
222
3.73
5
3
0
1344.1
1,160
557
589
158
352
47
0
15
5,497
15
10.14
2.36
4.30
1.06
27.5
6.4
1.12
.292
3.94
88
3.34
77
7.77
146.3
4Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
1,399
191
100
44
.694
191
2.76
5
2
0
1214.0
892
372
398
153
283
37
0
5
4,788
28
10.37
2.10
4.94
1.13
29.2
5.9
0.97
.253
2.95
65
3.29
77
6.61
133.1
5Robbie Ray
R. Ray
1,367
194
68
55
.553
193
3.91
1
1
0
1071.2
918
465
495
174
460
33
0
16
4,532
45
11.48
3.86
2.97
1.46
30.2
10.2
1.29
.298
4.16
92
4.09
99
7.71
7.1
6Kevin Gausman
K. Gausman
1,363
233
74
72
.507
217
3.76
0
0
0
1263.2
1,244
528
567
160
349
30
7
6
5,308
40
9.71
2.49
3.91
1.14
25.7
6.6
1.26
.318
4.04
89
3.55
83
8.86
102.2
7Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
1,303
163
61
43
.587
163
2.50
4
2
0
1025.0
774
285
315
96
226
18
0
9
4,016
20
11.44
1.98
5.77
0.84
32.4
5.6
0.98
.286
2.77
63
2.55
61
6.80
184.6
8Charlie Morton
C. Morton
1,269
195
85
43
.664
195
3.56
0
0
0
1084.2
902
429
460
110
393
92
0
4
4,543
28
10.53
3.26
3.23
0.91
27.9
8.7
1.19
.296
3.82
84
3.49
83
7.48
88.9
9Yu 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
10Patrick Corbin
P. Corbin
1,248
240
71
97
.423
227
4.60
3
2
1
1317.1
1,413
673
738
196
429
30
6
19
5,711
40
8.53
2.93
2.91
1.34
21.9
7.5
1.40
.320
5.04
107
4.25
100
9.65
2.7
11Blake 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
12Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
1,198
181
96
36
.727
180
2.55
4
3
0
1101.2
857
312
342
128
203
15
0
1
4,304
39
9.79
1.66
5.90
1.05
27.8
4.7
0.96
.264
2.79
62
3.10
73
7.00
139
13José 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
14Chris Sale
C. Sale
1,178
147
63
40
.612
147
3.29
8
2
0
897.1
717
328
354
107
201
65
0
3
3,620
14
11.82
2.02
5.86
1.07
32.5
5.6
1.02
.295
3.55
73
2.98
69
7.19
133.4
15Luis 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
16Lance Lynn
L. Lynn
1,140
191
75
56
.573
189
4.00
2
1
0
1097.2
1,004
488
534
156
369
51
0
11
4,656
39
9.35
3.03
3.09
1.28
24.5
7.9
1.25
.288
4.38
92
4.10
93
8.23
36.7
17Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
1,130
178
69
47
.595
178
3.43
3
2
0
1093.1
972
417
447
103
280
45
0
9
4,489
16
9.30
2.30
4.04
0.85
25.2
6.2
1.15
.296
3.68
83
3.23
76
8.00
123.9
18Sonny Gray
S. Gray
1,102
203
65
65
.500
196
3.74
1
0
0
1080.0
944
449
487
110
391
42
2
3
4,537
67
9.18
3.26
2.82
0.92
24.3
8.6
1.24
.288
4.06
87
3.66
85
7.87
80.2
19Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
1,092
222
83
63
.568
218
3.73
3
1
0
1294.2
1,235
536
569
172
254
20
0
8
5,265
34
7.59
1.77
4.30
1.20
20.7
4.8
1.15
.285
3.96
86
3.84
92
8.59
52.5
20Jon Gray
J. Gray
1,085
196
67
62
.519
195
4.41
2
1
0
1073.1
1,032
526
561
140
359
49
1
10
4,548
40
9.10
3.01
3.02
1.17
23.9
7.9
1.30
.306
4.70
95
3.98
91
8.65
49.5
21Kyle Gibson
K. Gibson
1,078
227
77
73
.513
221
4.58
2
1
0
1271.0
1,314
647
690
166
447
50
0
8
5,458
44
7.63
3.17
2.41
1.18
19.8
8.2
1.39
.309
4.89
106
4.34
101
9.30
-2.8
22Lucas Giolito
L. Giolito
1,077
180
60
62
.492
178
4.43
5
3
0
1013.2
886
499
531
166
385
40
1
7
4,260
45
9.56
3.42
2.80
1.47
25.3
9.0
1.25
.278
4.71
104
4.44
102
7.87
-4.6
23Trevor Bauer
T. Bauer
1,075
157
65
45
.591
148
3.52
5
3
1
935.1
790
366
402
116
323
48
5
5
3,898
34
10.34
3.11
3.33
1.12
27.6
8.3
1.19
.289
3.87
79
3.67
84
7.60
73.7
24Carlos Carrasco
C. Carrasco
1,053
185
74
55
.574
172
4.02
5
2
1
982.0
962
439
466
136
263
37
4
11
4,101
40
9.65
2.41
4.00
1.25
25.7
6.4
1.25
.316
4.27
94
3.73
87
8.82
58.6
25Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
1,016
164
76
42
.644
158
3.47
11
7
1
969.1
855
374
405
117
218
37
1
3
3,937
18
9.43
2.02
4.66
1.09
25.8
5.5
1.11
.290
3.76
82
3.41
81
7.94
87.1
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