which mlb pitchers has the most total strikeouts from 2005 to 2019

Between the 2005 and 2019 seasons, Justin Verlander struck out the most hitters, with 3,006 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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,006	453	225	129	.636	453	3.33	26	9	0	2982.0	2,535	1,103	1,190	308	850	98	0	27	12,193	87	9.07	2.57	3.54	0.93	24.7	7.0	1.14	.281	3.59	78	3.40	80	7.65	281.3
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,692	365	170	89	.656	356	3.20	10	5	0	2290.0	1,883	813	876	254	618	85	2	19	9,278	65	10.58	2.43	4.36	1.00	29.0	6.7	1.09	.289	3.44	77	3.12	76	7.40	254.2
3	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,558	422	163	121	.574	421	3.42	17	7	0	2694.2	2,421	1,024	1,100	310	766	100	0	43	11,101	57	8.54	2.56	3.34	1.04	23.0	6.9	1.18	.287	3.67	82	3.68	88	8.09	150.7
4	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,524	419	169	136	.554	418	3.42	25	11	0	2729.2	2,487	1,037	1,157	264	805	105	0	16	11,284	156	8.32	2.65	3.14	0.87	22.4	7.1	1.21	.293	3.81	84	3.52	85	8.20	181.5
5	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,522	464	197	112	.638	423	3.32	16	5	1	2727.0	2,518	1,006	1,087	266	641	61	8	22	11,130	85	8.32	2.12	3.93	0.88	22.7	5.8	1.16	.295	3.59	80	3.30	81	8.31	242.6
6	CC Sabathia	2,493	435	197	126	.610	434	3.63	33	10	0	2801.1	2,691	1,130	1,246	307	778	102	0	35	11,716	56	8.01	2.50	3.20	0.99	21.3	6.6	1.24	.297	4.00	85	3.70	86	8.65	194.7
7	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,464	347	169	74	.695	344	2.44	25	15	0	2274.2	1,715	617	672	173	577	33	1	27	8,958	88	9.75	2.28	4.27	0.68	27.5	6.4	1.01	.270	2.66	63	2.73	69	6.79	313.2
8	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,355	412	190	108	.638	411	3.56	15	4	0	2537.2	2,387	1,005	1,096	258	820	84	0	8	10,595	61	8.35	2.91	2.87	0.92	22.2	7.7	1.26	.301	3.89	83	3.65	89	8.47	125.5
9	James Shields J. Shields	2,234	407	145	139	.511	405	4.01	23	9	0	2616.0	2,581	1,167	1,267	361	746	97	1	22	10,993	107	7.69	2.57	2.99	1.24	20.3	6.8	1.27	.294	4.36	98	4.16	101	8.88	-13.5
10	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,007	312	109	73	.599	232	3.03	16	3	12	1629.2	1,312	548	590	172	374	98	25	14	6,544	38	11.08	2.07	5.37	0.95	30.7	5.7	1.03	.293	3.26	71	2.90	69	7.25	235.7
11	David Price D. Price	1,981	321	150	80	.652	311	3.31	17	3	0	2029.2	1,813	746	819	207	527	59	1	12	8,314	39	8.78	2.34	3.76	0.92	23.8	6.3	1.15	.290	3.63	81	3.34	82	8.04	164.7
12	A.J. Burnett	1,958	333	127	119	.516	331	4.04	14	4	0	2086.2	1,984	936	1,030	209	802	119	1	20	8,946	129	8.45	3.46	2.44	0.90	21.9	9.0	1.34	.303	4.44	98	3.84	93	8.56	71.5
13	Dan Haren D. Haren	1,938	363	147	121	.549	361	3.70	16	6	1	2301.0	2,228	945	1,038	292	461	60	2	37	9,507	94	7.58	1.80	4.20	1.14	20.4	4.8	1.17	.287	4.06	91	3.74	92	8.71	94
14	John Lackey J. Lackey	1,930	364	155	114	.576	363	3.81	14	5	0	2329.2	2,311	985	1,070	256	656	111	0	24	9,825	96	7.46	2.53	2.94	0.99	19.6	6.7	1.27	.299	4.13	90	3.87	94	8.93	71.1
15	Ervin Santana E. Santana	1,926	387	149	127	.540	384	4.09	21	11	0	2421.1	2,326	1,101	1,186	322	754	102	1	34	10,205	97	7.16	2.80	2.55	1.20	18.9	7.4	1.27	.282	4.41	99	4.30	104	8.65	-42.3
16	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	1,826	332	130	99	.568	324	3.68	4	2	0	1901.1	1,704	778	838	165	796	48	3	21	8,089	57	8.64	3.77	2.29	0.78	22.6	9.8	1.31	.293	3.97	91	3.64	90	8.07	80.2
17	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	1,815	419	112	114	.496	300	4.15	3	1	1	1813.2	1,649	837	911	184	816	62	19	15	7,781	100	9.01	4.05	2.22	0.91	23.3	10.5	1.36	.299	4.52	101	3.88	95	8.18	39.3
18	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	1,794	289	119	92	.564	286	3.13	15	6	0	1846.0	1,622	642	703	192	428	62	1	34	7,507	25	8.75	2.09	4.19	0.94	23.9	5.7	1.11	.284	3.43	83	3.32	87	7.91	97.4
19	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	1,788	312	119	102	.538	301	3.66	15	6	0	1918.1	1,709	780	814	202	540	58	3	31	7,887	39	8.39	2.53	3.31	0.95	22.7	6.8	1.17	.284	3.82	90	3.55	87	8.02	122
20	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	1,776	383	162	95	.630	316	3.39	22	10	3	2103.2	2,012	792	851	167	576	62	13	36	8,739	41	7.60	2.46	3.08	0.71	20.3	6.6	1.23	.300	3.64	85	3.38	83	8.61	153.9
21	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	1,736	278	110	89	.553	270	3.74	10	7	1	1682.0	1,506	699	746	147	669	44	3	33	7,120	107	9.29	3.58	2.59	0.79	24.4	9.4	1.29	.300	3.99	99	3.44	90	8.06	81.5
22	Ubaldo Jimenez U. Jimenez	1,720	329	114	117	.494	315	4.34	9	3	1	1870.0	1,757	901	968	186	848	78	4	31	8,094	93	8.28	4.08	2.03	0.90	21.3	10.5	1.39	.299	4.66	102	4.04	95	8.46	44.5
23	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	1,695	239	112	58	.659	239	3.17	2	2	0	1438.2	1,185	506	557	143	377	51	0	18	5,821	43	10.60	2.36	4.50	0.89	29.1	6.5	1.09	.293	3.48	79	2.95	74	7.41	170.7
24	Matt Cain M. Cain	1,694	342	104	118	.468	331	3.68	15	6	0	2085.2	1,849	853	910	211	712	62	4	42	8,699	70	7.31	3.07	2.38	0.91	19.5	8.2	1.23	.272	3.93	93	3.91	99	7.98	9.2
25	Anibal Sanchez A. Sanchez	1,683	339	108	108	.500	316	3.98	9	7	0	1895.1	1,835	838	913	214	635	53	9	40	8,070	60	7.99	3.02	2.65	1.02	20.9	7.9	1.30	.296	4.34	96	3.89	94	8.71	42.5

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