which pitcher has the most strikeouts in the last 10 years

Between June 8, 2015 and June 8, 2025, Max Scherzer has struck out the most batters, with 1,997 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	H/9
1	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	1,997	249	118	58	.670	249	2.89	11	4	0	1564.0	1,168	503	528	199	355	66	0	13	6,195	31	11.49	2.04	5.63	1.15	32.2	5.7	0.97	.271	3.04	6.72
2	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	1,927	264	123	66	.651	264	3.20	8	5	0	1620.2	1,324	577	619	195	413	44	0	6	6,508	42	10.70	2.29	4.67	1.08	29.6	6.3	1.07	.287	3.44	7.35
3	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,831	277	105	86	.550	277	3.78	6	4	0	1671.0	1,482	701	739	210	437	55	0	16	6,855	18	9.86	2.35	4.19	1.13	26.7	6.4	1.15	.294	3.98	7.98
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	1,694	210	92	56	.622	210	3.16	9	2	0	1291.1	1,058	454	490	140	289	91	0	3	5,224	26	11.81	2.01	5.86	0.98	32.4	5.5	1.04	.305	3.42	7.37
5	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,688	294	96	94	.505	278	3.80	2	1	0	1621.2	1,569	685	736	204	446	35	7	8	6,784	50	9.37	2.48	3.78	1.13	24.9	6.6	1.24	.309	4.08	8.71
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1,627	238	110	61	.643	238	3.03	6	3	0	1489.2	1,155	502	537	189	363	47	0	6	5,944	32	9.83	2.19	4.48	1.14	27.4	6.1	1.02	.260	3.24	6.98
7	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,607	235	83	70	.542	234	3.83	1	1	0	1296.1	1,100	551	587	195	554	47	0	19	5,468	54	11.16	3.85	2.90	1.35	29.4	10.1	1.28	.295	4.08	7.64
8	Charlie Morton C. Morton	1,583	260	101	69	.594	254	3.88	0	0	0	1416.0	1,239	610	657	155	526	126	1	11	5,996	32	10.06	3.34	3.01	0.99	26.4	8.8	1.25	.301	4.18	7.88
9	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,515	197	74	49	.602	197	2.48	4	2	0	1225.0	925	338	370	116	266	21	0	9	4,796	26	11.13	1.95	5.70	0.85	31.6	5.5	0.97	.281	2.72	6.80
10	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,508	299	86	120	.417	286	4.61	4	2	1	1638.1	1,766	840	910	240	518	36	6	20	7,081	50	8.28	2.85	2.91	1.32	21.3	7.3	1.39	.319	5.00	9.70
11	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,482	263	91	80	.532	256	3.71	4	2	0	1447.2	1,269	596	651	154	482	47	2	3	6,031	82	9.21	3.00	3.07	0.96	24.6	8.0	1.21	.288	4.05	7.89
12	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,448	222	91	56	.619	222	3.28	3	2	0	1369.1	1,163	499	534	132	350	55	0	9	5,569	24	9.52	2.30	4.14	0.87	26.0	6.3	1.10	.288	3.51	7.64
13	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1,430	213	109	42	.722	212	2.50	8	6	0	1299.2	1,007	361	401	140	244	19	0	2	5,075	48	9.90	1.69	5.86	0.97	28.2	4.8	0.96	.267	2.78	6.97
14	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,413	257	101	79	.561	256	4.05	5	1	0	1481.2	1,381	667	710	204	447	94	0	6	6,225	35	8.58	2.72	3.16	1.24	22.7	7.2	1.23	.289	4.31	8.39
15	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,391	224	76	80	.487	224	3.54	1	0	0	1303.1	1,112	513	561	158	430	42	0	8	5,391	17	9.61	2.97	3.23	1.09	25.8	8.0	1.18	.283	3.87	7.68
16	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,372	213	77	58	.570	213	3.18	1	1	0	1105.2	850	391	426	108	503	11	0	5	4,583	81	11.17	4.09	2.73	0.88	29.9	11.0	1.22	.287	3.47	6.92
17	Kyle Gibson K. Gibson	1,345	282	92	92	.500	276	4.62	3	1	0	1578.2	1,625	810	867	206	566	57	0	13	6,787	54	7.67	3.23	2.38	1.17	19.8	8.3	1.39	.308	4.94	9.26
18	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	1,339	233	89	67	.571	231	3.91	2	1	0	1317.0	1,217	572	637	180	458	59	0	15	5,608	42	9.15	3.13	2.92	1.23	23.9	8.2	1.27	.290	4.35	8.32
19	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	1,327	199	71	63	.530	199	3.72	0	0	0	1160.2	960	480	501	164	326	57	0	5	4,747	50	10.29	2.53	4.07	1.27	28.0	6.9	1.11	.277	3.88	7.44
20	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	1,306	232	86	74	.538	217	4.13	7	3	1	1233.0	1,200	566	597	174	332	46	6	11	5,136	47	9.53	2.42	3.93	1.27	25.4	6.5	1.24	.313	4.36	8.76
21	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,276	266	80	74	.519	243	3.77	2	2	0	1409.2	1,364	591	633	155	438	39	5	13	5,925	54	8.15	2.80	2.91	0.99	21.5	7.4	1.28	.301	4.04	8.71
22	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,269	203	82	66	.554	201	3.78	3	1	0	1131.2	965	475	510	144	409	56	0	5	4,742	62	10.09	3.25	3.10	1.15	26.8	8.6	1.21	.287	4.06	7.67
23	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	1,224	242	97	65	.599	238	3.51	4	1	0	1437.2	1,323	560	594	180	278	23	0	9	5,798	38	7.66	1.74	4.40	1.13	21.1	4.8	1.11	.279	3.72	8.28
24	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	1,215	235	62	73	.459	190	4.66	2	0	3	1097.2	1,029	568	593	182	396	32	13	6	4,657	52	9.96	3.25	3.07	1.49	26.1	8.5	1.30	.299	4.86	8.44
25	Jon Gray J. Gray	1,211	228	72	70	.507	223	4.45	2	1	0	1216.2	1,191	602	641	155	401	51	3	13	5,172	44	8.96	2.97	3.02	1.15	23.4	7.8	1.31	.309	4.74	8.81