which pitcher has the most strikeouts in the playoffs since 2000

Since 2000, Justin Verlander has struck out the most hitters in the postseason, with 244 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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	244	38	17	12	.586	37	3.58	2	1	0	226.0	179	90	93	32	74	5	0	0	920	8	9.72	2.95	3.30	1.27	26.5	8.0	1.12	.260	3.70	7.13
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	213	39	13	13	.500	32	4.49	0	0	1	194.1	165	97	102	30	51	4	2	5	788	11	9.86	2.36	4.18	1.39	27.0	6.5	1.11	.276	4.72	7.64
3	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	171	30	7	8	.467	25	3.78	0	0	1	143.0	109	60	63	20	56	9	1	4	594	8	10.76	3.52	3.05	1.26	28.8	9.4	1.15	.263	3.97	6.86
4	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	156	22	11	6	.647	22	2.77	0	0	0	133.1	100	41	50	19	36	3	0	1	537	1	10.53	2.43	4.33	1.28	29.1	6.7	1.02	.251	3.38	6.75
5	Andy Pettitte A. Pettitte	139	30	13	7	.650	30	3.34	0	0	0	188.2	195	70	74	17	49	3	0	4	789	2	6.63	2.34	2.84	0.81	17.6	6.2	1.29	.306	3.53	9.30
6	Jon Lester J. Lester	133	26	9	7	.563	22	2.51	0	0	0	154.0	117	43	46	15	40	3	2	0	610	4	7.77	2.34	3.33	0.88	21.8	6.6	1.02	.243	2.69	6.84
7	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	123	29	4	5	.444	16	2.83	1	0	4	114.1	105	36	39	11	22	2	9	1	464	4	9.68	1.73	5.59	0.87	26.5	4.7	1.11	.307	3.07	8.27
8	CC Sabathia	121	26	10	7	.588	23	4.28	1	0	0	130.1	137	62	67	15	63	8	0	9	586	5	8.36	4.35	1.92	1.04	20.6	10.8	1.53	.322	4.63	9.46
9	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	120	23	9	5	.643	22	3.77	1	1	0	126.2	111	53	55	14	45	4	1	1	537	8	8.53	3.20	2.67	0.99	22.3	8.4	1.23	.274	3.91	7.89
10	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	114	19	4	4	.500	18	3.04	0	0	1	94.2	73	32	34	9	36	2	1	2	388	3	10.84	3.42	3.17	0.86	29.4	9.3	1.15	.282	3.23	6.94
11	John Lackey J. Lackey	114	29	8	6	.571	23	3.44	0	0	0	144.0	135	55	58	7	47	4	2	6	601	10	7.13	2.94	2.43	0.44	19.0	7.8	1.26	.298	3.63	8.44
12	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	100	22	4	6	.400	21	4.14	0	0	0	113.0	103	52	55	19	33	3	0	0	469	2	7.96	2.63	3.03	1.51	21.3	7.0	1.20	.268	4.38	8.20
13	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	99	14	7	3	.700	13	3.07	3	3	0	93.2	67	32	32	11	21	4	0	1	366	3	9.51	2.02	4.71	1.06	27.0	5.7	0.94	.242	3.07	6.44
14	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	95	17	7	6	.538	16	4.34	0	0	0	85.0	82	41	45	14	34	4	1	0	360	0	10.06	3.60	2.79	1.48	26.4	9.4	1.36	.319	4.76	8.68
15	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	94	59	3	2	.600	0	2.20	0	0	20	65.1	34	16	18	7	18	3	47	3	250	0	12.95	2.48	5.22	0.96	37.6	7.2	0.80	.211	2.48	4.68
16	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	93	17	7	6	.538	16	3.41	1	1	0	100.1	83	38	45	12	27	2	0	2	411	1	8.34	2.42	3.44	1.08	22.6	6.6	1.10	.256	4.04	7.45
17	Charlie Morton C. Morton	92	18	7	5	.583	17	3.60	0	0	0	80.0	67	32	34	8	33	7	1	0	343	5	10.35	3.71	2.79	0.90	26.8	9.6	1.25	.291	3.83	7.54
18	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	92	17	5	7	.417	15	3.80	0	0	0	97.0	95	41	43	14	22	3	0	7	407	2	8.54	2.04	4.18	1.30	22.6	5.4	1.21	.293	3.99	8.81
19	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	92	15	10	1	.909	15	2.12	3	1	0	102.0	80	24	26	10	15	3	0	0	401	0	8.12	1.32	6.13	0.88	22.9	3.7	0.93	.249	2.29	7.06
20	David Price D. Price	91	23	5	9	.357	14	4.62	0	0	1	99.1	91	51	53	16	28	3	5	1	414	1	8.24	2.54	3.25	1.45	22.0	6.8	1.20	.272	4.80	8.24
21	Cliff Lee C. Lee	89	11	7	3	.700	11	2.52	3	0	0	82.0	66	23	27	2	10	1	0	0	320	2	9.77	1.10	8.90	0.22	27.8	3.1	0.93	.294	2.96	7.24
22	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	87	16	8	3	.727	14	2.11	3	3	1	102.1	74	24	25	8	18	5	1	2	398	0	7.65	1.58	4.83	0.70	21.9	4.5	0.90	.236	2.20	6.51
23	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	82	17	9	3	.750	12	3.05	0	0	0	79.2	65	27	28	6	18	1	1	3	325	0	9.26	2.03	4.56	0.68	25.2	5.5	1.04	.271	3.16	7.34
24	Lance McCullers Jr. L. McCullers Jr.	80	19	2	3	.400	12	3.47	0	0	1	72.2	60	28	34	15	22	10	1	0	301	3	9.91	2.72	3.64	1.86	26.6	7.3	1.13	.259	4.21	7.43
25	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	77	12	4	3	.571	11	2.18	0	0	0	70.1	37	17	19	5	14	5	0	0	264	1	9.85	1.79	5.50	0.64	29.2	5.3	0.73	.196	2.43	4.73