which pitcher has thrown the most strikeouts since 2008

Since 2008, Max Scherzer has struck out the most hitters, with 3,408 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	3,408	467	215	112	.657	458	3.16	12	5	0	2881.0	2,349	1,012	1,085	337	756	112	2	20	11,640	78	10.65	2.36	4.51	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.286	3.39	76	3.18	77	7.34	307.9
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,143	472	227	133	.631	472	3.26	24	7	0	3068.2	2,560	1,111	1,206	321	841	90	0	23	12,474	74	9.22	2.47	3.74	0.94	25.2	6.7	1.11	.277	3.54	78	3.34	80	7.51	288.5
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,983	437	213	94	.694	434	2.51	25	15	0	2763.1	2,114	772	847	229	687	44	1	28	10,907	104	9.72	2.24	4.34	0.75	27.3	6.3	1.01	.271	2.76	64	2.83	70	6.89	366.5
4	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,654	474	204	121	.628	470	3.31	15	5	0	2933.0	2,702	1,080	1,166	305	644	55	0	15	11,914	93	8.14	1.98	4.12	0.94	22.3	5.4	1.14	.290	3.58	80	3.38	83	8.29	230.9
5	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,521	386	142	87	.620	306	3.03	16	3	12	2039.0	1,663	686	739	209	480	126	25	15	8,217	47	11.13	2.12	5.25	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.05	.298	3.26	71	2.88	69	7.34	294.1
6	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,378	425	189	115	.622	425	3.60	15	4	0	2595.2	2,458	1,039	1,139	277	818	84	0	12	10,845	57	8.25	2.84	2.91	0.96	21.9	7.5	1.26	.299	3.95	85	3.71	91	8.52	109.8
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,251	317	153	80	.657	317	3.18	8	5	0	1954.0	1,627	690	740	217	500	61	0	8	7,861	58	10.37	2.30	4.50	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.292	3.41	79	3.16	77	7.49	213.5
8	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,238	372	139	109	.560	371	3.39	15	7	0	2382.1	2,144	898	965	266	676	94	0	35	9,814	47	8.45	2.55	3.31	1.00	22.8	6.9	1.18	.287	3.65	82	3.65	88	8.10	126
9	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,106	346	139	111	.556	345	3.31	22	9	0	2264.0	2,022	833	938	216	669	94	0	10	9,332	135	8.37	2.66	3.15	0.86	22.6	7.2	1.19	.289	3.73	83	3.49	86	8.04	144
10	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,104	398	140	130	.519	391	4.08	3	2	0	2181.2	2,055	989	1,088	213	818	190	1	25	9,366	70	8.68	3.37	2.57	0.88	22.5	8.7	1.32	.305	4.49	102	3.86	96	8.48	42.5
11	David Price D. Price	2,076	400	157	82	.657	322	3.32	17	3	3	2143.2	1,930	790	865	221	562	63	19	16	8,807	40	8.72	2.36	3.69	0.93	23.6	6.4	1.16	.290	3.63	81	3.38	83	8.10	165.9
12	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	2,070	358	134	124	.519	355	3.47	16	7	0	2209.1	2,007	853	933	258	544	89	1	38	9,098	29	8.43	2.22	3.81	1.05	22.8	6.0	1.15	.285	3.80	90	3.62	94	8.18	50.1
13	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	2,015	364	142	99	.589	340	3.74	4	2	1	2006.1	1,856	834	916	231	704	89	4	21	8,520	61	9.04	3.16	2.86	1.04	23.7	8.3	1.28	.296	4.11	91	3.82	93	8.33	67.8
14	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2,007	282	110	88	.556	282	3.58	2	1	0	1706.0	1,394	678	712	217	544	77	0	8	7,009	79	10.59	2.87	3.69	1.14	28.6	7.8	1.14	.283	3.76	85	3.53	84	7.35	125.8
15	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	1,994	383	184	115	.615	379	3.52	27	11	0	2389.1	2,299	935	995	213	643	68	2	34	9,916	42	7.51	2.42	3.10	0.80	20.1	6.5	1.23	.298	3.75	88	3.50	87	8.66	133.3
16	CC Sabathia	1,951	342	151	98	.606	341	3.68	22	7	0	2171.0	2,086	887	977	251	635	80	0	30	9,116	45	8.09	2.63	3.07	1.04	21.4	7.0	1.25	.296	4.05	87	3.79	88	8.65	126.1
17	James Shields J. Shields	1,946	355	127	123	.508	353	3.99	21	9	0	2276.1	2,238	1,008	1,100	315	672	82	1	17	9,579	89	7.69	2.66	2.90	1.25	20.3	7.0	1.28	.293	4.35	99	4.18	102	8.85	-28.2
18	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	1,860	344	131	101	.565	328	3.70	4	2	0	1933.0	1,744	795	857	171	815	50	4	21	8,242	59	8.66	3.79	2.28	0.80	22.6	9.9	1.32	.294	3.99	91	3.67	91	8.12	77.3
19	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	1,857	370	144	113	.560	365	3.52	18	8	0	2256.1	2,094	883	955	253	637	120	1	22	9,373	36	7.41	2.54	2.92	1.01	19.8	6.8	1.21	.283	3.81	86	3.93	96	8.35	31.8
20	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,838	342	107	106	.502	303	3.84	3	1	0	1794.2	1,742	766	821	221	502	36	11	10	7,513	63	9.22	2.52	3.66	1.11	24.5	6.7	1.25	.309	4.12	93	3.60	85	8.74	122.1
21	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	90	3.49	81	7.98	145.5
22	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,805	320	117	95	.552	311	3.50	6	4	0	1812.2	1,561	705	773	176	597	56	2	5	7,505	105	8.96	2.96	3.02	0.87	24.1	8.0	1.19	.284	3.84	85	3.50	85	7.75	129.2
23	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,772	353	106	136	.438	335	4.48	7	2	2	1953.2	2,072	973	1,047	273	597	49	9	23	8,395	64	8.16	2.75	2.97	1.26	21.1	7.1	1.37	.315	4.82	107	4.14	99	9.55	5.6
24	Ian Kennedy I. Kennedy	1,760	494	103	114	.475	287	4.19	2	1	66	1885.1	1,793	877	942	279	638	84	125	28	8,023	80	8.40	3.05	2.76	1.33	21.9	8.0	1.29	.288	4.50	103	4.31	108	8.56	-70.1
25	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,758	367	106	104	.505	341	3.72	2	2	0	2013.2	1,963	832	899	206	609	53	7	23	8,440	75	7.86	2.72	2.89	0.92	20.8	7.2	1.28	.302	4.02	90	3.70	89	8.77	98.9