which pitcher led the nl in strikeouts from 2016 to 2018

Between the 2016 and 2018 seasons, Max Scherzer fanned the most hitters in the NL, with 852 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	852	98	54	20	.730	98	2.67	5	1	0	649.2	441	193	205	76	162	29	0	8	2,548	10	11.80	2.24	5.26	1.05	33.4	6.4	0.93	.255	2.84	63	2.93	70	6.11	91.9
2	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	651	87	32	27	.542	87	2.70	3	1	0	566.1	474	170	188	53	141	10	0	8	2,266	13	10.35	2.24	4.62	0.84	28.7	6.2	1.09	.298	2.99	68	2.87	70	7.53	77.8
3	Robbie Ray R. Ray	601	84	29	22	.569	84	3.93	1	1	0	460.0	398	201	217	66	212	16	0	10	1,967	21	11.76	4.15	2.83	1.29	30.6	10.8	1.33	.310	4.25	91	3.89	93	7.79	14.9
4	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	555	102	30	33	.476	89	4.03	1	1	1	545.1	547	244	276	65	175	13	6	13	2,327	27	9.16	2.89	3.17	1.07	23.9	7.5	1.32	.317	4.56	93	3.70	88	9.03	29
5	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	548	91	45	25	.643	91	3.53	2	1	0	568.2	514	223	237	76	129	6	0	6	2,307	17	8.67	2.04	4.25	1.20	23.8	5.6	1.13	.283	3.75	82	3.67	88	8.13	31.2
6	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	543	74	40	15	.727	74	3.22	1	1	0	453.0	368	162	173	46	129	17	0	8	1,843	10	10.79	2.56	4.21	0.91	29.5	7.0	1.10	.291	3.44	76	3.04	72	7.31	59.8
7	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	529	74	39	13	.750	74	2.26	4	3	0	485.1	372	122	135	48	70	4	0	1	1,873	19	9.81	1.30	7.56	0.89	28.2	3.7	0.91	.265	2.50	57	2.71	66	6.90	76.1
8	Aaron Nola A. Nola	529	80	35	26	.574	80	3.32	0	0	0	491.1	419	181	192	45	136	15	0	8	2,007	7	9.69	2.49	3.89	0.82	26.4	6.8	1.13	.292	3.52	80	3.11	73	7.68	61.9
9	Jon Lester J. Lester	526	96	50	19	.725	96	3.33	3	0	0	565.0	507	209	233	71	176	16	0	4	2,320	11	8.38	2.80	2.99	1.13	22.7	7.6	1.21	.285	3.71	80	3.94	95	8.08	13.2
10	Carlos Martinez C. Martinez	508	96	36	26	.581	81	3.29	2	2	5	519.0	448	190	209	47	201	30	9	8	2,188	22	8.81	3.49	2.53	0.82	23.2	9.2	1.25	.286	3.62	81	3.70	90	7.77	24
11	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	507	96	36	31	.537	96	3.87	0	0	0	549.1	504	236	251	57	218	18	0	9	2,338	19	8.31	3.57	2.33	0.93	21.7	9.3	1.31	.291	4.11	91	3.94	93	8.26	17.6
12	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	491	92	42	29	.592	92	3.51	1	1	0	538.1	453	210	247	60	188	23	0	4	2,226	41	8.21	3.14	2.61	1.00	22.1	8.4	1.19	.268	4.13	84	3.95	94	7.57	15.4
13	Tanner Roark T. Roark	484	97	38	36	.514	93	3.89	0	0	0	571.2	532	247	267	64	187	29	1	12	2,391	14	7.62	2.94	2.59	1.01	20.2	7.8	1.26	.288	4.20	91	4.04	96	8.38	11.3
14	Jon Gray J. Gray	480	80	32	23	.582	80	4.57	1	1	0	450.2	446	229	241	55	141	20	0	3	1,916	16	9.59	2.82	3.40	1.10	25.1	7.4	1.30	.320	4.81	96	3.68	84	8.91	34.8
15	Julio Teheran J. Teheran	480	93	27	32	.458	93	3.88	1	1	0	552.0	465	238	253	79	197	25	0	8	2,294	15	7.83	3.21	2.44	1.29	20.9	8.6	1.20	.255	4.13	92	4.48	109	7.58	-23.5
16	Kenta Maeda K. Maeda	472	100	37	27	.578	77	3.80	0	0	3	435.1	386	184	198	55	127	18	5	11	1,805	12	9.76	2.63	3.72	1.14	26.1	7.0	1.18	.292	4.09	95	3.62	88	7.98	23
17	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	461	72	25	25	.500	72	3.02	5	1	0	467.1	398	157	171	57	117	16	0	6	1,913	7	8.88	2.25	3.94	1.10	24.1	6.1	1.10	.270	3.29	75	3.61	92	7.66	16.6
18	Mike Foltynewicz M. Foltynewicz	456	82	32	28	.533	81	3.89	2	1	0	460.1	424	199	212	55	162	22	0	7	1,961	24	8.92	3.17	2.81	1.08	23.3	8.3	1.27	.291	4.14	92	3.92	96	8.29	8.9
19	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	454	88	37	24	.607	87	2.86	2	1	0	528.2	452	168	184	54	128	19	0	8	2,127	5	7.73	2.18	3.55	0.92	21.3	6.0	1.10	.270	3.13	69	3.59	87	7.69	31.9
20	Dan Straily D. Straily	431	90	29	23	.558	87	4.03	0	0	0	495.1	437	222	232	82	185	23	0	13	2,079	6	7.83	3.36	2.33	1.49	20.7	8.9	1.26	.261	4.22	99	4.82	116	7.94	-37.3
21	Zack Godley Z. Godley	410	86	28	24	.538	66	4.52	0	0	0	408.0	387	205	218	44	159	21	2	8	1,753	35	9.04	3.51	2.58	0.97	23.4	9.1	1.34	.307	4.81	106	3.87	93	8.54	13.1
22	Noah Syndergaard N. Syndergaard	407	63	28	15	.651	62	2.81	2	1	0	368.1	345	115	130	20	85	10	0	5	1,512	15	9.94	2.08	4.79	0.49	26.9	5.6	1.17	.328	3.18	72	2.42	60	8.43	67.2
23	Jeff Samardzija J. Samardzija	402	74	22	31	.415	74	4.33	2	1	0	455.2	441	219	227	60	112	9	0	6	1,883	6	7.94	2.21	3.59	1.19	21.3	5.9	1.21	.293	4.48	106	3.89	98	8.71	3.7
24	Germán Márquez G. Márquez	392	68	26	19	.578	65	4.11	0	0	0	378.2	381	173	184	51	112	19	0	8	1,616	14	9.32	2.66	3.50	1.21	24.3	6.9	1.30	.317	4.37	86	3.87	88	9.06	22.1
25	Jameson Taillon J. Taillon	389	75	27	21	.563	75	3.63	2	1	0	428.2	430	173	178	44	109	13	0	8	1,790	10	8.17	2.29	3.57	0.92	21.7	6.1	1.26	.313	3.74	89	3.52	85	9.03	29.7