which starting pitcher has the highest career strikeouts per nine innings minimum 500 ip

Shohei Ohtani has the highest career K/9 by a starting pitcher when pitching at least 500 innings, with 11.41 per nine innings.

NAMEK/9IPGWLW%GSERASOCGSHOSVHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPBB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Shohei Ohtani
S. Ohtani
11.41
528.2
100
39
20
.661
100
3.00
670
1
1
0
388
176
184
56
182
24
0
2
2,139
52
3.10
3.68
0.95
31.3
8.5
1.08
.275
3.13
6.61
2Tyler Glasnow
T. Glasnow
11.40
686.0
128
42
34
.553
128
3.69
869
0
0
0
519
281
300
89
244
12
0
3
2,789
55
3.20
3.56
1.17
31.2
8.7
1.11
.273
3.94
6.81
3Blake Snell
B. Snell
11.19
1158.0
222
81
62
.566
222
3.15
1,440
1
1
0
891
405
440
111
521
11
0
6
4,791
86
4.05
2.76
0.86
30.1
10.9
1.22
.288
3.42
6.92
4Chris Sale
C. Sale
11.16
1983.0
312
140
85
.622
312
3.04
2,458
16
3
0
1,620
669
721
205
447
128
0
12
7,981
45
2.03
5.50
0.93
30.8
5.6
1.04
.298
3.27
7.35
5Dylan Cease
D. Cease
10.91
1015.1
188
65
58
.528
188
3.88
1,231
3
3
0
854
438
482
121
430
35
0
9
4,304
55
3.81
2.86
1.07
28.6
10.0
1.26
.295
4.27
7.57
6Freddy Peralta
F. Peralta
10.90
847.0
162
62
40
.608
162
3.56
1,026
1
0
0
627
335
351
109
319
46
0
2
3,493
29
3.39
3.22
1.16
29.4
9.1
1.12
.260
3.73
6.66
7Robbie Ray
R. Ray
10.84
1435.0
261
88
81
.521
261
3.93
1,728
2
1
0
1,241
626
668
213
606
51
0
19
6,068
60
3.80
2.85
1.34
28.5
10.0
1.29
.296
4.19
7.78
8Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
10.82
1539.2
248
96
65
.596
248
2.57
1,851
4
2
0
1,173
440
477
146
345
25
0
13
6,045
30
2.02
5.37
0.85
30.6
5.7
0.99
.279
2.79
6.86
9Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
10.61
2944.0
474
220
117
.653
474
3.22
3,471
12
5
0
2,422
1,054
1,127
352
772
112
0
20
11,913
80
2.36
4.50
1.08
29.1
6.5
1.08
.287
3.45
7.40
10Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
10.57
4103.0
603
301
166
.645
603
3.30
4,818
100
37
0
3,320
1,504
1,692
408
1,491
188
0
37
16,937
109
3.27
3.23
0.89
28.4
8.8
1.17
.290
3.71
7.28
11Stephen Strasburg
S. Strasburg
10.55
1470.0
247
113
62
.646
247
3.24
1,723
2
2
0
1,217
530
582
149
394
53
0
20
5,962
44
2.41
4.37
0.91
28.9
6.6
1.10
.293
3.56
7.45
12Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
10.50
1778.0
297
115
93
.553
297
3.65
2,075
2
1
0
1,460
721
756
231
563
83
0
8
7,305
83
2.85
3.69
1.17
28.4
7.7
1.14
.282
3.83
7.39
13Brandon Woodruff
B. Woodruff
10.49
718.1
127
51
28
.646
127
3.14
837
2
1
0
559
251
263
82
185
31
0
1
2,880
8
2.32
4.52
1.03
29.1
6.4
1.04
.273
3.30
7.00
14Danny Salazar
D. Salazar
10.46
585.2
105
38
34
.528
105
3.84
681
1
1
0
531
250
267
75
212
15
0
8
2,458
23
3.26
3.21
1.15
27.7
8.6
1.27
.309
4.10
8.16
15Tarik Skubal
T. Skubal
10.45
756.0
134
54
35
.607
134
3.07
878
1
1
0
605
258
283
87
168
25
0
0
3,011
11
2.00
5.23
1.04
29.2
5.6
1.02
.280
3.37
7.20
16Mark Prior
M. Prior
10.37
657.0
106
42
29
.592
106
3.51
757
5
1
0
582
256
277
77
223
31
0
10
2,771
21
3.05
3.39
1.05
27.3
8.0
1.23
.300
3.79
7.97
17Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
10.37
1954.0
317
153
80
.657
317
3.18
2,251
8
5
0
1,627
690
740
217
500
61
0
8
7,861
58
2.30
4.50
1.00
28.6
6.4
1.09
.292
3.41
7.49
18Kerry Wood
K. Wood
10.33
1116.2
178
71
55
.563
178
3.69
1,282
11
5
0
871
458
489
126
541
81
0
11
4,733
46
4.36
2.37
1.02
27.1
11.4
1.26
.276
3.94
7.02
19Corbin Burnes
C. Burnes
10.31
886.0
149
55
35
.611
149
3.01
1,015
0
0
0
683
296
327
93
249
34
0
1
3,567
39
2.53
4.08
0.94
28.5
7.0
1.05
.271
3.32
6.94
20Jack Flaherty
J. Flaherty
10.27
983.2
184
63
56
.529
184
3.82
1,122
0
0
0
829
417
439
135
350
52
0
10
4,091
34
3.20
3.21
1.24
27.4
8.6
1.20
.285
4.02
7.58
21Shane Bieber
S. Bieber
10.18
876.2
141
66
33
.667
141
3.19
992
5
2
0
776
311
332
100
193
18
0
1
3,544
33
1.98
5.14
1.03
28.0
5.4
1.11
.302
3.41
7.97
22Joe Ryan
J. Ryan
10.11
636.1
114
46
36
.561
114
3.78
715
1
1
0
531
267
280
100
146
33
0
0
2,584
8
2.06
4.90
1.41
27.7
5.7
1.06
.271
3.96
7.51
23Jesús Luzardo
J. Luzardo
10.06
664.0
121
40
40
.500
121
4.13
742
0
0
0
601
305
324
80
224
20
0
2
2,769
27
3.04
3.31
1.08
26.8
8.1
1.24
.306
4.39
8.15
24Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
10.03
2720.0
409
208
97
.682
409
2.95
3,032
46
17
0
2,151
893
979
233
705
136
0
26
10,955
60
2.33
4.30
0.77
27.7
6.4
1.05
.280
3.24
7.12
25Lance McCullers Jr.
L. McCullers Jr.
10.01
767.2
140
51
36
.586
140
3.70
854
1
0
0
658
316
339
67
331
44
0
4
3,260
47
3.88
2.58
0.79
26.2
10.2
1.29
.301
3.97
7.71
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