who has the most career strikeouts by an active hitter

Giancarlo Stanton has the most career strikeouts by an active player, with 2,088 strikeouts.

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Data note: Strikeouts: player season data complete from 1891

	NAME	SO	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Giancarlo Stanton G. Stanton	2,088	1,750	6,364	951	1,642	319	11	456	1,183	811	54	43	15	7,269	3,351	786	0	40	91	160	.258	.345	.527	.871	1156	313.5	.368	136	308.3
2	Freddie Freeman F. Freeman	1,879	2,332	8,693	1,453	2,598	579	34	383	1,392	1,136	118	111	32	10,020	4,394	996	0	73	145	194	.299	.384	.505	.890	1695	523	.379	140	489
3	Mike Trout M. Trout	1,828	1,790	6,480	1,282	1,878	351	55	426	1,072	1,174	117	225	39	7,834	3,617	832	0	63	142	87	.290	.405	.558	.963	1486	574.5	.405	163	580
4	Bryce Harper B. Harper	1,802	1,947	7,012	1,247	1,956	433	27	392	1,138	1,212	53	159	58	8,358	3,619	852	13	68	140	158	.279	.386	.516	.902	1438	455	.382	140	410.6
5	Kyle Schwarber K. Schwarber	1,747	1,447	5,125	895	1,185	195	15	385	881	869	58	40	20	6,084	2,565	595	1	31	53	56	.231	.347	.500	.848	949	223	.360	127	196.4
6	Christian Yelich C. Yelich	1,683	1,734	6,550	1,102	1,845	350	37	245	910	883	55	232	43	7,525	3,004	632	6	31	64	130	.282	.370	.459	.829	1148	262.7	.357	127	246.3
7	Manny Machado M. Machado	1,577	2,052	8,013	1,164	2,197	418	18	399	1,235	739	31	118	45	8,872	3,848	835	15	74	75	246	.274	.335	.480	.815	1270	226.7	.346	121	222.4
8	Aaron Judge A. Judge	1,454	1,211	4,342	918	1,262	213	7	386	871	860	42	70	24	5,278	2,647	606	0	34	109	125	.291	.410	.610	1.020	1096	466	.423	176	471.3
9	Javier Báez J. Báez	1,444	1,406	4,981	678	1,251	246	31	196	705	234	60	116	36	5,311	2,147	473	8	28	34	119	.251	.291	.431	.722	596	-36.7	.307	92	-49.2
10	Salvador Perez S. Perez	1,422	1,859	7,057	760	1,845	344	12	324	1,094	296	109	7	1	7,522	3,185	680	0	60	46	216	.261	.299	.451	.750	910	33.1	.320	100	3.5
11	Teoscar Hernández T. Hernández	1,411	1,224	4,487	637	1,172	240	17	233	725	346	37	64	27	4,895	2,145	490	0	25	10	93	.261	.318	.478	.796	682	97	.339	117	97.5
12	Matt Olson M. Olson	1,409	1,385	5,121	811	1,312	284	7	329	901	677	59	13	2	5,895	2,597	620	0	38	51	119	.256	.347	.507	.855	932	228.2	.362	132	229
13	Marcus Semien M. Semien	1,409	1,768	6,859	1,023	1,719	338	37	268	850	676	29	149	43	7,619	2,935	643	8	47	8	112	.251	.318	.428	.746	951	48	.322	106	53.6
14	Dansby Swanson D. Swanson	1,401	1,408	5,160	762	1,277	253	24	183	703	508	30	123	30	5,749	2,127	460	11	40	39	70	.247	.316	.412	.729	679	-8.6	.314	96	-28.9
15	Xander Bogaerts X. Bogaerts	1,379	1,819	6,869	1,016	1,942	402	19	210	895	670	62	148	25	7,675	3,012	631	6	68	25	172	.283	.349	.438	.787	1066	159.5	.340	113	125.8
16	Matt Chapman M. Chapman	1,341	1,234	4,474	696	1,073	271	24	210	607	553	62	35	20	5,122	2,022	505	0	33	7	78	.240	.330	.452	.782	702	89.5	.336	117	104.2
17	Trevor Story T. Story	1,337	1,129	4,294	651	1,129	261	27	209	665	362	46	165	37	4,726	2,071	497	3	21	20	67	.263	.325	.482	.808	672	104.3	.343	104	26.2
18	Willy Adames W. Adames	1,300	1,161	4,283	623	1,040	219	8	201	610	465	19	68	28	4,798	1,878	428	4	27	14	75	.243	.318	.438	.756	617	43.6	.326	108	46.1
19	Ryan McMahon R. McMahon	1,278	1,188	3,868	502	915	189	11	155	511	451	24	34	21	4,367	1,591	355	2	22	12	82	.237	.318	.411	.730	531	8.4	.317	88	-66.1
20	J.T. Realmuto	1,276	1,496	5,464	748	1,451	298	35	191	728	402	92	107	27	6,003	2,392	524	1	44	20	116	.266	.324	.438	.762	772	57.6	.327	105	40.6
21	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	1,256	1,153	4,253	797	1,194	218	49	310	750	622	32	176	46	4,932	2,440	577	0	25	104	58	.281	.375	.574	.948	910	322.2	.394	154	316.3
22	Jose Altuve J. Altuve	1,253	2,111	8,405	1,306	2,519	479	34	271	939	696	83	330	100	9,269	3,879	784	28	57	51	234	.300	.357	.462	.818	1367	285.3	.352	127	292.6
23	Rafael Devers R. Devers	1,247	1,291	4,967	803	1,359	324	13	272	845	539	42	33	19	5,577	2,525	609	1	28	75	114	.274	.348	.508	.856	877	209.1	.361	128	184.1
24	Francisco Lindor F. Lindor	1,215	1,640	6,504	1,074	1,758	351	30	300	905	634	85	219	53	7,317	3,069	681	31	63	36	113	.270	.340	.472	.812	1057	185.7	.347	120	176.2
25	Nolan Arenado N. Arenado	1,214	1,939	7,340	1,072	2,057	430	35	383	1,270	629	53	35	23	8,110	3,706	848	5	83	82	214	.280	.338	.505	.843	1222	267.9	.355	116	162.7

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