who has the most pitching strike outs since 2011

Since 2011, Max Scherzer has fanned the most batters, with 3,119 strikeouts.

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	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	3,119	422	202	99	.671	422	3.22	12	5	0	2613.2	2,113	935	979	323	656	94	0	17	10,524	68	10.74	2.26	4.75	1.11	29.6	6.2	1.06	.283	3.37	78	3.21	78	7.28	266.2
2	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,737	398	157	96	.621	338	2.96	17	4	8	2217.2	1,802	730	788	220	508	144	17	15	8,924	47	11.11	2.06	5.39	0.89	30.7	5.7	1.04	.298	3.20	69	2.83	68	7.31	332.1
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2,589	391	183	107	.631	391	3.13	16	6	0	2507.0	2,065	872	951	278	653	69	0	11	10,143	52	9.29	2.34	3.96	1.00	25.5	6.4	1.08	.273	3.41	76	3.37	81	7.41	217.2
4	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,555	370	197	73	.730	368	2.41	24	14	0	2372.1	1,805	634	702	204	489	37	0	12	9,260	85	9.69	1.86	5.22	0.77	27.6	5.3	0.97	.268	2.66	62	2.75	68	6.85	333.9
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,374	338	162	89	.645	338	3.20	8	5	0	2075.1	1,739	739	790	238	522	63	0	7	8,358	58	10.30	2.26	4.55	1.03	28.4	6.2	1.09	.291	3.43	79	3.20	78	7.54	217.3
6	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	2,131	392	121	125	.492	353	3.88	4	2	0	2083.0	2,008	897	960	258	581	39	11	12	8,714	66	9.21	2.51	3.67	1.11	24.5	6.7	1.24	.307	4.15	94	3.61	85	8.68	142.4
7	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2,075	297	115	93	.553	297	3.65	2	1	0	1778.0	1,460	721	756	231	563	83	0	8	7,305	83	10.50	2.85	3.69	1.17	28.4	7.7	1.14	.282	3.83	87	3.58	85	7.39	120
8	Sonny Gray S. Gray	2,071	367	142	107	.570	358	3.52	7	5	0	2081.0	1,819	814	888	208	666	62	2	5	8,613	107	8.96	2.88	3.11	0.90	24.0	7.7	1.19	.287	3.84	85	3.51	85	7.87	147.9
9	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,048	376	165	89	.650	372	3.33	5	2	0	2281.1	2,086	845	901	255	482	40	0	13	9,229	76	8.08	1.90	4.25	1.01	22.2	5.2	1.13	.286	3.55	81	3.48	86	8.23	142.7
10	Aaron Nola A. Nola	2,045	316	116	99	.540	316	3.89	6	4	0	1884.0	1,691	814	855	251	507	58	0	18	7,753	20	9.77	2.42	4.03	1.20	26.4	6.5	1.17	.294	4.08	92	3.62	84	8.08	139.9
11	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2,045	277	107	74	.591	277	2.68	4	2	0	1694.0	1,299	505	542	166	384	26	0	16	6,667	34	10.86	2.04	5.33	0.88	30.7	5.8	0.99	.280	2.88	68	2.73	67	6.90	256.8
12	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,027	365	136	105	.564	359	3.90	2	1	0	2016.1	1,849	873	955	195	752	186	1	22	8,612	61	9.05	3.36	2.70	0.87	23.5	8.7	1.29	.303	4.26	97	3.78	94	8.25	57.5
13	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	2,015	364	143	99	.591	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	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,997	309	126	80	.612	309	3.26	5	3	0	1878.2	1,588	680	734	186	536	80	0	14	7,685	43	9.57	2.57	3.73	0.89	26.0	7.0	1.13	.287	3.52	81	3.30	80	7.61	179.6
15	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	1,974	336	127	118	.518	336	3.51	16	7	0	2088.1	1,880	814	891	245	515	84	0	35	8,586	28	8.51	2.22	3.83	1.06	23.0	6.0	1.15	.283	3.84	91	3.61	94	8.10	48
16	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,923	392	113	146	.436	369	4.54	7	2	3	2127.2	2,277	1,074	1,152	296	655	57	11	24	9,169	68	8.13	2.77	2.94	1.25	21.0	7.1	1.38	.318	4.87	108	4.15	100	9.63	3.3
17	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,872	295	101	89	.532	290	3.91	2	1	0	1603.1	1,383	696	747	238	691	53	1	19	6,782	66	10.51	3.88	2.71	1.34	27.6	10.2	1.29	.291	4.19	93	4.13	101	7.76	-5.4
18	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,836	392	115	113	.504	366	3.79	2	2	0	2142.1	2,088	901	976	225	658	59	7	23	8,993	76	7.71	2.76	2.79	0.95	20.4	7.3	1.28	.300	4.10	92	3.79	91	8.77	85.9
19	Jon Lester J. Lester	1,776	328	139	92	.602	328	3.70	9	2	0	1974.0	1,903	812	900	229	605	61	0	11	8,267	42	8.10	2.76	2.94	1.04	21.5	7.3	1.27	.299	4.10	89	3.84	94	8.68	46.3
20	David Price D. Price	1,774	340	128	69	.650	267	3.32	15	2	3	1792.2	1,632	661	718	188	425	53	19	15	7,332	33	8.91	2.13	4.17	0.94	24.2	5.8	1.15	.295	3.60	81	3.29	81	8.19	153.6
21	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	1,725	271	116	77	.601	260	3.44	18	8	1	1641.2	1,486	627	684	177	368	65	4	9	6,688	31	9.46	2.02	4.69	0.97	25.8	5.5	1.13	.301	3.75	83	3.22	78	8.15	161.7
22	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	1,663	274	103	77	.572	273	3.37	10	3	0	1752.2	1,560	656	707	188	519	80	0	19	7,230	43	8.54	2.67	3.20	0.97	23.0	7.2	1.19	.287	3.63	82	3.63	88	8.01	90.1
23	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	1,654	331	110	99	.526	274	4.19	10	4	2	1637.0	1,607	762	800	212	446	57	29	19	6,846	60	9.09	2.45	3.71	1.17	24.2	6.5	1.25	.312	4.40	101	3.72	89	8.84	78.3
24	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	1,631	235	108	59	.647	235	3.26	2	2	0	1402.0	1,161	508	557	144	377	53	0	20	5,688	42	10.47	2.42	4.33	0.92	28.7	6.6	1.10	.292	3.58	81	3.06	76	7.45	151.2
25	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,628	341	113	93	.549	319	3.91	5	3	0	1842.2	1,796	800	847	212	498	65	6	17	7,712	59	7.95	2.43	3.27	1.04	21.1	6.5	1.24	.298	4.14	96	3.78	93	8.77	63.6

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30

Wood

RBI

97

Abrams

AVG

.288

Ruiz

Team Pitching Leaders

13

Cavalli

200

Cavalli

ERA

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Team Rankings

201

5th

787

3rd

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	91	64	.587
Phillies	85	70	.548	6.0
Marlins	76	78	.494	14.5
Nationals	72	82	.468	18.5
Mets	71	84	.458	20.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 9/20	WSH	@	STL	2:15 PM
Mon 9/21	WSH	@	DET	6:40 PM
Tue 9/22	WSH	@	DET	6:40 PM
Wed 9/23	WSH	@	DET	1:10 PM
Fri 9/25	NYM	@	WSH	6:45 PM

Last Game

Nationals

72 - 82

Final

Cardinals

75 - 79

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HR Leaders

45

Schwarber

44

Crow-Armstrong

41

Caminero

RBI Leaders

111

Burleson

110

Stewart

105

Crow-Armstrong

Batting Average Leaders

.313

Arraez

.312

Alvarez

.309

Simpson

Hit Leaders

184

Lopez

182

Arraez

173

Díaz

Run Leaders

115

Crow-Armstrong

104

Arozarena

102

Wood

OBP Leaders

.429

Alvarez

.394

Bauers

.392

Wood

SLG Leaders

.597

Alvarez

.571

Crow-Armstrong

.538

García

SB Leaders

46

Nuñez

45

Simpson

43

Witt

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

17

Sánchez

17

Gray

15

Misiorowski

Strikeout Leaders

243

Misiorowski

239

Cease

235

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.89

Misiorowski

1.95

Schlittler

2.18

Sale

WHIP Leaders

0.81

Misiorowski

0.87

Yamamoto

0.90

Schlittler

K/9 Leaders

13.15

Misiorowski

12.73

Cease

12.16

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.13

Sale

5.79

Misiorowski

5.62

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

24

Martinez

29

Rasmussen

31

Sale

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,264.8

Ohtani

2,259.5

Crow-Armstrong

1,977.1

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,712

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Ohtani

1,482

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84-70

82-72

82-73

Worst Record ATS

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64-90

66-89

72-83

73-82

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - x	91	64	.587
Phillies	85	70	.548	6.0
Marlins	76	78	.494	14.5
Nationals	72	82	.468	18.5
Mets	71	84	.458	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	97	58	.626
Cubs	86	69	.555	11.0
Pirates	78	77	.503	19.0
Cardinals	75	79	.487	21.5
Reds	72	83	.465	25.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	94	60	.610
Padres	85	69	.552	9.0
Diamondbacks	80	74	.519	14.0
Giants	64	90	.416	30.0
Rockies	56	98	.364	38.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - x	94	60	.610
Yankees - x	89	64	.582	4.5
Red Sox	84	71	.542	10.5
Blue Jays	76	79	.490	18.5
Orioles	75	80	.484	19.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	80	75	.516
White Sox	79	76	.510	1.0
Tigers	73	82	.471	7.0
Twins	72	82	.468	7.5
Royals	67	88	.432	13.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	78	77	.503
Astros	77	78	.497	1.0
Mariners	72	82	.468	5.5
Athletics	61	94	.394	17.0
Angels	59	95	.383	18.5