who has the most strikeouts by a pitcher in mlb since 1999

Since 1999, Justin Verlander has fanned the most hitters, with 3,554 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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,554	556	266	159	.626	556	3.33	26	9	0	3571.1	3,052	1,322	1,433	372	1,006	121	0	28	14,626	100	8.96	2.54	3.53	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	79	3.44	82	7.69	309.4
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,498	486	221	119	.650	477	3.24	12	5	0	2973.1	2,444	1,070	1,143	358	783	115	2	20	12,033	80	10.59	2.37	4.47	1.08	29.1	6.5	1.09	.287	3.46	78	3.24	78	7.40	298.8
3	CC Sabathia	3,093	561	251	161	.609	560	3.74	38	12	0	3577.1	3,404	1,485	1,623	382	1,099	123	0	44	14,989	74	7.78	2.76	2.81	0.96	20.6	7.3	1.26	.294	4.08	87	3.77	87	8.56	223.7
4	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	3,052	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	25	15	0	2855.1	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.6
5	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,979	586	225	156	.591	541	3.49	17	5	1	3389.1	3,207	1,315	1,410	367	762	79	8	25	13,877	101	7.91	2.02	3.91	0.97	21.5	5.5	1.17	.293	3.74	83	3.51	85	8.52	235
6	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,601	397	148	89	.624	316	3.01	16	3	12	2106.0	1,709	705	758	217	493	133	25	15	8,478	48	11.12	2.11	5.28	0.93	30.7	5.8	1.05	.296	3.24	71	2.89	69	7.30	301.4
7	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,560	423	163	122	.572	422	3.43	17	7	0	2698.0	2,424	1,027	1,103	310	767	100	0	43	11,115	57	8.54	2.56	3.34	1.03	23.0	6.9	1.18	.287	3.68	82	3.68	88	8.09	151.3
8	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,546	322	160	87	.648	316	3.23	44	14	0	2157.0	1,823	774	876	242	554	98	3	25	8,765	38	10.62	2.31	4.60	1.01	29.0	6.3	1.10	.297	3.66	72	3.07	69	7.61	332.5
9	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,524	419	169	136	.554	418	3.42	25	11	0	2729.2	2,487	1,037	1,157	264	805	105	0	16	11,284	156	8.32	2.65	3.14	0.87	22.4	7.1	1.21	.293	3.81	84	3.52	85	8.20	181.5
10	A.J. Burnett	2,513	435	164	157	.511	430	3.99	24	10	0	2731.1	2,519	1,210	1,328	263	1,100	143	1	35	11,665	161	8.28	3.62	2.28	0.87	21.5	9.4	1.32	.295	4.38	97	3.86	92	8.30	97.3
11	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,488	452	200	117	.631	451	3.66	15	4	0	2740.0	2,610	1,114	1,215	294	892	90	0	13	11,487	63	8.17	2.93	2.79	0.97	21.7	7.8	1.28	.300	3.99	86	3.77	92	8.57	101.7
12	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	2,397	417	160	145	.525	411	4.10	28	8	0	2667.2	2,588	1,215	1,310	342	695	77	4	56	11,171	74	8.09	2.34	3.45	1.15	21.5	6.2	1.23	.293	4.42	93	3.81	86	8.73	182.2
13	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,311	515	229	172	.571	504	4.10	31	11	0	3163.2	3,281	1,441	1,562	412	824	58	2	41	13,345	36	6.57	2.34	2.80	1.17	17.3	6.2	1.30	.295	4.44	95	4.15	96	9.33	57.3
14	John Lackey J. Lackey	2,294	448	188	147	.561	446	3.92	18	8	0	2840.1	2,862	1,237	1,347	319	815	133	0	32	12,030	125	7.27	2.58	2.81	1.01	19.1	6.8	1.29	.300	4.27	92	3.94	94	9.07	79.6
15	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
16	James Shields J. Shields	2,234	407	145	139	.511	405	4.01	23	9	0	2616.0	2,581	1,167	1,267	361	746	97	1	22	10,993	107	7.69	2.57	2.99	1.24	20.3	6.8	1.27	.294	4.36	98	4.16	101	8.88	-13.5
17	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	2,207	388	152	126	.547	377	3.63	15	6	0	2377.0	2,134	960	1,011	259	708	78	3	42	9,838	46	8.36	2.68	3.12	0.98	22.4	7.2	1.20	.285	3.83	90	3.64	89	8.08	127.6
18	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	2,202	478	200	128	.610	411	3.53	28	11	3	2668.1	2,577	1,047	1,117	233	736	81	13	40	11,116	51	7.43	2.48	2.99	0.79	19.8	6.6	1.24	.298	3.77	88	3.53	87	8.69	152.8
19	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,196	416	147	134	.523	409	4.13	3	2	0	2267.2	2,143	1,040	1,139	226	859	200	1	27	9,755	72	8.72	3.41	2.56	0.90	22.5	8.8	1.32	.306	4.52	103	3.89	97	8.51	37.5
20	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	2,104	414	202	105	.658	388	3.39	66	20	1	2735.1	2,637	1,031	1,131	234	590	81	6	28	11,234	56	6.92	1.94	3.57	0.77	18.7	5.3	1.18	.292	3.72	77	3.38	77	8.68	294.5
21	Tim Hudson T. Hudson	2,080	482	222	133	.625	479	3.49	26	13	0	3126.2	2,957	1,213	1,319	248	917	124	0	84	13,005	84	5.99	2.64	2.27	0.71	16.0	7.1	1.24	.281	3.80	83	3.78	90	8.51	152.3
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	Ryan Dempster R. Dempster	2,040	565	131	128	.506	340	4.29	11	3	87	2332.1	2,275	1,111	1,203	261	1,033	82	185	46	10,140	75	7.87	3.99	1.97	1.01	20.1	10.2	1.42	.300	4.64	101	4.21	99	8.78	9.1

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Mets	7	12	.368	5.0
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Pirates	11	8	.579
Brewers	10	8	.556	0.5
Cardinals	10	8	.556	0.5
Cubs	9	9	.500	1.5
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Tigers	10	9	.526	1.0
Royals	7	12	.368	4.0
White Sox	6	13	.316	5.0
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