who has the most strikeouts by a pitcher in mlb since 2003

Since 2003, Justin Verlander has struck out the most batters, with 3,457 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	3,457	536	262	150	.636	536	3.31	26	9	0	3467.2	2,943	1,277	1,381	363	973	116	0	27	14,170	97	8.97	2.53	3.55	0.94	24.4	6.9	1.13	.279	3.58	78	3.43	81	7.64	303
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,408	467	215	112	.657	458	3.16	12	5	0	2881.0	2,349	1,012	1,085	337	756	112	2	20	11,640	78	10.65	2.36	4.51	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.286	3.39	76	3.18	77	7.34	307.8
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,988	438	214	94	.695	435	2.51	25	15	0	2770.1	2,117	772	847	229	688	44	1	28	10,931	104	9.71	2.24	4.34	0.74	27.3	6.3	1.01	.270	2.75	64	2.83	70	6.88	368
4	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
5	CC Sabathia	2,773	495	221	145	.604	494	3.66	36	12	0	3187.0	3,057	1,295	1,421	346	916	115	0	41	13,335	61	7.83	2.59	3.03	0.98	20.8	6.9	1.25	.295	4.01	85	3.74	86	8.63	207.8
6	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
7	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
8	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,521	386	142	87	.620	306	3.03	16	3	12	2039.0	1,663	686	739	209	480	126	25	15	8,217	47	11.13	2.12	5.25	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.05	.298	3.26	71	2.88	69	7.34	294.2
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	John Lackey J. Lackey	2,225	430	179	143	.556	428	3.93	17	8	0	2732.0	2,749	1,193	1,295	309	782	129	0	32	11,565	118	7.33	2.58	2.85	1.02	19.2	6.8	1.29	.300	4.27	92	3.94	94	9.06	74.1
13	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
14	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	2,117	371	146	119	.551	360	3.60	15	6	0	2279.1	2,028	911	957	248	675	75	3	38	9,408	42	8.36	2.67	3.14	0.98	22.5	7.2	1.19	.283	3.78	89	3.64	89	8.01	123.9
15	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,114	399	141	130	.520	392	4.07	3	2	0	2186.2	2,060	989	1,088	213	819	190	1	25	9,387	70	8.70	3.37	2.58	0.88	22.5	8.7	1.32	.305	4.48	101	3.85	96	8.48	44.9
16	A.J. Burnett	2,092	357	134	127	.513	354	4.02	15	4	0	2229.2	2,104	997	1,093	220	858	125	1	22	9,542	138	8.44	3.46	2.44	0.89	21.9	9.0	1.33	.302	4.41	98	3.82	92	8.49	84.3
17	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
18	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
19	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	2,015	364	142	99	.589	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
20	Dan Haren D. Haren	2,013	391	153	131	.539	380	3.75	16	6	1	2419.2	2,357	1,009	1,105	305	500	67	4	39	10,022	98	7.49	1.86	4.03	1.13	20.1	5.0	1.18	.288	4.11	92	3.77	92	8.77	92.8
21	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2,007	282	110	88	.556	282	3.58	2	1	0	1706.0	1,394	678	712	217	544	77	0	8	7,009	79	10.59	2.87	3.69	1.14	28.6	7.8	1.14	.283	3.76	85	3.53	84	7.35	125.8
22	Ervin Santana E. Santana	1,978	425	151	129	.539	386	4.11	21	11	0	2486.2	2,391	1,135	1,221	331	776	104	20	35	10,482	104	7.16	2.81	2.55	1.20	18.9	7.4	1.27	.282	4.42	99	4.31	104	8.65	-44.1
23	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	1,860	344	131	101	.565	328	3.70	4	2	0	1933.0	1,744	795	857	171	815	50	4	21	8,242	59	8.66	3.79	2.28	0.80	22.6	9.9	1.32	.294	3.99	91	3.67	91	8.12	77.3
24	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	1,857	370	144	113	.560	365	3.52	18	8	0	2256.1	2,094	883	955	253	637	120	1	22	9,373	36	7.41	2.54	2.92	1.01	19.8	6.8	1.21	.283	3.81	86	3.93	96	8.35	31.8
25	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,845	343	107	107	.500	304	3.85	3	1	0	1799.2	1,746	770	825	222	506	36	11	10	7,535	63	9.23	2.53	3.65	1.11	24.5	6.7	1.25	.309	4.13	93	3.61	85	8.73	121.4