who has the most strikeouts for a pitcher over the age of 40 in the mlb since 2000

Since 2000, Randy Johnson has struck out the most hitters by a 40-year-old pitcher, with 275 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 H/9
1 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
275
33
14
13
.519
33
2.70
5
3
0
229.2
163
69
79
18
43
10
0
1
898
3
10.78
1.69
6.40
0.71
30.6
4.8
0.90
.263
3.10
6.39
2 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
210
32
15
10
.600
32
4.13
1
1
0
205.0
199
94
101
24
60
7
0
3
866
13
9.22
2.63
3.50
1.05
24.2
6.9
1.26
.310
4.43
8.74
3 John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
185
28
12
8
.600
28
2.91
0
0
0
173.1
158
56
61
14
38
2
0
6
709
9
9.61
1.97
4.87
0.73
26.1
5.4
1.13
.306
3.17
8.20
4 Charlie Morton
C. Morton
167
30
8
10
.444
30
4.19
0
0
0
165.1
154
77
85
23
65
18
0
1
701
2
9.09
3.54
2.57
1.25
23.8
9.3
1.32
.306
4.63
8.38
5 Adam Wainwright
A. Wainwright
149
32
13
9
.591
32
3.16
1
0
0
199.2
181
70
72
18
53
6
0
1
814
6
6.72
2.39
2.81
0.81
18.3
6.5
1.17
.277
3.25
8.16
6 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
144
27
13
8
.619
27
3.22
0
0
0
162.1
139
58
63
18
45
5
0
0
669
5
7.98
2.49
3.20
1.00
21.5
6.7
1.13
.265
3.49
7.71
7 Tom Glavine
T. Glavine
131
32
15
7
.682
32
3.82
0
0
0
198.0
202
84
94
22
62
6
0
7
842
1
5.95
2.82
2.11
1.00
15.6
7.4
1.33
.290
4.27
9.18
8 Bartolo Colon
B. Colon
130
30
17
9
.654
30
2.98
2
2
0
193.1
208
64
69
16
31
2
0
0
802
1
6.05
1.44
4.19
0.74
16.2
3.9
1.24
.308
3.21
9.68
9 Jamie Moyer
J. Moyer
129
33
21
7
.750
33
3.27
1
0
0
215.0
199
78
83
19
66
8
0
3
897
0
5.40
2.76
1.95
0.80
14.4
7.4
1.23
.267
3.47
8.33
10 R.A. Dickey
R.A. Dickey
126
33
11
11
.500
33
3.91
2
0
0
214.1
195
93
97
25
61
11
0
1
884
9
5.29
2.56
2.07
1.05
14.3
6.9
1.19
.257
4.07
8.19
11 Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
119
34
14
15
.483
34
4.31
0
0
0
209.0
223
100
111
20
34
1
0
7
862
1
5.12
1.46
3.50
0.86
13.8
3.9
1.23
.295
4.78
9.60
12 Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
101
24
9
8
.529
24
3.87
1
1
0
151.0
165
65
68
21
23
2
0
1
633
0
6.02
1.37
4.39
1.25
16.0
3.6
1.25
.296
4.05
9.83
13 Woody Williams
W. Williams
99
35
13
13
.500
34
4.62
0
0
0
206.1
226
106
115
37
52
11
0
5
895
2
4.32
2.27
1.90
1.61
11.1
5.8
1.35
.272
5.02
9.86
14 Kenny Rogers
K. Rogers
87
30
14
8
.636
30
3.46
1
1
0
195.1
205
75
86
15
53
8
0
1
828
0
4.01
2.44
1.64
0.69
10.5
6.4
1.32
.286
3.96
9.45
15 Tim Wakefield
T. Wakefield
84
25
12
12
.500
25
4.98
0
0
0
151.2
158
84
87
20
55
6
0
0
654
10
4.98
3.26
1.53
1.19
12.8
8.4
1.40
.282
5.16
9.38
16 Andy Pettitte
A. Pettitte
81
17
7
6
.538
17
3.62
0
0
0
102.0
101
41
44
8
31
3
0
1
430
4
7.15
2.74
2.61
0.71
18.8
7.2
1.29
.303
3.88
8.91
17 David Wells
D. Wells
80
30
11
10
.524
29
4.42
2
0
0
195.2
220
96
100
23
24
6
0
1
815
2
3.68
1.10
3.33
1.06
9.8
2.9
1.25
.289
4.60
10.12
18 Takashi Saito
T. Saito
69
56
2
3
.400
0
2.83
0
0
1
54.0
41
17
20
4
17
0
14
2
221
2
11.50
2.83
4.06
0.67
31.2
7.7
1.07
.282
3.33
6.83
19 Fernando Rodney
F. Rodney
65
61
5
4
.556
0
4.23
0
0
39
55.1
40
26
29
3
26
2
53
3
231
7
10.57
4.23
2.50
0.49
28.1
11.3
1.19
.274
4.72
6.51
20 Roberto Hernandez
R. Hernandez
61
67
8
6
.571
0
2.58
0
0
4
69.2
57
20
20
5
28
2
20
4
291
4
7.88
3.62
2.18
0.65
21.0
9.6
1.22
.267
2.58
7.36
21 Russ Springer
R. Springer
58
74
1
4
.200
0
4.11
0
0
1
57.0
68
26
27
9
17
1
20
3
256
0
9.16
2.68
3.41
1.42
22.7
6.6
1.49
.345
4.26
10.74
22 Mike Morgan
M. Morgan
56
60
5
5
.500
4
4.87
0
0
5
101.2
123
55
55
10
40
1
15
5
448
0
4.96
3.54
1.40
0.89
12.5
8.9
1.60
.331
4.87
10.89
23 LaTroy Hawkins
L. Hawkins
55
72
3
2
.600
0
2.93
0
0
13
70.2
71
23
27
6
10
1
28
2
288
1
7.00
1.27
5.50
0.76
19.1
3.5
1.15
.301
3.44
9.04
24 Jeff Fassero
J. Fassero
55
62
1
7
.125
6
5.68
0
0
3
77.2
93
49
51
17
34
2
15
4
354
2
6.37
3.94
1.62
1.97
15.5
9.6
1.64
.309
5.91
10.78
25 John Franco
J. Franco
53
58
5
2
.714
0
4.17
0
0
2
54.0
59
25
27
10
18
2
16
2
237
4
8.83
3.00
2.94
1.67
22.4
7.6
1.43
.318
4.50
9.83
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