who has the most strikeouts for a starting pitcher

MacKenzie Gore has fanned the most hitters by a starting pitcher this season, with 68 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

Who has the most strikeouts for a starting pitcher this regular season?

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	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	MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	68	2025	WSH	8	2	3	.400	8	3.33	0	0	0	46.0	40	17	17	6	13	1	0	0	187	2	13.30	2.54	5.23	1.17	36.4	7.0	1.15	.343	3.33	7.83
2	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	66	2025	PHI	8	3	1	.750	8	3.35	0	0	0	51.0	39	19	19	8	9	2	0	0	198	0	11.65	1.59	7.33	1.41	33.3	4.5	0.94	.274	3.35	6.88
3	Hunter Greene H. Greene	61	2025	CIN	8	4	2	.667	8	2.36	0	0	0	45.2	29	12	12	7	8	2	0	0	176	2	12.02	1.58	7.63	1.38	34.7	4.5	0.81	.224	2.36	5.72
4	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	57	2025	NYY	8	4	3	.571	8	2.96	0	0	0	48.2	25	16	18	6	20	0	0	0	188	1	10.54	3.70	2.85	1.11	30.3	10.6	0.92	.181	3.33	4.62
5	Cole Ragans C. Ragans	57	2025	KCR	7	2	1	.667	7	3.79	0	0	0	35.2	30	15	16	4	11	1	0	0	148	2	14.38	2.78	5.18	1.01	38.5	7.4	1.15	.347	4.04	7.57
6	Chris Sale C. Sale	56	2025	ATL	8	1	3	.250	8	4.07	0	0	0	42.0	46	19	20	5	11	4	0	0	185	2	12.00	2.36	5.09	1.07	30.3	5.9	1.36	.376	4.29	9.86
7	Logan Webb L. Webb	56	2025	SFG	8	4	2	.667	8	2.61	0	0	0	48.1	45	14	15	1	13	0	0	0	195	1	10.43	2.42	4.31	0.19	28.7	6.7	1.20	.352	2.79	8.38
8	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	56	2025	BOS	8	3	2	.600	8	2.02	0	0	0	49.0	32	11	14	3	20	0	0	0	196	0	10.29	3.67	2.80	0.55	28.6	10.2	1.06	.248	2.57	5.88
9	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	53	2025	TEX	8	3	2	.600	8	2.03	1	1	0	48.2	35	11	13	3	4	4	0	0	186	3	9.80	0.74	13.25	0.55	28.5	2.2	0.80	.262	2.40	6.47
10	Hunter Brown H. Brown	49	2025	HOU	7	5	1	.833	7	1.67	0	0	0	43.0	28	8	9	1	10	0	0	0	158	0	10.26	2.09	4.90	0.21	31.0	6.3	0.88	.276	1.88	5.86
11	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	49	2025	AZ	8	3	4	.429	8	4.37	0	0	0	45.1	34	22	22	6	21	1	0	0	191	1	9.73	4.17	2.33	1.19	25.7	11.0	1.21	.246	4.37	6.75
12	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	49	2025	LAD	7	4	2	.667	7	0.90	0	0	0	40.0	24	4	7	2	13	0	0	0	153	1	11.03	2.93	3.77	0.45	32.0	8.5	0.93	.247	1.58	5.40
13	Dylan Cease D. Cease	48	2025	SDP	8	1	2	.333	8	4.91	0	0	0	40.1	40	22	24	4	17	1	0	1	178	0	10.71	3.79	2.82	0.89	27.0	9.6	1.41	.333	5.36	8.93
14	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	48	2025	MIL	8	4	2	.667	8	2.18	0	0	0	45.1	32	11	11	5	15	1	0	0	181	1	9.53	2.98	3.20	0.99	26.5	8.3	1.04	.241	2.18	6.35
15	Michael King M. King	48	2025	SDP	8	4	1	.800	8	2.22	1	1	0	44.2	30	11	12	4	14	2	0	0	178	2	9.67	2.82	3.43	0.81	27.0	7.9	0.99	.236	2.42	6.04
16	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	48	2025	DET	7	3	2	.600	7	2.21	0	0	0	40.2	35	10	10	4	5	1	0	0	160	0	10.62	1.11	9.60	0.89	30.0	3.1	0.98	.304	2.21	7.75
17	Kris Bubic K. Bubic	47	2025	KCR	8	4	2	.667	8	1.69	0	0	0	48.0	39	9	11	2	14	2	0	1	194	0	8.81	2.63	3.36	0.38	24.2	7.2	1.10	.287	2.06	7.31
18	Max Meyer M. Meyer	47	2025	MIA	7	2	3	.400	7	3.92	0	0	0	39.0	40	17	18	7	13	1	0	0	167	0	10.85	3.00	3.62	1.62	28.1	7.8	1.36	.333	4.15	9.23
19	Max Fried M. Fried	47	2025	NYY	8	6	0	1.000	8	1.05	0	0	0	51.2	36	6	11	3	11	4	0	0	208	2	8.19	1.92	4.27	0.52	22.6	5.3	0.91	.231	1.92	6.27
20	Joe Ryan J. Ryan	47	2025	MIN	7	2	2	.500	7	2.93	0	0	0	40.0	31	13	13	6	5	5	0	0	158	0	10.58	1.13	9.40	1.35	29.7	3.2	0.90	.263	2.93	6.98
21	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	47	2025	PHI	7	3	0	1.000	7	1.94	0	0	0	41.2	38	9	12	1	11	0	0	0	170	1	10.15	2.38	4.27	0.22	27.6	6.5	1.18	.333	2.59	8.21
22	Sonny Gray S. Gray	47	2025	STL	8	4	1	.800	8	3.50	0	0	0	46.1	39	18	20	6	11	2	0	0	186	1	9.13	2.14	4.27	1.17	25.3	5.9	1.08	.275	3.88	7.58
23	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	47	2025	PIT	8	3	4	.429	8	2.77	0	0	0	48.2	34	15	17	4	12	1	0	0	190	1	8.69	2.22	3.92	0.74	24.7	6.3	0.95	.238	3.14	6.29
24	Robbie Ray R. Ray	46	2025	SFG	8	5	0	1.000	8	2.84	0	0	0	44.1	30	14	14	5	23	0	0	0	181	1	9.34	4.67	2.00	1.02	25.4	12.7	1.20	.234	2.84	6.09
25	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	46	2025	DET	7	1	4	.200	7	3.79	0	0	0	38.0	33	16	17	5	12	1	0	0	158	0	10.89	2.84	3.83	1.18	29.1	7.6	1.18	.298	4.03	7.82