who has the most strikeouts pitcher in 2016

Max Scherzer fanned the most batters in 2016, with 284 strikeouts.

	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	284	2016	WSH	34	20	7	.741	34	2.96	1	0	0	228.1	165	75	77	31	56	6	0	2	902	2	11.19	2.21	5.07	1.22	31.5	6.2	0.97	.255	3.04	70	3.23	78	6.50	22.7
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	254	2016	DET	34	16	9	.640	34	3.04	2	0	0	227.2	171	77	81	30	57	8	0	1	903	6	10.04	2.25	4.46	1.19	28.1	6.3	1.00	.255	3.20	72	3.48	81	6.76	20.3
3	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	253	2016	MIA	29	16	8	.667	29	2.86	0	0	0	182.1	149	58	63	13	55	6	0	6	737	9	12.49	2.71	4.60	0.64	34.3	7.5	1.12	.332	3.11	72	2.29	57	7.35	35.4
4	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	251	2016	SFG	34	15	9	.625	34	2.74	4	1	0	226.2	179	69	79	26	54	8	0	0	912	4	9.97	2.14	4.65	1.03	27.5	5.9	1.03	.267	3.14	68	3.24	83	7.11	17.6
5	Chris Archer C. Archer	233	2016	TBR	33	9	19	.321	33	4.02	0	0	0	201.1	183	90	100	30	67	3	0	0	850	11	10.42	3.00	3.48	1.34	27.4	7.9	1.24	.296	4.47	99	3.80	92	8.18	6.9
6	Chris Sale C. Sale	233	2016	CWS	32	17	10	.630	32	3.34	6	1	0	226.2	190	84	88	27	45	17	0	2	907	2	9.25	1.79	5.18	1.07	25.7	5.0	1.04	.279	3.49	80	3.45	81	7.54	19.9
7	David Price D. Price	228	2016	BOS	35	17	9	.654	35	3.99	2	0	0	230.0	227	102	106	30	50	7	0	1	951	4	8.92	1.96	4.56	1.17	24.0	5.3	1.20	.310	4.15	90	3.60	86	8.88	15.5
8	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	227	2016	CLE	32	18	9	.667	32	3.14	3	2	0	215.0	170	75	82	22	57	7	0	1	860	5	9.50	2.39	3.98	0.92	26.4	6.6	1.06	.271	3.43	72	3.25	76	7.12	24.5
9	Robbie Ray R. Ray	218	2016	ARI	32	8	15	.348	32	4.90	0	0	0	174.1	185	95	105	24	71	6	0	4	776	8	11.25	3.67	3.07	1.24	28.1	9.1	1.47	.352	5.42	112	3.75	90	9.55	8
10	Noah Syndergaard N. Syndergaard	218	2016	NYM	31	14	9	.609	30	2.60	0	0	0	183.2	168	53	61	11	43	2	0	2	744	10	10.68	2.11	5.07	0.54	29.3	5.8	1.15	.334	2.99	66	2.28	56	8.23	36.6
11	Michael Pineda M. Pineda	207	2016	NYY	32	6	12	.333	32	4.82	0	0	0	175.2	184	94	98	27	53	6	0	1	756	7	10.61	2.72	3.91	1.38	27.4	7.0	1.35	.339	5.02	113	3.79	86	9.43	11.9
12	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	200	2016	TEX	32	15	5	.750	32	3.32	0	0	0	200.2	185	74	83	24	77	8	0	1	848	4	8.97	3.45	2.60	1.08	23.6	9.1	1.31	.299	3.72	73	3.97	90	8.30	9.7
13	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	198	2016	SFG	32	18	5	.783	32	2.79	5	2	0	219.2	195	68	71	15	45	8	0	1	881	3	8.11	1.84	4.40	0.61	22.5	5.1	1.09	.293	2.91	69	2.95	75	7.99	24.5
14	Jon Lester J. Lester	197	2016	CHC	32	19	5	.792	32	2.44	2	0	0	202.2	154	55	57	21	52	6	0	0	796	4	8.75	2.31	3.79	0.93	24.7	6.5	1.02	.256	2.53	59	3.40	82	6.84	16.3
15	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	190	2016	CHC	31	18	8	.692	31	3.10	1	1	0	197.1	138	68	72	16	76	6	0	1	795	16	8.67	3.47	2.50	0.73	23.9	9.6	1.08	.241	3.28	75	3.51	85	6.29	13.4
16	Rick Porcello R. Porcello	189	2016	BOS	33	22	4	.846	33	3.15	3	0	0	223.0	193	78	85	23	32	13	0	0	890	3	7.63	1.29	5.91	0.93	21.2	3.6	1.01	.269	3.43	71	3.39	81	7.79	20.1
17	Danny Duffy D. Duffy	188	2016	KCR	42	12	3	.800	26	3.51	1	0	0	179.2	163	70	71	27	42	7	5	0	731	4	9.42	2.10	4.48	1.35	25.7	5.7	1.14	.291	3.56	83	3.82	92	8.17	6.7
18	Drew Pomeranz D. Pomeranz	186	2016	TOT	31	11	12	.478	30	3.32	0	0	0	170.2	137	63	65	22	65	1	1	3	703	10	9.81	3.43	2.86	1.16	26.5	9.2	1.18	.268	3.43	78	3.80	92	7.22	6.3
19	Jon Gray J. Gray	185	2016	COL	29	10	10	.500	29	4.61	1	1	0	168.0	153	86	92	18	59	12	0	2	712	7	9.91	3.16	3.14	0.96	26.0	8.3	1.26	.308	4.93	95	3.60	82	8.20	14.6
20	Ian Kennedy I. Kennedy	184	2016	KCR	33	11	11	.500	33	3.68	0	0	0	195.2	173	80	81	33	66	13	0	1	818	4	8.46	3.04	2.79	1.52	22.5	8.1	1.22	.268	3.73	87	4.66	112	7.96	-11.4
21	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	183	2016	WSH	24	15	4	.789	24	3.60	0	0	0	147.2	119	59	59	15	44	2	0	1	598	2	11.15	2.68	4.16	0.91	30.6	7.4	1.10	.294	3.60	85	2.92	71	7.25	19.8
22	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	181	2016	CWS	32	13	12	.520	32	3.20	0	0	0	208.0	192	74	76	22	50	4	0	1	837	10	7.83	2.16	3.62	0.95	21.6	6.0	1.16	.293	3.29	77	3.55	84	8.31	15.9
23	John Lackey J. Lackey	180	2016	CHC	29	11	8	.579	29	3.35	0	0	0	188.1	146	70	74	23	53	9	0	1	748	4	8.60	2.53	3.40	1.10	24.1	7.1	1.06	.255	3.54	80	3.80	92	6.98	6.7
24	Kenta Maeda K. Maeda	179	2016	LAD	32	16	11	.593	32	3.48	0	0	0	175.2	150	68	72	20	50	8	0	6	716	6	9.17	2.56	3.58	1.02	25.0	7.0	1.14	.283	3.69	87	3.57	88	7.69	9.2
25	Matt Moore M. Moore	178	2016	TOT	33	13	12	.520	33	4.08	0	0	0	198.1	184	90	93	25	72	6	0	1	838	6	8.08	3.27	2.47	1.13	21.2	8.6	1.29	.285	4.22	101	4.16	103	8.35	-2.9