who has the most strikeouts since 2016 pitcher

Since 2016, Aaron Nola has struck out the most batters, with 1,961 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	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,961	299	108	97	.527	299	3.94	6	4	0	1781.0	1,599	779	820	238	479	55	0	17	7,337	20	9.91	2.42	4.09	1.20	26.7	6.5	1.17	.296	4.14	93	3.59	83	8.08	138.4
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	1,928	255	116	62	.652	255	3.11	7	1	0	1545.0	1,187	534	559	206	381	66	0	11	6,175	27	11.23	2.22	5.06	1.20	31.2	6.2	1.01	.273	3.26	74	3.27	77	6.91	167.4
3	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	1,916	261	120	67	.642	261	3.21	8	5	0	1589.1	1,293	567	604	201	409	41	0	5	6,391	38	10.85	2.32	4.68	1.14	30.0	6.4	1.07	.286	3.42	77	3.25	76	7.32	180.3
4	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,863	323	105	105	.500	307	3.80	3	2	0	1788.0	1,713	755	811	219	496	36	7	9	7,472	45	9.38	2.50	3.76	1.10	24.9	6.6	1.24	.308	4.08	91	3.55	83	8.62	137.9
5	Chris Sale C. Sale	1,745	221	101	57	.639	220	2.97	9	3	0	1344.2	1,076	444	478	135	300	96	0	3	5,408	21	11.68	2.01	5.82	0.90	32.3	5.5	1.02	.300	3.20	68	2.75	65	7.20	222.4
6	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,718	259	93	72	.564	257	3.82	2	1	0	1427.2	1,204	606	651	221	618	44	0	16	6,016	61	10.83	3.90	2.78	1.39	28.6	10.3	1.28	.288	4.10	91	4.14	101	7.59	-4.5
7	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,697	256	105	64	.621	256	3.25	4	2	0	1567.1	1,315	566	605	161	403	64	0	9	6,360	28	9.74	2.31	4.21	0.92	26.7	6.3	1.10	.286	3.47	78	3.23	76	7.55	174.9
8	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,661	221	82	60	.577	221	2.72	4	2	0	1338.2	1,024	405	435	140	301	22	0	12	5,269	26	11.17	2.02	5.52	0.94	31.5	5.7	0.99	.281	2.92	68	2.75	66	6.88	211.5
9	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,634	288	108	86	.557	281	3.73	2	1	0	1570.2	1,403	651	705	171	505	53	2	3	6,547	77	9.36	2.89	3.24	0.98	25.0	7.7	1.21	.294	4.04	88	3.56	84	8.04	119.4
10	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1,611	238	109	62	.637	238	3.06	5	2	0	1460.0	1,151	497	533	185	364	49	0	6	5,865	33	9.93	2.24	4.43	1.14	27.5	6.2	1.04	.264	3.29	73	3.45	82	7.10	126.8
11	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,598	267	87	94	.481	264	3.68	1	0	0	1528.2	1,338	625	686	195	490	53	2	9	6,349	21	9.41	2.88	3.26	1.15	25.2	7.7	1.20	.285	4.04	89	3.79	91	7.88	68.8
12	Charlie Morton C. Morton	1,585	258	102	64	.614	252	3.87	0	0	0	1392.0	1,208	598	639	156	530	124	1	7	5,898	33	10.25	3.43	2.99	1.01	26.9	9.0	1.25	.300	4.13	92	3.75	90	7.81	66.8
13	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,581	322	87	125	.410	304	4.73	4	2	2	1727.1	1,880	907	981	254	559	42	8	21	7,498	50	8.24	2.91	2.83	1.32	21.1	7.5	1.41	.321	5.11	112	4.29	101	9.80	-8.4
14	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,481	275	108	82	.568	273	4.08	5	1	0	1571.2	1,474	713	765	219	473	98	0	7	6,607	35	8.48	2.71	3.13	1.25	22.4	7.2	1.24	.289	4.38	97	4.18	98	8.44	16.3
15	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,466	226	83	63	.568	226	3.14	1	1	0	1179.0	904	411	447	111	530	12	0	6	4,878	87	11.19	4.05	2.77	0.85	30.1	10.9	1.22	.287	3.41	77	3.28	79	6.90	117.1
16	Dylan Cease D. Cease	1,440	212	73	63	.537	212	3.69	4	4	0	1159.2	943	476	525	130	494	38	0	9	4,883	60	11.18	3.83	2.91	1.01	29.5	10.1	1.24	.292	4.07	88	3.50	82	7.32	96.2
17	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	1,395	214	76	68	.528	214	3.82	0	0	0	1232.2	1,026	523	545	178	345	63	0	5	5,043	54	10.19	2.52	4.04	1.30	27.7	6.8	1.11	.277	3.98	91	3.77	89	7.49	65.5
18	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	1,353	258	70	78	.473	213	4.47	2	0	3	1227.0	1,119	610	639	197	433	34	13	7	5,173	53	9.92	3.18	3.12	1.44	26.2	8.4	1.26	.292	4.69	105	4.18	99	8.21	5.7
19	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,328	216	88	68	.564	214	3.71	2	1	0	1197.0	991	493	534	152	436	58	0	5	4,999	61	9.98	3.28	3.05	1.14	26.6	8.7	1.19	.277	4.02	90	3.82	90	7.45	56.1
20	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	1,318	247	98	64	.605	241	4.01	0	0	0	1345.0	1,300	600	635	168	470	28	1	8	5,718	13	8.82	3.14	2.80	1.12	23.1	8.2	1.32	.303	4.25	91	3.93	94	8.70	41.6
21	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1,306	211	109	40	.732	209	2.67	4	3	0	1244.1	995	369	407	138	247	19	0	2	4,900	46	9.45	1.79	5.29	1.00	26.7	5.0	1.00	.269	2.94	65	3.15	74	7.20	150
22	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	1,304	271	83	72	.535	224	4.13	3	3	0	1367.2	1,272	627	680	191	387	75	11	4	5,729	38	8.58	2.55	3.37	1.26	22.8	6.8	1.21	.287	4.47	101	4.07	99	8.37	8.8
23	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	1,286	238	76	53	.589	189	3.79	1	0	1	1072.0	839	451	480	140	414	55	6	3	4,474	38	10.80	3.48	3.11	1.18	28.7	9.3	1.17	.271	4.03	90	3.77	90	7.04	51.7
24	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	1,249	214	82	60	.577	212	3.99	2	1	0	1215.0	1,117	538	598	172	413	55	0	11	5,167	42	9.25	3.06	3.02	1.27	24.2	8.0	1.26	.288	4.43	92	4.12	95	8.27	32.2
25	Kyle Gibson K. Gibson	1,239	261	85	84	.503	255	4.65	2	1	0	1453.0	1,504	750	804	196	522	54	0	9	6,253	50	7.67	3.23	2.37	1.21	19.8	8.3	1.39	.308	4.98	109	4.41	103	9.32	-20.3

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Sat 8/29	PHI	@	LAA	10:07 PM
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Nationals	63	73	.463	17.0
Mets	60	74	.448	19.0
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