who has the most strikouts in the nl ever as a pitcher

Steve Carlton has fanned the most career batters in the NL, with 4,000 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	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	4,000	695	319	226	.585	677	3.11	251	55	1	4992.2	4,429	1,723	1,970	379	1,717	49	7	145	20,677	174	7.21	3.10	2.33	0.68	19.3	8.3	1.23	.279	3.55	85	3.05	85	7.98	293.7
2	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3,371	744	355	227	.610	740	3.16	109	35	0	5008.1	4,726	1,756	1,981	353	999	137	3	177	20,421	70	6.06	1.80	3.37	0.63	16.5	4.9	1.14	.281	3.56	76	3.25	78	8.49	519.5
3	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,272	559	273	170	.616	553	2.73	213	56	1	4131.1	3,352	1,254	1,380	314	1,204	59	5	105	16,639	107	7.13	2.62	2.72	0.68	19.7	7.2	1.10	.258	3.01	77	2.90	83	7.30	270.7
4	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	3,117	528	251	174	.591	482	2.91	255	56	6	3884.1	3,279	1,258	1,420	257	1,336	102	21	118	16,068	108	7.22	3.10	2.33	0.60	19.4	8.3	1.19	.268	3.29	78	2.89	81	7.60	290.5
5	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3,051	715	211	150	.584	473	3.27	53	16	154	3433.0	3,015	1,247	1,354	280	1,001	54	204	83	14,085	145	8.00	2.62	3.05	0.73	21.7	7.1	1.17	.282	3.55	80	3.21	78	7.90	359.4
6	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	368.1
7	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2,939	600	257	198	.565	583	3.07	166	55	5	4170.0	3,592	1,422	1,576	325	1,071	64	12	96	16,975	89	6.34	2.31	2.74	0.70	17.3	6.3	1.12	.260	3.40	90	3.00	88	7.75	184.6
8	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2,912	740	268	230	.538	595	3.20	226	43	29	4622.1	4,224	1,645	1,922	392	1,458	108	81	83	19,238	200	5.67	2.84	2.00	0.76	15.1	7.6	1.23	.267	3.74	84	3.45	92	8.22	154.8
9	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2,607	682	305	203	.600	682	3.54	56	25	0	4413.1	4,298	1,734	1,900	356	1,500	66	0	145	18,604	65	5.32	3.06	1.74	0.73	14.0	8.1	1.31	.280	3.87	86	3.94	94	8.76	120.1
10	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	2,583	750	363	245	.597	665	3.09	382	63	28	5243.2	4,830	1,798	2,016	434	1,434	42	67	60	21,547	81	4.43	2.46	1.80	0.74	12.0	6.7	1.19	.258	3.46	84	3.44	94	8.29	124.4
11	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	2,507	636	373	188	.665	552	2.13	435	79	30	4788.2	4,219	1,135	1,620	89	848	59	73		18,913	115	4.71	1.59	2.96	0.17	13.3	4.5	1.06	.268	3.04	75	2.26	76	7.93	363
12	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	2,500	406	162	111	.593	333	3.30	79	19	10	2516.2	2,216	922	979	257	571	38	44	40	10,184	64	8.94	2.04	4.38	0.92	24.5	5.6	1.11	.287	3.50	78	3.11	73	7.92	315
13	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2,486	518	209	166	.557	465	2.95	167	49	6	3432.0	3,084	1,124	1,292	280	855	154	34	123	14,097	82	6.52	2.24	2.91	0.73	17.6	6.1	1.15	.272	3.39	83	3.02	88	8.09	162.2
14	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2,396	397	165	87	.655	314	2.76	137	40	9	2324.1	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	9.28	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	75	2.69	75	6.79	226.6
15	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2,359	387	135	132	.506	356	3.23	51	15	2	2364.2	1,810	848	969	145	1,140	68	10	45	9,942	127	8.98	4.34	2.07	0.55	23.7	11.5	1.25	.267	3.69	94	3.02	89	6.89	108.5
16	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,330	277	139	73	.656	270	2.92	43	18	0	1866.1	1,531	606	694	191	506	79	4	24	7,566	37	11.24	2.44	4.60	0.92	30.8	6.7	1.09	.300	3.35	66	2.84	64	7.38	330.5
17	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,282	460	238	141	.628	448	2.86	244	52	2	3449.2	3,092	1,095	1,297	317	695	38	10	81	13,992	51	5.95	1.81	3.28	0.83	16.3	5.0	1.10	.260	3.38	80	3.03	88	8.07	152.1
18	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,233	288	128	71	.643	279	2.93	11	4	0	1776.2	1,370	579	627	215	426	81	2	15	7,115	37	11.31	2.16	5.24	1.09	31.4	6.0	1.01	.278	3.18	69	3.07	73	6.94	224.6
19	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
20	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	2,198	696	373	208	.642	600	2.56	436	90	32	5190.0	4,868	1,476	1,852	165	951	70	81		20,893	38	3.81	1.65	2.31	0.29	10.5	4.6	1.12	.269	3.21	73	2.88	81	8.44	359.1
21	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
22	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,063	335	125	101	.553	334	3.30	15	7	0	2151.1	1,922	790	841	235	572	65	0	41	8,808	39	8.63	2.39	3.61	0.98	23.4	6.5	1.16	.287	3.52	81	3.50	85	8.04	148.6
23	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,050	409	169	133	.560	347	3.20	154	29	7	2688.1	2,412	956	1,066	273	603	52	31	78	10,956	37	6.86	2.02	3.40	0.91	18.7	5.5	1.12	.268	3.57	84	3.06	83	8.07	182.3
24	Dazzy Vance D. Vance	2,027	432	197	137	.590	346	3.23	216	29	12	2936.1	2,777	1,053	1,227	131	822	75	47		12,234	36	6.21	2.52	2.47	0.40	16.6	6.7	1.23	.288	3.76	81	3.18	78	8.51	290.4
25	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	1,996	431	160	156	.506	398	3.16	114	28	5	2868.0	2,620	1,007	1,145	209	914	55	14	100	11,900	74	6.26	2.87	2.18	0.66	16.8	7.7	1.23	.276	3.59	90	3.14	91	8.22	101.1