who were the top 25 nl pitchers with the most strikeouts in 2021

Zack Wheeler fanned the most batters in the NL in a season in 2021, with 247 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	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	247	2021	PHI	32	14	10	.583	32	2.78	3	2	0	213.1	169	66	72	16	46	8	0	1	849	6	10.42	1.94	5.37	0.68	29.1	5.4	1.01	.288	3.04	66	2.58	60	7.13	40.7
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	236	2021	TOT	30	15	4	.789	30	2.46	1	0	0	179.1	119	49	53	23	36	10	0	0	693	2	11.84	1.81	6.56	1.15	34.1	5.2	0.86	.247	2.66	59	2.97	69	5.97	26
3	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	234	2021	MIL	28	11	5	.688	28	2.43	0	0	0	167.0	123	45	47	7	34	6	0	0	657	5	12.61	1.83	6.88	0.38	35.6	5.2	0.94	.309	2.53	58	1.62	38	6.63	48.9
4	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	227	2021	SFG	33	14	6	.700	33	2.81	0	0	0	192.0	150	60	66	20	50	4	0	1	775	7	10.64	2.34	4.54	0.94	29.3	6.5	1.04	.274	3.09	70	3.00	74	7.03	23.5
5	Aaron Nola A. Nola	223	2021	PHI	32	9	9	.500	32	4.63	1	1	0	180.2	165	93	95	26	39	9	0	1	749	0	11.11	1.94	5.72	1.30	29.8	5.2	1.13	.308	4.73	110	3.36	78	8.22	19.1
6	Charlie Morton C. Morton	216	2021	ATL	33	14	6	.700	33	3.34	0	0	0	185.2	136	69	77	16	58	17	0	1	756	5	10.47	2.81	3.72	0.78	28.6	7.7	1.04	.267	3.73	79	3.17	75	6.59	21.4
7	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	212	2021	LAD	33	16	4	.800	33	2.47	0	0	0	207.2	149	57	61	19	52	6	0	2	815	5	9.19	2.25	4.08	0.82	26.0	6.4	0.97	.247	2.64	61	3.15	74	6.46	26
8	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	211	2021	MIL	30	9	10	.474	30	2.56	0	0	0	179.1	130	51	54	18	43	7	0	0	708	2	10.59	2.16	4.91	0.90	29.8	6.1	0.96	.261	2.71	61	2.95	69	6.52	26.4
9	Tyler Mahle T. Mahle	210	2021	CIN	33	13	6	.684	33	3.75	0	0	0	180.0	158	75	78	24	64	10	0	0	759	4	10.50	3.20	3.28	1.20	27.7	8.4	1.23	.297	3.90	85	3.80	85	7.90	12.9
10	Joe Musgrove J. Musgrove	203	2021	SDP	32	11	9	.550	31	3.18	2	2	0	181.1	142	64	68	22	54	18	1	3	748	3	10.08	2.68	3.76	1.09	27.1	7.2	1.08	.266	3.38	81	3.69	88	7.05	10.2
11	Sandy Alcantara S. Alcantara	201	2021	MIA	33	9	15	.375	33	3.19	1	0	0	205.2	171	73	85	21	50	10	0	2	837	6	8.80	2.19	4.02	0.92	24.0	6.0	1.07	.270	3.72	76	3.41	82	7.48	17.2
12	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	199	2021	SDP	30	8	11	.421	30	4.22	0	0	0	166.1	138	78	81	28	44	8	0	1	681	9	10.77	2.38	4.52	1.52	29.2	6.5	1.09	.274	4.38	107	3.90	93	7.47	5.6
13	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	195	2021	MIL	28	10	5	.667	27	2.81	1	0	0	144.1	84	45	47	14	56	11	0	1	580	4	12.16	3.49	3.48	0.87	33.6	9.7	0.97	.230	2.93	67	3.11	73	5.24	18.6
14	Julio Urías J. Urías	195	2021	LAD	32	20	3	.870	32	2.96	0	0	0	185.2	151	61	67	19	38	7	0	3	745	2	9.45	1.84	5.13	0.92	26.2	5.1	1.02	.272	3.25	73	3.12	73	7.32	23.8
15	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	192	2021	CIN	33	8	16	.333	33	3.98	0	0	0	187.2	181	83	94	19	75	7	0	4	803	1	9.21	3.60	2.56	0.91	23.9	9.3	1.36	.318	4.51	90	3.74	84	8.68	14.5
16	Germán Márquez G. Márquez	176	2021	COL	32	12	11	.522	32	4.40	3	1	0	180.0	165	88	92	21	64	4	0	5	756	15	8.80	3.20	2.75	1.05	23.3	8.5	1.27	.293	4.60	91	3.86	87	8.25	11.7
17	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	174	2021	STL	32	17	7	.708	32	3.05	3	1	0	206.1	168	70	72	21	50	9	0	3	828	4	7.59	2.18	3.48	0.92	21.0	6.0	1.06	.256	3.14	75	3.66	88	7.33	11.5
18	Blake Snell B. Snell	170	2021	SDP	27	7	6	.538	27	4.20	0	0	0	128.2	101	60	61	16	69	3	0	1	550	7	11.89	4.83	2.46	1.12	30.9	12.5	1.32	.291	4.27	106	3.82	91	7.06	5.5
19	Max Fried M. Fried	158	2021	ATL	28	14	7	.667	28	3.04	2	2	0	165.2	139	56	61	15	41	7	0	0	667	7	8.58	2.23	3.85	0.81	23.7	6.1	1.09	.278	3.31	72	3.30	79	7.55	16.6
20	Marcus Stroman M. Stroman	158	2021	NYM	33	10	13	.435	33	3.02	0	0	0	179.0	161	60	70	17	44	7	0	2	730	7	7.94	2.21	3.59	0.85	21.6	6.0	1.15	.286	3.52	76	3.49	83	8.09	14.2
21	Logan Webb L. Webb	158	2021	SFG	27	11	3	.786	26	3.03	0	0	0	148.1	128	50	53	9	36	8	0	0	596	2	9.59	2.18	4.39	0.55	26.5	6.0	1.11	.309	3.22	75	2.71	67	7.77	23.1
22	Jon Gray J. Gray	157	2021	COL	29	8	12	.400	29	4.59	0	0	0	149.0	140	76	83	21	58	8	0	2	644	7	9.48	3.50	2.71	1.27	24.4	9.0	1.33	.298	5.01	95	4.22	95	8.46	4
23	Trevor Rogers T. Rogers	157	2021	MIA	25	7	8	.467	25	2.64	0	0	0	133.0	107	39	46	6	46	5	0	2	550	4	10.62	3.11	3.41	0.41	28.5	8.4	1.15	.301	3.11	63	2.54	61	7.24	24.3
24	Sonny Gray S. Gray	155	2021	CIN	26	7	9	.438	26	4.19	0	0	0	135.1	115	63	67	19	50	8	0	1	575	9	10.31	3.33	3.10	1.26	27.0	8.7	1.22	.280	4.46	95	3.98	89	7.65	7
25	Anthony DeSclafani A. DeSclafani	152	2021	SFG	31	13	7	.650	31	3.17	2	2	0	167.2	141	59	61	19	42	2	0	1	676	7	8.16	2.25	3.62	1.02	22.5	6.2	1.09	.265	3.27	79	3.61	89	7.57	8.6

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	94	68	.580
Phillies	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0

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Contreras

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Playoffs RBI Leaders

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Contreras

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Playoffs Hit Leaders

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Contreras

17

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Playoffs Run Leaders

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Díaz

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2

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Rasmussen

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Ashby

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182

Rasmussen

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Contreras

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Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

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Contreras

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Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - y	98	64	.605
Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
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Guardians - y	85	77	.525
White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
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Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0