Eric Gagne has the highest K/9 by a Cy Young winner in a season, with 14.98 per nine innings in 2003.

Interpreted as:

Highest k/9 for a cy young award in a regular season by a player

	NAME	K/9	CY	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Eric Gagne E. Gagne	14.98	1	2003	LAD	77	2	3	.400	0	1.20	137	0	0	55	82.1	37	11	12	2	20	3	67	2	306	2	2.19	6.85	0.22	44.8	6.5	0.69	.243	1.31	30	0.85	20	4.04	31.8
2	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	14.20	1	2020	CLE	12	8	1	.889	12	1.63	122	0	0	0	77.1	46	14	15	7	21	1	0	0	297	5	2.44	5.81	0.81	41.1	7.1	0.87	.267	1.75	37	2.06	46	5.35	20.5
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	13.41	1	2001	ARI	35	21	6	.778	34	2.49	372	3	2	0	249.2	181	69	74	19	71	18	1	2	994	8	2.56	5.24	0.68	37.4	7.1	1.01	.315	2.67	55	2.12	48	6.52	63.9
4	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	13.20	1	1999	BOS	31	23	4	.852	29	2.07	313	5	1	0	213.1	160	49	56	9	37	9	1	1	835	6	1.56	8.46	0.38	37.5	4.4	0.92	.323	2.36	42	1.38	30	6.75	79.4
5	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	12.61	1	2021	MIL	28	11	5	.688	28	2.43	234	0	0	0	167.0	123	45	47	7	34	6	0	0	657	5	1.83	6.88	0.38	35.6	5.2	0.94	.309	2.53	58	1.62	38	6.63	48.9
6	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	12.56	1	2000	ARI	35	19	7	.731	35	2.64	347	8	3	0	248.2	202	73	89	23	76	6	0	1	1,001	5	2.75	4.57	0.83	34.7	7.6	1.12	.326	3.22	56	2.53	53	7.31	61.1
7	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	12.35	1	1995	SEA	30	18	2	.900	30	2.48	294	6	3	0	214.1	159	59	65	12	65	6	0	1	866	5	2.73	4.52	0.50	33.9	7.5	1.05	.301	2.73	53	2.08	44	6.68	62
8	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	12.33	1	2020	CIN	11	5	4	.556	11	1.73	100	2	2	0	73.0	41	14	17	9	17	3	0	1	278	3	2.10	5.88	1.11	36.0	6.1	0.79	.215	2.10	36	2.87	61	5.05	14.1
9	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	12.11	1	2019	HOU	34	21	6	.778	34	2.58	300	2	1	0	223.0	137	64	66	36	42	6	0	0	847	4	1.70	7.14	1.45	35.4	5.0	0.80	.218	2.66	57	3.26	72	5.53	31.5
10	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	12.06	1	1999	ARI	35	17	9	.654	35	2.48	364	12	2	0	271.2	207	75	86	30	70	9	0	3	1,079	4	2.32	5.20	0.99	33.7	6.5	1.02	.292	2.85	53	2.75	59	6.86	57.2
11	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	12.02	1	2017	WSH	31	16	6	.727	31	2.51	268	2	0	0	200.2	126	56	62	22	55	11	0	2	780	4	2.47	4.87	0.99	34.4	7.1	0.90	.245	2.78	57	2.89	66	5.65	33.2
12	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	11.78	1	2000	BOS	29	18	6	.750	29	1.74	284	7	4	0	217.0	128	42	44	17	32	14	0	0	817	1	1.33	8.88	0.71	34.8	3.9	0.74	.236	1.82	35	2.16	47	5.31	61.5
13	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	11.71	1	2017	CLE	29	18	4	.818	29	2.25	265	5	3	0	203.2	141	51	56	21	36	5	0	2	777	4	1.59	7.36	0.93	34.1	4.6	0.87	.267	2.47	50	2.49	57	6.23	42.8
14	Blake Snell B. Snell	11.70	1	2023	SDP	32	14	9	.609	32	2.25	234	0	0	0	180.0	115	45	47	15	99	3	0	0	742	13	4.95	2.36	0.75	31.5	13.3	1.19	.256	2.35	54	3.43	79	5.75	18
15	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	11.56	1	2002	ARI	35	24	5	.828	35	2.32	334	8	4	0	260.0	197	67	78	26	71	13	0	1	1,035	3	2.46	4.70	0.90	32.3	6.9	1.03	.289	2.70	54	2.65	61	6.82	47
16	Robbie Ray R. Ray	11.54	1	2021	TOR	32	13	7	.650	32	2.84	248	0	0	0	193.1	150	61	62	33	52	4	0	0	773	5	2.42	4.77	1.54	32.1	6.7	1.04	.268	2.89	63	3.68	87	6.98	11.8
17	Chris Sale C. Sale	11.40	1	2024	ATL	29	18	3	.857	29	2.38	225	0	0	0	177.2	141	47	48	9	39	8	0	0	702	4	1.98	5.77	0.46	32.1	5.6	1.01	.314	2.43	57	2.08	52	7.14	38.1
18	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	11.37	1	1997	MON	31	17	8	.680	31	1.90	305	13	4	0	241.1	158	51	65	16	67	9	0	5	947	3	2.50	4.55	0.60	32.2	7.1	0.93	.258	2.42	45	2.38	57	5.89	49
19	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	11.25	1	2019	NYM	32	11	8	.579	32	2.43	255	0	0	0	204.0	154	55	59	19	44	7	0	1	804	2	1.94	5.80	0.84	31.7	5.5	0.97	.282	2.60	60	2.66	62	6.79	37.8
20	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	11.19	1	2016	WSH	34	20	7	.741	34	2.96	284	1	0	0	228.1	165	75	77	31	56	6	0	2	902	2	2.21	5.07	1.22	31.5	6.2	0.97	.255	3.04	70	3.23	78	6.50	22.7
21	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	11.16	1	2018	NYM	32	10	9	.526	32	1.70	269	1	0	0	217.0	152	41	48	10	46	5	0	3	835	2	1.91	5.85	0.41	32.2	5.5	0.91	.281	1.99	44	1.98	50	6.30	49
22	Blake Snell B. Snell	11.01	1	2018	TBR	31	21	5	.808	31	1.89	221	0	0	0	180.2	112	38	41	16	64	1	0	2	700	13	3.19	3.45	0.80	31.6	9.1	0.97	.241	2.04	46	2.94	72	5.58	23.1
23	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	10.85	1	2014	LAD	27	21	3	.875	27	1.77	239	6	2	0	198.1	139	39	42	9	31	2	0	0	749	7	1.41	7.71	0.41	31.9	4.1	0.86	.278	1.91	51	1.81	50	6.31	40.5
24	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	10.69	1	2024	DET	31	18	4	.818	31	2.39	228	0	0	0	192.0	142	51	54	15	35	9	0	0	753	2	1.64	6.51	0.70	30.3	4.6	0.92	.273	2.53	60	2.49	61	6.66	33.5
25	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	10.51	1	2008	SFG	34	18	5	.783	33	2.62	265	2	1	0	227.0	182	66	72	11	84	6	0	1	928	17	3.33	3.15	0.44	28.6	9.1	1.17	.304	2.85	61	2.61	62	7.22	41.5