pitcher most strikeouts in a season since 1999, combine regular season and playoffs

Since 1999, Randy Johnson has struck out the most hitters in a combined regular-season and postseason, with 419 strikeouts in 2001.

	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	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	419	2001	ARI	41	26	7	.788	39	2.35	5	4	0	291.0	206	76	81	21	79	18	2	2	1,150	8	12.96	2.44	5.30	0.65	36.4	6.9	0.98	.302	2.51	47	1.82	41	6.37	63.9
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	375	1999	ARI	36	17	10	.630	36	2.64	12	2	0	280.0	215	82	93	32	73	9	0	3	1,115	4	12.05	2.35	5.14	1.03	33.6	6.5	1.03	.292	2.99	52	2.67	57	6.91	57.2
3	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	373	2019	HOU	38	24	6	.800	38	2.39	0	0	0	249.0	163	66	73	33	59	3	0	0	955	4	13.48	2.13	6.32	1.19	39.1	6.2	0.89	.267	2.64	47	2.24	50	5.89	45
4	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	349	2001	ARI	41	26	6	.813	41	2.69	9	2	0	305.0	262	91	92	40	45	2	0	0	1,197	4	10.30	1.33	7.76	1.18	29.2	3.8	1.01	.292	2.71	55	2.61	59	7.73	38
5	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	347	2000	ARI	35	19	7	.731	35	2.64	8	3	0	248.2	202	73	89	23	76	6	0	1	1,001	5	12.56	2.75	4.57	0.83	34.7	7.6	1.12	.326	3.22	56	2.53	53	7.31	61.1
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	338	2019	HOU	40	22	10	.688	40	2.82	2	1	0	258.1	167	81	83	44	56	6	0	0	993	4	11.78	1.95	6.04	1.53	34.0	5.6	0.86	.224	2.89	49	2.81	62	5.82	31.5
7	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	338	2002	ARI	36	24	6	.800	36	2.44	8	4	0	266.0	207	72	84	28	73	13	0	2	1,065	3	11.44	2.47	4.63	0.95	31.7	6.9	1.05	.292	2.84	53	2.59	60	7.00	47
8	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	336	1999	BOS	34	25	4	.862	31	1.91	5	1	0	230.1	165	49	56	9	43	9	2	1	897	6	13.13	1.68	7.81	0.35	37.5	4.8	0.90	.312	2.19	39	1.28	28	6.45	79.4
9	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	323	2002	ARI	37	23	7	.767	36	3.18	5	1	0	266.1	225	94	96	30	34	4	0	1	1,047	6	10.91	1.15	9.50	1.01	30.9	3.2	0.97	.297	3.24	73	2.32	54	7.60	54.3
10	Chris Sale C. Sale	320	2017	BOS	34	17	10	.630	33	3.13	1	0	0	224.0	178	78	82	28	44	8	0	0	894	3	12.86	1.77	7.27	1.13	35.8	4.9	0.99	.304	3.29	60	2.34	54	7.15	45.5
11	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	320	2015	LAD	35	17	8	.680	35	2.16	4	3	0	246.1	170	59	66	17	47	5	0	1	943	9	11.69	1.72	6.81	0.62	33.9	5.0	0.88	.276	2.41	54	1.87	49	6.21	47.7
12	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	307	2018	HOU	37	18	10	.643	37	2.65	1	1	0	231.1	167	68	71	30	45	8	0	0	904	7	11.94	1.75	6.82	1.17	34.0	5.0	0.92	.267	2.76	57	2.57	62	6.50	33
13	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	300	2018	WSH	33	18	7	.720	33	2.53	2	1	0	220.2	150	62	66	23	51	12	0	4	866	4	12.24	2.08	5.88	0.94	34.6	5.9	0.91	.265	2.69	62	2.65	64	6.12	36.1
14	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	298	2019	WSH	39	23	6	.793	38	3.12	0	0	0	245.1	191	85	88	28	60	10	0	5	983	9	10.93	2.20	4.97	1.03	30.3	6.1	1.02	.278	3.23	64	2.76	62	7.01	28.3
15	Kerry Wood K. Wood	297	2003	CHC	36	16	12	.571	36	3.32	4	2	0	238.2	173	88	90	26	114	21	0	2	1,005	11	11.20	4.30	2.61	0.98	29.6	11.3	1.20	.269	3.39	66	3.27	75	6.52	15.8
16	Spencer Strider S. Strider	296	2023	ATL	34	19	7	.731	34	3.79	0	0	0	199.1	158	84	90	26	63	10	0	2	815	7	13.36	2.84	4.70	1.17	36.3	7.7	1.11	.314	4.06	82	2.67	62	7.13	30.3
17	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	296	2016	WSH	36	20	8	.714	36	3.00	1	0	0	240.1	175	80	82	34	58	7	0	2	949	3	11.08	2.17	5.10	1.27	31.2	6.1	0.97	.255	3.07	66	3.07	74	6.55	22.7
18	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	293	2018	HOU	34	16	6	.727	34	2.91	1	1	0	213.1	152	69	74	20	66	7	0	0	850	9	12.36	2.78	4.44	0.84	34.5	7.8	1.02	.284	3.12	66	2.53	61	6.41	32.7
19	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	290	2004	ARI	35	16	14	.533	35	2.60	4	2	0	245.2	177	71	88	18	44	10	0	1	964	3	10.62	1.61	6.59	0.66	30.1	4.6	0.90	.264	3.22	57	2.29	51	6.48	59.7
20	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	284	2000	BOS	29	18	6	.750	29	1.74	7	4	0	217.0	128	42	44	17	32	14	0	0	817	1	11.78	1.33	8.88	0.71	34.8	3.9	0.74	.236	1.82	35	2.16	47	5.31	61.5
21	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	280	2022	NYY	36	15	9	.625	36	3.45	0	0	0	219.0	169	84	89	36	54	4	0	0	870	2	11.51	2.22	5.19	1.48	32.2	6.2	1.02	.268	3.66	84	3.17	80	6.95	11.5
22	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	280	2019	WSH	33	14	7	.667	32	2.85	0	0	0	202.1	165	64	67	22	48	7	0	3	818	1	12.45	2.14	5.83	0.98	34.2	5.9	1.05	.310	2.98	56	2.08	46	7.34	38.6
23	David Price D. Price	277	2014	TOT	35	15	13	.536	35	3.23	3	0	0	256.1	235	92	102	26	40	6	0	1	1,040	2	9.73	1.40	6.93	0.91	26.6	3.8	1.07	.302	3.58	84	2.69	72	8.25	26.2
24	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	277	2013	TEX	32	13	9	.591	32	2.83	0	0	0	209.2	145	66	68	26	80	8	0	1	841	7	11.89	3.43	3.46	1.12	32.9	9.5	1.07	.264	2.92	67	3.27	80	6.22	18.5
25	Johan Santana J. Santana	277	2004	MIN	36	21	6	.778	36	2.51	1	1	0	240.0	170	67	71	24	58	10	0	0	932	7	10.39	2.18	4.78	0.90	29.7	6.2	0.95	.259	2.66	53	2.77	63	6.38	38.1