Chris Sale has the best career K/9, with 11.12 per nine innings.

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all-time k/9 with a minimum of 1500 IP leaders

	NAME	K/9	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	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	Chris Sale C. Sale	11.12	2139.0	402	151	91	.624	321	2.98	2,643	16	3	12	1,728	709	764	219	501	135	25	15	8,605	48	2.11	5.28	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.04	.295	3.21	70	2.88	69	7.27	308.1
2	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	10.82	1590.1	257	99	68	.593	257	2.59	1,912	4	2	0	1,211	457	494	156	353	25	0	14	6,242	32	2.00	5.42	0.88	30.6	5.7	0.98	.278	2.80	66	2.73	67	6.85	241.2
3	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	10.61	4135.1	618	303	166	.646	603	3.29	4,875	100	37	2	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	75	3.18	73	7.28	554.3
4	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	10.56	2981.2	488	221	120	.648	479	3.26	3,499	12	5	0	2,455	1,079	1,152	361	787	115	2	20	12,071	80	2.38	4.45	1.09	29.0	6.5	1.09	.286	3.48	78	3.26	78	7.41	294.2
5	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	10.50	1778.0	297	115	93	.553	297	3.65	2,075	2	1	0	1,460	721	756	231	563	83	0	8	7,305	83	2.85	3.69	1.17	28.4	7.7	1.14	.282	3.83	87	3.58	85	7.39	120
6	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	10.37	1954.0	317	153	80	.657	317	3.18	2,251	8	5	0	1,627	690	740	217	500	61	0	7	7,861	58	2.30	4.50	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.292	3.41	79	3.16	77	7.49	213.1
7	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	10.04	2827.1	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	3,154	46	17	3	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	66	2.91	68	7.07	454.6
8	Aaron Nola A. Nola	9.82	1761.1	294	111	92	.547	294	3.88	1,922	6	4	0	1,575	760	799	226	467	56	0	16	7,240	19	2.39	4.12	1.15	26.5	6.5	1.16	.295	4.08	92	3.54	83	8.05	143.8
9	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	9.62	2855.1	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	3,052	25	15	0	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.7
10	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	9.55	5386.0	807	324	292	.526	773	3.19	5,714	222	61	3	3,923	1,911	2,178	321	2,795	158	13	78	22,575	277	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	90	2.96	83	6.56	370.2
11	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	9.46	1760.0	288	116	75	.607	288	3.26	1,850	5	3	0	1,496	637	690	167	497	77	0	14	7,206	41	2.54	3.72	0.85	25.7	6.9	1.13	.288	3.53	81	3.27	79	7.65	170.8
12	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	9.46	1641.2	271	116	77	.601	260	3.44	1,725	18	8	1	1,486	627	684	177	368	65	4	9	6,688	31	2.02	4.69	0.97	25.8	5.5	1.13	.301	3.75	83	3.22	78	8.15	161.7
13	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	9.29	1682.0	278	110	89	.553	270	3.74	1,736	10	7	1	1,506	699	746	147	669	44	3	33	7,120	107	3.58	2.59	0.79	24.4	9.4	1.29	.300	3.99	99	3.44	90	8.06	81.5
14	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	9.28	2324.1	397	165	87	.655	314	2.76	2,396	137	40	9	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	75	2.69	75	6.79	226.6
15	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	9.18	1968.1	371	115	116	.498	332	3.80	2,007	4	2	0	1,886	832	890	239	544	38	11	11	8,217	65	2.49	3.69	1.09	24.4	6.6	1.23	.306	4.07	92	3.58	85	8.62	141.4
16	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	9.04	1689.2	337	112	105	.516	286	4.22	1,698	11	4	2	1,674	792	832	221	468	56	25	21	7,081	61	2.49	3.63	1.18	24.0	6.6	1.27	.313	4.43	101	3.76	90	8.92	74.6
17	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	9.04	2006.1	364	143	99	.591	340	3.74	2,015	4	2	1	1,856	834	916	231	704	89	4	21	8,520	61	3.16	2.86	1.04	23.7	8.3	1.28	.296	4.11	91	3.82	93	8.33	67.8
18	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	9.01	1813.2	419	112	114	.496	300	4.15	1,815	3	1	1	1,649	837	911	184	816	62	19	15	7,781	100	4.05	2.22	0.91	23.3	10.5	1.36	.299	4.52	101	3.88	95	8.18	39.3
19	Sonny Gray S. Gray	8.99	1958.0	347	130	103	.558	338	3.57	1,955	7	5	0	1,711	776	850	196	630	59	2	5	8,115	106	2.90	3.10	0.90	24.1	7.8	1.20	.287	3.91	86	3.51	85	7.86	138.1
20	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	8.96	3571.1	556	266	159	.626	556	3.33	3,554	26	9	0	3,052	1,322	1,433	372	1,006	121	0	28	14,626	100	2.54	3.53	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	79	3.44	81	7.69	309.9
21	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	8.86	2492.1	425	141	134	.513	346	3.17	2,453	103	23	14	1,948	879	999	164	1,312	59	39	74	10,587	140	4.74	1.87	0.59	23.2	12.4	1.31	.270	3.61	90	3.06	84	7.03	160.4
22	Johan Santana J. Santana	8.83	2025.2	360	139	78	.641	284	3.20	1,988	15	10	1	1,726	721	773	220	567	36	23	13	8,262	68	2.52	3.51	0.98	24.1	6.9	1.13	.276	3.43	74	3.43	81	7.67	187.6
23	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	8.73	1976.1	323	123	109	.530	318	4.24	1,918	16	9	0	1,768	932	993	251	908	38	2	31	8,462	109	4.13	2.11	1.14	22.7	10.7	1.35	.284	4.52	102	4.22	98	8.05	14.5
24	David Price D. Price	8.72	2143.2	400	157	82	.657	322	3.32	2,076	17	3	3	1,930	790	865	221	562	63	19	16	8,807	40	2.36	3.69	0.93	23.6	6.4	1.16	.290	3.63	81	3.38	83	8.10	165.9
25	Charlie Morton C. Morton	8.72	2267.2	416	147	134	.523	409	4.13	2,196	3	2	0	2,143	1,040	1,139	226	859	200	1	27	9,755	72	3.41	2.56	0.90	22.5	8.8	1.32	.306	4.52	103	3.89	97	8.51	37.5

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