current strikeout leaders by active players all-time

Justin Verlander has struck out the most career batters by an active pitcher, with 3,553 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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,553	555	266	158	.627	555	3.32	26	9	0	3567.2	3,046	1,317	1,428	371	1,004	121	0	28	14,607	99	8.96	2.53	3.54	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.60	79	3.43	81	7.68	310.9
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,489	483	220	117	.653	474	3.22	12	5	0	2963.0	2,433	1,059	1,132	354	779	114	2	20	11,987	80	10.60	2.37	4.48	1.08	29.1	6.5	1.08	.287	3.44	77	3.23	78	7.39	302.5
3	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,579	393	145	88	.622	312	3.01	16	3	12	2084.0	1,692	697	750	213	487	130	25	15	8,389	48	11.14	2.10	5.30	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.24	70	2.87	68	7.31	303.3
4	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,251	317	153	80	.657	317	3.18	8	5	0	1954.0	1,627	690	740	217	500	61	0	8	7,861	58	10.37	2.30	4.50	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.292	3.41	79	3.16	77	7.49	213.5
5	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,196	416	147	134	.523	409	4.13	3	2	0	2267.2	2,143	1,040	1,139	226	859	200	1	27	9,755	72	8.72	3.41	2.56	0.90	22.5	8.8	1.32	.306	4.52	103	3.89	97	8.51	36.6
6	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2,075	297	115	93	.553	297	3.65	2	1	0	1778.0	1,460	721	756	231	563	83	0	8	7,305	83	10.50	2.85	3.69	1.17	28.4	7.7	1.14	.282	3.83	87	3.58	85	7.39	120
7	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,954	361	112	113	.498	322	3.81	4	2	0	1911.0	1,835	810	866	233	535	38	11	11	7,986	64	9.20	2.52	3.65	1.10	24.5	6.7	1.24	.307	4.08	92	3.59	85	8.64	132.7
8	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,925	339	125	102	.551	330	3.58	7	5	0	1918.0	1,675	763	836	192	621	57	2	5	7,952	106	9.03	2.91	3.10	0.90	24.2	7.8	1.20	.288	3.92	87	3.51	85	7.86	136.2
9	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,876	285	109	89	.551	285	3.83	6	4	0	1715.2	1,522	730	769	217	449	56	0	16	7,039	18	9.84	2.36	4.18	1.14	26.7	6.4	1.15	.294	4.03	91	3.50	82	7.98	147.1
10	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,860	373	110	142	.437	354	4.51	7	2	2	2047.2	2,179	1,025	1,102	284	630	51	10	24	8,809	67	8.18	2.77	2.95	1.25	21.1	7.2	1.37	.317	4.84	107	4.13	99	9.58	9.7
11	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,851	248	96	65	.596	248	2.57	4	2	0	1539.2	1,173	440	477	146	345	25	0	13	6,045	30	10.82	2.02	5.37	0.85	30.6	5.7	0.99	.279	2.79	66	2.70	66	6.86	239.4
12	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,820	283	113	75	.601	283	3.28	5	3	0	1728.1	1,475	630	683	166	490	76	0	14	7,086	41	9.48	2.55	3.71	0.86	25.7	6.9	1.14	.289	3.56	82	3.28	80	7.68	164.6
13	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,816	383	113	110	.507	357	3.76	2	2	0	2101.1	2,043	877	949	219	641	58	7	23	8,812	75	7.78	2.75	2.83	0.94	20.6	7.3	1.28	.300	4.06	91	3.76	90	8.75	91.5
14	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,734	265	88	81	.521	261	3.94	2	1	0	1441.0	1,250	631	674	216	608	51	1	19	6,097	60	10.83	3.80	2.85	1.35	28.4	10.0	1.29	.296	4.21	94	4.06	99	7.81	5.1
15	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,493	243	83	84	.497	243	3.55	1	0	0	1410.2	1,208	557	608	174	453	48	0	8	5,824	19	9.53	2.89	3.30	1.11	25.6	7.8	1.18	.283	3.88	86	3.72	88	7.71	78.1
16	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,487	316	102	84	.548	297	3.89	5	3	0	1702.1	1,661	736	780	188	466	55	5	17	7,124	54	7.86	2.46	3.19	0.99	20.9	6.5	1.25	.299	4.12	95	3.75	92	8.78	66.2
17	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,481	275	108	82	.568	273	4.08	5	1	0	1571.2	1,474	713	765	219	473	98	0	7	6,607	35	8.48	2.71	3.13	1.25	22.4	7.2	1.24	.289	4.38	97	4.18	99	8.44	14.3
18	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,440	222	81	62	.566	222	3.15	1	1	0	1158.0	891	405	440	111	521	11	0	6	4,791	86	11.19	4.05	2.76	0.86	30.1	10.9	1.22	.288	3.42	77	3.31	79	6.92	111.7
19	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	1,416	309	110	75	.595	288	3.89	2	2	0	1627.1	1,571	703	746	194	503	42	4	18	6,846	43	7.83	2.78	2.82	1.07	20.7	7.3	1.27	.294	4.13	96	3.96	97	8.69	17.3
20	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,409	231	93	72	.564	226	3.73	3	1	0	1282.0	1,085	532	574	159	477	65	1	5	5,378	65	9.89	3.35	2.95	1.12	26.2	8.9	1.22	.283	4.03	90	3.83	90	7.62	58.2
21	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	1,373	307	105	91	.536	301	3.79	6	4	0	1745.0	1,668	734	788	209	407	69	4	19	7,213	12	7.08	2.10	3.37	1.08	19.0	5.6	1.19	.283	4.06	92	3.96	96	8.60	34.9
22	Wade Miley W. Miley	1,368	320	109	99	.524	312	4.09	3	2	0	1757.1	1,783	798	855	198	611	46	3	10	7,519	58	7.01	3.13	2.24	1.01	18.2	8.1	1.36	.299	4.38	98	4.16	101	9.13	-6.3
23	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,331	863	60	47	.561	0	2.52	0	0	367	821.1	475	230	255	54	408	33	563	7	3,341	87	14.58	4.47	3.26	0.59	39.8	12.2	1.08	.278	2.79	61	2.36	57	5.20	161.8
24	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	1,329	254	69	76	.476	209	4.47	2	0	3	1211.0	1,107	602	631	197	427	34	13	7	5,107	53	9.88	3.17	3.11	1.46	26.0	8.4	1.27	.292	4.69	105	4.22	100	8.23	1.1
25	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	1,297	241	94	66	.588	235	4.19	0	0	0	1304.2	1,280	607	641	167	455	32	1	9	5,579	17	8.95	3.14	2.85	1.15	23.2	8.2	1.33	.307	4.42	95	3.96	95	8.83	34.8