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

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highest K/9 with a minimum of 1500 IP by an MLB pitcher career

	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	2182.0	410	154	94	.621	329	2.97	2,696	16	3	12	1,776	721	779	221	512	139	25	15	8,792	48	2.11	5.27	0.91	30.7	5.8	1.05	.298	3.21	70	2.87	68	7.33	318.1
2	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	10.83	1640.1	266	103	70	.595	266	2.63	1,973	4	2	0	1,253	479	516	162	367	25	0	15	6,446	33	2.01	5.38	0.89	30.6	5.7	0.99	.278	2.83	67	2.74	67	6.87	248
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	Robbie Ray R. Ray	10.61	1547.2	284	96	87	.525	279	3.90	1,824	2	1	0	1,333	671	720	231	660	51	1	19	6,540	63	3.84	2.76	1.34	27.9	10.1	1.29	.292	4.19	93	4.11	100	7.75	-3
5	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	10.56	2985.0	489	221	121	.646	480	3.27	3,503	12	5	0	2,460	1,084	1,157	363	790	115	2	20	12,089	80	2.38	4.43	1.09	29.0	6.5	1.09	.287	3.49	79	3.27	79	7.42	291.8
6	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
7	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	10.33	2003.0	326	156	84	.650	326	3.20	2,298	8	5	0	1,675	712	762	225	511	62	0	7	8,068	58	2.30	4.50	1.01	28.5	6.3	1.09	.292	3.42	79	3.18	77	7.53	214.4
8	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
9	Aaron Nola A. Nola	9.82	1812.2	304	112	95	.541	304	3.93	1,978	6	4	0	1,630	792	833	237	480	57	0	16	7,464	20	2.38	4.12	1.18	26.5	6.4	1.16	.296	4.14	93	3.57	83	8.09	143.5
10	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
11	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
12	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	9.53	1821.1	298	123	76	.618	298	3.22	1,928	5	3	0	1,536	652	705	176	512	78	0	14	7,441	42	2.53	3.77	0.87	25.9	6.9	1.12	.286	3.48	80	3.26	79	7.59	178.6
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	9.21	2023.1	381	116	121	.489	342	3.84	2,070	4	2	0	1,940	864	925	248	567	39	11	12	8,456	65	2.52	3.65	1.10	24.5	6.7	1.24	.306	4.11	93	3.60	85	8.63	141.6
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	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	8.99	1704.0	343	112	105	.516	286	4.24	1,703	11	4	2	1,694	803	843	224	471	58	29	21	7,146	61	2.49	3.62	1.18	23.8	6.6	1.27	.313	4.45	102	3.78	91	8.95	71.3
20	Sonny Gray S. Gray	8.98	2013.2	356	136	103	.569	347	3.53	2,010	7	5	0	1,756	790	864	202	645	60	2	5	8,334	106	2.88	3.12	0.90	24.1	7.7	1.19	.287	3.86	85	3.51	85	7.85	143.3
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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

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