Chris Sale has the highest career K/9, with 11.13 per nine innings.

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highest k/9 with a minimum of 1500 IP by a player all-time

	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	11.13	2228.0	417	158	97	.620	336	2.95	2,756	17	4	12	1,808	730	788	221	515	142	25	15	8,965	48	2.08	5.35	0.89	30.7	5.7	1.04	.298	3.18	69	2.83	67	7.30	334.6
2	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	10.83	1670.0	273	105	74	.587	273	2.70	2,010	4	2	0	1,290	501	538	163	382	25	0	16	6,585	33	2.06	5.26	0.88	30.5	5.8	1.00	.281	2.90	69	2.74	67	6.95	252.5
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	10.55	1584.0	291	99	88	.529	286	3.88	1,856	2	1	0	1,368	682	733	235	678	52	1	19	6,697	65	3.85	2.74	1.34	27.7	10.1	1.29	.292	4.16	92	4.11	100	7.77	-3.3
5	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	10.53	3013.0	495	221	124	.641	486	3.28	3,525	12	5	0	2,485	1,098	1,171	366	804	115	2	20	12,212	82	2.40	4.38	1.09	28.9	6.6	1.09	.286	3.50	79	3.28	79	7.42	291
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	2052.2	334	160	87	.648	334	3.18	2,356	8	5	0	1,712	725	776	230	521	63	0	7	8,263	58	2.28	4.52	1.01	28.5	6.3	1.09	.291	3.40	79	3.17	77	7.51	222.4
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	1858.2	312	114	99	.535	312	3.92	2,029	6	4	0	1,673	810	851	249	498	57	0	18	7,655	20	2.41	4.07	1.21	26.5	6.5	1.17	.295	4.12	93	3.61	84	8.10	138.2
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	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	9.56	1852.2	305	123	80	.606	305	3.29	1,968	5	3	0	1,572	677	731	185	528	79	0	14	7,585	43	2.56	3.73	0.90	25.9	7.0	1.13	.287	3.55	82	3.31	80	7.64	173.3
12	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
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	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	9.41	1528.2	267	87	94	.481	264	3.68	1,598	1	0	0	1,338	625	686	195	490	53	2	9	6,349	21	2.88	3.26	1.15	25.2	7.7	1.20	.285	4.04	89	3.79	91	7.88	68.8
15	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
16	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
17	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	9.18	2061.1	388	119	124	.490	349	3.86	2,103	4	2	0	1,984	883	945	251	576	39	11	12	8,619	65	2.51	3.65	1.10	24.4	6.7	1.24	.307	4.13	93	3.59	85	8.66	145.6
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	Sonny Gray S. Gray	8.96	2061.2	364	141	106	.571	355	3.53	2,053	7	5	0	1,807	808	882	207	658	62	2	5	8,538	107	2.87	3.12	0.90	24.0	7.7	1.20	.288	3.85	85	3.51	85	7.89	145.9
22	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	310
23	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
24	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
25	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

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