highest k/9 by a pitcher in the 2020's min 400 ip

Spencer Strider has the best K/9 when pitching at least 400 innings this decade, with 12.24 per nine innings.

	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	Spencer Strider S. Strider	12.24	494.0	98	43	26	.623	85	3.86	672	0	0	0	401	212	222	61	180	21	3	2	2,046	15	3.28	3.73	1.11	32.8	8.8	1.18	.306	4.04	91	3.27	79	7.31	47.6
2	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	11.96	570.1	101	38	21	.644	101	3.36	758	0	0	0	388	213	220	67	191	5	0	1	2,265	47	3.01	3.97	1.06	33.5	8.4	1.02	.258	3.47	81	3.07	73	6.12	71.1
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	11.94	600.2	108	41	27	.603	108	2.92	797	1	1	0	418	195	203	71	125	7	0	3	2,327	13	1.87	6.38	1.06	34.3	5.4	0.90	.261	3.04	73	2.68	64	6.26	100
4	Blake Snell B. Snell	11.79	694.2	134	47	35	.573	134	3.01	910	1	1	0	508	232	247	61	323	10	0	2	2,875	49	4.18	2.82	0.79	31.7	11.2	1.20	.285	3.20	75	3.13	75	6.58	79.3
5	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	11.61	454.1	142	30	27	.526	70	3.17	586	1	1	0	378	160	174	50	130	15	18	2	1,863	17	2.58	4.51	0.99	31.5	7.0	1.12	.303	3.45	76	2.95	70	7.49	63.5
6	Tanner Scott T. Scott	11.32	408.0	430	29	30	.492	0	3.24	513	0	0	103	315	147	168	33	186	23	188	15	1,716	21	4.10	2.76	0.73	29.9	10.8	1.23	.293	3.71	77	3.23	76	6.95	46
7	Chris Sale C. Sale	11.26	617.0	108	50	24	.676	107	2.74	772	1	1	0	509	188	204	51	144	47	0	1	2,493	10	2.10	5.36	0.74	31.0	5.8	1.06	.310	2.98	64	2.65	64	7.42	102.4
8	Dylan Cease D. Cease	11.25	1111.1	203	72	57	.558	203	3.53	1,389	4	4	0	884	436	485	117	473	36	0	8	4,663	57	3.83	2.94	0.95	29.8	10.1	1.22	.290	3.93	85	3.39	80	7.16	102.4
9	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	11.23	562.2	104	43	20	.683	104	2.78	702	1	1	0	405	174	186	54	186	29	0	2	2,268	47	2.98	3.77	0.86	31.0	8.2	1.05	.271	2.98	66	3.05	71	6.48	73.8
10	Hunter Greene H. Greene	11.18	523.1	96	27	31	.466	96	3.82	650	2	2	0	415	222	233	74	188	39	0	0	2,181	22	3.23	3.46	1.27	29.8	8.6	1.15	.277	4.01	87	3.81	88	7.14	30.2
11	Cole Ragans C. Ragans	10.86	419.1	91	22	24	.478	74	3.76	506	1	0	0	339	175	188	45	167	10	1	2	1,736	22	3.58	3.03	0.97	29.1	9.6	1.21	.292	4.03	90	3.41	82	7.28	35
12	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	10.74	583.1	102	39	24	.619	102	2.82	696	2	1	0	420	183	195	68	142	23	0	1	2,305	6	2.19	4.90	1.05	30.2	6.2	0.96	.256	3.01	67	3.13	74	6.48	70.5
13	Raisel Iglesias R. Iglesias	10.72	407.1	407	29	28	.509	0	2.59	485	0	0	189	303	117	144	42	92	11	323	10	1,605	6	2.03	5.27	0.93	30.2	5.7	0.97	.268	3.18	61	2.87	69	6.69	58.9
14	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	10.65	495.0	87	31	24	.564	87	2.62	586	1	0	0	376	144	158	41	123	23	0	0	1,959	6	2.24	4.76	0.75	29.9	6.3	1.01	.282	2.87	61	2.72	66	6.84	78.1
15	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	10.63	886.0	147	69	37	.651	147	3.19	1,046	6	4	0	708	314	331	124	210	21	0	1	3,537	13	2.13	4.98	1.26	29.6	5.9	1.04	.273	3.36	78	3.40	80	7.19	82.2
16	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	10.55	936.2	188	67	46	.593	172	3.53	1,098	1	0	0	719	367	388	118	346	50	2	1	3,880	32	3.32	3.17	1.13	28.3	8.9	1.14	.265	3.73	84	3.72	89	6.91	49.2
17	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	10.54	837.1	154	71	44	.617	152	3.41	981	2	1	0	636	317	341	101	287	37	0	1	3,430	37	3.08	3.42	1.09	28.6	8.4	1.10	.264	3.67	83	3.53	84	6.84	62.1
18	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	10.46	925.1	163	66	44	.600	160	3.02	1,075	1	1	0	740	310	339	104	199	31	1	0	3,676	12	1.94	5.40	1.01	29.2	5.4	1.01	.281	3.30	73	3.03	73	7.20	115.8
19	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	10.27	757.2	136	55	37	.598	136	3.56	865	2	0	0	628	300	310	115	196	31	0	1	3,073	18	2.33	4.41	1.37	28.1	6.4	1.09	.275	3.68	86	3.75	89	7.46	40
20	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	10.27	891.1	151	55	33	.625	148	2.92	1,017	0	0	0	671	289	320	88	253	35	2	1	3,574	39	2.55	4.02	0.89	28.5	7.1	1.04	.267	3.23	70	3.14	75	6.78	104
21	Gavin Williams G. Williams	10.25	510.0	95	32	28	.533	95	3.62	581	0	0	0	412	205	217	66	213	16	0	1	2,127	23	3.76	2.73	1.16	27.3	10.0	1.23	.277	3.83	88	3.89	95	7.27	11.3
22	Scott Barlow S. Barlow	10.22	403.1	409	27	20	.574	1	3.73	458	0	0	60	321	167	184	42	188	29	141	14	1,716	19	4.20	2.44	0.94	26.7	11.0	1.26	.279	4.11	87	3.85	92	7.16	16.1
23	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	10.22	863.1	161	55	46	.545	150	3.95	980	1	1	0	764	379	406	101	286	31	2	3	3,588	36	2.98	3.43	1.05	27.3	8.0	1.22	.303	4.23	93	3.51	83	7.96	68
24	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	10.15	1141.0	185	83	42	.664	185	2.92	1,287	4	2	0	898	370	397	112	267	51	0	4	4,548	20	2.11	4.82	0.88	28.3	5.9	1.02	.278	3.13	68	3.01	70	7.08	158.9
25	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	10.14	710.1	143	47	45	.511	137	4.19	800	0	0	0	651	331	356	97	269	42	0	5	3,035	28	3.41	2.97	1.23	26.4	8.9	1.30	.303	4.51	101	4.00	96	8.25	14.2

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Braves	94	68	.580
Phillies	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
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Thu 3/25	ATL	@	LAD	4:00 AM
Sat 3/27	ATL	@	LAD	4:00 AM
Sun 3/28	ATL	@	LAD	4:00 AM
Mon 3/29	ATL	@	MIL	4:00 AM
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Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
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Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
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White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
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Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0