highest strikeouts per game average pitched by a pitcher all-time minimum 200 starts

Randy Johnson has the most career strikeouts per game pitched when starting 200+ games, with 7.89.

	NAME	SO/G	GS	SO	G	W	L	W%	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	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	7.89	603	4,875	618	303	166	.646	3.29	100	37	2	4135.1	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	75	3.18	73	7.28	554.3
2	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	7.51	237	1,779	237	93	59	.612	2.51	4	2	0	1479.1	1,129	412	449	133	332	24	0	13	5,807	28	10.82	2.02	5.36	0.81	30.6	5.7	0.99	.281	2.73	64	2.63	65	6.87	239.1
3	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	7.28	462	3,431	471	216	112	.659	3.17	12	5	0	2901.0	2,368	1,022	1,095	340	763	113	2	20	11,723	79	10.64	2.37	4.50	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.287	3.40	76	3.19	77	7.35	308.3
4	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	7.1	317	2,251	317	153	80	.657	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	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	7.09	284	2,014	284	110	89	.553	3.59	2	1	0	1714.1	1,402	684	718	217	550	79	0	8	7,049	80	10.57	2.89	3.66	1.14	28.6	7.8	1.14	.283	3.77	86	3.54	84	7.36	125.6
6	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	7.08	773	5,714	807	324	292	.526	3.19	222	61	3	5386.0	3,923	1,911	2,178	321	2,795	158	13	78	22,575	277	9.55	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	90	2.96	83	6.56	370.2
7	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	6.98	247	1,723	247	113	62	.646	3.24	2	2	0	1470.0	1,217	530	582	149	394	53	0	20	5,962	44	10.55	2.41	4.37	0.91	28.9	6.6	1.10	.293	3.56	80	3.01	75	7.45	165.9
8	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	6.79	439	3,003	442	216	95	.695	2.52	25	15	0	2793.1	2,139	781	856	233	693	45	1	28	11,023	105	9.68	2.23	4.33	0.75	27.2	6.3	1.01	.270	2.76	64	2.84	70	6.89	366.6
9	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	6.63	409	3,154	476	219	100	.687	2.93	46	17	3	2827.1	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	10.04	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	66	2.91	68	7.07	454.6
10	Robbie Ray R. Ray	6.62	249	1,676	253	86	76	.531	3.87	2	1	0	1377.2	1,187	592	631	207	579	48	1	19	5,820	57	10.95	3.78	2.89	1.35	28.8	9.9	1.28	.296	4.12	92	4.03	98	7.75	9.9
11	Aaron Nola A. Nola	6.61	277	1,831	277	105	86	.550	3.78	6	4	0	1671.0	1,482	701	739	210	437	55	0	16	6,855	18	9.86	2.35	4.19	1.13	26.7	6.4	1.15	.294	3.98	90	3.49	81	7.98	145.9
12	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	6.59	707	4,672	709	354	184	.658	3.12	118	46	0	4916.2	4,185	1,707	1,885	363	1,580	159	0	63	20,240	143	8.55	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	70	3.08	71	7.66	680.4
13	Chris Sale C. Sale	6.53	307	2,528	387	143	87	.622	3.02	16	3	12	2047.2	1,668	686	739	209	481	126	25	15	8,249	47	11.11	2.11	5.26	0.92	30.6	5.8	1.05	.297	3.25	71	2.88	69	7.33	297
14	Blake Snell B. Snell	6.44	213	1,372	213	77	58	.570	3.18	1	1	0	1105.2	850	391	426	108	503	11	0	5	4,583	81	11.17	4.09	2.73	0.88	29.9	11.0	1.22	.287	3.47	78	3.35	80	6.92	100.8
15	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	6.43	542	3,483	542	262	155	.628	3.34	26	9	0	3495.0	2,983	1,296	1,403	365	980	119	0	27	14,300	98	8.97	2.52	3.55	0.94	24.4	6.9	1.13	.280	3.61	79	3.43	81	7.68	305.5
16	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	6.4	278	1,779	278	112	73	.605	3.27	5	3	0	1700.2	1,447	617	669	160	483	72	0	14	6,968	40	9.41	2.56	3.68	0.85	25.5	6.9	1.13	.288	3.54	82	3.26	79	7.66	164.1
17	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	6.38	212	1,416	222	83	69	.546	3.79	6	3	1	1297.2	1,122	547	592	160	491	66	6	10	5,463	50	9.82	3.41	2.88	1.11	25.9	9.0	1.24	.289	4.11	88	3.86	91	7.78	56.9
18	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	6.37	260	1,725	271	116	77	.601	3.44	18	8	1	1641.2	1,486	627	684	177	368	65	4	9	6,688	31	9.46	2.02	4.69	0.97	25.8	5.5	1.13	.301	3.75	83	3.22	78	8.15	161.7
19	J.R. Richard	6.27	221	1,493	238	107	71	.601	3.15	76	19	0	1606.0	1,227	562	625	73	770	17	3	15	6,674	92	8.37	4.32	1.94	0.41	22.4	11.5	1.24	.267	3.50	92	2.85	82	6.88	114.7
20	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	6.24	270	1,736	278	110	89	.553	3.74	10	7	1	1682.0	1,506	699	746	147	669	44	3	33	7,120	107	9.29	3.58	2.59	0.79	24.4	9.4	1.29	.300	3.99	99	3.44	90	8.06	81.5
21	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	6.19	231	1,431	231	79	81	.494	3.53	1	0	0	1345.0	1,143	527	575	163	443	44	0	8	5,556	17	9.58	2.96	3.23	1.09	25.8	8.0	1.18	.282	3.85	85	3.70	88	7.65	78.4
22	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	6.15	213	1,341	218	85	69	.552	3.78	3	1	0	1206.1	1,032	506	545	152	445	60	1	5	5,067	65	10.00	3.32	3.01	1.13	26.5	8.8	1.22	.287	4.07	91	3.81	90	7.70	55.5
23	Toad Ramsey T. Ramsey	6.11	241	1,515	248	113	124	.477	3.29	225	5	0	2100.2	1,941	769	1,373	40	671	38	7		9,018	179	6.49	2.87	2.26	0.17	16.8	7.4	1.24	.282	5.88	88	2.85	78	8.32	192.8
24	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	6.05	422	2,560	423	163	122	.572	3.43	17	7	0	2698.0	2,424	1,027	1,103	310	767	100	0	43	11,115	57	8.54	2.56	3.34	1.03	23.0	6.9	1.18	.287	3.68	82	3.68	88	8.09	151.3
25	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	6.04	314	2,396	397	165	87	.655	2.76	137	40	9	2324.1	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	9.28	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	75	2.69	75	6.79	226.6