mlb k/9 leaders amongst pitchers who started at least ten games in 2023

Spencer Strider had the best K/9 with 10+ starts in 2023, with 13.55 per nine innings.

	NAME	K/9	GS	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	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	13.55	32	2023	ATL	32	19	5	.792	3.86	281	0	0	0	186.2	146	80	85	22	58	9	0	1	763	6	2.80	4.84	1.06	36.8	7.6	1.09	.316	4.10	87	2.85	66	7.04	30.3
2	Hunter Greene H. Greene	12.21	22	2023	CIN	22	4	7	.364	4.82	152	0	0	0	112.0	111	60	65	19	48	8	0	0	498	5	3.86	3.17	1.53	30.5	9.6	1.42	.339	5.22	104	4.24	91	8.92	4.9
3	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	12.15	21	2023	TBR	21	10	7	.588	3.53	162	0	0	0	120.0	93	47	52	13	37	1	0	0	485	11	2.78	4.38	0.97	33.4	7.6	1.08	.294	3.90	86	2.91	70	6.98	16.9
4	Blake Snell B. Snell	11.70	32	2023	SDP	32	14	9	.609	2.25	234	0	0	0	180.0	115	45	47	15	99	3	0	0	742	13	4.95	2.36	0.75	31.5	13.3	1.19	.256	2.35	54	3.43	79	5.75	18
5	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	11.54	16	2023	BOS	38	10	9	.526	4.04	183	0	0	1	142.2	110	64	69	23	50	6	3	1	587	5	3.15	3.66	1.45	31.2	8.5	1.12	.268	4.35	89	3.96	92	6.94	5.8
6	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	11.53	31	2023	TOR	31	12	9	.571	3.16	237	0	0	0	185.0	163	65	72	19	55	3	0	0	763	3	2.68	4.31	0.92	31.1	7.2	1.18	.321	3.50	75	2.97	69	7.93	27.1
7	Ryan Walker R. Walker	11.45	13	2023	SFG	49	4	3	.571	3.23	78	0	0	1	61.1	61	22	25	8	24	2	6	0	263	3	3.52	3.25	1.17	29.7	9.1	1.39	.351	3.67	76	3.68	88	8.95	3.6
8	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	11.43	15	2023	DET	15	7	3	.700	2.80	102	0	0	0	80.1	58	25	28	4	14	3	0	0	310	1	1.57	7.29	0.45	32.9	4.5	0.90	.289	3.14	66	1.99	47	6.50	20.2
9	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	11.41	30	2023	MIL	30	12	10	.545	3.86	210	0	0	0	165.2	131	71	77	26	54	6	0	0	680	6	2.93	3.89	1.41	30.9	7.9	1.12	.273	4.18	88	3.84	87	7.12	10.6
10	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	11.39	23	2023	LAA	23	10	5	.667	3.14	167	1	1	0	132.0	85	46	50	18	55	11	0	0	531	12	3.75	3.04	1.23	31.5	10.4	1.06	.239	3.41	72	3.99	91	5.80	6.1
11	Taj Bradley T. Bradley	11.09	21	2023	TBR	23	5	8	.385	5.59	129	0	0	0	104.2	106	65	69	23	39	1	0	0	460	6	3.35	3.31	1.98	28.0	8.5	1.39	.310	5.93	136	4.79	115	9.11	-7.8
12	Matt Strahm M. Strahm	11.09	10	2023	PHI	56	9	5	.643	3.29	108	0	0	2	87.2	68	32	34	11	21	3	6	0	351	1	2.16	5.14	1.13	30.8	6.0	1.02	.274	3.49	75	3.24	73	6.98	11.7
13	John Brebbia J. Brebbia	11.03	10	2023	SFG	40	3	4	.429	3.99	47	0	0	0	38.1	31	17	21	6	14	0	6	2	161	0	3.29	3.36	1.41	29.2	8.7	1.17	.266	4.93	94	3.93	94	7.28	1.1
14	Joe Ryan J. Ryan	10.97	29	2023	MIN	29	11	10	.524	4.51	197	1	1	0	161.2	155	81	83	32	34	6	0	0	672	3	1.89	5.79	1.78	29.3	5.1	1.17	.305	4.62	105	4.13	96	8.63	2.7
15	Chris Sale C. Sale	10.96	20	2023	BOS	20	6	5	.545	4.30	125	0	0	0	102.2	87	49	52	15	29	8	0	0	425	3	2.54	4.31	1.31	29.4	6.8	1.13	.290	4.56	95	3.80	88	7.63	6
16	Kodai Senga K. Senga	10.93	29	2023	NYM	29	12	7	.632	2.98	202	0	0	0	166.1	126	55	60	17	77	5	0	0	694	14	4.17	2.62	0.92	29.1	11.1	1.22	.277	3.25	71	3.63	84	6.82	13
17	Dylan Cease D. Cease	10.88	33	2023	CWS	33	7	9	.438	4.58	214	0	0	0	177.0	172	90	98	19	79	9	0	3	784	13	4.02	2.71	0.97	27.3	10.1	1.42	.330	4.98	106	3.72	84	8.75	13.4
18	Pablo López P. López	10.86	32	2023	MIN	32	11	8	.579	3.66	234	1	1	0	194.0	176	79	81	24	48	9	0	1	801	7	2.23	4.88	1.11	29.2	6.0	1.15	.313	3.76	86	3.33	78	8.16	20.5
19	Edward Cabrera E. Cabrera	10.66	20	2023	MIA	22	7	7	.500	4.24	118	0	0	0	99.2	78	47	48	11	66	4	0	0	434	1	5.96	1.79	0.99	27.2	15.2	1.44	.285	4.33	95	4.43	101	7.04	-0.6
20	Eury Pérez E. Pérez	10.64	19	2023	MIA	19	5	6	.455	3.15	108	0	0	0	91.1	72	32	35	15	31	2	0	0	374	6	3.05	3.48	1.48	28.9	8.3	1.13	.261	3.45	71	4.11	94	7.09	2.7
21	Cole Ragans C. Ragans	10.59	12	2023	TOT	29	7	5	.583	3.47	113	0	0	0	96.0	70	37	40	7	41	2	1	1	392	6	3.84	2.76	0.66	28.8	10.5	1.16	.275	3.75	79	3.19	74	6.56	11.9
22	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	10.48	32	2023	MIA	32	10	10	.500	3.58	208	0	0	0	178.2	162	71	79	22	55	6	0	1	741	7	2.77	3.78	1.11	28.1	7.4	1.21	.311	3.98	80	3.55	81	8.16	16.4
23	David Peterson D. Peterson	10.38	21	2023	NYM	27	3	8	.273	5.03	128	1	0	0	111.0	124	62	64	16	50	6	0	0	492	6	4.05	2.56	1.30	26.0	10.2	1.57	.370	5.19	120	4.33	100	10.05	-0.1
24	Hunter Brown H. Brown	10.29	29	2023	HOU	31	11	13	.458	5.09	178	0	0	0	155.2	157	88	94	26	55	9	1	0	665	4	3.18	3.24	1.50	26.8	8.3	1.36	.330	5.43	120	4.37	103	9.08	-2.3
25	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	10.26	27	2023	TOT	27	12	6	.667	3.77	174	0	0	0	152.2	126	64	65	28	45	4	0	0	621	2	2.65	3.87	1.65	28.0	7.2	1.12	.265	3.83	89	4.32	100	7.43	0.2