most 8 or more strikeout games by a pitcher all-time including playoffs

Nolan Ryan had the most games pitched in the regular-season and playoffs when striking out 8+ batters, with 361 games.

	NAME	G	SO	W	L	W%	GS	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	H/9
1	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	361	3,786	196	107	.647	361	2.17	169	52	0	2898.1	1,785	698	808	133	1,312	66	0	37	11,668	143	11.76	4.07	2.89	0.41	32.4	11.2	1.07	.259	2.51	5.54
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	344	3,667	210	65	.764	342	2.23	91	38	1	2597.2	1,760	643	720	214	765	101	2	18	10,231	49	12.70	2.65	4.79	0.74	35.8	7.5	0.97	.282	2.49	6.10
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	271	2,629	168	49	.774	271	2.14	74	31	0	2082.2	1,499	495	541	114	557	54	0	20	8,213	53	11.36	2.41	4.72	0.49	32.0	6.8	0.99	.285	2.34	6.48
4	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	226	2,232	126	40	.759	226	2.27	12	5	0	1539.0	1,032	389	414	163	329	50	0	12	5,953	32	13.05	1.92	6.78	0.95	37.5	5.5	0.88	.273	2.42	6.04
5	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	207	2,011	141	40	.779	207	2.21	120	24	0	1740.1	1,329	428	486	97	548	13	0	45	6,971	68	10.40	2.83	3.67	0.50	28.8	7.9	1.08	.286	2.51	6.87
6	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	203	2,054	121	39	.756	202	1.90	37	15	0	1509.2	982	319	353	100	346	62	1	13	5,836	36	12.25	2.06	5.94	0.60	35.2	5.9	0.88	.269	2.10	5.85
7	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	200	1,897	125	32	.796	200	2.17	15	7	0	1397.2	933	337	365	128	293	38	0	7	5,398	40	12.22	1.89	6.47	0.82	35.1	5.4	0.88	.265	2.35	6.01
8	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	179	1,730	119	28	.810	179	1.81	16	9	0	1270.2	805	256	285	87	225	20	0	6	4,783	36	12.25	1.59	7.69	0.62	36.2	4.7	0.81	.264	2.02	5.70
9	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	174	1,746	108	35	.755	174	2.36	48	14	0	1340.0	1,009	351	365	119	217	18	0	11	5,188	23	11.73	1.46	8.05	0.80	33.7	4.2	0.91	.288	2.45	6.78
10	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	171	1,660	109	33	.768	171	1.83	96	30	0	1448.0	999	294	314	91	343	24	0	27	5,604	29	10.32	2.13	4.84	0.57	29.6	6.1	0.93	.260	1.95	6.21
11	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	165	1,625	114	37	.755	165	2.02	123	30	0	1455.1	1,063	327	374	76	404	43	0	33	5,777	30	10.05	2.50	4.02	0.47	28.1	7.0	1.01	.272	2.31	6.57
12	Chris Sale C. Sale	156	1,592	86	33	.723	156	2.17	11	2	0	1065.0	732	257	284	92	219	58	0	4	4,153	19	13.45	1.85	7.27	0.78	38.3	5.3	0.89	.292	2.40	6.19
13	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	153	1,617	113	26	.813	153	1.66	104	30	0	1315.0	824	242	278	82	356	7	0	23	5,097	45	11.07	2.44	4.54	0.56	31.7	7.0	0.90	.244	1.90	5.64
14	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	147	1,434	85	22	.794	147	2.33	5	4	0	954.2	631	247	273	98	208	21	0	2	3,664	29	13.52	1.96	6.89	0.92	39.1	5.7	0.88	.280	2.57	5.95
15	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	145	1,364	86	36	.705	145	1.97	90	24	0	1225.0	886	268	305	70	289	32	0	8	4,785	21	10.02	2.12	4.72	0.51	28.5	6.0	0.96	.269	2.24	6.51
16	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	144	1,450	80	29	.734	144	1.99	73	20	0	1186.2	760	263	308	58	512	29	1	19	4,790	47	11.00	3.88	2.83	0.44	30.3	10.7	1.07	.256	2.34	5.76
17	David Cone D. Cone	134	1,296	83	28	.748	134	2.29	28	11	0	1015.2	733	258	285	75	335	27	0	15	4,089	56	11.48	2.97	3.87	0.66	31.7	8.2	1.05	.279	2.53	6.50
18	CC Sabathia	129	1,179	82	20	.804	129	2.20	22	9	0	934.1	739	228	254	65	210	28	0	6	3,701	15	11.36	2.02	5.61	0.63	31.9	5.7	1.02	.304	2.45	7.12
19	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	129	1,197	72	29	.713	129	2.16	26	10	0	965.1	702	232	267	72	266	12	0	25	3,813	39	11.16	2.48	4.50	0.67	31.4	7.0	1.00	.278	2.49	6.54
20	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	124	1,141	66	20	.767	124	1.80	14	6	0	906.2	600	181	197	43	189	26	0	2	3,471	57	11.33	1.88	6.04	0.43	32.9	5.4	0.87	.269	1.96	5.96
21	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	121	1,196	58	26	.690	121	1.82	2	1	0	809.0	517	164	182	65	145	11	0	6	3,049	15	13.31	1.61	8.25	0.72	39.2	4.8	0.82	.277	2.02	5.75
22	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	121	1,167	59	33	.641	121	2.55	1	1	0	803.1	547	228	239	97	205	26	0	2	3,149	31	13.07	2.30	5.69	1.09	37.1	6.5	0.94	.272	2.68	6.13
23	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	121	1,101	69	22	.758	121	2.08	7	3	0	860.2	617	199	218	72	180	28	0	14	3,351	10	11.51	1.88	6.12	0.75	32.9	5.4	0.93	.277	2.28	6.45
24	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	121	1,143	85	32	.726	119	0.57	117	33	0	1137.2	750		231	10	225	37	2		4,343	49	9.04	1.78	5.08	0.08	26.3	5.2	0.86	.253	1.83	5.93
25	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	119	1,077	69	18	.793	119	2.46	6	3	0	821.2	635	225	242	70	143	10	0	3	3,191	24	11.80	1.57	7.53	0.77	33.8	4.5	0.95	.299	2.65	6.96