most career pitching strikeouts 2001 to 2019

Between the 2001 and 2019 seasons, CC Sabathia fanned the most hitters, with 3,093 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most career pitching strikeouts by a player 2001 to 2019

	NAME	SO	G	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	CC Sabathia	3,093	561	251	161	.609	560	3.74	38	12	0	3577.1	3,404	1,485	1,623	382	1,099	123	0	44	14,989	74	7.78	2.76	2.81	0.96	20.6	7.3	1.26	.294	4.08	87	3.77	87	8.56	223.7
2	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,006	453	225	129	.636	453	3.33	26	9	0	2982.0	2,535	1,103	1,190	308	850	98	0	27	12,193	87	9.07	2.57	3.54	0.93	24.7	7.0	1.14	.281	3.59	78	3.40	80	7.65	281.3
3	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,692	365	170	89	.656	356	3.20	10	5	0	2290.0	1,883	813	876	254	618	85	2	19	9,278	65	10.58	2.43	4.36	1.00	29.0	6.7	1.09	.289	3.44	77	3.12	76	7.40	254.2
4	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2,622	488	205	123	.625	447	3.35	16	5	1	2872.0	2,661	1,070	1,151	292	667	69	8	25	11,729	86	8.22	2.09	3.93	0.92	22.4	5.7	1.16	.293	3.61	80	3.37	82	8.34	241.4
5	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,558	422	163	121	.574	421	3.42	17	7	0	2694.2	2,421	1,024	1,100	310	766	100	0	43	11,101	57	8.54	2.56	3.34	1.04	23.0	6.9	1.18	.287	3.67	82	3.68	88	8.09	150.7
6	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2,524	419	169	136	.554	418	3.42	25	11	0	2729.2	2,487	1,037	1,157	264	805	105	0	16	11,284	156	8.32	2.65	3.14	0.87	22.4	7.1	1.21	.293	3.81	84	3.52	85	8.20	181.5
7	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,464	347	169	74	.695	344	2.44	25	15	0	2274.2	1,715	617	672	173	577	33	1	27	8,958	88	9.75	2.28	4.27	0.68	27.5	6.4	1.01	.270	2.66	63	2.73	69	6.79	313.2
8	A.J. Burnett	2,423	415	157	148	.515	410	3.97	24	10	0	2607.1	2,402	1,150	1,259	252	1,031	141	1	30	11,119	159	8.36	3.56	2.35	0.87	21.8	9.3	1.32	.296	4.35	97	3.82	92	8.29	97.4
9	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,355	412	190	108	.638	411	3.56	15	4	0	2537.2	2,387	1,005	1,096	258	820	84	0	8	10,595	61	8.35	2.91	2.87	0.92	22.2	7.7	1.26	.301	3.89	83	3.65	89	8.47	125.5
10	John Lackey J. Lackey	2,294	448	188	147	.561	446	3.92	18	8	0	2840.1	2,862	1,237	1,347	319	815	133	0	32	12,030	125	7.27	2.58	2.81	1.01	19.1	6.8	1.29	.300	4.27	92	3.94	94	9.07	79.6
11	James Shields J. Shields	2,234	407	145	139	.511	405	4.01	23	9	0	2616.0	2,581	1,167	1,267	361	746	97	1	22	10,993	107	7.69	2.57	2.99	1.24	20.3	6.8	1.27	.294	4.36	98	4.16	101	8.88	-13.5
12	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	2,207	388	152	126	.547	377	3.63	15	6	0	2377.0	2,134	960	1,011	259	708	78	3	42	9,838	46	8.36	2.68	3.12	0.98	22.4	7.2	1.20	.285	3.83	90	3.64	89	8.08	127.6
13	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	2,088	358	140	128	.522	352	4.04	23	6	0	2295.1	2,187	1,031	1,108	298	582	68	4	42	9,559	69	8.19	2.28	3.59	1.17	21.8	6.1	1.21	.290	4.34	92	3.78	86	8.58	153.9
14	Dan Haren D. Haren	2,013	391	153	131	.539	380	3.75	16	6	1	2419.2	2,357	1,009	1,105	305	500	67	4	39	10,022	98	7.49	1.86	4.03	1.13	20.1	5.0	1.18	.288	4.11	92	3.77	92	8.77	92.8
15	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,007	312	109	73	.599	232	3.03	16	3	12	1629.2	1,312	548	590	172	374	98	25	14	6,544	38	11.08	2.07	5.37	0.95	30.7	5.7	1.03	.293	3.26	71	2.90	69	7.25	235.7
16	David Price D. Price	1,981	321	150	80	.652	311	3.31	17	3	0	2029.2	1,813	746	819	207	527	59	1	12	8,314	39	8.78	2.34	3.76	0.92	23.8	6.3	1.15	.290	3.63	81	3.34	82	8.04	164.7
17	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	1,978	359	190	91	.676	357	3.17	65	19	0	2518.1	2,374	886	968	201	469	75	0	27	10,217	44	7.07	1.68	4.22	0.72	19.4	4.6	1.13	.290	3.46	73	3.19	74	8.48	317
18	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	1,938	453	196	159	.552	442	4.13	28	9	0	2770.2	2,933	1,270	1,379	367	650	47	2	32	11,680	28	6.30	2.11	2.98	1.19	16.6	5.6	1.29	.296	4.48	98	4.15	98	9.53	24.7
19	Ervin Santana E. Santana	1,926	387	149	127	.540	384	4.09	21	11	0	2421.1	2,326	1,101	1,186	322	754	102	1	34	10,205	97	7.16	2.80	2.55	1.20	18.9	7.4	1.27	.282	4.41	99	4.30	104	8.65	-42.3
20	Johan Santana J. Santana	1,924	330	137	75	.646	279	3.06	15	10	1	1939.2	1,624	659	709	209	513	34	14	13	7,864	63	8.93	2.38	3.75	0.97	24.5	6.5	1.10	.273	3.29	72	3.35	79	7.54	192.9
21	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	1,901	335	138	106	.566	332	3.88	12	6	0	2051.0	1,897	884	957	238	629	76	1	28	8,579	59	8.34	2.76	3.02	1.04	22.2	7.3	1.23	.289	4.20	91	3.77	91	8.32	88.8
22	Roy Oswalt R. Oswalt	1,852	365	163	102	.615	341	3.36	20	8	0	2245.1	2,199	838	897	197	520	80	7	34	9,301	30	7.42	2.08	3.56	0.79	19.9	5.6	1.21	.301	3.60	79	3.36	78	8.81	236.2
23	Aaron Harang A. Harang	1,842	387	128	143	.472	381	4.26	15	8	0	2322.0	2,445	1,099	1,177	298	712	63	2	54	9,975	76	7.14	2.76	2.59	1.16	18.5	7.1	1.36	.304	4.56	103	4.17	100	9.48	12.3
24	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	1,835	252	124	71	.636	246	3.44	24	9	0	1636.2	1,414	626	701	189	408	83	3	21	6,685	29	10.09	2.24	4.50	1.04	27.4	6.1	1.11	.294	3.85	78	3.21	73	7.78	214.2
25	Mark Buehrle M. Buehrle	1,833	490	210	159	.569	490	3.81	33	10	0	3232.0	3,417	1,367	1,515	356	715	76	0	48	13,480	27	5.10	1.99	2.56	0.99	13.6	5.3	1.28	.292	4.22	87	4.10	93	9.52	107.8