most career strikeouts through september 5, 2020

Before September 6, 2020, Reggie Jackson had the most strikeouts, with 2,596 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:
most career strikeouts by a player through september 5, 2020
NAME SO G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SB CS PA TB XBH SH SF IBB GIDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
1 Reggie Jackson
R. Jackson
2,596
2,820
9,864
1,551
2,584
463
49
563
1,702
1,376
96
228
115
11,417
4,834
1,075
13
68
164
183
.262
.356
.490
.846
2 Jim Thome
J. Thome
2,548
2,543
8,422
1,583
2,328
451
26
612
1,699
1,747
69
19
20
10,313
4,667
1,089
1
74
173
165
.276
.402
.554
.956
3 Adam Dunn
A. Dunn
2,379
2,001
6,883
1,097
1,631
334
10
462
1,168
1,317
86
63
25
8,328
3,371
806
2
40
122
100
.237
.364
.490
.854
4 Sammy Sosa
S. Sosa
2,306
2,354
8,813
1,475
2,408
379
45
609
1,667
929
59
234
107
9,896
4,704
1,033
17
78
154
202
.273
.344
.534
.878
5 Alex Rodriguez
A. Rodriguez
2,287
2,784
10,566
2,021
3,115
548
31
696
2,086
1,338
176
329
76
12,207
5,813
1,275
16
111
97
261
.295
.380
.550
.930
6 Andres Galarraga
A. Galarraga
2,003
2,257
8,096
1,195
2,333
444
32
399
1,425
583
178
128
81
8,916
4,038
875
1
58
106
178
.288
.347
.499
.846
7 Jose Canseco
J. Canseco
1,942
1,887
7,057
1,186
1,877
340
14
462
1,407
906
84
200
88
8,129
3,631
816
1
81
64
178
.266
.353
.515
.867
8 Willie Stargell
W. Stargell
1,936
2,360
7,927
1,195
2,232
423
55
475
1,540
937
79
17
16
9,027
4,190
953
9
75
227
144
.282
.360
.529
.889
9 Mark Reynolds
M. Reynolds
1,927
1,688
5,432
794
1,283
253
14
298
871
707
56
64
31
6,243
2,458
565
3
45
26
117
.236
.328
.453
.780
10 Curtis Granderson
C. Granderson
1,916
2,057
7,236
1,217
1,800
346
95
344
937
924
67
153
50
8,306
3,368
785
30
49
31
64
.249
.337
.465
.803
11 Mike Cameron
M. Cameron
1,901
1,955
6,839
1,064
1,700
383
59
278
968
867
87
297
83
7,884
3,035
720
31
60
19
114
.249
.338
.444
.782
12 Mike Schmidt
M. Schmidt
1,883
2,404
8,352
1,506
2,234
408
59
548
1,595
1,507
79
174
91
10,062
4,404
1,015
16
108
201
156
.267
.380
.527
.908
13 Fred McGriff
F. McGriff
1,882
2,460
8,757
1,349
2,490
441
24
493
1,550
1,305
39
72
38
10,174
4,458
958
2
71
171
226
.284
.377
.509
.886
14 Tony Perez
T. Perez
1,867
2,777
9,778
1,272
2,732
505
79
379
1,652
925
43
49
33
10,861
4,532
963
9
106
150
264
.279
.341
.463
.804
15 Chris Davis
C. Davis
1,851
1,416
4,975
707
1,160
228
5
295
780
555
58
19
11
5,627
2,283
528
1
38
50
62
.233
.315
.459
.774
16 Ryan Howard
R. Howard
1,843
1,572
5,707
848
1,475
277
21
382
1,194
709
59
12
5
6,530
2,940
680
0
55
154
116
.258
.343
.515
.859
17 Bobby Abreu
B. Abreu
1,840
2,425
8,480
1,453
2,470
574
59
288
1,363
1,476
33
400
128
10,081
4,026
921
7
85
115
165
.291
.395
.475
.870
18 Derek Jeter
D. Jeter
1,840
2,747
11,195
1,923
3,465
544
66
260
1,311
1,082
170
358
97
12,602
4,921
870
97
58
39
287
.310
.377
.440
.817
19 Justin Upton
J. Upton
1,829
1,724
6,303
1,000
1,669
335
38
303
951
736
70
147
58
7,168
2,989
676
3
56
49
126
.265
.345
.474
.820
20 Dave Kingman
D. Kingman
1,816
1,941
6,677
901
1,575
240
25
442
1,210
608
53
85
49
7,429
3,191
707
16
75
72
139
.236
.302
.478
.780
21 Manny Ramirez
M. Ramirez
1,813
2,302
8,244
1,544
2,574
547
20
555
1,831
1,329
109
38
33
9,774
4,826
1,122
2
90
216
243
.312
.411
.585
.996
22 Alfonso Soriano
A. Soriano
1,803
1,975
7,750
1,152
2,095
481
31
412
1,159
496
86
289
84
8,395
3,874
924
9
54
68
123
.270
.319
.500
.819
23 Carlos Beltran
C. Beltran
1,795
2,586
9,768
1,582
2,725
565
78
435
1,587
1,084
51
312
49
11,031
4,751
1,078
18
110
104
203
.279
.350
.486
.837
24 Miguel Cabrera
M. Cabrera
1,791
2,437
9,085
1,445
2,849
580
17
482
1,715
1,150
64
38
21
10,390
4,909
1,079
5
86
234
320
.314
.391
.540
.932
25 Ken Griffey Jr.
K. Griffey Jr.
1,779
2,671
9,801
1,662
2,781
524
38
630
1,836
1,312
81
184
69
11,304
5,271
1,192
8
102
246
199
.284
.370
.538
.907
StatMuse has game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1916 season.
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