most games with 7 or more strikeouts by a pitcher all-time including playoffs

Nolan Ryan had the most games pitched in the regular-season and playoffs when striking out 7+ batters, with 453 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	453	4,430	239	134	.641	450	2.27	190	56	0	3562.0	2,238	900	1,038	174	1,631	87	2	47	14,396	165	11.19	4.12	2.72	0.44	30.8	11.3	1.09	.256	2.62	5.65
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	409	4,122	237	86	.734	407	2.47	97	39	1	3038.2	2,149	834	925	269	956	124	2	24	12,094	58	12.21	2.83	4.31	0.80	34.1	7.9	1.02	.284	2.74	6.36
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	361	3,259	211	67	.759	361	2.30	87	33	0	2715.1	2,001	694	762	171	770	72	0	28	10,793	70	10.80	2.55	4.23	0.57	30.2	7.1	1.02	.281	2.53	6.63
4	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	304	2,779	165	58	.740	303	2.55	12	5	0	2026.0	1,432	574	609	222	472	68	0	17	7,924	45	12.35	2.10	5.89	0.99	35.1	6.0	0.94	.276	2.71	6.36
5	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	276	2,433	168	50	.771	276	2.26	20	9	0	1906.1	1,313	479	521	173	414	55	0	9	7,400	52	11.49	1.95	5.88	0.82	32.9	5.6	0.91	.264	2.46	6.20
6	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	264	2,410	173	59	.746	264	2.37	144	28	0	2178.2	1,692	574	634	130	686	18	0	52	8,743	79	9.96	2.83	3.51	0.54	27.6	7.8	1.09	.284	2.62	6.99
7	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	246	2,200	155	43	.783	246	1.96	20	13	0	1706.0	1,134	372	404	122	341	25	0	8	6,512	57	11.61	1.80	6.45	0.64	33.8	5.2	0.86	.265	2.13	5.98
8	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	237	2,292	136	49	.735	236	2.05	40	16	0	1738.2	1,173	396	441	112	410	74	1	14	6,769	38	11.86	2.12	5.59	0.58	33.9	6.1	0.91	.273	2.28	6.07
9	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	233	2,094	149	49	.753	233	2.04	125	33	0	1932.1	1,357	437	464	134	484	27	0	35	7,533	37	9.75	2.25	4.33	0.62	27.8	6.4	0.95	.255	2.16	6.32
10	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	229	2,131	129	55	.701	229	2.63	55	15	0	1723.2	1,399	504	527	153	304	28	0	15	6,786	36	11.13	1.59	7.01	0.80	31.4	4.5	0.99	.299	2.75	7.30
11	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	227	1,938	130	55	.703	227	2.14	126	31	0	1873.2	1,436	446	505	117	456	47	0	17	7,406	35	9.31	2.19	4.25	0.56	26.2	6.2	1.01	.272	2.43	6.90
12	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	223	2,031	149	58	.720	223	2.11	167	34	0	1961.0	1,480	460	530	100	561	48	0	45	7,847	44	9.32	2.57	3.62	0.46	25.9	7.1	1.04	.270	2.43	6.79
13	Chris Sale C. Sale	210	1,980	106	46	.697	209	2.43	13	3	0	1404.1	1,025	379	414	125	300	80	0	6	5,532	29	12.69	1.92	6.60	0.80	35.8	5.4	0.94	.295	2.65	6.57
14	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	201	1,701	110	45	.710	201	2.43	35	13	0	1478.2	1,123	400	442	114	389	22	0	33	5,873	57	10.35	2.37	4.37	0.69	29.0	6.6	1.02	.277	2.69	6.84
15	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	191	1,742	110	33	.769	191	2.54	5	4	0	1226.1	882	346	379	132	280	32	0	2	4,788	36	12.78	2.05	6.22	0.97	36.4	5.8	0.95	.288	2.78	6.47
16	CC Sabathia	189	1,599	118	31	.792	189	2.35	27	11	0	1340.1	1,057	350	392	100	323	41	0	12	5,327	23	10.74	2.17	4.95	0.67	30.0	6.1	1.03	.293	2.63	7.10
17	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	185	1,549	94	37	.718	185	2.38	8	3	0	1288.1	963	340	373	123	313	41	0	23	5,088	19	10.82	2.19	4.95	0.86	30.4	6.2	0.99	.274	2.61	6.73
18	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	184	1,834	128	35	.785	183	1.83	118	31	0	1551.1	998	315	357	103	442	7	1	29	6,060	52	10.64	2.56	4.15	0.60	30.3	7.3	0.93	.244	2.07	5.79
19	David Cone D. Cone	183	1,639	107	42	.718	183	2.35	36	13	0	1371.2	1,005	358	405	107	446	37	0	16	5,529	68	10.75	2.93	3.67	0.70	29.6	8.1	1.06	.272	2.66	6.59
20	Don Sutton D. Sutton	183	1,506	105	44	.705	183	2.10	83	26	0	1491.0	1,070	348	388	98	345	18	0	24	5,844	30	9.09	2.08	4.37	0.59	25.8	5.9	0.95	.251	2.34	6.46
21	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	183	1,577	128	49	.723	179	0.74	171	51	0	1683.2	1,132		354	17	346	61	4		6,475	63	8.43	1.85	4.56	0.09	24.4	5.3	0.88	.249	1.89	6.05
22	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	179	1,497	102	28	.785	179	2.30	7	3	0	1222.2	933	313	334	97	216	20	0	4	4,737	32	11.02	1.59	6.93	0.71	31.6	4.6	0.94	.288	2.46	6.87
23	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	176	1,514	121	44	.733	173	2.21	128	25	0	1506.1	1,118	370	410	136	269	30	2	31	5,879	23	9.05	1.61	5.63	0.81	25.8	4.6	0.92	.250	2.45	6.68
24	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	176	1,527	106	45	.702	174	2.05	112	18	0	1548.2	1,172	353	410	99	359	31	0	38	6,105	37	8.87	2.09	4.25	0.58	25.0	5.9	0.99	.262	2.38	6.81
25	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	176	1,674	96	38	.716	176	2.07	82	20	0	1413.2	948	325	385	73	626	33	1	33	5,752	62	10.66	3.99	2.67	0.46	29.1	10.9	1.11	.262	2.45	6.04