most pitching strikeouts from 2016 to 2025

Between the 2016 and 2025 seasons, Max Scherzer fanned the most batters, with 1,892 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most pitching strikeouts by a player from 2016 to 2025

	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	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	1,892	243	115	55	.676	243	2.98	7	1	0	1495.0	1,135	495	520	194	356	65	0	11	5,950	25	11.39	2.14	5.31	1.17	31.8	6.0	1.00	.273	3.13	71	3.16	74	6.83	179.1
2	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	1,811	244	113	60	.653	244	3.21	8	5	0	1490.2	1,208	532	568	188	388	39	0	5	5,989	38	10.93	2.34	4.67	1.14	30.2	6.5	1.07	.286	3.43	77	3.24	76	7.29	171
3	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,808	272	103	87	.542	272	3.84	6	4	0	1638.0	1,448	699	738	206	430	54	0	15	6,721	18	9.93	2.36	4.20	1.13	26.9	6.4	1.15	.294	4.05	91	3.48	81	7.96	147.3
4	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,714	296	98	94	.510	280	3.75	3	2	0	1637.2	1,564	682	732	201	455	35	7	8	6,839	44	9.42	2.50	3.77	1.10	25.1	6.7	1.23	.307	4.02	90	3.56	83	8.60	126.6
5	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1,610	237	109	61	.641	237	3.04	5	2	0	1456.1	1,145	492	528	184	362	49	0	6	5,846	32	9.95	2.24	4.45	1.14	27.5	6.2	1.03	.264	3.26	73	3.44	81	7.08	128.2
6	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,596	233	82	65	.558	232	3.89	2	1	0	1284.2	1,086	555	592	202	548	43	0	16	5,416	56	11.18	3.84	2.91	1.42	29.5	10.1	1.27	.292	4.15	92	4.09	99	7.61	3.9
7	Charlie Morton C. Morton	1,585	258	102	64	.614	252	3.87	0	0	0	1392.0	1,208	598	639	156	530	124	1	7	5,898	33	10.25	3.43	2.99	1.01	26.9	9.0	1.25	.300	4.13	92	3.75	90	7.81	66.8
8	Chris Sale C. Sale	1,568	197	88	48	.647	196	3.08	8	2	0	1200.2	960	411	440	127	272	84	0	3	4,832	21	11.75	2.04	5.76	0.95	32.5	5.6	1.03	.300	3.30	70	2.82	66	7.20	191
9	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,549	234	95	59	.617	234	3.24	4	2	0	1443.0	1,218	519	557	142	365	61	0	9	5,861	26	9.66	2.28	4.24	0.89	26.4	6.2	1.10	.287	3.47	78	3.19	75	7.60	166.2
10	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,518	303	84	121	.410	289	4.69	4	2	1	1647.1	1,782	858	931	242	534	36	7	21	7,138	49	8.29	2.92	2.84	1.32	21.3	7.5	1.41	.320	5.09	111	4.27	101	9.74	-4.6
11	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,506	263	92	82	.529	256	3.82	2	1	0	1427.0	1,271	606	659	156	468	48	2	3	5,961	76	9.50	2.95	3.22	0.98	25.3	7.9	1.22	.295	4.16	90	3.56	84	8.02	109.7
12	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,502	196	73	51	.589	196	2.56	4	2	0	1208.1	907	344	374	123	264	22	0	9	4,729	23	11.19	1.97	5.69	0.92	31.8	5.6	0.97	.278	2.79	64	2.71	65	6.76	197.7
13	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,493	243	83	84	.497	243	3.55	1	0	0	1410.2	1,208	557	608	174	453	48	0	8	5,824	19	9.53	2.89	3.30	1.11	25.6	7.8	1.18	.283	3.88	86	3.72	88	7.71	78.1
14	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,481	275	108	82	.568	273	4.08	5	1	0	1571.2	1,474	713	765	219	473	98	0	7	6,607	35	8.48	2.71	3.13	1.25	22.4	7.2	1.24	.289	4.38	97	4.18	98	8.44	16.3
15	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,440	222	81	62	.566	222	3.15	1	1	0	1158.0	891	405	440	111	521	11	0	6	4,791	86	11.19	4.05	2.76	0.86	30.1	10.9	1.22	.288	3.42	77	3.31	79	6.92	111.9
16	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	1,395	214	76	68	.528	214	3.82	0	0	0	1232.2	1,026	523	545	178	345	63	0	5	5,043	54	10.19	2.52	4.04	1.30	27.7	6.8	1.11	.277	3.98	91	3.77	89	7.49	65.5
17	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	1,329	254	69	76	.476	209	4.47	2	0	3	1211.0	1,107	602	631	197	427	34	13	7	5,107	53	9.88	3.17	3.11	1.46	26.0	8.4	1.27	.292	4.69	105	4.22	100	8.23	0.4
18	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1,306	211	109	40	.732	209	2.67	4	3	0	1244.1	995	369	407	138	247	19	0	2	4,900	46	9.45	1.79	5.29	1.00	26.7	5.0	1.00	.269	2.94	65	3.15	74	7.20	150
19	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,270	205	84	66	.560	203	3.73	2	1	0	1142.2	955	474	511	148	406	57	0	5	4,771	58	10.00	3.20	3.13	1.17	26.6	8.5	1.19	.279	4.02	90	3.83	90	7.52	52.5
20	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	1,249	214	82	60	.577	212	3.99	2	1	0	1215.0	1,117	538	598	172	413	55	0	11	5,167	42	9.25	3.06	3.02	1.27	24.2	8.0	1.26	.288	4.43	92	4.12	95	8.27	32.2
21	Kyle Gibson K. Gibson	1,239	261	85	84	.503	255	4.65	2	1	0	1453.0	1,504	750	804	196	522	54	0	9	6,253	50	7.67	3.23	2.37	1.21	19.8	8.3	1.39	.308	4.98	109	4.41	103	9.32	-20.3
22	Dylan Cease D. Cease	1,231	188	65	58	.528	188	3.88	3	3	0	1015.1	854	438	482	121	430	35	0	9	4,304	55	10.91	3.81	2.86	1.07	28.6	10.0	1.26	.295	4.27	93	3.66	85	7.57	67.6
23	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,216	261	80	76	.513	238	3.92	1	1	0	1358.1	1,298	591	636	156	447	40	5	10	5,720	51	8.06	2.96	2.72	1.03	21.3	7.8	1.28	.296	4.21	94	3.93	94	8.60	38.5
24	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	1,199	220	84	60	.583	214	4.22	0	0	0	1183.0	1,160	555	586	154	418	28	1	8	5,057	13	9.12	3.18	2.87	1.17	23.7	8.3	1.33	.309	4.46	96	3.96	94	8.83	34.3
25	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	1,198	206	70	66	.515	204	4.30	5	3	0	1158.2	1,017	554	593	183	441	41	1	7	4,873	49	9.31	3.43	2.72	1.42	24.6	9.0	1.26	.277	4.61	101	4.40	101	7.90	-4.4

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30

Wood

RBI

85

Abrams

AVG

.284

Abrams

Team Pitching Leaders

12

Griffin

133

Cavalli

ERA

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Griffin

Team Rankings

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1st

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	67	45	.598
Phillies	60	53	.531	7.5
Marlins	58	55	.513	9.5
Nationals	55	59	.482	13.0
Mets	47	66	.416	20.5

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 8/4	WSH	@	PHI	6:40 PM
Wed 8/5	WSH	@	PHI	6:40 PM
Thu 8/6	WSH	@	PHI	6:05 PM
Fri 8/7	CIN	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Sat 8/8	CIN	@	WSH	6:45 PM

Last Game

Nationals

55 - 59

Final

Phillies

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HR Leaders

35

Alvarez

33

Goodman

33

Schwarber

RBI Leaders

85

Stewart

85

Abrams

84

Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

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Alvarez

.324

Arraez

.321

Lopez

Hit Leaders

140

Lopez

136

Arraez

134

Alvarez

Run Leaders

100

Wood

78

Olson

77

Alvarez

OBP Leaders

.443

Alvarez

.408

Soto

.398

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.648

Alvarez

.568

García

.557

Caminero

SB Leaders

40

Nuñez

30

Chisholm

30

Witt

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Win Leaders

14

Sánchez

13

Burns

13

Gray

Strikeout Leaders

195

Misiorowski

178

Williams

174

Cease

ERA Leaders

1.63

Misiorowski

2.08

Sale

2.26

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.73

Misiorowski

0.88

Yamamoto

0.93

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.82

Misiorowski

13.12

Cease

11.53

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.72

Misiorowski

6.10

Rasmussen

5.52

Schlittler

Walk Leaders

20

Rasmussen

20

Martinez

24

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FanDuel Points Leaders

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Ohtani

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Wood

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66-48

63-49

62-49

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	67	45	.598
Phillies	60	53	.531	7.5
Marlins	58	55	.513	9.5
Nationals	55	59	.482	13.0
Mets	47	66	.416	20.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	69	43	.616
Cubs	64	49	.566	5.5
Pirates	57	57	.500	13.0
Cardinals	56	57	.496	13.5
Reds	53	58	.477	15.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	69	44	.611
Diamondbacks	60	53	.531	9.0
Padres	58	55	.513	11.0
Giants	48	65	.425	21.0
Rockies	45	68	.398	24.0

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Rays	66	46	.589
Yankees	63	50	.558	3.5
Red Sox	60	51	.541	5.5
Orioles	54	58	.482	12.0
Blue Jays	53	60	.469	13.5
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White Sox	59	52	.532
Guardians	57	56	.504	3.0
Twins	56	57	.496	4.0
Tigers	54	58	.482	5.5
Royals	46	67	.407	14.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	58	56	.509
Rangers	55	58	.487	2.5
Mariners	55	58	.487	2.5
Athletics	45	67	.402	12.0
Angels	43	69	.384	14.0