most strikeouts regular season and postseason all-time current pitchers

Justin Verlander has struck out the most career hitters by an active pitcher in the regular-season and playoffs, with 3,797 strikeouts.

	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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,797	593	283	170	.625	592	3.34	28	10	0	3793.2	3,225	1,407	1,521	403	1,078	126	0	28	15,527	107	9.01	2.56	3.52	0.96	24.5	6.9	1.13	.279	3.61	74	3.23	77	7.65	310.9
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,671	516	228	125	.646	502	3.24	12	5	1	3120.1	2,554	1,125	1,201	377	841	123	3	24	12,639	88	10.59	2.43	4.37	1.09	29.0	6.7	1.09	.285	3.46	73	3.06	74	7.37	302.5
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	3,265	496	236	109	.684	483	2.67	25	15	1	3052.0	2,364	905	988	267	767	50	3	34	12,082	119	9.63	2.26	4.26	0.79	27.0	6.3	1.03	.271	2.91	60	2.66	66	6.97	375.1
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,626	403	146	91	.616	319	3.06	16	3	12	2118.0	1,728	721	776	220	500	132	26	15	8,541	49	11.16	2.12	5.25	0.93	30.7	5.9	1.05	.298	3.30	69	2.83	67	7.34	303.3
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,407	339	164	86	.656	339	3.15	8	5	0	2087.1	1,727	731	790	236	536	64	0	9	8,398	59	10.38	2.31	4.49	1.02	28.7	6.4	1.08	.289	3.41	74	2.95	72	7.45	213.5
6	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,288	434	154	139	.526	426	4.11	3	2	0	2347.2	2,210	1,072	1,173	234	892	207	2	27	10,098	77	8.77	3.42	2.57	0.90	22.7	8.8	1.32	.305	4.50	99	3.76	94	8.47	36.6
7	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2,137	311	120	101	.543	311	3.66	2	1	0	1850.2	1,522	753	790	249	578	91	0	9	7,601	84	10.39	2.81	3.70	1.21	28.1	7.6	1.13	.280	3.84	84	3.44	82	7.40	120
8	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	2,010	375	114	118	.491	330	3.82	4	2	0	1967.1	1,870	834	890	240	557	38	13	14	8,208	64	9.20	2.55	3.61	1.10	24.5	6.8	1.23	.304	4.07	89	3.49	83	8.55	132.7
9	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,955	345	126	105	.545	336	3.58	7	5	0	1948.1	1,702	774	849	196	636	59	2	6	8,085	109	9.03	2.94	3.07	0.91	24.2	7.9	1.20	.287	3.92	85	3.45	83	7.86	136.2
10	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,937	296	114	93	.551	296	3.83	6	4	0	1771.1	1,575	754	794	225	460	59	0	16	7,270	18	9.84	2.34	4.21	1.14	26.6	6.3	1.15	.294	4.03	88	3.39	79	8.00	147.1
11	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,897	295	117	78	.600	294	3.24	5	3	0	1798.2	1,512	647	702	171	504	81	0	14	7,350	42	9.49	2.52	3.76	0.86	25.8	6.9	1.12	.286	3.51	79	3.15	77	7.57	164.6
12	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,896	381	112	145	.436	357	4.52	7	2	2	2071.0	2,200	1,040	1,118	286	642	52	10	25	8,912	67	8.24	2.79	2.95	1.24	21.3	7.2	1.37	.317	4.86	106	4.08	98	9.56	9.7
13	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,888	253	100	66	.602	253	2.58	4	2	0	1570.2	1,199	450	487	149	355	25	0	14	6,175	30	10.82	2.03	5.32	0.85	30.6	5.7	0.99	.279	2.79	64	2.65	65	6.87	239.4
14	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,847	393	113	113	.500	365	3.76	2	2	0	2139.1	2,075	893	967	222	656	59	7	23	8,976	75	7.77	2.76	2.82	0.93	20.6	7.3	1.28	.299	4.07	89	3.69	89	8.73	91.5
15	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,753	271	88	84	.512	263	3.97	2	1	0	1454.1	1,264	642	685	219	613	52	3	19	6,155	65	10.85	3.79	2.86	1.36	28.5	10.0	1.29	.297	4.24	93	4.02	98	7.82	5.1
16	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,569	333	111	87	.561	309	3.85	5	3	0	1782.0	1,726	763	808	194	484	56	6	20	7,449	54	7.92	2.44	3.24	0.98	21.1	6.5	1.24	.298	4.08	91	3.58	87	8.72	66.2
17	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,542	240	88	67	.568	237	3.16	1	1	1	1240.2	950	435	470	121	557	12	1	6	5,122	91	11.19	4.04	2.77	0.88	30.1	10.9	1.21	.287	3.41	72	3.09	74	6.89	111.7
18	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,517	249	85	87	.494	248	3.53	1	0	0	1438.2	1,231	564	615	177	459	49	1	9	5,937	19	9.49	2.87	3.31	1.11	25.6	7.7	1.17	.282	3.85	84	3.65	87	7.70	78.1
19	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,500	279	108	84	.563	276	4.08	5	1	0	1586.2	1,488	719	773	220	479	98	0	7	6,671	35	8.51	2.72	3.13	1.25	22.5	7.2	1.24	.290	4.38	96	4.14	98	8.44	14.3
20	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	1,463	319	114	79	.591	296	3.92	2	2	0	1674.0	1,614	730	773	203	523	43	5	22	7,044	44	7.87	2.81	2.80	1.09	20.8	7.4	1.28	.293	4.16	93	3.85	95	8.68	17.3
21	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,445	239	94	75	.556	233	3.82	3	1	0	1310.2	1,120	556	598	166	487	68	1	7	5,511	67	9.92	3.34	2.97	1.14	26.2	8.8	1.23	.285	4.11	88	3.75	88	7.69	58.2
22	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	1,424	319	107	95	.530	312	3.76	6	4	0	1802.2	1,721	754	810	219	423	72	4	20	7,455	12	7.11	2.11	3.37	1.09	19.1	5.7	1.19	.282	4.04	89	3.83	93	8.59	34.9
23	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,404	909	63	51	.553	0	2.51	0	0	378	873.0	514	243	271	58	429	36	592	8	3,554	90	14.47	4.42	3.27	0.60	39.5	12.1	1.08	.280	2.79	58	2.22	53	5.30	161.8
24	Wade Miley W. Miley	1,378	325	109	99	.524	316	4.07	3	2	0	1774.2	1,797	802	860	200	616	46	3	10	7,591	58	6.99	3.12	2.24	1.01	18.2	8.1	1.36	.298	4.36	97	4.12	100	9.11	-6.3
25	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,372	993	57	42	.576	0	2.55	0	0	495	992.2	644	281	302	95	300	35	747	23	3,930	21	12.44	2.72	4.57	0.86	34.9	7.6	0.95	.258	2.74	61	2.45	60	5.84	147.2