pitcher most strikeouts since 1999, combine regular season and playoffs

Since 1999, Justin Verlander has struck out the most batters in the regular-season and playoffs, with 3,747 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	3,747	584	280	168	.625	583	3.35	28	10	0	3741.0	3,183	1,392	1,503	399	1,062	125	0	27	15,309	107	9.01	2.55	3.53	0.96	24.5	6.9	1.13	.279	3.62	74	3.23	77	7.66	306
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,630	506	225	122	.648	492	3.20	12	5	1	3075.0	2,501	1,093	1,169	366	824	123	3	24	12,439	87	10.62	2.41	4.41	1.07	29.2	6.6	1.08	.285	3.42	73	3.05	74	7.32	307.5
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	3,230	486	232	109	.680	476	2.64	25	15	1	3014.2	2,329	885	967	264	749	50	3	33	11,920	118	9.64	2.24	4.31	0.79	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.89	60	2.66	66	6.95	369.5
4	CC Sabathia	3,214	587	261	168	.608	583	3.76	39	12	0	3707.2	3,541	1,547	1,690	397	1,162	131	0	53	15,575	79	7.80	2.82	2.77	0.96	20.6	7.5	1.27	.295	4.10	84	3.64	84	8.60	223.7
5	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	3,079	608	229	162	.586	562	3.51	17	5	1	3502.1	3,310	1,367	1,465	386	795	82	8	25	14,346	103	7.91	2.04	3.87	0.99	21.5	5.5	1.17	.292	3.76	80	3.40	82	8.51	235
6	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	2,653	440	170	128	.570	438	3.43	18	8	0	2798.1	2,507	1,065	1,148	322	794	102	0	45	11,526	58	8.53	2.55	3.34	1.04	23.0	6.9	1.18	.285	3.69	79	3.54	85	8.06	151.3
7	Jon Lester J. Lester	2,621	478	209	124	.628	473	3.60	15	4	0	2894.0	2,727	1,157	1,261	309	932	93	2	13	12,097	67	8.15	2.90	2.81	0.96	21.7	7.7	1.26	.297	3.92	81	3.57	87	8.48	101.7
8	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,616	333	165	91	.645	325	3.25	46	16	0	2225.2	1,886	803	906	250	570	98	4	26	9,046	38	10.58	2.30	4.59	1.01	28.9	6.3	1.10	.297	3.66	70	2.98	67	7.63	332.5
9	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,575	397	144	90	.615	314	3.07	16	3	12	2081.2	1,704	710	765	216	494	128	26	15	8,401	48	11.13	2.14	5.21	0.93	30.7	5.9	1.06	.298	3.31	69	2.83	67	7.37	297.2
10	A.J. Burnett	2,544	443	166	160	.509	438	4.02	24	10	0	2772.1	2,557	1,239	1,357	267	1,127	150	1	38	11,854	165	8.26	3.66	2.26	0.87	21.5	9.5	1.33	.295	4.41	95	3.80	91	8.30	97.3
11	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
12	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	2,415	421	161	146	.524	413	4.14	28	8	0	2683.1	2,612	1,233	1,328	348	705	79	4	56	11,251	74	8.10	2.36	3.43	1.17	21.5	6.3	1.24	.294	4.45	92	3.79	86	8.76	182.2
13	John Lackey J. Lackey	2,408	477	196	153	.562	469	3.90	18	8	0	2984.1	2,997	1,292	1,405	326	862	137	2	38	12,631	135	7.26	2.60	2.79	0.98	19.1	6.8	1.29	.300	4.24	87	3.75	90	9.04	79.6
14	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
15	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	2,357	530	231	177	.566	512	4.10	31	11	0	3216.0	3,338	1,465	1,587	417	843	60	4	44	13,568	36	6.60	2.36	2.80	1.17	17.4	6.2	1.30	.295	4.44	94	4.08	95	9.34	57.3
16	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	2,325	507	204	133	.605	427	3.50	29	11	7	2782.2	2,682	1,083	1,156	244	758	83	22	41	11,580	55	7.52	2.45	3.07	0.79	20.1	6.5	1.24	.298	3.74	84	3.39	83	8.67	152.8
17	James Shields J. Shields	2,279	418	148	145	.505	416	4.05	23	9	0	2675.1	2,657	1,203	1,304	369	761	103	1	22	11,262	113	7.67	2.56	2.99	1.24	20.2	6.8	1.28	.295	4.39	96	4.07	99	8.94	-13.5
18	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,261	427	153	138	.526	419	4.06	3	2	0	2323.1	2,181	1,048	1,149	229	873	205	2	27	9,976	75	8.76	3.38	2.59	0.89	22.7	8.8	1.31	.305	4.45	98	3.73	93	8.45	42.4
19	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	2,228	397	153	131	.539	386	3.70	15	6	0	2415.1	2,187	994	1,045	263	725	78	3	46	10,016	47	8.30	2.70	3.07	0.98	22.2	7.2	1.21	.286	3.89	89	3.58	87	8.15	127.6
20	David Price D. Price	2,167	423	162	91	.640	336	3.37	17	3	4	2243.0	2,021	841	918	237	590	66	24	17	9,221	41	8.70	2.37	3.67	0.95	23.5	6.4	1.16	.290	3.68	77	3.23	79	8.11	165.9
21	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	2,157	374	142	127	.528	369	3.41	19	10	1	2311.2	2,081	877	958	266	562	94	2	40	9,496	29	8.40	2.19	3.84	1.04	22.7	5.9	1.14	.283	3.73	86	3.46	90	8.10	50.1
22	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	2,139	419	205	107	.657	393	3.38	67	21	1	2773.1	2,660	1,041	1,141	237	595	81	6	29	11,377	57	6.94	1.93	3.59	0.77	18.8	5.2	1.17	.291	3.70	76	3.34	76	8.63	294.5
23	Tim Hudson T. Hudson	2,133	496	223	137	.619	492	3.50	27	13	0	3202.1	3,032	1,244	1,357	254	939	128	0	85	13,327	85	5.99	2.64	2.27	0.71	16.0	7.0	1.24	.281	3.81	81	3.69	88	8.52	152.3
24	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2,097	302	117	98	.544	302	3.62	2	1	0	1811.1	1,482	729	765	239	570	86	0	9	7,438	83	10.42	2.83	3.68	1.19	28.2	7.7	1.13	.280	3.80	83	3.40	81	7.36	125.7
25	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	2,072	392	148	104	.587	349	3.80	4	2	1	2067.0	1,927	872	958	241	734	90	7	26	8,798	62	9.02	3.20	2.82	1.05	23.6	8.3	1.29	.298	4.17	89	3.70	90	8.39	67.8