pitchers most k in a season, including postseason, since 1893

Since 1893, Randy Johnson has struck out the most hitters in a combined regular-season and postseason, with 419 strikeouts in 2001.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	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	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	419	2001	ARI	41	26	7	.788	39	2.35	5	4	0	291.0	206	76	81	21	79	18	2	2	1,150	8	12.96	2.44	5.30	0.65	36.4	6.9	0.98	.302	2.51	47	1.82	41	6.37	63.9
2	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	411	1965	LAD	46	28	9	.757	44	1.93	29	10	2	359.2	229	77	92	26	76	5	2	4	1,384	11	10.28	1.90	5.41	0.65	29.7	5.5	0.85	.234	2.30	58	1.80	57	5.73	47.9
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	383	1973	CAL	41	21	16	.568	39	2.87	26	4	1	326.0	238	104	113	18	162	7	2	2	1,355	15	10.57	4.47	2.36	0.50	28.3	12.0	1.23	.280	3.12	80	2.48	69	6.57	40.9
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	375	1999	ARI	36	17	10	.630	36	2.64	12	2	0	280.0	215	82	93	32	73	9	0	3	1,115	4	12.05	2.35	5.14	1.03	33.6	6.5	1.03	.292	2.99	52	2.67	57	6.91	57.2
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	373	2019	HOU	38	24	6	.800	38	2.39	0	0	0	249.0	163	66	73	33	59	3	0	0	955	4	13.48	2.13	6.32	1.19	39.1	6.2	0.89	.267	2.64	47	2.24	50	5.89	45
6	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	367	1974	CAL	42	22	16	.579	41	2.89	26	3	0	332.2	221	107	127	18	202	9	1	3	1,392	9	9.93	5.46	1.82	0.49	26.4	14.5	1.27	.255	3.44	85	2.97	84	5.98	20.2
7	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	349	2001	ARI	41	26	6	.813	41	2.69	9	2	0	305.0	262	91	92	40	45	2	0	0	1,197	4	10.30	1.33	7.76	1.18	29.2	3.8	1.01	.292	2.71	55	2.61	59	7.73	38
8	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	349	1904	PHA	46	25	19	.568	46	1.62	39	8	0	383.0	307	69	109	5	91	14	0		1,496	8	8.20	2.14	3.84	0.12	23.3	6.1	1.04	.291	2.56	61	1.59	62	7.21	41.5
9	Bob Feller B. Feller	348	1946	CLE	48	26	15	.634	42	2.18	36	10	4	371.1	277	90	101	11	153	3	5		1,512	3	8.43	3.71	2.27	0.27	23.0	10.1	1.16	.267	2.45	65	2.16	65	6.71	48.3
10	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	347	2000	ARI	35	19	7	.731	35	2.64	8	3	0	248.2	202	73	89	23	76	6	0	1	1,001	5	12.56	2.75	4.57	0.83	34.7	7.6	1.12	.326	3.22	56	2.53	53	7.31	61.1
11	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	346	1998	TOT	36	19	13	.594	36	3.21	10	6	0	258.1	215	92	106	25	88	14	0	1	1,070	7	12.05	3.07	3.93	0.87	32.3	8.2	1.17	.318	3.69	68	2.73	61	7.49	42.2
12	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	341	1977	CAL	37	19	16	.543	37	2.77	22	4	0	299.0	198	92	110	12	204	9	0	7	1,272	21	10.26	6.14	1.67	0.36	26.8	16.0	1.34	.263	3.31	72	3.11	79	5.96	27.9
13	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	338	2019	HOU	40	22	10	.688	40	2.82	2	1	0	258.1	167	81	83	44	56	6	0	0	993	4	11.78	1.95	6.04	1.53	34.0	5.6	0.86	.224	2.89	49	2.81	62	5.82	31.5
14	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	338	2002	ARI	36	24	6	.800	36	2.44	8	4	0	266.0	207	72	84	28	73	13	0	2	1,065	3	11.44	2.47	4.63	0.95	31.7	6.9	1.05	.292	2.84	53	2.59	60	7.00	47
15	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	336	1999	BOS	34	25	4	.862	31	1.91	5	1	0	230.1	165	49	56	9	43	9	2	1	897	6	13.13	1.68	7.81	0.35	37.5	4.8	0.90	.312	2.19	39	1.28	28	6.45	79.4
16	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	329	1972	CAL	39	19	16	.543	39	2.28	20	9	0	284.0	166	72	80	14	157	10	0	4	1,154	18	10.43	4.98	2.10	0.44	28.5	13.6	1.14	.236	2.54	79	2.48	83	5.26	16.6
17	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	329	1963	LAD	42	27	5	.844	42	1.86	22	11	0	329.0	226	68	71	20	61	3	0	7	1,279	6	9.00	1.67	5.39	0.55	25.7	4.8	0.87	.238	1.94	59	1.75	58	6.18	41.9
18	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	327	1976	CAL	39	17	18	.486	39	3.36	21	7	0	284.1	193	106	117	13	183	5	0	2	1,196	5	10.35	5.79	1.79	0.41	27.3	15.3	1.32	.269	3.70	99	2.91	85	6.11	16.5
19	Mike Scott M. Scott	325	1986	HOU	39	20	10	.667	39	2.12	9	6	0	293.1	190	69	74	17	73	2	0	6	1,130	3	9.97	2.24	4.45	0.52	28.8	6.5	0.90	.243	2.27	59	2.02	57	5.83	43.6
20	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	325	1965	CLE	42	17	11	.607	35	2.18	14	3	4	273.0	178	66	80	9	132	6	5	7	1,116	17	10.71	4.35	2.46	0.30	29.1	11.8	1.14	.262	2.64	63	2.08	58	5.87	45.4
21	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	323	2002	ARI	37	23	7	.767	36	3.18	5	1	0	266.1	225	94	96	30	34	4	0	1	1,047	6	10.91	1.15	9.50	1.01	30.9	3.2	0.97	.297	3.24	73	2.32	54	7.60	54.3
22	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	323	1995	SEA	34	20	3	.870	33	2.48	6	3	0	239.2	176	66	74	14	73	6	1	2	966	5	12.13	2.74	4.42	0.53	33.4	7.6	1.04	.295	2.78	47	1.86	40	6.61	62
23	Chris Sale C. Sale	320	2017	BOS	34	17	10	.630	33	3.13	1	0	0	224.0	178	78	82	28	44	8	0	0	894	3	12.86	1.77	7.27	1.13	35.8	4.9	0.99	.304	3.29	60	2.34	54	7.15	45.5
24	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	320	2015	LAD	35	17	8	.680	35	2.16	4	3	0	246.1	170	59	66	17	47	5	0	1	943	9	11.69	1.72	6.81	0.62	33.9	5.0	0.88	.276	2.41	54	1.87	49	6.21	47.7
25	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	319	1997	PHI	35	17	11	.607	35	2.97	7	2	0	254.1	208	84	96	25	58	5	0	3	1,009	5	11.29	2.05	5.50	0.88	31.6	5.7	1.05	.304	3.40	69	2.61	62	7.36	45.8