Since January 1, 2000, Max Scherzer and Randy Johnson are tied for fanning the most batters in a game, with 20 strikeouts.

since january 1, 2000, what pitcher has the most strikeouts in a game
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since january 1, 2000, what pitcher has the most strikeouts in a regular-season game
5/11/2016 Scherzer 5/8/2001 Johnson 5/13/2015 Kluber 5/16/2004 Sheets 5/14/2019 Sale 10/3/2015 Scherzer 4/26/2013 Sanchez 8/8/2010 Morrow 8/19/2007 Santana 9/14/2002 Johnson 4/21/2002 Johnson 4/7/2002 Schilling 5/6/2000 Martinez 6/18/2023 Lynn 9/1/2022 Strider 6/21/2019 Buehler 5/4/2018 Cole 5/2/2018 Paxton 9/17/2016 Gray 8/1/2016 Duffy 4/14/2016 Velasquez 6/14/2015 Scherzer 5/10/2015 Pineda 5/6/2011 Lee 9/30/2009 Nolasco 4/25/2007 Peavy 6/6/2006 Schmidt 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 20 20 18 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
NAME SO DATE TM OPP DEC GS CG GF SHO SV IP H TBF R ER HR BB IBB HBP WP
Max Scherzer Max Scherzer 20 5/11/2016
WSH WSH
vs
DET DET
W 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 6 33 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
Randy Johnson Randy Johnson 20 5/8/2001
ARI ARI
vs
CIN CIN
1 0 0 0 0 9.0 3 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Corey Kluber Corey Kluber 18 5/13/2015
CLE CLE
vs
STL STL
W 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 1 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Ben Sheets Ben Sheets 18 5/16/2004
MIL MIL
vs
ATL ATL
W 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 3 31 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
Chris Sale Chris Sale 17 5/14/2019
BOS BOS
vs
COL COL
1 0 0 0 0 7.0 3 24 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
Max Scherzer Max Scherzer 17 10/3/2015
WSH WSH
@
NYM NYM
W 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Anibal Sanchez Anibal Sanchez 17 4/26/2013
DET DET
vs
ATL ATL
W 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 5 29 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Brandon Morrow Brandon Morrow 17 8/8/2010
TOR TOR
vs
TBR TBR
W 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 1 31 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Johan Santana Johan Santana 17 8/19/2007
MIN MIN
vs
TEX TEX
W 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 2 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Johnson Randy Johnson 17 9/14/2002
ARI ARI
vs
MIL MIL
W 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 3 32 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Randy Johnson Randy Johnson 17 4/21/2002
ARI ARI
vs
COL COL
W 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 2 31 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Curt Schilling Curt Schilling 17 4/7/2002
ARI ARI
@
MIL MIL
W 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 1 29 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Pedro Martinez Pedro Martinez 17 5/6/2000
BOS BOS
vs
TBD TBD
L 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 6 34 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Lance Lynn Lance Lynn 16 6/18/2023
CWS CWS
@
SEA SEA
L 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 4 27 3 3 0 2 0 0 0
Spencer Strider Spencer Strider 16 9/1/2022
ATL ATL
vs
COL COL
W 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 2 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Walker Buehler Walker Buehler 16 6/21/2019
LAD LAD
vs
COL COL
W 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 3 30 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
Gerrit Cole Gerrit Cole 16 5/4/2018
HOU HOU
@
ARI ARI
W 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 1 29 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
James Paxton James Paxton 16 5/2/2018
SEA SEA
vs
OAK OAK
1 0 0 0 0 7.0 5 27 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jon Gray Jon Gray 16 9/17/2016
COL COL
vs
SDP SDP
W 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 4 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Duffy Danny Duffy 16 8/1/2016
KCR KCR
@
TBR TBR
W 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 1 26 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Vince Velasquez Vince Velasquez 16 4/14/2016
PHI PHI
vs
SDP SDP
W 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 3 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Max Scherzer Max Scherzer 16 6/14/2015
WSH WSH
@
MIL MIL
W 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 1 29 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Michael Pineda Michael Pineda 16 5/10/2015
NYY NYY
vs
BAL BAL
W 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 6 27 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Cliff Lee Cliff Lee 16 5/6/2011
PHI PHI
vs
ATL ATL
L 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 9 31 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
Ricky Nolasco Ricky Nolasco 16 9/30/2009
FLA FLA
@
ATL ATL
W 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 4 29 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
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