who has the most strikeouts in no-hitter games

Max Scherzer and Nolan Ryan are tied for fanning the most hitters in a no-hitter, with 17 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:
Who has the most strikeouts in regular-season no-hitter games?
NAME SO NH DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
17
1
10/3/2015
WSH WSH
@
NYM NYM
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
28
0
2 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
17
1
7/15/1973
CAL CAL
@
DET DET
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
31
0
3 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
16
1
5/1/1991
TEX TEX
vs
TOR TOR
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
29
0
4 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
15
1
6/18/2014
LAD LAD
vs
COL COL
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
28
0
5 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
15
1
9/28/1974
CAL CAL
vs
MIN MIN
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
8
0
0
0
35
0
6 Don Wilson
D. Wilson
15
1
6/18/1967
HOU HOU
vs
ATL ATL
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
30
0
7 Warren Spahn
W. Spahn
15
1
9/16/1960
MIL MIL
vs
PHI PHI
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
29
0
8 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
14
1
9/1/2019
HOU HOU
@
TOR TOR
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
28
0
9 Matt Cain
M. Cain
14
1
6/13/2012
SFG SFG
vs
HOU HOU
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
10 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
14
1
6/11/1990
TEX TEX
@
OAK OAK
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
29
0
11 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
14
1
9/9/1965
LAD LAD
vs
CHC CHC
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
12 Nap Rucker
N. Rucker
14
1
9/5/1908
BKN BKN
vs
BSN BSN
W
1
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
29
0
13 Lucas Giolito
L. Giolito
13
1
8/25/2020
CWS CWS
vs
PIT PIT
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
28
0
14 Cole Hamels
C. Hamels
13
1
7/25/2015
PHI PHI
@
CHC CHC
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
29
0
15 Tim Lincecum
T. Lincecum
13
1
7/13/2013
SFG SFG
@
SDP SDP
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
32
1
16 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
13
1
5/18/2004
ARI ARI
@
ATL ATL
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
17 Eric Milton
E. Milton
13
1
9/11/1999
MIN MIN
vs
ANA ANA
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
28
0
18 Mike Scott
M. Scott
13
1
9/25/1986
HOU HOU
vs
SFG SFG
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
30
0
19 Jim Bibby
J. Bibby
13
1
7/30/1973
TEX TEX
@
OAK OAK
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
33
0
20 Don Wilson
D. Wilson
13
1
5/1/1969
HOU HOU
@
CIN CIN
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
6
1
0
0
34
0
21 Jim Maloney
J. Maloney
13
1
4/30/1969
CIN CIN
vs
HOU HOU
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
31
0
22 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
13
1
6/30/1962
LAD LAD
vs
NYM NYM
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
30
0
23 John Means
J. Means
12
1
5/5/2021
BAL BAL
@
SEA SEA
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
1
24 Jake Arrieta
J. Arrieta
12
1
8/30/2015
CHC CHC
@
LAD LAD
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
29
0
25 Felix Hernandez
F. Hernandez
12
1
8/15/2012
SEA SEA
vs
TBR TBR
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for no-hitters going back to the 1908 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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