Which NL pitcher has the most career Ks?

Steve Carlton breaks Bob Gibson's NL career strikeout record when he fans Montreal's Andre Dawson for his 3,118th K.

	NAME	G	SO	W	L	W%	GS	CG	GF	SHO	SV	IP	H	TBF	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	WP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	H/9	BB/9	K/BB	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	PRAA
1	Steve Carlton	695	4,000	319	226	.585	677	251	7	55	1	4992.2	4,429	20,677	1,970	1,723	379	1,717	145	49	174	3.11	1.23	7.21	7.98	3.10	2.33	85	3.05	85	293.7
2	Greg Maddux	744	3,371	355	227	.610	740	109	3	35	0	5008.1	4,726	20,421	1,981	1,756	353	999	177	137	70	3.16	1.14	6.06	8.49	1.80	3.37	76	3.25	78	519.5
3	Tom Seaver	559	3,272	273	170	.616	553	213	5	56	1	4131.1	3,352	16,639	1,380	1,254	314	1,204	105	59	107	2.73	1.10	7.13	7.30	2.62	2.72	77	2.90	83	270.7
4	Bob Gibson	528	3,117	251	174	.591	482	255	21	56	6	3884.1	3,279	16,068	1,420	1,258	257	1,336	118	102	108	2.91	1.19	7.22	7.60	3.10	2.33	78	2.89	81	290.5
5	John Smoltz	715	3,051	211	150	.584	473	53	204	16	154	3433.0	3,015	14,085	1,354	1,247	280	1,001	83	54	145	3.27	1.17	8.00	7.90	2.62	3.05	80	3.21	78	359.4
6	Don Sutton	600	2,939	257	198	.565	583	166	12	55	5	4170.0	3,592	16,975	1,576	1,422	325	1,071	96	64	89	3.07	1.12	6.34	7.75	2.31	2.74	90	3.00	88	184.6
7	Phil Niekro	740	2,912	268	230	.538	595	226	81	43	29	4622.1	4,224	19,238	1,922	1,645	392	1,458	83	108	200	3.20	1.23	5.67	8.22	2.84	2.00	84	3.45	92	154.8
8	Tom Glavine	682	2,607	305	203	.600	682	56	0	25	0	4413.1	4,298	18,604	1,900	1,734	356	1,500	145	66	65	3.54	1.31	5.32	8.76	3.06	1.74	86	3.94	94	120.1
9	Warren Spahn	750	2,583	363	245	.597	665	382	67	63	28	5243.2	4,830	21,547	2,016	1,798	434	1,434	60	42	81	3.09	1.19	4.43	8.29	2.46	1.80	84	3.44	94	124.4
10	Christy Mathewson	636	2,507	373	188	.665	552	435	73	79	30	4788.2	4,219	18,913	1,620	1,135	89	848		59	115	2.13	1.06	4.71	7.93	1.59	2.96	75	2.26	76	363
11	Curt Schilling	406	2,500	162	111	.593	333	79	44	19	10	2516.2	2,216	10,184	979	922	257	571	40	38	64	3.30	1.11	8.94	7.92	2.04	4.38	78	3.11	73	315
12	Don Drysdale	518	2,486	209	166	.557	465	167	34	49	6	3432.0	3,084	14,097	1,292	1,124	280	855	123	154	82	2.95	1.15	6.52	8.09	2.24	2.91	83	3.02	88	162.2
13	Sandy Koufax	397	2,396	165	87	.655	314	137	44	40	9	2324.1	1,754	9,497	806	713	204	817	48	18	87	2.76	1.11	9.28	6.79	3.16	2.93	75	2.69	75	226.6
14	Nolan Ryan	387	2,359	135	132	.506	356	51	10	15	2	2364.2	1,810	9,942	969	848	145	1,140	45	68	127	3.23	1.25	8.98	6.89	4.34	2.07	94	3.02	89	108.5
15	Randy Johnson	277	2,330	139	73	.656	270	43	4	18	0	1866.1	1,531	7,566	694	606	191	506	24	79	37	2.92	1.09	11.24	7.38	2.44	4.60	66	2.84	64	330.5
16	Juan Marichal	460	2,282	238	141	.628	448	244	10	52	2	3449.2	3,092	13,992	1,297	1,095	317	695	81	38	51	2.86	1.10	5.95	8.07	1.81	3.28	80	3.03	88	152.1
17	Clayton Kershaw	319	2,281	153	69	.689	317	25	1	15	0	2103.1	1,575	8,276	611	559	146	536	27	31	81	2.39	1.00	9.76	6.74	2.29	4.26	62	2.64	67	301.9
18	Grover Alexander	696	2,198	373	208	.642	600	436	81	90	32	5190.0	4,868	20,893	1,852	1,476	165	951		70	38	2.56	1.12	3.81	8.44	1.65	2.31	73	2.88	81	359.1
19	Fergie Jenkins	409	2,050	169	133	.560	347	154	31	29	7	2688.1	2,412	10,956	1,066	956	273	603	78	52	37	3.20	1.12	6.86	8.07	2.02	3.40	84	3.06	83	182.3
20	Dazzy Vance	432	2,027	197	137	.590	346	216	47	29	12	2936.1	2,777	12,234	1,227	1,053	131	822		75	36	3.23	1.23	6.21	8.51	2.52	2.47	81	3.18	78	290.4
21	Jerry Koosman	431	1,996	160	156	.506	398	114	14	28	5	2868.0	2,620	11,900	1,145	1,007	209	914	100	55	74	3.16	1.23	6.26	8.22	2.87	2.18	90	3.14	91	101.1
22	Rick Reuschel	545	1,993	210	187	.529	518	99	15	26	5	3477.2	3,513	14,606	1,470	1,309	217	925	117	87	89	3.39	1.28	5.16	9.09	2.39	2.15	89	3.21	85	222
23	Fernando Valenzuela	419	1,991	165	141	.539	391	108	10	29	2	2744.2	2,525	11,594	1,189	1,047	205	1,069	63	21	110	3.43	1.31	6.53	8.28	3.51	1.86	95	3.51	95	46.6
24	John Clarkson	531	1,978	328	178	.648	518	485	12	37	5	4536.1	4,295	19,146	2,384	1,417	159	1,191		80	182	2.81	1.21	3.92	8.52	2.36	1.66	75	3.35	88	289.8
25	Gaylord Perry	459	1,960	175	135	.565	375	143	30	23	9	2938.1	2,709	12,079	1,148	979	195	738	108	60	94	3.00	1.17	6.00	8.30	2.26	2.66	86	2.89	85	169.3