Active Leaders & Records for Strikeouts
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| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Strikeouts | IP | Throws |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Justin Verlander (19, 41) | 3416 | 3415.2 | R |
| 2. | Max Scherzer (17, 39) | 3407 | 2878.0 | R |
| 3. | Clayton Kershaw (17, 36) | 2968 | 2742.2 | L |
| 4. | Chris Sale (14, 35) | 2414 | 1958.1 | L |
| 5. | Gerrit Cole (12, 33) | 2251 | 1954.0 | R |
| 6. | Charlie Morton (17, 40) | 2047 | 2125.2 | R |
| 7. | Lance Lynn (13, 37) | 2015 | 2006.1 | R |
| 8. | Yu Darvish (12, 37) | 2007 | 1706.0 | R |
| 9. | Johnny Cueto (17, 38) | 1857 | 2256.1 | R |
| 10. | Aaron Nola (10, 31) | 1779 | 1621.1 | R |
| 11. | Kevin Gausman (12, 33) | 1765 | 1718.0 | R |
| 12. | Patrick Corbin (12, 34) | 1729 | 1892.1 | L |
| 13. | Jose Quintana (13, 35) | 1727 | 1969.2 | L |
| 14. | Sonny Gray (12, 34) | 1724 | 1737.1 | R |
| 15. | Jacob deGrom (11, 36) | 1666 | 1367.0 | R |
| 16. | Carlos Carrasco (15, 37) | 1662 | 1641.2 | R |
| 17. | Zack Wheeler (10, 34) | 1625 | 1578.2 | R |
| 18. | Robbie Ray (11, 32) | 1548 | 1258.2 | L |
| 19. | Kyle Gibson (12, 36) | 1510 | 1865.2 | R |
| 20. | Rich Hill (20, 44) | 1428 | 1409.0 | L |
| 21. | Blake Snell (9, 31) | 1368 | 1096.2 | L |
| 22. | Wade Miley (14, 37) | 1361 | 1745.1 | L |
| 23. | Nathan Eovaldi (13, 34) | 1358 | 1572.1 | R |
| 24. | José Berríos (9, 30) | 1343 | 1405.2 | R |
| 25. | Luis Castillo (8, 31) | 1331 | 1230.0 | R |
| 26. | Michael Wacha (12, 32) | 1290 | 1454.2 | R |
| 27. | Craig Kimbrel (15, 36) | 1265 | 809.2 | R |
| 28. | Julio Teheran (13, 33) | 1260 | 1470.2 | R |
| 29. | Kyle Hendricks (11, 34) | 1259 | 1580.1 | R |
| 30. | Dallas Keuchel (13, 36) | 1254 | 1642.1 | L |
| 31. | Aroldis Chapman (15, 36) | 1246 | 760.0 | L |
| 32. | Kenley Jansen (15, 36) | 1221 | 868.1 | R |
| 33. | Jon Gray (10, 32) | 1211 | 1216.2 | R |
| 34. | Carlos Rodón (10, 31) | 1206 | 1086.2 | L |
| 35. | Marcus Stroman (10, 33) | 1204 | 1458.1 | R |
| 36. | Alex Wood (12, 33) | 1173 | 1258.0 | L |
| 37. | Jake Odorizzi (11, 34) | 1172 | 1253.1 | R |
| 38. | David Robertson (16, 39) | 1154 | 876.2 | R |
| Eduardo Rodríguez (9, 31) | 1154 | 1150.1 | L | |
| 40. | Jordan Lyles (14, 33) | 1145 | 1509.0 | R |
| 41. | Nick Pivetta (8, 31) | 1139 | 1029.1 | R |
| 42. | Drew Smyly (11, 35) | 1119 | 1144.2 | L |
| 43. | Sean Manaea (9, 32) | 1109 | 1184.1 | L |
| Martín Pérez (13, 33) | 1109 | 1575.2 | L | |
| 45. | Alex Cobb (13, 36) | 1108 | 1327.2 | R |
| 46. | Lucas Giolito (8, 29) | 1077 | 1013.2 | R |
| 47. | Andrew Heaney (11, 33) | 1070 | 1014.1 | L |
| 48. | Matt Moore (13, 35) | 1053 | 1142.2 | L |
| 49. | Corbin Burnes (7, 29) | 1051 | 903.2 | R |
| 50. | Joe Musgrove (9, 31) | 1050 | 1056.0 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Strikeouts | IP | Throws |
| 51. | Danny Duffy (11, 35) | 1048 | 1172.1 | L |
| 52. | Kenta Maeda (8, 36) | 1047 | 978.2 | R |
| 53. | Jesse Chavez (17, 40) | 1036 | 1134.0 | R |
| 54. | Chris Bassitt (10, 35) | 1025 | 1108.1 | R |
| 55. | Dylan Cease (6, 28) | 1016 | 847.1 | R |
| 56. | James Paxton (11, 35) | 1005 | 951.0 | L |
| 57. | Taijuan Walker (12, 31) | 1002 | 1154.1 | R |
| 58. | Germán Márquez (9, 29) | 986 | 1020.0 | R |
| 59. | Jameson Taillon (8, 32) | 975 | 1107.1 | R |
| 60. | Shane Bieber (7, 29) | 958 | 843.0 | R |
| 61. | Freddy Peralta (7, 28) | 949 | 754.1 | R |
| Luis Severino (9, 30) | 949 | 909.1 | R | |
| 63. | Jack Flaherty (8, 28) | 942 | 829.2 | R |
| 64. | Tyler Anderson (9, 34) | 941 | 1122.2 | L |
| 65. | Chase Anderson (11, 36) | 923 | 1107.1 | R |
| 66. | Pablo López (7, 28) | 921 | 889.1 | R |
| 67. | Matthew Boyd (10, 33) | 891 | 908.1 | L |
| 68. | Zac Gallen (6, 28) | 885 | 815.1 | R |
| 69. | Drew Pomeranz (11, 35) | 883 | 858.1 | L |
| 70. | Steven Matz (10, 33) | 881 | 927.2 | L |
| 71. | Zach Eflin (9, 30) | 872 | 1002.1 | R |
| 72. | Framber Valdez (7, 30) | 866 | 888.2 | L |
| 73. | Max Fried (8, 30) | 863 | 884.1 | L |
| 74. | Adam Ottavino (14, 38) | 859 | 743.0 | R |
| 75. | Tyler Glasnow (9, 30) | 846 | 663.2 | R |
| 76. | Yusei Kikuchi (6, 33) | 837 | 809.2 | L |
| 77. | Anthony DeSclafani (9, 34) | 830 | 942.2 | R |
| 78. | Seth Lugo (9, 34) | 829 | 847.2 | R |
| 79. | Kyle Freeland (8, 31) | 820 | 1097.2 | L |
| 80. | Mike Clevinger (8, 33) | 819 | 804.0 | R |
| 81. | Daniel Hudson (15, 37) | 817 | 855.1 | R |
| 82. | Lance McCullers Jr. (7, 30) | 800 | 718.2 | R |
| 83. | Raisel Iglesias (10, 34) | 796 | 668.2 | R |
| 84. | Miles Mikolas (9, 35) | 795 | 1096.0 | R |
| 85. | Sandy Alcántara (7, 28) | 789 | 900.2 | R |
| 86. | Jordan Montgomery (8, 31) | 788 | 872.0 | L |
| Brandon Woodruff (7, 31) | 788 | 680.1 | R | |
| 88. | Zach Davies (9, 31) | 785 | 1048.1 | R |
| 89. | Logan Webb (6, 27) | 770 | 855.1 | R |
| 90. | Joe Kelly (13, 36) | 767 | 839.0 | R |
| 91. | Reynaldo López (9, 30) | 765 | 815.1 | R |
| 92. | Jake Diekman (13, 37) | 764 | 602.1 | L |
| 93. | Frankie Montas (9, 31) | 760 | 744.1 | R |
| Trevor Williams (9, 32) | 760 | 926.1 | R | |
| 95. | Walker Buehler (7, 29) | 754 | 713.2 | R |
| 96. | Josh Hader (8, 30) | 753 | 459.2 | L |
| 97. | Will Smith (12, 34) | 748 | 652.1 | L |
| 98. | Merrill Kelly (6, 35) | 744 | 824.1 | R |
| 99. | Edwin Díaz (8, 30) | 741 | 453.0 | R |
| Ross Stripling (9, 34) | 741 | 846.1 | R |
