Pitchers Most Strikeouts 2010s

NAME	SO	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
Max Scherzer	2,452	319	161	74	.685	319	3.12	10	5	0	2063.2	1,669	716	758	229	534	70	0	17	8,300	58	10.69	2.33	4.59	1.00	29.5	6.4	1.07	.287	3.31	75	3.06	75	7.28	238.9
Justin Verlander	2,260	321	160	86	.650	321	3.10	20	6	0	2142.0	1,738	737	797	228	568	52	0	10	8,635	50	9.50	2.39	3.98	0.96	26.2	6.6	1.08	.273	3.35	75	3.25	78	7.30	218.7
Clayton Kershaw	2,179	294	156	61	.719	293	2.31	25	15	0	1996.0	1,487	513	566	155	434	31	0	20	7,787	70	9.83	1.96	5.02	0.70	28.0	5.6	0.96	.267	2.55	61	2.63	67	6.70	290.2
Chris Sale	2,007	312	109	73	.599	232	3.03	16	3	12	1629.2	1,312	548	590	172	374	98	25	14	6,544	38	11.08	2.07	5.37	0.95	30.7	5.7	1.03	.293	3.26	71	2.90	69	7.25	235.7
Zack Greinke	1,872	311	155	70	.689	311	3.18	7	2	0	1984.0	1,759	702	756	198	442	37	0	14	8,000	65	8.49	2.01	4.24	0.90	23.4	5.5	1.11	.286	3.43	79	3.25	81	7.98	168.5
Cole Hamels	1,872	306	115	87	.569	305	3.33	11	3	0	1958.0	1,742	724	778	214	579	88	0	24	8,072	46	8.60	2.66	3.23	0.98	23.2	7.2	1.19	.287	3.58	81	3.64	89	8.01	97.2
Jon Lester	1,868	320	148	92	.617	320	3.54	11	2	0	1979.2	1,847	778	862	207	616	65	0	6	8,236	46	8.49	2.80	3.03	0.94	22.7	7.5	1.24	.299	3.92	85	3.61	89	8.40	93.3
David Price	1,867	293	140	73	.657	287	3.24	17	3	0	1887.1	1,685	680	743	189	469	54	1	12	7,700	37	8.90	2.24	3.98	0.90	24.2	6.1	1.14	.292	3.54	79	3.26	80	8.04	167.1
Madison Bumgarner	1,784	285	119	92	.564	285	3.14	15	6	0	1836.0	1,614	640	701	190	425	62	0	33	7,467	25	8.75	2.08	4.20	0.93	23.9	5.7	1.11	.284	3.44	83	3.31	87	7.91	97.9
Felix Hernandez	1,714	281	111	95	.539	280	3.40	18	8	0	1824.2	1,624	690	772	184	518	78	0	3	7,498	110	8.45	2.55	3.31	0.91	22.9	6.9	1.17	.288	3.81	87	3.51	87	8.01	100.9
Stephen Strasburg	1,695	239	112	58	.659	239	3.17	2	2	0	1438.2	1,185	506	557	143	377	51	0	18	5,821	43	10.60	2.36	4.50	0.89	29.1	6.5	1.09	.293	3.48	79	2.95	74	7.41	170.7
Gio Gonzalez	1,683	302	123	88	.583	300	3.49	4	2	0	1768.2	1,559	686	736	142	715	44	0	18	7,471	54	8.56	3.64	2.35	0.72	22.5	9.6	1.29	.290	3.75	87	3.53	88	7.93	92.7
James Shields	1,619	289	102	103	.498	287	4.02	18	7	0	1841.2	1,791	822	893	262	580	69	1	16	7,772	80	7.91	2.83	2.79	1.28	20.8	7.5	1.29	.292	4.36	101	4.24	105	8.75	-46.9
Ian Kennedy	1,590	340	96	99	.492	277	4.03	2	1	30	1707.2	1,605	764	819	240	559	76	51	21	7,219	73	8.38	2.95	2.84	1.26	22.0	7.7	1.27	.287	4.32	100	4.18	105	8.46	-43.4
CC Sabathia	1,503	273	115	80	.590	272	3.87	10	1	0	1688.0	1,666	725	796	214	509	64	0	22	7,155	38	8.01	2.71	2.95	1.14	21.0	7.1	1.29	.298	4.24	92	3.98	93	8.88	57.5
Anibal Sanchez	1,476	289	90	91	.497	267	4.00	7	6	0	1613.1	1,564	717	783	185	497	40	9	31	6,826	52	8.23	2.77	2.97	1.03	21.6	7.3	1.28	.298	4.37	98	3.76	92	8.72	51.9
Corey Kluber	1,461	208	98	58	.628	203	3.16	17	7	0	1341.2	1,165	471	518	132	292	46	3	9	5,398	25	9.80	1.96	5.00	0.89	27.1	5.4	1.09	.298	3.47	75	2.98	72	7.81	170.4
Francisco Liriano	1,449	342	88	92	.489	242	4.15	3	1	0	1456.1	1,320	672	732	143	680	54	13	14	6,277	83	8.95	4.20	2.13	0.88	23.1	10.8	1.37	.298	4.52	103	3.90	97	8.16	18.2
Rick Porcello	1,418	312	135	109	.553	308	4.40	10	3	0	1866.2	2,020	913	1,000	232	422	79	2	17	7,931	63	6.84	2.03	3.36	1.12	17.9	5.3	1.31	.309	4.82	103	4.02	97	9.74	25.4
Jeff Samardzija	1,397	314	78	101	.436	235	4.05	9	4	0	1566.1	1,464	705	758	191	457	56	18	22	6,529	56	8.03	2.63	3.06	1.10	21.4	7.0	1.23	.287	4.36	102	3.90	99	8.41	6.4
Chris Archer	1,349	212	60	80	.429	210	3.86	3	3	0	1235.0	1,127	530	587	150	420	38	1	8	5,203	68	9.83	3.06	3.21	1.09	25.9	8.1	1.25	.301	4.28	96	3.64	90	8.21	55
J.A. Happ	1,347	271	108	85	.560	261	4.10	1	1	0	1490.1	1,424	679	727	197	533	31	5	13	6,337	40	8.13	3.22	2.53	1.19	21.3	8.4	1.31	.290	4.39	100	4.16	101	8.60	-3.6
Gerrit Cole	1,336	192	94	52	.644	192	3.22	2	1	0	1195.0	1,034	427	461	115	315	42	0	6	4,843	45	10.06	2.37	4.24	0.87	27.6	6.5	1.13	.303	3.47	81	3.05	76	7.79	135.1
Lance Lynn	1,326	247	98	68	.590	223	3.59	2	1	1	1342.2	1,248	535	574	121	504	58	4	18	5,704	44	8.89	3.38	2.63	0.81	23.2	8.8	1.30	.305	3.85	89	3.58	89	8.37	67
Jake Arrieta	1,318	252	106	75	.586	246	3.72	6	5	0	1469.1	1,268	607	671	151	511	57	1	20	6,096	72	8.07	3.13	2.58	0.92	21.6	8.4	1.21	.275	4.11	90	3.82	92	7.77	51.9
Yu Darvish
Jose Quintana
Ubaldo Jimenez
Johnny Cueto
Adam Wainwright
Yovani Gallardo
Jacob deGrom
Ervin Santana
Mike Leake
Carlos Carrasco
R.A. Dickey
Julio Teheran
Trevor Bauer
Jordan Zimmermann
Jason Hammel
Patrick Corbin
Charlie Morton
Wade Miley
Bud Norris
John Lackey
Marco Estrada
Jered Weaver
Tim Lincecum
Jhoulys Chacin
A.J. Burnett

Between the 2010 and 2019 seasons, Max Scherzer fanned the most batters, with 2,452 strikeouts.

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