With reference to the 2024 season, Tarik Skubal* held down the top spot in punching out the opposition with 201. Holding down second place was Dylan Cease, possessing a strikeouts total of 201. With a number of 197, Cole Ragans* ranked in the third position. Finishing out the top 5 were Chris Sale* (197) and the Garrett Crochet* (188).
2024 MLB Pitching Strikeout Leaders
SO Rank |
Team |
SO |
1st |
Tarik Skubal* |
201 |
2nd |
Dylan Cease |
201 |
3rd |
Cole Ragans* |
197 |
4th |
Chris Sale* |
197 |
5th |
Garrett Crochet* |
188 |
6th |
Zack Wheeler |
183 |
7th |
Logan Gilbert |
181 |
8th |
Sonny Gray |
179 |
9th |
Michael King |
177 |
10th |
Yusei Kikuchi* |
177 |
11th |
Freddy Peralta |
175 |
12th |
Jack Flaherty |
174 |
13th |
Tyler Glasnow |
168 |
14th |
Luis Castillo |
167 |
15th |
Pablo López |
164 |
16th |
Aaron Nola |
162 |
17th |
Hunter Greene |
162 |
18th |
Carlos Rodón* |
161 |
19th |
Tanner Bibee |
156 |
20th |
Seth Lugo |
155 |
21st |
Brandon Pfaadt |
155 |
22nd |
Bailey Ober |
155 |
23rd |
Hunter Brown |
155 |
24th |
Logan Webb |
154 |
25th |
Corbin Burnes |
154 |
26th |
Sean Manaea* |
154 |
27th |
George Kirby |
153 |
28th |
Spencer Arrighetti |
151 |
29th |
Chris Bassitt |
149 |
30th |
Shota Imanaga* |
148 |
2023 MLB Pitching Strikeout Leaders
SO Rank |
Team |
SO |
1st |
Spencer Strider |
281 |
2nd |
Kevin Gausman |
237 |
3rd |
Pablo Lopez |
234 |
4th |
Blake Snell |
234 |
5th |
Gerrit Cole |
222 |
6th |
Zac Gallen |
220 |
7th |
Luis Castillo |
219 |
8th |
Dylan Cease |
214 |
9th |
Zack Wheeler |
212 |
10th |
Freddy Peralta |
210 |
11th |
Mitch Keller |
210 |
12th |
Jesus Luzardo |
208 |
13th |
Lucas Giolito |
204 |
14th |
Aaron Nola |
202 |
15th |
Kodai Senga |
202 |
16th |
Corbin Burnes |
200 |
17th |
Framber Valdez |
200 |
18th |
Joe Ryan |
197 |
19th |
Logan Webb |
194 |
20th |
Lance Lynn |
191 |
21st |
Logan Gilbert |
189 |
22nd |
Merrill Kelly |
187 |
23rd |
Chris Bassitt |
186 |
24th |
Zach Eflin |
186 |
25th |
Jose Berrios |
184 |
26th |
Sonny Gray |
183 |
27th |
Nick Pivetta |
183 |
28th |
Charlie Morton |
183 |
29th |
Yusei Kikuchi |
181 |
30th |
Hunter Brown |
178 |
2022 MLB Pitching Strikeout Leaders
SO Rank |
Team |
SO |
1st |
Gerrit Cole |
257 |
2nd |
Corbin Burnes |
243 |
3rd |
Carlos Rodon |
237 |
4th |
Aaron Nola |
235 |
5th |
Dylan Cease |
227 |
6th |
Shohei Ohtani |
219 |
7th |
Robbie Ray |
212 |
8th |
Sandy Alcantara |
207 |
9th |
Kevin Gausman |
205 |
10th |
Charlie Morton |
205 |
11th |
Spencer Strider |
202 |
12th |
Shane Bieber |
198 |
13th |
Yu Darvish |
197 |
14th |
Framber Valdez |
194 |
15th |
Cristian Javier |
194 |
16th |
Shane McClanahan |
194 |
17th |
Zac Gallen |
192 |
18th |
Triston McKenzie |
190 |
19th |
Brandon Woodruff |
190 |
20th |
Justin Verlander |
185 |
21st |
Joe Musgrove |
184 |
22nd |
Alek Manoah |
180 |
23rd |
Merrill Kelly |
177 |
24th |
Lucas Giolito |
177 |
25th |
Nick Pivetta |
175 |
26th |
Logan Gilbert |
174 |
27th |
Pablo Lopez |
174 |
28th |
Kyle Wright |
174 |
29th |
Max Scherzer |
173 |
30th |
Blake Snell |
171 |
2021 MLB Pitching Strikeout Leaders
SO Rank |
Team |
SO |
1st |
Robbie Ray |
248 |
2nd |
Zack Wheeler |
247 |
3rd |
Gerrit Cole |
243 |
4th |
Max Scherzer |
236 |
5th |
Corbin Burnes |
234 |
6th |
Kevin Gausman |
227 |
7th |
Dylan Cease |
226 |
8th |
Aaron Nola |
223 |
9th |
Charlie Morton |
216 |
10th |
Walker Buehler |
212 |
11th |
Brandon Woodruff |
211 |
12th |
Tyler Mahle |
210 |
13th |
Frankie Montas |
207 |
14th |
Jose Berrios |
204 |
15th |
Joe Musgrove |
203 |
16th |
Sandy Alcantara |
201 |
17th |
Lucas Giolito |
201 |
18th |
Yu Darvish |
199 |
19th |
Nathan Eovaldi |
195 |
20th |
Julio Urias |
195 |
21st |
Freddy Peralta |
195 |
22nd |
Sean Manaea |
194 |
23rd |
Luis Castillo |
192 |
24th |
Eduardo Rodriguez |
185 |
25th |
Lance McCullers Jr. |
185 |
26th |
Carlos Rodon |
185 |
27th |
German Marquez |
176 |
28th |
Lance Lynn |
176 |
29th |
Nick Pivetta |
175 |
30th |
Adam Wainwright |
174 |
2020 MLB Pitching Strikeout Leaders
SO Rank |
Team |
SO |
1st |
Shane Bieber |
122 |
2nd |
Jacob deGrom |
104 |
3rd |
Trevor Bauer |
100 |
4th |
Lucas Giolito |
97 |
5th |
Aaron Nola |
96 |
6th |
Gerrit Cole |
94 |
7th |
Yu Darvish |
93 |
8th |
Dinelson Lamet |
93 |
9th |
Max Scherzer |
92 |
10th |
Brandon Woodruff |
91 |
11th |
Tyler Glasnow |
91 |
12th |
Lance Lynn |
89 |
13th |
Luis Castillo |
89 |
14th |
Corbin Burnes |
88 |
15th |
Carlos Carrasco |
82 |
16th |
Zac Gallen |
82 |
17th |
Kenta Maeda |
80 |
18th |
Kevin Gausman |
79 |
19th |
Framber Valdez |
76 |
20th |
German Marquez |
73 |
21st |
Hyun Jin Ryu |
72 |
22nd |
Dylan Bundy |
72 |
23rd |
Sonny Gray |
72 |
24th |
Andrew Heaney |
70 |
25th |
Zach Eflin |
70 |
26th |
Aaron Civale |
69 |
27th |
Jose Berrios |
68 |
28th |
Robbie Ray |
68 |
29th |
Zack Greinke |
67 |
30th |
Kyle Hendricks |
64 |
2019 MLB Pitching Strikeout Leaders
SO Rank |
Team |
SO |
1st |
Gerrit Cole |
326 |
2nd |
Justin Verlander |
300 |
3rd |
Shane Bieber |
259 |
4th |
Jacob deGrom |
255 |
5th |
Trevor Bauer |
253 |
6th |
Stephen Strasburg |
251 |
7th |
Lance Lynn |
246 |
8th |
Max Scherzer |
243 |
9th |
Charlie Morton |
240 |
10th |
Patrick Corbin |
238 |
11th |
Matthew Boyd |
238 |
12th |
Robbie Ray |
235 |
13th |
Jack Flaherty |
231 |
14th |
Aaron Nola |
229 |
15th |
Yu Darvish |
229 |
16th |
Lucas Giolito |
228 |
17th |
Luis Castillo |
226 |
18th |
Chris Sale |
218 |
19th |
Walker Buehler |
215 |
20th |
Eduardo Rodriguez |
213 |
21st |
Sonny Gray |
205 |
22nd |
Madison Bumgarner |
203 |
23rd |
Noah Syndergaard |
202 |
24th |
Mike Minor |
200 |
25th |
Jose Berrios |
195 |
26th |
Zack Wheeler |
195 |
27th |
Clayton Kershaw |
189 |
28th |
Zack Greinke |
187 |
29th |
James Paxton |
186 |
30th |
Jake Odorizzi |
178 |
2018 MLB Pitching Strikeout Leaders
SO Rank |
Team |
SO |
1st |
Max Scherzer |
300 |
2nd |
Justin Verlander |
290 |
3rd |
Gerrit Cole |
276 |
4th |
Jacob deGrom |
269 |
5th |
Patrick Corbin |
246 |
6th |
Chris Sale |
237 |
7th |
Carlos Carrasco |
231 |
8th |
German Marquez |
230 |
9th |
Aaron Nola |
224 |
10th |
Corey Kluber |
222 |
11th |
Blake Snell |
221 |
12th |
Trevor Bauer |
221 |
13th |
Luis Severino |
220 |
14th |
James Paxton |
208 |
15th |
Mike Clevinger |
207 |
16th |
Jose Berrios |
202 |
17th |
Mike Foltynewicz |
202 |
18th |
Charlie Morton |
201 |
19th |
Zack Greinke |
199 |
20th |
J.A. Happ |
193 |
21st |
Rick Porcello |
190 |
22nd |
Nick Pivetta |
188 |
23rd |
Cole Hamels |
188 |
24th |
Zack Godley |
185 |
25th |
Dylan Bundy |
184 |
26th |
Jon Gray |
183 |
27th |
Jack Flaherty |
182 |
28th |
Andrew Heaney |
180 |
29th |
Kyle Gibson |
179 |
30th |
Jameson Taillon |
179 |
2017 MLB Pitching Strikeout Leaders
SO Rank |
Team |
SO |
1st |
Chris Sale |
308 |
2nd |
Max Scherzer |
268 |
3rd |
Corey Kluber |
265 |
4th |
Chris Archer |
249 |
5th |
Jacob deGrom |
239 |
6th |
Luis Severino |
230 |
7th |
Carlos Carrasco |
226 |
8th |
Justin Verlander |
219 |
9th |
Robbie Ray |
218 |
10th |
Carlos Martinez |
217 |
11th |
Zack Greinke |
215 |
12th |
Yu Darvish |
209 |
13th |
Jose Quintana |
207 |
14th |
Jeff Samardzija |
205 |
15th |
Stephen Strasburg |
204 |
16th |
Clayton Kershaw |
202 |
17th |
Jimmy Nelson |
199 |
18th |
Gerrit Cole |
196 |
19th |
Trevor Bauer |
196 |
20th |
Masahiro Tanaka |
194 |
21st |
Gio Gonzalez |
188 |
22nd |
Aaron Nola |
184 |
23rd |
Rick Porcello |
181 |
24th |
Jon Lester |
180 |
25th |
Kevin Gausman |
179 |
26th |
Patrick Corbin |
178 |
27th |
Marco Estrada |
176 |
28th |
Drew Pomeranz |
174 |
29th |
Dan Straily |
170 |
30th |
Ervin Santana |
167 |
2016 MLB Pitching Strikeout Leaders
SO Rank |
Team |
SO |
1st |
Max Scherzer |
284 |
2nd |
Justin Verlander |
254 |
3rd |
Jose Fernandez |
253 |
4th |
Madison Bumgarner |
251 |
5th |
Chris Archer |
233 |
6th |
Chris Sale |
233 |
7th |
David Price |
228 |
8th |
Corey Kluber |
227 |
9th |
Robbie Ray |
218 |
10th |
Noah Syndergaard |
218 |
11th |
Michael Pineda |
207 |
12th |
Cole Hamels |
200 |
13th |
Johnny Cueto |
198 |
14th |
Jon Lester |
197 |
15th |
Jake Arrieta |
190 |
16th |
Rick Porcello |
189 |
17th |
Danny Duffy |
188 |
18th |
Drew Pomeranz |
186 |
19th |
Jon Gray |
185 |
20th |
Ian Kennedy |
184 |
21st |
Stephen Strasburg |
183 |
22nd |
Jose Quintana |
181 |
23rd |
John Lackey |
180 |
24th |
Kenta Maeda |
179 |
25th |
Matt Moore |
178 |
26th |
Collin McHugh |
177 |
27th |
Carlos Martinez |
174 |
28th |
Kevin Gausman |
174 |
29th |
Tanner Roark |
172 |
30th |
Clayton Kershaw |
172 |
2015 MLB Pitching Strikeout Leaders
SO Rank |
Team |
SO |
1st |
Clayton Kershaw |
301 |
2nd |
Max Scherzer |
276 |
3rd |
Chris Sale |
274 |
4th |
Chris Archer |
252 |
5th |
Corey Kluber |
245 |
6th |
Jake Arrieta |
236 |
7th |
Madison Bumgarner |
234 |
8th |
David Price |
225 |
9th |
Dallas Keuchel |
216 |
10th |
James Shields |
216 |
11th |
Carlos Carrasco |
216 |
12th |
Cole Hamels |
215 |
13th |
Tyson Ross |
212 |
14th |
Jon Lester |
207 |
15th |
Francisco Liriano |
205 |
16th |
Jacob deGrom |
205 |
17th |
Gerrit Cole |
202 |
18th |
Zack Greinke |
200 |
19th |
Danny Salazar |
195 |
20th |
Felix Hernandez |
191 |
21st |
Matt Harvey |
188 |
22nd |
Carlos Martinez |
184 |
23rd |
Mike Fiers |
180 |
24th |
Jose Quintana |
177 |
25th |
Johnny Cueto |
176 |
26th |
Garrett Richards |
176 |
27th |
John Lackey |
175 |
28th |
Ian Kennedy |
174 |
29th |
Jason Hammel |
172 |
30th |
Shelby Miller |
171 |