most career strikeouts among active pitchers

Justin Verlander has struck out the most career batters by an active pitcher, with 3,444 strikeouts.

	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
1	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3,444	532	262	149	.637	532	3.31	26	9	0	3446.1	2,922	1,269	1,372	359	964	115	0	27	14,078	97	8.99	2.52	3.57	0.94	24.5	6.8	1.13	.279	3.58	78	3.42	81	7.63	307.7
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3,408	467	215	112	.657	458	3.16	12	5	0	2881.0	2,349	1,012	1,085	337	756	112	2	20	11,640	78	10.65	2.36	4.51	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.286	3.39	76	3.18	77	7.34	307.8
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,968	432	212	94	.693	429	2.50	25	15	0	2742.2	2,091	762	835	227	678	44	1	28	10,816	103	9.74	2.22	4.38	0.74	27.4	6.3	1.01	.270	2.74	64	2.82	70	6.86	366.8
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,450	378	139	85	.621	298	3.07	16	3	12	1986.2	1,626	678	730	206	464	122	25	15	8,011	46	11.10	2.10	5.28	0.93	30.6	5.8	1.05	.298	3.31	72	2.90	69	7.37	284.5
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2,251	317	153	80	.657	317	3.18	8	5	0	1954.0	1,627	690	740	217	500	61	0	8	7,861	58	10.37	2.30	4.50	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.292	3.41	79	3.16	77	7.49	213.5
6	Charlie Morton C. Morton	2,071	389	138	129	.517	387	4.09	3	2	0	2150.0	2,025	976	1,073	209	807	187	0	25	9,227	69	8.67	3.38	2.57	0.87	22.4	8.7	1.32	.305	4.49	102	3.86	96	8.48	42.3
7	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	2,007	282	110	88	.556	282	3.58	2	1	0	1706.0	1,394	678	712	217	544	77	0	8	7,009	79	10.59	2.87	3.69	1.14	28.6	7.8	1.14	.283	3.76	85	3.53	84	7.35	125.8
8	Aaron Nola A. Nola	1,816	274	104	84	.553	274	3.74	6	4	0	1656.1	1,460	688	726	205	433	53	0	16	6,785	18	9.87	2.35	4.19	1.11	26.8	6.4	1.14	.293	3.94	89	3.46	81	7.93	149.7
9	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1,793	335	104	105	.498	296	3.85	3	1	0	1752.0	1,704	750	805	216	496	35	11	10	7,343	63	9.21	2.55	3.61	1.11	24.4	6.8	1.26	.310	4.14	93	3.62	86	8.75	116.8
10	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1,757	313	113	94	.546	304	3.51	6	4	0	1772.1	1,518	691	757	172	590	56	2	5	7,337	105	8.92	3.00	2.98	0.87	23.9	8.0	1.19	.283	3.84	85	3.53	85	7.71	122.9
11	Jose Quintana J. Quintana	1,742	363	106	103	.507	337	3.71	2	2	0	1993.1	1,942	822	887	202	599	53	7	23	8,349	74	7.87	2.70	2.91	0.91	20.9	7.2	1.27	.302	4.00	90	3.69	89	8.77	102.3
12	Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	1,739	345	105	131	.445	327	4.51	6	2	2	1906.2	2,035	955	1,029	266	584	48	9	23	8,209	62	8.21	2.76	2.98	1.26	21.2	7.1	1.37	.317	4.86	107	4.13	99	9.61	7.3
13	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,692	223	84	58	.592	223	2.54	4	2	0	1394.0	1,073	393	430	125	315	23	0	13	5,485	28	10.92	2.03	5.37	0.81	30.8	5.7	1.00	.285	2.78	65	2.62	65	6.93	226.7
14	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	1,679	330	112	104	.519	282	4.16	11	4	2	1667.1	1,638	771	811	216	460	56	22	21	6,970	60	9.06	2.48	3.65	1.17	24.1	6.6	1.26	.312	4.38	100	3.73	90	8.84	77.8
15	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1,675	265	105	71	.597	265	3.34	4	3	0	1616.0	1,398	600	650	153	465	69	0	14	6,648	39	9.33	2.59	3.60	0.85	25.2	7.0	1.15	.290	3.62	84	3.31	80	7.79	148
16	Robbie Ray R. Ray	1,581	239	80	73	.523	235	3.98	1	1	0	1290.0	1,127	570	606	199	554	47	1	19	5,476	54	11.03	3.87	2.85	1.39	28.9	10.1	1.30	.300	4.23	94	4.10	100	7.86	0.6
17	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1,396	300	93	83	.528	281	4.03	5	3	0	1609.0	1,595	720	763	181	448	52	5	16	6,768	50	7.81	2.51	3.12	1.01	20.6	6.6	1.27	.301	4.27	99	3.80	93	8.92	51.3
18	Blake Snell B. Snell	1,372	213	77	58	.570	213	3.18	1	1	0	1105.2	850	391	426	108	503	11	0	5	4,583	81	11.17	4.09	2.73	0.88	29.9	11.0	1.22	.287	3.47	78	3.35	80	6.92	100.7
19	José Berríos J. Berríos	1,371	250	100	78	.562	249	4.08	5	1	0	1439.2	1,347	652	695	199	432	91	0	5	6,053	35	8.57	2.70	3.17	1.24	22.6	7.1	1.24	.290	4.34	97	4.15	98	8.42	19.1
20	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	1,359	217	75	78	.490	217	3.56	1	0	0	1262.1	1,071	499	545	154	421	42	0	8	5,221	16	9.69	3.00	3.23	1.10	26.0	8.1	1.18	.283	3.89	85	3.70	88	7.64	75.3
21	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	1,316	284	101	65	.608	263	3.88	2	2	0	1486.2	1,433	641	684	180	470	38	4	18	6,265	41	7.97	2.85	2.80	1.09	21.0	7.5	1.28	.294	4.14	96	3.98	98	8.68	11
22	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	1,272	281	97	84	.536	275	3.73	6	4	0	1603.1	1,521	664	713	188	376	66	4	16	6,616	12	7.14	2.11	3.38	1.06	19.2	5.7	1.18	.283	4.00	91	3.92	95	8.54	35.3
23	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,262	808	57	45	.559	0	2.62	0	0	339	770.1	454	224	248	52	397	33	527	7	3,155	82	14.74	4.64	3.18	0.61	40.0	12.6	1.10	.285	2.90	64	2.41	58	5.30	146.9
24	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1,251	204	78	66	.542	199	3.84	3	1	0	1122.2	973	479	516	142	422	56	1	5	4,732	62	10.03	3.38	2.96	1.14	26.4	8.9	1.24	.290	4.14	93	3.84	91	7.80	48.1
25	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,229	880	49	36	.576	0	2.55	0	0	452	876.1	578	248	266	80	265	31	660	18	3,476	21	12.62	2.72	4.64	0.82	35.4	7.6	0.96	.266	2.73	64	2.52	62	5.94	147.1