With reference to the 2024 year, Tyler Glasnow held down the top spot in K’s with 44. Holding second place was Jared Jones, earning a strikeouts total of 39. Having a tally of 38, Zack Wheeler ranked in the 3rd position. Rounding out the top five were Luis Castillo (36) and the Hunter Greene (36).
2024 MLB Pitching Strikeout Leaders
SO Rank |
Team |
SO |
1st |
Tyler Glasnow |
44 |
2nd |
Jared Jones |
39 |
3rd |
Zack Wheeler |
38 |
4th |
Luis Castillo |
36 |
5th |
Hunter Greene |
36 |
6th |
Dylan Cease |
35 |
7th |
Tarik Skubal* |
35 |
8th |
Reid Detmers* |
34 |
9th |
Garrett Crochet* |
34 |
10th |
Yusei Kikuchi* |
33 |
11th |
Cole Ragans* |
33 |
12th |
Freddy Peralta |
33 |
13th |
Ranger Suárez* |
32 |
14th |
Zac Gallen |
32 |
15th |
Aaron Civale |
31 |
16th |
Kutter Crawford |
30 |
17th |
Jack Flaherty |
30 |
18th |
Joe Ryan |
30 |
19th |
Yoshinobu Yamamoto |
30 |
20th |
Corbin Burnes |
29 |
21st |
Logan Gilbert |
29 |
22nd |
Michael King |
29 |
23rd |
Zack Littell |
29 |
24th |
Luis Gil |
29 |
25th |
Nathan Eovaldi |
28 |
26th |
Brady Singer |
28 |
27th |
Nestor Cortes* |
28 |
28th |
Tanner Houck |
28 |
29th |
José Berríos |
27 |
30th |
Brandon Pfaadt |
27 |
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 |