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List of Major League Baseball career strikeout leaders

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In baseball, a strikeout occurs when the batter receives three strikes during his time at bat. Strikeouts are associated with dominance on the part of the pitcher and failure on the part of the batter.

The pitcher with the most career strikeouts in Major League Baseball is Nolan Ryan, who struck out 5,714 batters during his career.

The List

  • Bold denotes active player
  • Asterisk (*) denotes Hall of Famer
  • Stats through the 2011 season.
Rank Player (2011 Strikeouts) K
1 Nolan Ryan* 5,714
2 Randy Johnson 4,875
3 Roger Clemens 4,672
4 Steve Carlton* 4,136
5 Bert Blyleven* 3,701
6 Tom Seaver* 3,640
7 Don Sutton* 3,574
8 Gaylord Perry* 3,534
9 Walter Johnson* 3,508
10 Greg Maddux 3,371
11 Phil Niekro* 3,342
12 Fergie Jenkins* 3,192
13 Pedro Martínez 3,154
14 Bob Gibson* 3,117
15 Curt Schilling 3,116
16 John Smoltz 3,084
17 Jim Bunning* 2,855
18 Mickey Lolich 2,832
19 Mike Mussina 2,813
20 Cy Young* 2,803
21 Frank Tanana 2,773
22 David Cone 2,668
23 Chuck Finley 2,610
24 Tom Glavine 2,607
25 Warren Spahn* 2,583
26 Bob Feller* 2,581
27 Tim Keefe* 2,564
28 Jerry Koosman 2,556
29 Javier Vazquez 2,536
30 Christy Mathewson* 2,502
31 Don Drysdale* 2,486
32 Jack Morris 2,478
33 Mark Langston 2,464
34 Jim Kaat 2,461
Rank Player (2011 Strikeouts) K
35 Sam McDowell 2,453
36 Luis Tiant 2,416
37 Jamie Moyer 2,405
38 Dennis Eckersley* 2,401
39 Kevin Brown 2,397
40 Sandy Koufax* 2,396
41 Charlie Hough 2,362
42 Robin Roberts* 2,357
43 Early Wynn* 2,334
44 Rube Waddell* 2,316
45 Juan Marichal* 2,303
46 Dwight Gooden 2,293
47 Lefty Grove* 2,266
48 Andy Pettitte 2,251
49 Eddie Plank* 2,246
50 Tommy John 2,245
51 Jim Palmer* 2,212
52 David Wells 2,201
53 Pete Alexander* 2,198
54 Vida Blue 2,175
55 Camilo Pascual 2,167
56 Tim Wakefield 2,156
57 Dennis Martinez 2,149
58 Bobo Newsom 2,082
59 Fernando Valenzuela 2,074
60 Dazzy Vance* 2,045
61 CC Sabathia 2,017
62 Rick Reuschel 2,015
63 Orel Hershiser 2,014
64 Catfish Hunter* 2,012
65 Andy Benes 2,000
66 Billy Pierce 1,999
67 Kevin Appier 1,994
68 Red Ruffing* 1,987
Rank Player (2011 Strikeouts) K
69 John Clarkson* 1,978
70 Kevin Millwood 1,976
71 Al Leiter 1,974
72 Bob Welch 1,969
73 Kenny Rogers 1,968
74 Whitey Ford* 1,956
75 Bobby Witt 1,955
76 Amos Rusie* 1,950
77 Danny Darwin 1,942
78 Roy Halladay 1,934
79 Liván Hernández 1,928
80 Tom Gordon 1,928
81 Hideo Nomo 1,918
82 Jerry Reuss 1,907
83 Johan Santana 1,877
84 Kid Nichols* 1,873
85 Mickey Welch* 1,850
86 Frank Viola 1,844
87 Charley Radbourn* 1,830
88 Pud Galvin* 1,807
89 Tony Mullane 1,803
90 Hal Newhouser* 1,796
91 A.J. Burnett 1,791
92 Ron Guidry 1,778
93 John Burkett 1,766
94 Ryan Dempster 1,765
95 Rudy May 1,760
96 Roy Oswalt 1,759
97 Jason Schmidt 1,758
98 Joe Niekro 1,747
99 Sid Fernandez 1,743
100 Bartolo Colón 1,742


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