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Active Leaders & Records for Strikeouts
+ - Indicates Hall of Famer. Bold indicates active player.
| Rank | Player (age) | Strikeouts | Throws |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Randy Johnson (45) | 4875 | L |
| 2. | Pedro Martinez (37) | 3154 | R |
| 3. | John Smoltz (42) | 3084 | R |
| 4. | Tom Glavine (43) | 2607 | L |
| 5. | Jamie Moyer (46) | 2342 | L |
| 6. | Javier Vazquez (32) | 2253 | R |
| 7. | Andy Pettitte (37) | 2150 | L |
| 8. | Tim Wakefield (42) | 1979 | R |
| 9. | Tom Gordon (41) | 1928 | R |
| 10. | Kevin Millwood (34) | 1808 | R |
| 11. | Jason Schmidt (36) | 1758 | R |
| 12. | Johan Santana (30) | 1733 | L |
| 13. | Livan Hernandez (34) | 1715 | R |
| 14. | Chan Ho Park (36) | 1663 | R |
| 15. | Bartolo Colon (36) | 1607 | R |
| 16. | Steve Trachsel (38) | 1591 | R |
| 17. | C.C. Sabathia (28) | 1590 | L |
| 18. | Barry Zito (31) | 1501 | L |
| 19. | Roy Halladay (32) | 1495 | R |
| 20. | A.J. Burnett (32) | 1473 | R |
| Roy Oswalt (31) | 1473 | R | |
| 22. | Kerry Wood (32) | 1470 | R |
| 23. | Tim Hudson (33) | 1402 | R |
| 24. | Randy Wolf (32) | 1387 | L |
| 25. | Derek Lowe (36) | 1386 | R |
| 26. | Mike Hampton (36) | 1384 | L |
| 27. | Esteban Loaiza (37) | 1382 | R |
| 28. | Ryan Dempster (32) | 1366 | R |
| Jake Peavy (28) | 1366 | R | |
| 30. | Jeff Suppan (34) | 1332 | R |
| 31. | Josh Beckett (29) | 1330 | R |
| 32. | Carlos Zambrano (28) | 1324 | R |
| 33. | Chris Carpenter (34) | 1315 | R |
| 34. | Kelvim Escobar (33) | 1310 | R |
| 35. | Ted Lilly (33) | 1308 | L |
| 36. | Freddy Garcia (34) | 1301 | R |
| 37. | Matt Clement (34) | 1217 | R |
| 38. | Matt Morris (34) | 1214 | R |
| 39. | Shawn Estes (36) | 1210 | L |
| 40. | Doug Davis (33) | 1209 | L |
| 41. | Ben Sheets (30) | 1206 | R |
| 42. | John Lackey (30) | 1201 | R |
| 43. | Brett Tomko (36) | 1195 | R |
| 44. | Mark Buehrle (30) | 1188 | L |
| Jeff Weaver (32) | 1188 | R | |
| 46. | Russ Ortiz (35) | 1186 | R |
| 47. | Brad Penny (31) | 1141 | R |
| 48. | Miguel Batista (38) | 1128 | R |
| 49. | Eric Milton (33) | 1127 | L |
| 50. | Aaron Harang (31) | 1123 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | Strikeouts | Throws |
| 51. | Trevor Hoffman (41) | 1103 | R |
| Jarrod Washburn (34) | 1103 | L | |
| 53. | Billy Wagner (37) | 1092 | L |
| 54. | Oliver Perez (27) | 1089 | L |
| 55. | Glendon Rusch (34) | 1088 | L |
| 56. | Arthur Rhodes (39) | 1081 | L |
| 57. | Brandon Webb (30) | 1065 | R |
| 58. | Darren Oliver (38) | 1058 | L |
| 59. | Danny Haren (28) | 1035 | R |
| 60. | Sidney Ponson (32) | 1031 | R |
| 61. | Gil Meche (30) | 1009 | R |
| 62. | Mariano Rivera (39) | 1006 | R |
| 63. | Bronson Arroyo (32) | 997 | R |
| 64. | Brett Myers (28) | 986 | R |
| 65. | Vicente Padilla (31) | 977 | R |
| 66. | Dave Weathers (39) | 976 | R |
| 67. | Jon Garland (29) | 960 | R |
| 68. | Armando Benitez (36) | 946 | R |
| 69. | Kip Wells (32) | 944 | R |
| 70. | Octavio Dotel (35) | 940 | R |
| Jamey Wright (34) | 940 | R | |
| 72. | Kyle Lohse (30) | 930 | R |
| 73. | Ron Villone (39) | 925 | L |
| 74. | Paul Byrd (38) | 923 | R |
| 75. | Odalis Perez (32) | 920 | L |
| 76. | Joel Pineiro (30) | 904 | R |
| 77. | Scott Kazmir (25) | 900 | L |
| Cliff Lee (30) | 900 | L | |
| 79. | Jason Marquis (30) | 867 | R |
| 80. | Adam Eaton (31) | 855 | R |
| 81. | Julian Tavarez (36) | 842 | R |
| 82. | Carl Pavano (33) | 839 | R |
| 83. | Mark Mulder (31) | 834 | L |
| 84. | Brian Moehler (37) | 831 | R |
| 85. | Jeremy Bonderman (26) | 817 | R |
| 86. | Felix Hernandez (23) | 810 | R |
| Jason Johnson (35) | 810 | R | |
| 88. | Byung-Hyun Kim (30) | 806 | R |
| 89. | Erik Bedard (30) | 801 | L |
| 90. | John Thomson (35) | 800 | R |
| 91. | Jose Contreras (37) | 799 | R |
| 92. | Kris Benson (34) | 798 | R |
| Eddie Guardado (38) | 798 | L | |
| 94. | LaTroy Hawkins (36) | 793 | R |
| 95. | Dontrelle Willis (27) | 792 | L |
| 96. | Rich Harden (27) | 783 | R |
| 97. | Troy Percival (39) | 781 | R |
| 98. | Kyle Farnsworth (33) | 780 | R |
| 99. | Russ Springer (40) | 774 | R |
| 100. | Mark Prior (28) | 757 | R |
