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Active Leaders & Records for Strikeouts
Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records:
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| Rank | Player (age) | Strikeouts | Throws |
| 1. | Randy Johnson* (44) | 4715 | L |
| 2. | Greg Maddux (42) | 3340 | R |
| 3. | Curt Schilling (41) | 3116 | R |
| 4. | Pedro Martinez (36) | 3064 | R |
| 5. | John Smoltz (41) | 3011 | R |
| 6. | Mike Mussina (39) | 2744 | R |
| 7. | Tom Glavine* (42) | 2604 | L |
| 8. | Jamie Moyer* (45) | 2204 | L |
| 9. | Andy Pettitte* (36) | 1944 | L |
| 10. | Javier Vazquez (31) | 1942 | R |
| 11. | Kenny Rogers* (43) | 1935 | L |
| 12. | Tom Gordon (40) | 1928 | R |
| 13. | Hideo Nomo (39) | 1918 | R |
| 14. | Tim Wakefield (41) | 1875 | R |
| 15. | Jason Schmidt (35) | 1750 | R |
| 16. | Kevin Millwood (33) | 1641 | R |
| 17. | Livan Hernandez (33) | 1593 | R |
| 18. | Steve Trachsel (37) | 1591 | R |
| 19. | Bartolo Colon (35) | 1568 | R |
| 20. | Chan Ho Park (35) | 1565 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | Strikeouts | Throws |
| 21. | Jon Lieber (38) | 1552 | R |
| 22. | Johan Santana* (29) | 1501 | L |
| 23. | Woody Williams (41) | 1480 | R |
| 24. | Aaron Sele (38) | 1407 | R |
| 25. | Esteban Loaiza (36) | 1382 | R |
| 26. | Kerry Wood (31) | 1378 | R |
| 27. | Tim Hudson (32) | 1372 | R |
| 28. | Kelvim Escobar (32) | 1305 | R |
| 29. | C.C. Sabathia* (27) | 1296 | L |
| 30. | Barry Zito* (30) | 1294 | L |
| 31. | Roy Oswalt (30) | 1264 | R |
| 32. | Freddy Garcia (33) | 1252 | R |
| 33. | Derek Lowe (35) | 1222 | R |
| 34. | Jeff Suppan (33) | 1220 | R |
| 35. | Matt Clement (33) | 1217 | R |
| 36. | Roy Halladay (31) | 1214 | R |
| Matt Morris (33) | 1214 | R | |
| 38. | Shawn Estes* (35) | 1205 | L |
| 39. | Jake Peavy (27) | 1195 | R |
| 40. | A.J. Burnett (31) | 1186 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | Strikeouts | Throws |
| 41. | Randy Wolf* (31) | 1170 | L |
| 42. | Chris Carpenter (33) | 1164 | R |
| 43. | Ben Sheets (29) | 1163 | R |
| 44. | Brett Tomko (35) | 1156 | R |
| 45. | Carlos Zambrano (27) | 1129 | R |
| 46. | Jeff Weaver (31) | 1124 | R |
| 47. | Russ Ortiz (34) | 1121 | R |
| 48. | Ryan Dempster (31) | 1118 | R |
| 49. | Eric Milton* (32) | 1107 | L |
| 50. | Ted Lilly* (32) | 1093 | L |
| 51. | Orlando Hernandez (42) | 1086 | R |
| 52. | Josh Beckett (28) | 1072 | R |
| 53. | Billy Wagner* (36) | 1062 | L |
| 54. | Miguel Batista (37) | 1055 | R |
| 55. | Trevor Hoffman (40) | 1044 | R |
| 56. | Glendon Rusch* (33) | 1043 | L |
| 57. | Jose Mesa (42) | 1038 | R |
| 58. | Brad Penny (30) | 1028 | R |
| 59. | Mark Buehrle* (29) | 1024 | L |
| 60. | Doug Davis* (32) | 1018 | L |
| Rank | Player (age) | Strikeouts | Throws |
| 61. | Arthur Rhodes* (38) | 1017 | L |
| 62. | John Lackey (29) | 1009 | R |
| 63. | Brandon Webb (29) | 996 | R |
| 64. | Jarrod Washburn* (33) | 981 | L |
| 65. | Sidney Ponson (31) | 977 | R |
| 66. | Darren Oliver* (37) | 969 | L |
| 67. | Oliver Perez* (26) | 954 | L |
| 68. | Armando Benitez (35) | 946 | R |
| 69. | Roberto Hernandez (43) | 945 | R |
| 70. | Aaron Harang (30) | 936 | R |
| 71. | Dave Weathers (38) | 922 | R |
| 72. | Kent Mercker* (40) | 917 | L |
| 73. | Mariano Rivera (38) | 911 | R |
| 74. | Mike Stanton* (41) | 895 | L |
| 75. | Kip Wells (31) | 887 | R |
| 76. | Ron Villone* (38) | 880 | L |
| 77. | Paul Byrd (37) | 879 | R |
| 78. | Todd Jones (40) | 867 | R |
| Odalis Perez* (31) | 867 | L | |
| 80. | Brett Myers (27) | 863 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | Strikeouts | Throws |
| 81. | Jamey Wright (33) | 859 | R |
| 82. | Mike Timlin (42) | 855 | R |
| 83. | Ramon Ortiz (35) | 841 | R |
| 84. | Octavio Dotel (34) | 838 | R |
| 85. | Mark Mulder* (30) | 834 | L |
| 86. | Gil Meche (29) | 829 | R |
| 87. | Vicente Padilla (30) | 824 | R |
| 88. | Adam Eaton (30) | 819 | R |
| 89. | Jon Garland (28) | 818 | R |
| 90. | Jeremy Bonderman (25) | 812 | R |
| 91. | Bronson Arroyo (31) | 811 | R |
| 92. | Byung-Hyun Kim (29) | 806 | R |
| 93. | Kyle Lohse (29) | 804 | R |
| 94. | John Thomson (34) | 800 | R |
| 95. | Jason Johnson (34) | 792 | R |
| 96. | Kris Benson (33) | 787 | R |
| 97. | Bob Wickman (39) | 785 | R |
| 98. | Julian Tavarez (35) | 777 | R |
| 99. | Troy Percival (38) | 767 | R |
| 100. | Eddie Guardado* (37) | 765 | L |
| Rank | Player (age) | Strikeouts | Throws |
| Joel Pineiro (29) | 765 | R | |
| 102. | Dontrelle Willis* (26) | 762 | L |
| 103. | Rheal Cormier* (41) | 760 | L |
| 104. | Mark Prior (27) | 757 | R |
| 105. | Wade Miller (31) | 749 | R |
| 106. | Mark Redman* (34) | 747 | L |
| 107. | Jason Isringhausen (35) | 740 | R |
| 108. | Danny Haren (27) | 725 | R |
| 109. | LaTroy Hawkins (35) | 723 | R |
| 110. | Kyle Farnsworth (32) | 718 | R |
| 111. | Scott Kazmir* (24) | 717 | L |
| Jason Marquis (29) | 717 | R | |
| 113. | Keith Foulke (35) | 715 | R |
| 114. | Erik Bedard* (29) | 711 | L |
| 115. | Jason Jennings (29) | 705 | R |
| Brian Moehler (36) | 705 | R | |
| 117. | Eric Gagne (32) | 703 | R |
| 118. | Russ Springer (39) | 699 | R |
| 119. | Scott Elarton (32) | 698 | R |
| 120. | Jaret Wright (32) | 694 | R |
| Rank | Player (age) | Strikeouts | Throws |
| 121. | Jose Contreras (36) | 691 | R |
| 122. | Tony Armas (30) | 680 | R |
| 123. | Carl Pavano (32) | 677 | R |
| 124. | Rodrigo Lopez (32) | 674 | R |
| 125. | Hector Carrasco (38) | 662 | R |
| 126. | Elmer Dessens (37) | 661 | R |
| 127. | Cliff Lee* (29) | 659 | L |
| 128. | Alan Embree* (38) | 656 | L |
| 129. | Jay Witasick (35) | 645 | R |
| 130. | Nate Robertson* (30) | 644 | L |
| 131. | Bruce Chen* (31) | 642 | L |
| 132. | Daniel Cabrera (27) | 634 | R |
| 133. | Shawn Chacon (30) | 619 | R |
| 134. | Brad Lidge (31) | 618 | R |
| 135. | Doug Brocail (41) | 610 | R |
| 136. | Joe Nathan (33) | 601 | R |
| 137. | Brian Lawrence (32) | 597 | R |
| 138. | Casey Fossum* (30) | 589 | L |
| 139. | B.J. Ryan* (32) | 588 | L |
| 140. | Chris Capuano* (29) | 585 | L |
| Rank | Player (age) | Strikeouts | Throws |
| 141. | Jake Westbrook (30) | 583 | R |
| 142. | Josh Fogg (31) | 580 | R |
| 143. | Francisco Cordero (33) | 577 | R |
| 144. | Bobby Howry (34) | 571 | R |
| 145. | Rudy Seanez (39) | 567 | R |
| 146. | Dennys Reyes* (31) | 560 | L |
| 147. | Tomokazu Ohka (32) | 559 | R |
| Scot Shields (32) | 559 | R | |
| 149. | Joe Kennedy* (29) | 558 | L |
| 150. | Francisco Rodriguez (26) | 557 | R |
Stats updated through July 24, 2008.
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