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Active Leaders & Records for Strikeouts
Baseball Leaders & Baseball RecordsSingle-Season  Career  Active  Progressive  Year-by-Year League 

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* - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

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