Career Leaders for Strikeouts

Strikeout kings. A tale once told by an umpire was Walter Johnson pitching with two strikes on a young batter who turned and walked towards the dugout. The umpire reminded the player that he had a strike left to which the player replied, "You can call it, I didn't see the first two!"

On that note, Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the top one-hundred (100) all time strikeout leaders in Major League history. Note: A bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.

"I can't think of anything more humiliating than losing a ballgame to a guy who steals home on you." - Hall of Fame Pitcher Nolan Ryan (#1 Ranked Strikeouts Leader)
Strikeouts
All Time Leaders

'Top 1,000'

Nolan Ryan 5,714 1
Randy Johnson 4,875 2
Roger Clemens 4,672 3
Steve Carlton 4,136 4
Bert Blyleven 3,701 5
Tom Seaver 3,640 6
Don Sutton 3,574 7
Gaylord Perry 3,534 8
Walter Johnson 3,508 9
Greg Maddux 3,371 10
Phil Niekro 3,342 11
Fergie Jenkins 3,192 12
Pedro Martinez 3,154 13
Bob Gibson 3,117 14
Curt Schilling 3,116 15
John Smoltz 3,084 16
Jim Bunning 2,855 17
Mickey Lolich 2,832 18
Mike Mussina 2,813 19
Cy Young 2,803 20
Frank Tanana 2,773 21
David Cone 2,668 22
Chuck Finley 2,610 23
Tom Glavine 2,607 24
Warren Spahn 2,583 25
Bob Feller 2,581 26
Tim Keefe 2,564 27
Jerry Koosman 2,556 28
Javier Vazquez 2,536 29
Christy Mathewson 2,502 30
Don Drysdale 2,486 31
Jack Morris 2,478 32
Mark Langston 2,464 33
Jim Kaat 2,461 34
Sam McDowell 2,453 35
Luis Tiant 2,416 36
Jamie Moyer 2,405 37
Dennis Eckersley 2,401 38
Kevin Brown 2,397 39
Sandy Koufax 2,396 40
Charlie Hough 2,362 41
Robin Roberts 2,357 42
Early Wynn 2,334 43
Rube Waddell 2,316 44
Juan Marichal 2,303 45
Dwight Gooden 2,293 46
Lefty Grove 2,266 47
Andy Pettitte 2,251 48
Eddie Plank 2,246 49
Tommy John 2,245 50
Jim Palmer 2,212 51
David Wells 2,201 52
Grover Alexander 2,198 53
Vida Blue 2,175 54
Camilo Pascual 2,167 55
Tim Wakefield 2,156 56
Dennis Martinez 2,149 57
Bobo Newsom 2,082 58
Fernando Valenzuela 2,074 59
Dazzy Vance 2,045 60
CC Sabathia 2,017 61
Rick Reuschel 2,015 62
Orel Hershiser 2,014 63
Catfish Hunter 2,012 64
Andy Benes 2,000 65
Billy Pierce 1,999 66
Kevin Appier 1,994 67
Red Ruffing 1,987 68
John Clarkson 1,978 69
Kevin Millwood 1,976 70
Al Leiter 1,974 71
Bob Welch 1,969 72
Kenny Rogers 1,968 73
Whitey Ford 1,956 74
Bobby Witt 1,955 75
Danny Darwin 1,942 76
Roy Halladay 1,934 77
Amos Rusie 1,934  
Tom Gordon 1,928 79
Livan Hernandez 1,928  
Hideo Nomo 1,918 81
Jerry Reuss 1,907 82
Johan Santana 1,877 83
Kid Nichols 1,868 84
Mickey Welch 1,850 85
Frank Viola 1,844 86
Old Hoss Radbourn 1,830 87
Tony Mullane 1,803 88
Pud Galvin 1,799 89
Hal Newhouser 1,796 90
A.J. Burnett 1,791 91
Ron Guidry 1,778 92
John Burkett 1,766 93
Ryan Dempster 1,765 94
Rudy May 1,760 95
Roy Oswalt 1,759 96
Jason Schmidt 1,758 97
Joe Niekro 1,747 98
Sid Fernandez 1,743 99
Bartolo Colon 1,742 100
Dave Stewart 1,741 101
Ed Walsh 1,736 102
Tom Candiotti 1,735 103
Bob Friend 1,734 104
Joe Coleman 1,728 105
Milt Pappas 1,728  
Kevin Gross 1,727 107
Floyd Bannister 1,723 108
Chan Ho Park 1,715 109
Bret Saberhagen 1,715  
Chief Bender 1,711 111
Larry Jackson 1,709 112
Jim McCormick 1,704 113
Bob Veale 1,703 114
Red Ames 1,702 115
Charlie Buffinton 1,700 116
Tim Hudson 1,699 117
Curt Simmons 1,697 118
Bruce Hurst 1,689 119
Barry Zito 1,683 120
Rick Sutcliffe 1,679 121
Carl Hubbell 1,677 122
Tommy Bridges 1,674 123
John Candelaria 1,673 124
Dave Stieb 1,669 125
Darryl Kile 1,668 126
Mike Moore 1,667 127
Gus Weyhing 1,665 128
Pedro Astacio 1,664 129
Randy Wolf 1,663 130
Derek Lowe 1,659 131
Vic Willis 1,651 132
Rick Wise 1,647 133
Jeff Fassero 1,643 134
Al Downing 1,639 135
Mike Cuellar 1,632 136
Ted Lilly 1,632  
Chris Short 1,629 138
Andy Messersmith 1,625 139
Josh Beckett 1,621 140
Jack Powell 1,621  
Steve Rogers 1,621  
Ray Sadecki 1,614 143
Claude Osteen 1,612 144
Scott Sanderson 1,611 145
Hoyt Wilhelm 1,610 146
Jose Rijo 1,606 147
Jim Maloney 1,605 148
Ken Holtzman 1,601 149
Jose DeLeon 1,594 150
Doug Drabek 1,594  
Rube Marquard 1,593 152
Steve Trachsel 1,591 153
Ron Darling 1,590 154
Woodie Fryman 1,587 155
Todd Stottlemyre 1,587  
Jim Perry 1,576 157
Kerry Wood 1,576  
Harvey Haddix 1,575 159
Jim Whitney 1,571 160
Jake Peavy 1,554 161
Jon Lieber 1,553 162
Adonis Terry 1,553  
Bill Donovan 1,552 164
Greg Swindell 1,542 165
Carlos Zambrano 1,542  
Jimmy Key 1,538 167
Dean Chance 1,534 168
Virgil Trucks 1,534  
Doyle Alexander 1,528 170
Juan Pizarro 1,522 171
Tim Belcher 1,519 172
Jon Matlack 1,516 173
Toad Ramsey 1,515 174
Bill Singer 1,515  
Burleigh Grimes 1,512 176
Dave McNally 1,512  
Sonny Siebert 1,512  
Paul Derringer 1,507 179
Chris Carpenter 1,506 180
Goose Gossage 1,502 181
Larry Dierker 1,493 182
J.R. Richard 1,493  
Mike Flanagan 1,491 184
Burt Hooton 1,491  
Freddy Garcia 1,486 186
George Mullin 1,482 187
Kevin Tapani 1,482  
Ron Reed 1,481 189
Woody Williams 1,480 190
Mike Krukow 1,478 191
Jim Lonborg 1,475 192
Bob Knepper 1,473 193
Red Faber 1,471 194
Mike Scott 1,469 195
Lefty Gomez 1,468 196
Brad Radke 1,467 197
John Lackey 1,465 198
Charlie Root 1,459 199
Steve Renko 1,455 200
Earl Wilson 1,452 201
Mario Soto 1,449 202
Dan Haren 1,443 203
Johnny Podres 1,435 204
Ramon Martinez 1,428 205
Allie Reynolds 1,423 206
Jim Clancy 1,422 207
Gary Peters 1,420 208
Rick Rhoden 1,419 209
Hippo Vaughn 1,416 210
Denny Neagle 1,415 211
Ray Culp 1,411 212
Wilbur Wood 1,411  
Aaron Sele 1,407 214
Mike Torrez 1,404 215
Earl Moore 1,403 216
Mike Morgan 1,403  
Shane Reynolds 1,403  
Dave Burba 1,398 219
Mark Buehrle 1,396 220
Mike Hampton 1,384 221
Doc White 1,384  
Jeff Suppan 1,383 223
Esteban Loaiza 1,382 224
Gary Bell 1,378 225
Sam Jones 1,376 226
Mordecai Brown 1,375 227
Eddie Cicotte 1,374 228
Mike Witt 1,373 229
Joe Nuxhall 1,372 230
Mark Gubicza 1,371 231
Pete Harnisch 1,368 232
Tom Hughes 1,368  
Lindy McDaniel 1,361 234
Bob Shawkey 1,360 235
Stan Bahnsen 1,359 236
Mark Baldwin 1,354 237
Eppa Rixey 1,350 238
Earl Whitehill 1,350  
Wilson Alvarez 1,330 240
Mike Boddicker 1,330  
Jack Quinn 1,329 242
Brett Myers 1,326 243
Terry Mulholland 1,325 244
Cliff Lee 1,323 245
Dennis Leonard 1,323  
Mike McCormick 1,321 247
Joe Bush 1,319 248
Bump Hadley 1,318 249
Jack McDowell 1,311 250
Kelvim Escobar 1,310 251
Steve Barber 1,309 252
Denny Lemaster 1,305 253
Pedro Ramos 1,305  
Stan Williams 1,305  
Fred Norman 1,303 256
Pat Dobson 1,301 257
Rollie Fingers 1,299 258
Diego Segui 1,298 259
Johnny Vander Meer 1,294 260
Pat Hentgen 1,290 261
Ben Sheets 1,290  
John Smiley 1,284 263
Don Wilson 1,283 264
Denny McLain 1,282 265
Murry Dickson 1,281 266
Doug Davis 1,279 267
Bill Gullickson 1,279  
Bob Lemon 1,277 269
Bob Buhl 1,268 270
Mudcat Grant 1,267 271
Ed Whitson 1,266 272
Jack Chesbro 1,265 273
Bob Turley 1,265  
Felix Hernandez 1,264 275
Mel Stottlemyre 1,257 276
Mark Gardner 1,256 277
Dizzy Trout 1,256  
Wilbur Cooper 1,252 279
Scott Erickson 1,252  
Alex Fernandez 1,252  
Don Robinson 1,251 282
Lee Smith 1,251  
Brad Penny 1,250 284
Aaron Harang 1,247 285
Bob Rush 1,244 286
Juan Guzman 1,243 287
Van Mungo 1,242 288
Charles Nagy 1,242  
Bill Hutchinson 1,234 290
Silver King 1,229 291
Herb Pennock 1,227 292
Bronson Arroyo 1,226 293
Danny Jackson 1,225 294
Sam Jones 1,223 295
Jack Stivetts 1,223  
Matt Clement 1,217 297
Ed Morris 1,217  
Nap Rucker 1,217  
Justin Verlander 1,215 300
Miguel Batista 1,214 301
Matt Morris 1,214  
Jeff Weaver 1,214  
Don Cardwell 1,211 304
Shawn Estes 1,210 305
Brett Tomko 1,209 306
Waite Hoyt 1,206 307
Hooks Dauss 1,201 308
Bobby Mathews 1,199 309
Billy Wagner 1,196 310
Russ Ortiz 1,192 311
Jim Slaton 1,191 312
Larry French 1,187 313
Jack Sanford 1,182 314
Ken Hill 1,181 315
Jesse Orosco 1,179 316
Marty Pattin 1,179  
Turk Farrell 1,177 318
Bobby Bolin 1,175 319
Erik Hanson 1,175  
Andy Ashby 1,173 321
Ismael Valdez 1,173  
Matt Kilroy 1,170 323
Dutch Leonard 1,170  
Darren Oliver 1,167 325
Cy Falkenberg 1,164 326
Stu Miller 1,164  
Nelson Briles 1,163 328
Dizzy Dean 1,163  
Johnny Antonelli 1,162 330
Moe Drabowsky 1,162  
Mel Harder 1,160 332
Dutch Leonard 1,160  
Bob Groom 1,159 334
Johnny Klippstein 1,158 335
Arthur Rhodes 1,152 336
John Denny 1,146 337
Dick Ruthven 1,145 338
Jack Billingham 1,141 339
Greg Harris 1,141  
Dick Ellsworth 1,140 341
Billy Hoeft 1,140  
Lon Warneke 1,140  
Ed Reulbach 1,137 344
Milt Wilcox 1,137  
Dock Ellis 1,136 346
George Uhle 1,135 347
Mark Portugal 1,134 348
Elton Chamberlain 1,133 349
Bob Forsch 1,133  
Trevor Hoffman 1,133  
Billy O'Dell 1,133  
Zack Greinke 1,132 353
Dolf Luque 1,130 354
Don Newcombe 1,129 355
Bill Hands 1,128 356
Bob Ojeda 1,128  
Bill Dinneen 1,127 358
Tim Lincecum 1,127  
Eric Milton 1,127  
Oliver Perez 1,126 361
Jon Garland 1,124 362
Bill Monbouquette 1,122 363
Charlie Leibrandt 1,121 364
Tony Cloninger 1,120 365
Mike Garcia 1,117 366
Jaime Navarro 1,113 367
Dave Righetti 1,112 368
Mariano Rivera 1,111 369
Tug McGraw 1,109 370
Bucky Walters 1,107 371
Dave Goltz 1,105 372
Claude Passeau 1,104 373
Larry Corcoran 1,103 374
Dave Giusti 1,103  
Jarrod Washburn 1,103  
Frank Castillo 1,101 377
Guy Hecker 1,099 378
Frank Lary 1,099  
Chick Fraser 1,098 380
Kyle Lohse 1,095 381
Claude Hendrix 1,092 382
Vern Law 1,092  
Melido Perez 1,092  
Cole Hamels 1,091 385
Glendon Rusch 1,088 386
Orlando Hernandez 1,086 387
Matt Cain 1,085 388
Rube Walberg 1,085  
Teddy Higuera 1,081 390
John Montefusco 1,081  
Eric Plunk 1,081  
Jim Bibby 1,079 393
Octavio Dotel 1,077 394
Lew Burdette 1,074 395
Bruce Kison 1,073 396
Ted Lyons 1,073  
Bobby Shantz 1,072 398
Johnny Allen 1,070 399
Charlie Getzien 1,070  
Vicente Padilla 1,070  
Joe McGinnity 1,068 402
Ray Burris 1,065 403
Joe Horlen 1,065  
Steve Stone 1,065  
Brandon Webb 1,065  
Lee Meadows 1,063 407
Dan Petry 1,063  
Clay Kirby 1,061 409
Chris Bosio 1,059 410
Rick Helling 1,058 411
Carl Pavano 1,058  
Joel Pineiro 1,058  
Paul Splittorff 1,057 414
Tom Griffin 1,054 415
Jack Coombs 1,052 416
Frank Smith 1,051 417
Gil Meche 1,050 418
Storm Davis 1,048 419
Ken Forsch 1,047 420
Ken Johnson 1,042 421
Dan Plesac 1,041 422
Will White 1,041  
Bud Black 1,039 424
Gary Nolan 1,039  
Jim O'Toole 1,039  
Rick Honeycutt 1,038 427
Jose Mesa 1,038  
Babe Adams 1,036 429
John Hiller 1,036  
Ervin Santana 1,034 431
Joaquin Andujar 1,032 432
Sidney Ponson 1,031 433
Rick Aguilera 1,030 434
Howard Ehmke 1,030  
Bryn Smith 1,028 436
James Shields 1,027 437
Pat Malone 1,024 438
Jack Fisher 1,017 439
Jamey Wright 1,016 440
Fritz Peterson 1,015 441
Bill Doak 1,014 442
Zane Smith 1,011 443
Mark Davis 1,007 444
Ray Caldwell 1,006 445
Mike Jackson 1,006  
Wandy Rodriguez 1,004 447
Kirk McCaskill 1,003 448
Don McMahon 1,003  
Lefty Tyler 1,003  
George Earnshaw 1,002 451
Tom Browning 1,000 452
Ralph Terry 1,000  
Joey Jay 999 454
Bob Ewing 998 455
Bill Lee 998  
Sterling Hitchcock 997 457
Scott Kazmir 993 458
Joe Dobson 992 459
Shane Rawley 991 460
Ron Kline 989 461
Joe Wood 989  
John Tudor 988 463
Dick Drago 987 464
Harry Howell 986 465
Bill Bonham 985 466
Wes Ferrell 985  
Urban Shocker 983 468
Stan Coveleski 981 469
Carl Erskine 981  
Jesse Haines 981  
Steve Avery 980 472
Jose Lima 980  
Jered Weaver 977 474
Jim Rooker 976 475
David Weathers 976  
Len Barker 975 477
Juan Berenguer 975  
John Franco 975  
Dick Tidrow 975  
Jason Marquis 974 481
Richard Dotson 973 482
Kirby Higbe 971 483
Eric Show 971  
Rick Reed 970 485
Sadie McMahon 967 486
Hooks Wiltse 965 487
Frank Sullivan 959 488
Dave Roberts 957 489
Preacher Roe 956 490
Clark Griffith 955 491
Doc Medich 955  
Rick Mahler 952 493
Jim Deshaies 951 494
Rube Benton 950 495
Dupee Shaw 950  
Rich Harden 949 497
Al Orth 948 498
Tom Underwood 948  
Armando Benitez 946 500
Roberto Hernandez 945 501
Jim Scott 945  
Vic Raschi 944 503
Kip Wells 944  
Gene Garber 940 505
Larry McWilliams 940  
Jesse Tannehill 940  
Mike Caldwell 939 508
Cal Eldred 939  
Lynn McGlothen 939  
Thornton Lee 937 511
Orval Overall 935 512
Howie Pollet 934 513
Bill Stoneman 934  
Jim Merritt 932 515
Don Mossi 932  
Reggie Cleveland 930 517
Hardie Henderson 930  
Jeremy Bonderman 929 519
Deacon Phillippe 929  
Walt Terrell 929  
Erik Bedard 926 522
Larry Cheney 926  
Pete Richert 925 524
Ron Villone 925  
Paul Byrd 923 526
Steve Bedrosian 921 527
George Brunet 921  
Don Gullett 921  
Willie Mitchell 921  
Jason Bere 920 531
Syl Johnson 920  
Addie Joss 920  
Odalis Perez 920  
John Ward 920  
Vinegar Bend Mizell 918 536
Noodles Hahn 917 537
Kent Mercker 917  
Howie Camnitz 915 539
Mort Cooper 913 540
Schoolboy Rowe 913  
Johnny Sain 910 542
Stump Wiedman 910  
Doug Jones 909 544
Hal Schumacher 906 545
Steve Gromek 904 546
Scott McGregor 904  
Chad Billingsley 903 548
Harry Brecheen 901 549
Bob Caruthers 900 550
Jouett Meekin 900  
Chuck Stobbs 897 552
Steve Blass 896 553
Dontrelle Willis 896  
Bob Miller 895 555
Mike Stanton 895  
Joey Hamilton 894 557
Jon Lester 894  
Ben McDonald 894  
Kyle Farnsworth 892 560
Mark Leiter 892  
Steve Hargan 891 562
Ted Breitenstein 889 563
Jose Guzman 889  
Grant Jackson 889  
Jim Abbott 888 566
Gene Conley 888  
Tim Leary 888  
Bobby Jones 887 569
Ramon Ortiz 887  
Randy Myers 884 571
Dave Boswell 882 572
Bruce Chen 882  
Pete Vuckovich 882  
Ned Garver 881 575
Dick Donovan 880 576
Mike Marshall 880  
Bob Shaw 880  
Jeff Tesreau 880  
Dan Spillner 878 580
Ed Brandt 877 581
Roy Face 877  
Jeff Reardon 877  
Dustin Hermanson 874 584
Sparky Lyle 873 585
Mike Timlin 872 586
Whit Wyatt 872  
Freddie Fitzsimmons 870 588
Jose Contreras 869 589
Pink Hawley 868 590
Todd Jones 868  
Pete Falcone 865 592
Bill Campbell 864 593
Ray Herbert 864  
Rodrigo Lopez 863 595
Sal Maglie 862 596
Carl Mays 862  
Tom Henke 861 598
Bruce Sutter 861  
Tommy Bond 860 600
Ed Lopat 859 601
Jack Lynch 859  
Brian Moehler 859  
Dennis Lamp 857 604
Blue Moon Odom 857  
Matt Young 857  
Hank Aguirre 856 607
Bill Hallahan 856  
Adam Eaton 855 609
Mike Remlinger 854 610
Moose Haas 853 611
Omar Olivares 853  
Denny Galehouse 851 613
Guy Bush 850 614
Ernie Broglio 849 615
Don Larsen 849  
Red Ehret 848 617
Bob Walk 848  
Sam Leever 847 619
Hugh Daily 846 620
James Baldwin 844 621
Art Nehf 844  
Bruce Ruffin 843 623
Larry Jansen 842 624
Julian Tavarez 842  
Si Johnson 840 626
Ewell Blackwell 839 627
LaTroy Hawkins 839  
Alejandro Pena 839  
Bill Sherdel 839  
Cory Lidle 838 631
Jim Gott 837 632
Herb Score 837  
Jeff Pfeffer 836 634
Slim Sallee 836  
Ubaldo Jimenez 835 636
Dennis Rasmussen 835  
Jimmy Ring 835  
Dave Mlicki 834 639
Mark Mulder 834  
Al Worthington 834  
Togie Pittinger 832 642
Guy Morton 830 643
Ralph Branca 829 644
Barry Latman 829  
Skip Lockwood 829  
Jeff Nelson 829  
Paul Foytack 827 648
Bob Moose 827  
John Curtis 825 650
Pat Rapp 825  
John Healy 822 652
Firpo Marberry 822  
Pascual Perez 822  
Max Lanier 821 655
Dave LaRoche 819 656
Orlando Pena 818 657
Kirk Rueter 818  
Alex Kellner 816 659
Walt Masterson 815 660
Jake Westbrook 815  
Ugueth Urbina 814 662
Pete Schourek 813 663
Joe Blanton 812 664
Eddie Fisher 812  
Bob Tewksbury 812  
Jim Brewer 810 667
Jason Johnson 810  
Tex Carleton 808 669
Norm Charlton 808  
Paul Assenmacher 807 671
Ken Brett 807  
Chris Capuano 807  
Kris Benson 806 674
Omar Daal 806  
Byung-Hyun Kim 806  
Ken Raffensberger 806  
Francisco Rodriguez 806  
Mark Clear 804 679
John Wetteland 804  
Roger Craig 803 681
Darren Dreifort 802 682
Dave LaPoint 802  
Larry Gura 801 684
Edwin Jackson 801  
John Thomson 800 686
Oil Can Boyd 799 687
Alvin Crowder 799  
Jason Isringhausen 799  
Eddie Guardado 798 690
Tom Hall 797 691
Brickyard Kennedy 797  
Danny MacFayden 797  
Herm Wehmeier 794 694
Robb Nen 793 695
Bob Purkey 793  
Terry Forster 791 697
Dave Foutz 790 698
Earl Hamilton 790  
Bob Shirley 790  
Brad Lidge 789 701
Wayne Twitchell 789  
Red Donahue 788 703
Willie Hernandez 788  
Ricky Nolasco 786 705
Dick Rudolph 786  
Bob Wickman 785 707
Mike Bielecki 783 708
Mike LaCoss 783  
Larry Christenson 781 710
Troy Percival 781  
Kent Tekulve 779 712
Mark Guthrie 778 713
Tully Sparks 778  
Nate Robertson 775 715
Russ Springer 775  
Fritz Ostermueller 774 717
Robert Person 773 718
Jim Nash 771 719
Scott Baker 770 720
Matt Garza 769 721
Gary Lavelle 769  
Dave Bush 767 723
Jim Shaw 767  
Bill Swift 767  
Dummy Taylor 767  
Tommy Byrne 766 727
Ted Abernathy 765 728
Francisco Cordero 765  
Jakie May 765  
Jimmy Haynes 762 731
Joe Nathan 761 732
Rheal Cormier 760 733
Willie Blair 759 734
Larry Andersen 758 735
Chuck Dobson 758  
Tim Worrell 758  
Dick Bosman 757 738
Mickey McDermott 757  
Case Patten 757  
Mark Prior 757  
Pat Jarvis 755 742
Dick Stigman 755  
Ross Grimsley 750 744
Jason Jennings 749 745
Ellis Kinder 749  
Wade Miller 749  
Dave Palmer 748 748
Dan Schatzeder 748  
Nels Potter 747 750
Mark Redman 747  
Johnny Schmitz 746 752
Harry Staley 746  
Clayton Kershaw 745 754
Dick Radatz 745  
Kid Gleason 744 756
Dan Casey 743 757
Joe Gibbon 743  
Phil Regan 743  
Jim Barr 741 760
Dick Hall 741  
Jack Harshman 741  
Dennis Cook 739 763
Al Jackson 738 764
Jonathan Sanchez 736 765
Tommy Thomas 736  
Randy Jones 735 767
Britt Burns 734 768
Gavin Floyd 734  
Sid Hudson 734  
Tom Brewer 733 771
Bob Bruce 733  
Jeff Montgomery 733  
Yovani Gallardo 732 774
Mel Parnell 732  
Mike Smithson 731 776
Sam Gray 730 777
Frank Kitson 729 778
Jeff Brantley 728 779
Mark Clark 728  
Charlie Ferguson 728  
Jerry Staley 727 782
Joe Hesketh 726 783
Frank Killen 725 784
Tom Phoebus 725  
Paul Quantrill 725  
Adam Wainwright 724 787
Brian Anderson 723 788
Danny Cox 723  
Lew Krausse 721 790
Jim Bouton 720 791
Ed Crane 720  
Vean Gregg 720  
Tom Zachary 720  
Dave Davenport 719 795
Craig Lefferts 719  
Bert Cunningham 718 797
Keith Foulke 718  
Eric Gagne 718  
Lee Stange 718  
Fred Toney 718  
George Pipgras 714 802
Bill Lee 713 803
Cal McLish 713  
Chris Hammond 712 805
Todd Van Poppel 711 806
Hal Brown 710 807
John Danks 710  
Russ Ford 710  
Harry Gumbert 709 810
Jim McGlothlin 709  
Dutch Ruether 708 812
Ed Halicki 707 813
Andy Hawkins 706 814
Paul Maholm 705 815
Geoff Zahn 705  
Tom Sturdivant 704 817
Scott Garrelts 703 818
Monte Pearson 703  
Bob McClure 701 820
Ted Power 701  
Ray Washburn 700 822
Neal Heaton 699 823
Scott Elarton 698 824
Al Benton 697 825
Doug Rau 697  
Bill Wegman 696 827
Jeff Francis 694 828
Eddie Smith 694  
Jaret Wright 694  
Elmer Dessens 693 831
Tex Hughson 693  
Barney Pelty 693  
Jeff Russell 693  
Bob Stanley 693  
Jim Wilson 692 836
Terry Adams 691 837
Tom Bradley 691  
Alan Embree 691  
Vern Kennedy 691  
Hank Borowy 690 841
Doug Bair 689 842
Jim Colborn 688 843
Ted Gray 687 844
Ron Perranoski 687  
Curt Davis 684 846
Phil Douglas 683 847
Jorge De La Rosa 682 848
Glen Hobbie 682  
Clay Carroll 681 850
La Marr Hoyt 681  
Darold Knowles 681  
Dick Selma 681  
Tony Armas, Jr. 680 854
Doug Bird 680  
Ray Fisher 680  
Pat Ragan 680  
Francisco Liriano 679 858
Duane Ward 679  
John Buzhardt 678 860
George Mogridge 678  
Sammy Ellis 677 862
Ruben Gomez 677  
Willis Hudlin 677  
Joaquin Benoit 676 865
Chris Young 675 866
Daniel Cabrera 674 867
Craig Swan 673 868
Ike Delock 672 869
Russ Meyer 672  
Guillermo Mota 672  
Mike Trombley 672  
Brian Bohanon 671 873
Rick Langford 671  
Paul Lindblad 671  
Larry Benton 670 876
Jersey Bakley 669 877
Jim Hearn 669  
Braden Looper 669  
Pat Zachry 669  
Steve Farr 668 881
Ryan Franklin 668  
Jack Kralick 668  
Josh Johnson 667 884
Cy Morgan 667  
Clyde Wright 667  
Mark Hendrickson 666 887
Jay Howell 666  
Hank O'Day 663 889
Hector Carrasco 662 890
Jim Beattie 660 891
Bill Dietrich 660  
Cliff Melton 660  
Mitch Williams 660  
Steve Busby 659 895
Henry Porter 659  
Rick Waits 659  
Steve Sparks 658 898
Joe Price 657 899
Jack Scott 657  
Jack Taylor 657  
Jake Weimer 657  
Steve Trout 656 903
Ray Benge 655 904
Gene Nelson 655  
Jesse Barnes 653 906
Bob Howry 653  
Jim Kern 651 908
Carl Morton 650 909
Rob Dibble 645 910
Billy Loes 645  
Bill Voiselle 645  
Jay Witasick 645  
Rod Beck 644 914
Slim Harriss 644  
Tom Seaton 644  
Watty Clark 643 917
Doug Brocail 642 918
Dennys Reyes 642  
Don Aase 641 920
Curtis Leskanic 641  
Mark Eichhorn 640 922
Pete Smith 640  
Art Houtteman 639 924
Bill Krueger 639  
Art Mahaffey 639  
Ian Snell 639  
Art Fromme 638 928
Dave Wickersham 638  
Shaun Marcum 637 930
C.J. Wilson 637  
Mike Norris 636 932
Rip Sewell 636  
Bill Swift 636  
Aurelio Lopez 635 935
Fred Beebe 634 936
Bob Harmon 634  
Tippy Martinez 632 938
Dan Miceli 632  
Scott Sanders 632  
Scot Shields 631 941
Ryne Duren 630 942
Andy Hassler 630  
Steve Reed 630  
Jeff Robinson 629 945
Todd Worrell 628 946
Josh Fogg 627 947
Dave Morehead 627  
Juan Cruz 626 949
Jeremy Guthrie 626  
Harry McIntire 626  
Bill Walker 626  
Al Mamaux 625 953
B.J. Ryan 625  
Kevin Correia 623 955
Harry Harper 623  
Doc Ayers 622 957
Stan Belinda 622  
Fred Frankhouse 622  
Jason Grimsley 622  
Scott Sullivan 622  
Sheriff Blake 621 962
Bill Henry 621  
Tom Murphy 621  
Bill Caudill 620 965
Johnny Niggeling 620  
Shawn Chacon 619 967
Vic Sorrell 619  
Paul Wilson 619  
Bob Smith 618 970
Dave Veres 617 971
Lefty Leifield 616 972
Willard Nixon 616  
Jeff Parrett 616  
Brian Fuentes 615 975
Milt Gaston 615  
Gary Gentry 615  
Atlee Hammaker 615  
Scott Bankhead 614 979
Spud Chandler 614  
Bob Weiland 614  
Jack Kramer 613 982
Ned Garvin 612 983
Ray Moore 612  
Neil Allen 611 985
Cy Blanton 611  
George Bradley 611  
Andy McGaffigan 610 988
Al Hollingsworth 608 989
Bruce Berenyi 607 990
Ed Cushman 607  
Casey Fossum 607  
Dave Koslo 606 993
Larry Sherry 606  
Greg Harris 605 995
Johnny Rigney 605  
Chuck McElroy 604 997
Allen Russell 603 998
Henry Boyle 602 999
Red Lucas 602 1000
Jose Valverde 602  
Current Through 2011 Season


Did you know that Roger Clemens, ranked second overall on the all-time strikeout list, struck out a Major League record twenty (20) batters during a game on two (2) different occasions?

2003 ladder climbers include (but are not limited to): Curt Schilling moving from thirty-fifth to twenty-fourth, Kevin Brown from fifty-first to forty-third, Greg Maddux from eighteenth to seventeenth, Pedro Martinez from forty-fourth to thirty-first and John Smoltz moving from forty-third to thirty-ninth. 2004 saw The Rocket & The Big Unit climbing above Lefty and Jamie Moyer & Tom Gordon joining the chart for their first time. 2005, welcome on to the chart Kenny Rogers.

The first 3,000 Strikeouts Club memorabilia show was conducted in 1998 at Atlantic City, New Jersey. Review our tribute page to examine box scores (and more) about this truly elite group of pitchers.

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