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====Career total==== {{See also|List of Major League Baseball career strikeout leaders|3,000 strikeout club}} The top 20 [[Major League Baseball]] career strikeout leaders (active players in '''bold''') (since 1901):<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/SO_p_career.shtml |title=Career Leaders & Records for Strikeouts |website=[[Baseball-Reference.com]] |access-date=October 14, 2018}}</ref> #[[Nolan Ryan]] β 5,714 #[[Randy Johnson]] β 4,875 #[[Roger Clemens]] β 4,672 #[[Steve Carlton]] β 4,136 #[[Bert Blyleven]] β 3,701 #[[Tom Seaver]] β 3,640 #[[Don Sutton]] β 3,574 #[[Gaylord Perry]] β 3,534 #[[Walter Johnson]] β 3,509 #'''[[Justin Verlander]]''' β 3,457 #'''[[Max Scherzer]]''' β 3,408 #[[Greg Maddux]] β 3,371 #[[Phil Niekro]] β 3,342 #[[Ferguson Jenkins]] β 3,192 #[[Pedro MartΓnez]] β 3,154 #[[Bob Gibson]] β 3,117 #[[Curt Schilling]] β 3,116 #[[CC Sabathia]] β 3,093 #[[John Smoltz]] β 3,084 #[[Zack Greinke]] β 2,979 Active pitchers with over 2,000 strikeouts (as of May 28, 2025):<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/SO_p_active.shtml |title=Active Leaders & Records for Strikeouts |website=Baseball-Reference.com |access-date=October 14, 2018}}</ref> #'''[[Justin Verlander]]''' β 3,457 #'''[[Max Scherzer]]''' β 3,408 #'''[[Clayton Kershaw]]''' β 2,974 #'''[[Chris Sale]]''' β 2,492 #'''[[Gerrit Cole]]''' β 2,251 #'''[[Charlie Morton (pitcher)|Charlie Morton]]''' β 2,092 #'''[[Yu Darvish]]''' β 2,007
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