MLB Strikeout Leaders

The league's arms, ranked by strikeouts — wins, ERA, WHIP, saves and innings too. ERA and WHIP lead low; tap any column to re-sort.2026

2026 MLB pitching leaders

#	Player	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP
1	Jacob Misiorowski	MIL	16	5	1.80	30	30	0	174.2	96	35	44	252	0.80
2	Gavin Williams	CLE	14	8	3.76	32	32	0	184.1	144	77	61	248	1.11
3	Cam Schlittler	NYY	14	6	1.95	33	33	0	193.2	129	42	49	239	0.92
4	Dylan Cease	TOR	11	6	2.40	29	29	0	169.0	108	45	78	239	1.10
5	Cristopher Sánchez	PHI	18	7	2.91	33	33	0	207.0	204	67	45	231	1.20
6	Jesús Luzardo	PHI	14	5	2.86	30	29	0	179.2	141	57	52	221	1.07
7	Reid Detmers	LAA	7	8	3.36	32	32	0	185.0	144	69	48	211	1.04
8	Logan Gilbert	SEA	12	11	3.73	32	32	0	186.0	153	77	49	205	1.09
9	Taj Bradley	MIN	12	6	3.73	31	31	0	178.1	142	74	76	205	1.22
10	Jacob deGrom	TEX	11	11	4.20	31	31	0	162.2	139	76	46	201	1.14
11	Paul Skenes	PIT	10	11	3.82	32	32	0	174.1	146	74	49	200	1.12
12	Cade Cavalli	WSH	13	5	3.02	32	32	0	169.2	148	57	48	200	1.16
13	Chris Sale	ATL	14	9	2.16	27	27	0	162.2	129	39	31	200	0.98
14	Nolan McLean	NYM	12	10	3.16	31	31	0	179.2	140	63	70	194	1.17
15	Parker Messick	CLE	12	9	2.56	32	32	0	186.1	149	53	49	193	1.06
16	Zack Wheeler	PHI	14	5	3.00	28	28	0	162.0	123	54	47	193	1.05
17	Tarik Skubal	LAD	12	7	2.72	26	26	0	158.2	126	48	27	186	0.96
18	Sean Burke	CWS	11	7	3.34	32	27	0	172.1	144	64	62	185	1.20
19	Chase Burns	CIN	15	3	2.86	29	29	0	154.1	124	49	56	185	1.17
20	Kevin Gausman	CHC	9	12	4.51	32	32	0	177.2	179	89	47	184	1.27
21	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	14	9	2.53	28	28	0	185.0	119	52	42	182	0.87
22	Aaron Nola	PHI	7	12	4.67	33	33	0	175.1	177	91	59	177	1.35
23	Bryan Woo	SEA	12	10	4.01	30	30	0	173.0	152	77	39	175	1.10
24	Shota Imanaga	CHC	11	10	3.77	32	32	0	174.1	154	73	37	174	1.10
25	MacKenzie Gore	TEX	8	11	4.58	34	34	0	173.0	160	88	71	174	1.34
26	Drew Rasmussen	TB	16	5	2.67	30	30	0	172.0	125	51	32	174	0.91
27	Braxton Ashcraft	PIT	14	6	3.65	28	28	0	165.1	145	67	35	173	1.09
28	Joey Cantillo	CLE	11	9	3.62	33	30	0	159.0	145	64	81	171	1.42
29	Payton Tolle	BOS	9	6	3.03	26	26	0	148.2	123	50	40	171	1.10
30	Eury Pérez	MIA	8	11	3.91	30	29	0	159.0	124	69	68	170	1.21
31	José Soriano	TOR	12	8	3.91	32	32	0	177.1	155	77	73	169	1.29
32	Michael King	SD	12	10	3.21	32	32	0	185.0	148	66	70	159	1.18
33	Joe Ryan	MIN	7	10	3.79	27	27	0	144.2	137	61	31	159	1.16
34	Michael Wacha	KC	9	10	3.32	32	32	0	200.2	168	74	54	158	1.11
35	Noah Cameron	KC	9	8	4.11	31	30	0	177.1	160	81	58	158	1.23
36	Foster Griffin	CLE	15	6	3.60	31	31	0	172.2	164	69	45	158	1.21
37	Will Warren	NYY	11	6	3.92	32	29	0	156.0	159	68	54	158	1.37
38	Ian Seymour	TB	9	7	4.21	47	16	2	132.2	114	62	36	158	1.13
39	Trevor Rogers	BAL	10	11	4.03	30	30	0	169.2	162	76	39	157	1.18
40	Freddy Peralta	TB	10	11	4.42	32	32	0	169.0	161	83	63	156	1.33
41	Shane Baz	BAL	6	15	4.11	31	31	0	179.2	179	82	63	154	1.35
42	Peter Lambert	HOU	8	10	3.82	29	29	0	155.2	136	66	59	154	1.25
43	Matthew Liberatore	STL	6	14	5.23	31	31	0	155.0	173	90	55	154	1.47
44	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	13	11	3.87	36	33	3	214.0	204	92	59	153	1.23
45	Sonny Gray	BOS	18	5	2.72	29	29	0	169.0	148	51	46	149	1.15
46	Tanner Bibee	CLE	7	15	4.36	33	33	0	188.0	175	91	55	148	1.22
47	George Kirby	SEA	9	11	4.33	30	30	0	174.2	197	84	47	148	1.40
48	Sean Manaea	NYM	6	8	4.78	33	19	0	150.2	152	80	44	144	1.30
49	Nathan Eovaldi	TEX	11	10	4.20	27	23	0	145.2	142	68	35	144	1.22
50	Dustin May	MIL	7	9	4.70	31	31	0	145.2	142	76	50	144	1.32
51	Eduardo Rodriguez	ARI	16	7	2.89	32	32	0	189.2	173	61	62	143	1.24
52	Landen Roupp	SF	9	14	4.01	29	29	0	155.0	126	69	75	143	1.30
53	Ryan Weathers	NYY	5	8	3.60	25	25	0	137.1	130	55	38	143	1.22
54	Kyle Bradish	BAL	7	14	4.12	29	29	0	155.0	156	71	70	142	1.46
55	Walbert Ureña	LAA	9	11	2.97	29	27	0	148.1	114	49	68	142	1.23
56	Kyle Harrison	MIL	11	5	4.20	28	24	0	115.2	120	54	36	141	1.35
57	Robbie Ray	SD	13	8	3.59	31	30	0	165.2	140	66	84	140	1.35
58	Bubba Chandler	PIT	8	10	4.50	31	30	0	154.0	136	77	80	140	1.40
59	Ranger Suarez	BOS	8	5	3.22	28	28	0	148.1	130	53	46	140	1.19
60	Jack Perkins	ATH	3	13	6.10	37	17	3	121.0	125	82	51	140	1.45
61	Kumar Rocker	TEX	6	11	4.38	30	27	0	148.0	147	72	61	138	1.41
62	Tyler Mahle	ATL	7	10	3.99	27	27	0	149.0	138	66	46	137	1.23
63	David Peterson	CHC	9	8	4.79	32	23	1	148.1	157	79	65	137	1.50
64	Framber Valdez	DET	10	12	4.03	31	31	0	174.0	170	78	67	135	1.36
65	Seth Lugo	KC	7	9	5.17	32	32	0	172.1	200	99	54	134	1.47
66	Logan Webb	SF	8	9	4.31	27	27	0	160.2	147	77	41	134	1.17
67	Christian Scott	NYM	4	5	3.85	23	23	0	110.0	93	47	47	134	1.27
68	Brandon Young	BAL	9	6	3.56	28	28	0	156.2	150	62	61	133	1.35
69	Kyle Leahy	STL	10	5	3.66	30	30	0	140.0	147	57	41	132	1.34
70	Emmet Sheehan	LAD	5	8	4.57	23	22	0	112.1	99	57	33	132	1.18
71	Andrew Abbott	CIN	6	11	4.61	32	32	0	166.0	165	85	76	131	1.45
72	Walker Buehler	SD	9	6	4.63	32	32	0	153.2	150	79	57	131	1.35
73	Gerrit Cole	NYY	10	9	3.61	22	22	0	127.0	115	51	25	131	1.10
74	Anthony Kay	CWS	10	9	4.44	33	31	0	158.0	161	78	56	129	1.37
75	Connor Prielipp	MIN	6	7	4.87	24	22	0	125.2	118	68	44	128	1.29
76	Brady Singer	CIN	6	15	5.85	31	31	0	157.0	188	102	62	126	1.59
77	Emerson Hancock	SEA	7	8	3.57	25	25	0	138.2	126	55	32	126	1.14
78	Shane Drohan	MIL	7	5	4.19	33	19	2	124.2	121	58	44	125	1.32
79	Roki Sasaki	LAD	5	5	4.49	26	23	0	122.1	113	61	48	123	1.32
80	Davis Martin	CWS	9	8	3.95	29	28	0	146.0	146	64	46	122	1.32
81	Bryce Elder	ATL	8	8	4.11	26	26	0	149.0	140	68	49	121	1.27
82	J.T. Ginn	ATH	9	8	3.71	27	24	0	138.1	114	57	57	121	1.24
83	Max Meyer	MIA	9	1	2.68	20	20	0	111.0	85	33	41	121	1.14
84	Bryce Miller	SEA	4	10	4.17	22	21	0	118.2	100	55	38	119	1.16
85	Justin Wrobleski	LAD	12	5	3.66	28	22	0	140.0	129	57	31	118	1.14
86	Zebby Matthews	MIN	9	11	4.90	23	23	0	130.1	125	71	39	116	1.26
87	Griffin Jax	TB	8	10	3.53	34	23	0	112.1	97	44	35	116	1.18
88	Michael McGreevy	STL	7	9	3.95	31	31	0	168.2	168	74	48	115	1.28
89	Grant Holmes	ATL	10	6	3.44	31	29	0	151.2	136	58	62	115	1.31
90	Andrew Painter	PHI	3	10	5.40	25	23	0	126.2	132	76	47	115	1.41
91	Michael Soroka	ARI	9	5	3.41	22	21	0	116.0	97	44	29	114	1.09
92	Andrew Alvarez	WSH	2	6	3.43	25	17	1	112.2	95	43	51	114	1.30
93	Merrill Kelly	ARI	10	14	4.94	29	29	0	162.0	166	89	70	113	1.46
94	Jeffrey Springs	ATH	4	14	6.18	29	29	0	142.2	152	98	57	112	1.46
95	Luis Castillo	CWS	4	11	5.85	29	23	0	130.2	151	85	44	112	1.49
96	Jacob Lopez	ATH	7	5	5.47	27	24	0	123.1	126	75	58	112	1.49
97	Andre Pallante	STL	12	9	3.83	29	29	0	162.0	156	69	50	110	1.27
98	Casey Mize	SD	6	10	4.32	26	26	0	131.1	123	63	38	110	1.23
99	Nick Martinez	TB	15	6	3.10	31	31	0	180.0	171	62	26	109	1.09
100	Kyle Freeland	COL	4	12	6.65	26	26	0	135.1	177	100	29	108	1.52
101	Keider Montero	DET	10	9	3.48	32	25	1	155.0	124	60	37	107	1.04
102	Shane McClanahan	TB	10	7	3.36	24	24	0	118.0	93	44	39	106	1.12
103	Spencer Arrighetti	TOR	9	9	4.96	24	19	0	110.2	89	61	64	106	1.38
104	Max Fried	NYY	5	5	2.80	20	20	0	112.2	79	35	33	104	0.99
105	Rhett Lowder	CIN	7	12	5.74	29	26	0	133.1	147	85	56	103	1.52
106	Robert Gasser	MIL	5	5	3.87	21	20	0	109.1	95	47	35	103	1.19
107	Martín Pérez	ATL	9	9	3.04	30	26	0	142.0	119	48	62	102	1.27
108	Colin Rea	CHC	8	8	4.34	34	19	2	137.0	135	66	47	101	1.33
109	Tyler Phillips	MIA	5	6	3.34	37	20	2	126.2	112	47	56	101	1.33
110	Erick Fedde	CWS	8	9	3.83	33	15	0	141.0	139	60	52	99	1.35
111	Slade Cecconi	CLE	5	7	4.91	28	21	0	121.0	134	66	39	99	1.43
112	Carmen Mlodzinski	PIT	8	7	3.95	37	12	2	123.0	125	54	44	97	1.37
113	Tomoyuki Sugano	COL	12	12	5.37	29	29	0	154.1	167	92	36	96	1.32
114	Bailey Ober	MIN	7	7	4.47	25	24	1	131.0	133	65	37	96	1.30
115	Matthew Boyd	CHC	10	5	3.91	22	22	0	126.2	114	55	39	96	1.21
116	Brandon Pfaadt	ARI	8	3	3.77	29	19	0	136.0	129	57	32	94	1.18
117	Troy Melton	DET	8	5	2.76	20	20	0	114.1	92	35	37	94	1.13
118	Ryan Feltner	COL	7	10	5.40	26	22	0	123.1	133	74	53	92	1.51
119	Brayan Bello	BOS	6	7	4.33	26	11	1	116.1	123	56	36	92	1.37
120	Jake Bennett	BOS	9	7	3.65	20	19	0	113.1	104	46	21	91	1.10
121	Aaron Civale	CHC	6	8	4.20	34	15	2	111.1	125	52	35	91	1.44
122	Michael Lorenzen	TOR	3	13	7.21	32	25	1	127.1	186	102	54	90	1.88
123	Janson Junk	MIA	6	9	4.22	26	25	0	123.2	127	58	33	89	1.29
124	Mitch Keller	PIT	6	8	5.29	22	22	0	115.2	117	68	42	89	1.37
125	Randy Vásquez	SD	10	6	3.90	32	23	0	140.2	141	61	37	87	1.27
126	Nick Lodolo	CIN	3	6	4.97	21	21	0	108.2	115	60	46	83	1.48
127	Cal Quantrill	TEX	9	5	2.86	32	15	0	110.0	89	35	25	81	1.04
128	Adrian Houser	SF	4	7	4.02	26	16	0	109.2	109	49	34	75	1.30
129	Zack Littell	ARI	8	8	5.21	26	14	0	124.1	136	72	39	73	1.41
130	Miles Mikolas	WSH	3	9	5.82	25	11	0	116.0	137	75	23	58	1.38

Regular-season totals from the MLB Stats API. Rate stats (ERA, WHIP) rank among pitchers with at least 86 innings; anyone below that sorts to the bottom when you sort by a rate column.