1971 NL Strikeouts Leaders

Tom Seaver led the NL in strikeouts in 1971 with 289, 26 ahead of Fergie Jenkins (263). It was one of 5 times Tom Seaver led in strikeouts.

Led the NL in 1971 Tom Seaver New York Mets

289 Strikeouts 26 clear of Fergie Jenkins

Showing Strikeouts and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	SO	W	L	ERA	IP
1	Tom Seaver	NYN	289	20	10	1.76	286.1
2	Fergie Jenkins	CHN	263	24	13	2.77	325.0
3	Bill Stoneman	MON	251	17	16	3.15	294.2
4	Clay Kirby	SDN	231	15	13	2.83	267.1
5	Don Sutton	LAN	194	17	12	2.54	265.1
6	Bob Gibson	SLN	185	16	13	3.04	245.2
7	Don Wilson	HOU	180	16	10	2.45	268.0
8	Phil Niekro	ATL	173	15	14	2.98	268.2
9	Steve Carlton	SLN	172	20	9	3.56	273.1
10	Juan Marichal	SFN	159	18	11	2.94	279.0
11	Gaylord Perry	SFN	158	16	12	2.76	280.0
12	Steve Arlin	SDN	156	9	19	3.48	227.2
13	Rick Wise	PHI	155	17	14	2.88	272.1
14	Gary Gentry	NYN	155	12	11	3.23	203.1
15	Reggie Cleveland	SLN	148	12	12	4.01	222.0
16	Gary Nolan	CIN	146	12	15	3.16	244.2
17	Bill Singer	LAN	144	10	17	4.16	203.1
18	Ken Holtzman	CHN	143	9	15	4.48	195.0
19	Jack Billingham	HOU	139	10	16	3.39	228.1
20	Dock Ellis	PIT	137	19	9	3.06	226.2
21	Nolan Ryan	NYN	137	10	14	3.97	152.0
22	Al Downing	LAN	136	20	9	2.68	262.1
23	Steve Blass	PIT	136	15	8	2.85	240.0
24	Dave Roberts	SDN	135	14	17	2.10	269.2
25	Jerry Reuss	SLN	131	14	14	4.78	211.0
26	Ken Forsch	HOU	131	8	8	2.53	188.1
27	Steve Renko	MON	129	15	14	3.75	275.2
28	Ron Reed	ATL	129	13	14	3.72	222.1
29	Bill Hands	CHN	128	12	18	3.42	242.1
30	Ray Sadecki	NYN	120	7	7	2.92	163.1
31	BL Barry Lersch	PHI	113	5	14	3.78	214.1
32	George Stone	ATL	110	6	8	3.60	172.2
33	Tug McGraw	NYN	109	11	4	1.70	111.0
34	Claude Osteen	LAN	109	14	11	3.51	259.0
35	Don Gullett	CIN	107	16	6	2.65	217.2
36	Woodie Fryman	PHI	104	10	7	3.38	149.1
37	Bob Johnson	PIT	101	9	10	3.45	174.2
38	Milt Pappas	CHN	99	17	14	3.51	261.1
39	EM Ernie McAnally	MON	98	11	12	3.90	177.2
40	Jerry Koosman	NYN	96	6	11	3.04	165.2
41	Chris Short	PHI	95	7	14	3.85	173.0
42	Danny Frisella	NYN	93	8	5	1.99	90.2
43	WB Wade Blasingame	HOU	93	9	11	4.60	158.1
44	Jim McGlothlin	CIN	93	8	12	3.22	170.2
45	Larry Dierker	HOU	91	12	6	2.72	159.0
46	Luke Walker	PIT	86	10	8	3.55	159.2
47	Jerry Johnson	SFN	85	12	9	2.97	109.0
48	Mike Marshall	MON	85	5	8	4.28	111.1
49	Carl Morton	MON	84	10	18	4.80	213.2
50	KR Ken Reynolds	PHI	81	5	9	4.49	162.1

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