2016 NL Strikeouts Leaders

Max Scherzer led the NL in strikeouts in 2016 with 284, 31 ahead of Jose Fernandez (253). It was one of 3 times Max Scherzer led in strikeouts.

Led the NL in 2016 Max Scherzer Washington Nationals

284 Strikeouts 31 clear of Jose Fernandez

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

#	Player	Team	SO	W	L	ERA	IP
1	Max Scherzer	WAS	284	20	7	2.96	228.1
2	Jose Fernandez	MIA	253	16	8	2.86	182.1
3	Madison Bumgarner	SFN	251	15	9	2.74	226.2
4	Robbie Ray	ARI	218	8	15	4.90	174.1
5	Noah Syndergaard	NYN	218	14	9	2.60	183.2
6	Johnny Cueto	SFN	198	18	5	2.79	219.2
7	Jon Lester	CHN	197	19	5	2.44	202.2
8	Jake Arrieta	CHN	190	18	8	3.10	197.1
9	Drew Pomeranz	SDN +1	186	11	12	3.32	170.2
10	Jon Gray	COL	185	10	10	4.61	168.0
11	Stephen Strasburg	WAS	183	15	4	3.60	147.2
12	John Lackey	CHN	180	11	8	3.35	188.1
13	Kenta Maeda	LAN	179	16	11	3.48	175.2
14	Carlos Martinez	SLN	174	16	9	3.04	195.1
15	Tanner Roark	WAS	172	16	10	2.83	210.0
16	Clayton Kershaw	LAN	172	12	4	1.69	149.0
17	Gio Gonzalez	WAS	171	11	11	4.57	177.1
18	Kyle Hendricks	CHN	170	16	8	2.13	190.0
19	Francisco Liriano	PIT +1	168	8	13	4.69	163.0
20	Jerad Eickhoff	PHI	167	11	14	3.65	197.1
21	Jeff Samardzija	SFN	167	12	11	3.81	203.1
22	Julio Teheran	ATL	167	7	10	3.21	188.0
23	Dan Straily	CIN	162	14	8	3.76	191.1
24	Adam Wainwright	SLN	161	13	9	4.62	198.2
25	Jeremy Hellickson	PHI	154	12	10	3.71	189.0
26	Vince Velasquez	PHI	152	8	6	4.12	131.0
27	Jaime Garcia	SLN	150	10	13	4.67	171.2
28	Tom Koehler	MIA	147	9	13	4.33	176.2
29	Brandon Finnegan	CIN	145	10	11	3.98	172.0
30	Jason Hammel	CHN	144	15	10	3.83	166.2
31	Archie Bradley	ARI	143	8	9	5.02	141.2
32	Jacob deGrom	NYN	143	7	8	3.04	148.0
33	Jimmy Nelson	MIL	140	8	16	4.62	179.1
34	Juan Nicasio	PIT	138	10	7	4.50	118.0
35	Chad Bettis	COL	138	14	8	4.79	186.0
36	Zach Davies	MIL	135	11	7	3.97	163.1
37	Zack Greinke	ARI	134	13	7	4.37	158.2
38	Scott Kazmir	LAN	134	10	6	4.56	136.1
39	Patrick Corbin	ARI	131	5	13	5.15	155.2
40	Steven Matz	NYN	129	9	8	3.40	132.1
41	Bartolo Colon	NYN	128	15	8	3.43	191.2
42	Mike Leake	SLN	125	9	12	4.69	176.2
43	Adam Conley	MIA	124	8	6	3.85	133.1
44	Aaron Nola	PHI	121	6	9	4.78	111.0
45	Chase Anderson	MIL	120	9	11	4.39	151.2
46	Tyler Chatwood	COL	117	12	9	3.87	158.0
47	Matt Wisler	ATL	115	7	13	5.00	156.2
48	David Phelps	MIA	114	7	6	2.28	86.2
49	Michael Wacha	SLN	114	7	7	5.09	138.0
50	Kyle Barraclough	MIA	113	6	3	2.85	72.2

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