2018 MLB Strikeouts Leaders

Max Scherzer led all of MLB in strikeouts in 2018 with 300, 10 ahead of Justin Verlander (290). It stands 67th among all single seasons in MLB history. It was one of 3 times Max Scherzer led in strikeouts.

Led all of MLB in 2018 Max Scherzer Washington Nationals

300 Strikeouts 10 clear of Justin Verlander

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

#	Player	Team	SO	W	L	ERA	IP
1	Max Scherzer	WAS	300	18	7	2.53	220.2
2	Justin Verlander	HOU	290	16	9	2.52	214.0
3	Gerrit Cole	HOU	276	15	5	2.88	200.1
4	Jacob deGrom	NYN	269	10	9	1.70	217.0
5	Patrick Corbin	ARI	246	11	7	3.15	200.0
6	Chris Sale	BOS	237	12	4	2.11	158.0
7	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	231	17	10	3.38	192.0
8	German Marquez	COL	230	14	11	3.77	196.0
9	Aaron Nola	PHI	224	17	6	2.37	212.1
10	Corey Kluber	CLE	222	20	7	2.89	215.0
11	Blake Snell	TBA	221	21	5	1.89	180.2
12	Trevor Bauer	CLE	221	12	6	2.21	175.1
13	Luis Severino	NYA	220	19	8	3.39	191.1
14	James Paxton	SEA	208	11	6	3.76	160.1
15	Mike Clevinger	CLE	207	13	8	3.02	200.0
16	Jose Berrios	MIN	202	12	11	3.84	192.1
17	Mike Foltynewicz	ATL	202	13	10	2.85	183.0
18	Charlie Morton	HOU	201	15	3	3.13	167.0
19	Zack Greinke	ARI	199	15	11	3.21	207.2
20	J. A. Happ	TOR +1	193	17	6	3.65	177.2
21	Rick Porcello	BOS	190	17	7	4.28	191.1
22	Nick Pivetta	PHI	188	7	14	4.77	164.0
23	Cole Hamels	TEX +1	188	9	12	3.78	190.2
24	Zack Godley	ARI	185	15	11	4.74	178.1
25	Dylan Bundy	BAL	184	8	16	5.45	171.2
26	Jon Gray	COL	183	12	9	5.12	172.1
27	Jack Flaherty	SLN	182	8	9	3.34	151.0
28	Andrew Heaney	LAA	180	9	10	4.15	180.0
29	Kyle Gibson	MIN	179	10	13	3.62	196.2
30	Jameson Taillon	PIT	179	14	10	3.20	191.0
31	Zack Wheeler	NYN	179	12	7	3.31	182.1
32	David Price	BOS	177	16	7	3.58	176.0
33	Kyle Freeland	COL	173	17	7	2.85	202.1
34	Derek Holland	SFN	169	7	9	3.57	171.1
35	Luis Castillo	CIN	165	10	12	4.30	169.2
36	Robbie Ray	ARI	165	6	2	3.93	123.2
37	Tyler Anderson	COL	164	7	9	4.55	176.0
38	Jakob Junis	KCA	164	9	12	4.37	177.0
39	Jake Odorizzi	MIN	162	7	10	4.49	164.1
40	Julio Teheran	ATL	162	9	9	3.94	175.2
41	Chris Archer	TBA +1	162	6	8	4.31	148.1
42	Kyle Hendricks	CHN	161	14	11	3.44	199.0
43	Lance Lynn	MIN +1	161	10	10	4.77	156.2
44	Vince Velasquez	PHI	161	9	12	4.85	146.2
45	Sean Newcomb	ATL	160	12	9	3.90	164.0
46	Matt Boyd	DET	159	9	13	4.39	170.1
47	Masahiro Tanaka	NYA	159	12	6	3.75	156.0
48	Jose Quintana	CHN	158	13	11	4.03	174.1
49	Jhoulys Chacin	MIL	156	15	8	3.50	192.2
50	Stephen Strasburg	WAS	156	10	7	3.74	130.0

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