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2026 MLB Strikeouts Leaders

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Jacob Misiorowski led the majors with 252 strikeouts in 2026, 4 ahead of Gavin Williams (248).

Jacob Misiorowski Led all of MLB in 2026 Jacob Misiorowski Milwaukee Brewers
252 Strikeouts 4 clear of Gavin Williams

The 2026 Strikeouts race

How it was won
0 63 126 189 252 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
  1. Jacob Misiorowski 252
  2. Gavin Williams 248
  3. Dylan Cease 239
  4. Cam Schlittler 239
  5. Cristopher Sanchez 231
Each line is a season total on every night that player was in the top ten, from March 25 to September 27.
Showing Strikeouts and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team SO W L ERA IP
1 Jacob Misiorowski Jacob Misiorowski MIL 252 16 5 1.80 174.2
2 Gavin Williams Gavin Williams CLE 248 14 8 3.76 184.1
3 Cam Schlittler NYA 239 14 6 1.95 193.2
4 Dylan Cease Dylan Cease TOR 239 11 6 2.40 169.0
5 Cristopher Sanchez Cristopher Sanchez PHI 231 18 7 2.91 207.0
6 Jesus Luzardo Jesus Luzardo PHI 221 14 5 2.86 179.2
7 Reid Detmers Reid Detmers LAA 211 7 8 3.36 185.0
8 Logan Gilbert Logan Gilbert SEA 205 12 11 3.73 186.0
9 Taj Bradley MIN 205 12 6 3.73 178.1
10 Jacob deGrom Jacob deGrom TEX 201 11 11 4.20 162.2
11 Cade Cavalli WAS 200 13 5 3.02 169.2
12 Paul Skenes Paul Skenes PIT 200 10 11 3.82 174.1
13 Chris Sale Chris Sale ATL 200 14 9 2.16 162.2
14 Nolan McLean Nolan McLean NYN 194 12 10 3.16 179.2
15 Parker Messick Parker Messick CLE 193 12 9 2.56 186.1
16 Zack Wheeler Zack Wheeler PHI 193 14 5 3.00 162.0
17 Tarik Skubal Tarik Skubal DET +1 186 12 7 2.72 158.2
18 Sean Burke Sean Burke CHA 185 11 7 3.34 172.1
19 Chase Burns Chase Burns CIN 185 15 3 2.86 154.1
20 Kevin Gausman Kevin Gausman TOR +1 184 9 12 4.51 177.2
21 Yoshinobu Yamamoto Yoshinobu Yamamoto LAN 182 14 9 2.53 185.0
22 Aaron Nola Aaron Nola PHI 177 7 12 4.67 175.1
23 Bryan Woo Bryan Woo SEA 175 12 10 4.01 173.0
24 MacKenzie Gore MacKenzie Gore TEX 174 8 11 4.58 173.0
25 Shota Imanaga Shota Imanaga CHN 174 11 10 3.77 174.1
26 Drew Rasmussen Drew Rasmussen TBA 174 16 5 2.67 172.0
27 Braxton Ashcraft Braxton Ashcraft PIT 173 14 6 3.65 165.1
28 Joey Cantillo Joey Cantillo CLE 171 11 9 3.62 159.0
29 Payton Tolle Payton Tolle BOS 171 9 6 3.03 148.2
30 Eury Pérez Eury Pérez MIA 170 8 11 3.91 159.0
31 José Soriano José Soriano LAA +1 169 12 8 3.91 177.1
32 Mike King Mike King SDN 159 12 10 3.21 185.0
33 Joe Ryan Joe Ryan MIN 159 7 10 3.79 144.2
34 Ian Seymour Ian Seymour TBA 158 9 7 4.21 132.2
35 Michael Wacha Michael Wacha KCA 158 9 10 3.32 200.2
36 Will Warren Will Warren NYA 158 11 6 3.92 156.0
37 Noah Cameron Noah Cameron KCA 158 9 8 4.11 177.1
38 Foster Griffin Foster Griffin WAS +1 158 15 6 3.60 172.2
39 Trevor Rogers Trevor Rogers BAL 157 10 11 4.03 169.2
40 Freddy Peralta Freddy Peralta NYN +1 156 10 11 4.42 169.0
41 Shane Baz Shane Baz BAL 154 6 15 4.11 179.2
42 Matthew Liberatore Matthew Liberatore SLN 154 6 14 5.23 155.0
43 Peter Lambert Peter Lambert HOU 154 8 10 3.82 155.2
44 Sandy Alcantara Sandy Alcantara MIA 153 13 11 3.87 214.0
45 Sonny Gray Sonny Gray BOS 149 18 5 2.72 169.0
46 Tanner Bibee Tanner Bibee CLE 148 7 15 4.36 188.0
47 George Kirby George Kirby SEA 148 9 11 4.33 174.2
48 Sean Manaea Sean Manaea NYN 144 6 8 4.78 150.2
49 Dustin May Dustin May SLN +1 144 7 9 4.70 145.2
50 Nathan Eovaldi Nathan Eovaldi TEX 144 11 10 4.20 145.2
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