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2026 AL Strikeouts Leaders

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Gavin Williams led the AL in strikeouts in 2026 with 248, 9 ahead of Cam Schlittler (239).

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Gavin Williams Led the AL in 2026 Gavin Williams Cleveland Guardians
248 Strikeouts 9 clear of Cam Schlittler

The 2026 Strikeouts race

How it was won
0 62 124 186 248 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
  1. Gavin Williams 248
  2. Dylan Cease 239
  3. Cam Schlittler 239
  4. Reid Detmers 211
  5. Taj Bradley 205
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 Gavin Williams Gavin Williams CLE 248 14 8 3.76 184.1
2 Cam Schlittler NYA 239 14 6 1.95 193.2
3 Dylan Cease Dylan Cease TOR 239 11 6 2.40 169.0
4 Reid Detmers Reid Detmers LAA 211 7 8 3.36 185.0
5 Logan Gilbert Logan Gilbert SEA 205 12 11 3.73 186.0
6 Taj Bradley MIN 205 12 6 3.73 178.1
7 Jacob deGrom Jacob deGrom TEX 201 11 11 4.20 162.2
8 Parker Messick Parker Messick CLE 193 12 9 2.56 186.1
9 Tarik Skubal Tarik Skubal DET +1 186 12 7 2.72 158.2
10 Sean Burke Sean Burke CHA 185 11 7 3.34 172.1
11 Kevin Gausman Kevin Gausman TOR +1 184 9 12 4.51 177.2
12 Bryan Woo Bryan Woo SEA 175 12 10 4.01 173.0
13 MacKenzie Gore MacKenzie Gore TEX 174 8 11 4.58 173.0
14 Drew Rasmussen Drew Rasmussen TBA 174 16 5 2.67 172.0
15 Joey Cantillo Joey Cantillo CLE 171 11 9 3.62 159.0
16 Payton Tolle Payton Tolle BOS 171 9 6 3.03 148.2
17 José Soriano José Soriano LAA +1 169 12 8 3.91 177.1
18 Joe Ryan Joe Ryan MIN 159 7 10 3.79 144.2
19 Ian Seymour Ian Seymour TBA 158 9 7 4.21 132.2
20 Michael Wacha Michael Wacha KCA 158 9 10 3.32 200.2
21 Will Warren Will Warren NYA 158 11 6 3.92 156.0
22 Noah Cameron Noah Cameron KCA 158 9 8 4.11 177.1
23 Trevor Rogers Trevor Rogers BAL 157 10 11 4.03 169.2
24 Shane Baz Shane Baz BAL 154 6 15 4.11 179.2
25 Peter Lambert Peter Lambert HOU 154 8 10 3.82 155.2
26 Sonny Gray Sonny Gray BOS 149 18 5 2.72 169.0
27 Tanner Bibee Tanner Bibee CLE 148 7 15 4.36 188.0
28 George Kirby George Kirby SEA 148 9 11 4.33 174.2
29 Nathan Eovaldi Nathan Eovaldi TEX 144 11 10 4.20 145.2
30 Ryan Weathers Ryan Weathers NYA 143 5 8 3.60 137.1
31 Kyle Bradish Kyle Bradish BAL 142 7 14 4.12 155.0
32 Walbert Ureña Walbert Ureña LAA 142 9 11 2.97 148.1
33 Jack Perkins Jack Perkins ATH 140 3 13 6.10 121.0
34 Ranger Suarez Ranger Suarez BOS 140 8 5 3.22 148.1
35 Kumar Rocker TEX 138 6 11 4.38 148.0
36 Framber Valdez Framber Valdez DET 135 10 12 4.03 174.0
37 Seth Lugo Seth Lugo KCA 134 7 9 5.17 172.1
38 Brandon Young Brandon Young BAL 133 9 6 3.56 156.2
39 Gerrit Cole Gerrit Cole NYA 131 10 9 3.61 127.0
40 Anthony Kay Anthony Kay CHA 129 10 9 4.44 158.0
41 Connor Prielipp Connor Prielipp MIN 128 6 7 4.87 125.2
42 Emerson Hancock SEA 126 7 8 3.57 138.2
43 Hunter Brown Hunter Brown HOU 124 6 4 3.19 107.1
44 Davis Martin Davis Martin CHA 122 9 8 3.95 146.0
45 J. T. Ginn J. T. Ginn ATH 121 9 8 3.71 138.1
46 Bryce Miller Bryce Miller SEA 119 4 10 4.17 118.2
47 Griffin Jax Griffin Jax TBA 116 8 10 3.53 112.1
48 Zebby Matthews Zebby Matthews MIN 116 9 11 4.90 130.1
49 Drew Anderson Drew Anderson DET 114 5 7 3.67 108.0
50 Luis Castillo Luis Castillo SEA +1 112 4 11 5.85 130.2
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