San Diego Padres Strikeouts / 9 Leaders

Career totals with the Padres and the best single seasons in club history. Records run through the 2025 season.

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Jake Peavy holds the Padres career record with 9.04 strikeouts / 9. The single-season record is 12.13, by Dinelson Lamet in 2020.

Rate records use the league's own minimums: a season needs the standard 1.0 inning per team game with the club, a career 1,000+ innings pitched with the club.

All-time Padres leaders

Career totals with the club

#	Player	With the club	K/9	G
1	Jake Peavy	2002–2009	9.04	212
2	Andy Benes	1989–1995	7.55	187
3	Clay Kirby	1969–1973	6.40	177
4	Andy Ashby	1993–2004	6.16	187
5	Clayton Richard	2009–2018	5.83	178
6	Eric Show	1981–1990	5.34	309
7	Ed Whitson	1983–1991	5.10	227
8	AH Andy Hawkins	1982–1988	3.99	199
9	Randy Jones	1973–1980	3.45	264

Single-season Padres records

Best seasons in club history

#	Player	Season	K/9	G
1	Dinelson Lamet	2020	12.13	12
2	Blake Snell	2023	11.70	32
3	Dylan Cease	2025	11.52	32
4	Yu Darvish	2021	10.77	30
5	Dylan Cease	2024	10.65	33
6	Mike King	2024	10.42	31
7	Joe Musgrove	2021	10.08	32
8	Andy Benes	1994	9.87	25
9	Tyson Ross	2015	9.73	33
10	Jake Peavy	2007	9.67	34
11	James Shields	2015	9.61	33
12	Jake Peavy	2005	9.58	30
13	Jake Peavy	2006	9.56	32
14	Nick Pivetta	2025	9.41	31
15	Jake Peavy	2004	9.36	27
16	Ian Kennedy	2015	9.30	30
17	Ian Kennedy	2014	9.27	33
18	Mat Latos	2010	9.21	31
19	Joe Musgrove	2022	9.15	30
20	Yu Darvish	2022	9.11	30
21	Kevin Brown	1998	9.00	36
22	Tyson Ross	2014	8.97	31
23	Joey Lucchesi	2019	8.69	30
23	Chris Young	2007	8.69	30
25	Jake Peavy	2008	8.60	27