List of Major League Baseball career strikeouts by batters leaders

In baseball, a strikeout (or strike-out) occurs when a batter accumulates three strikes during a time at bat (i.e. the batter fails to hit the ball in three successive pitches). It usually means the batter is out. A strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters, and is denoted by K.^[1]

Reggie Jackson, the all-time leader in strikeouts by a batter

This list is for batters. For career strikeouts by pitchers, see List of Major League Baseball career strikeout leaders

Reggie Jackson^[2][3][4] holds the record for the most career strikeouts by a batter with 2,597.^[5] Jim Thome^[6] (2,548), Adam Dunn^[7] (2,379), Sammy Sosa^[8] (2,306), Alex Rodriguez^[9] (2,287), Miguel Cabrera^[10] (2,105), and Andrés Galarraga^[11] (2,003) are the only other hitters to strikeout over 2,000 times.

Key

Rank	Rank amongst leaders in career strikeouts. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player (2024 Ks)	Number of strikeouts during the 2024 Major League Baseball season.
K	Total career strikeouts.
*	Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold	Denotes active player.^[note 1]

List

 

Giancarlo Stanton, the active leader and 22nd all-time in strikeouts by a batter.

• Stats updated as of April 14, 2024.

Rank	Player (2024 Ks)	K
1	Reggie Jackson *	2,597
2	Jim Thome *	2,548
3	Adam Dunn	2,379
4	Sammy Sosa	2,306
5	Alex Rodriguez	2,287
6	Miguel Cabrera	2,105
7	Andrés Galarraga	2,003
8	Justin Upton	1,971
9	Jose Canseco	1,942
10	Willie Stargell *	1,936
11	Mark Reynolds	1,927
12	Nelson Cruz	1,916
	Curtis Granderson	1,916
14	Mike Cameron	1,901
15	Mike Schmidt *	1,883
16	Fred McGriff *	1,882
17	Tony Pérez *	1,867
18	Chris Davis	1,852
19	Ryan Howard	1,843
20	Bobby Abreu	1,840
	Derek Jeter *	1,840
22	Giancarlo Stanton (18)	1,838
23	Dave Kingman	1,816
24	Manny Ramírez	1,813
25	Alfonso Soriano	1,803
26	Carlos Beltrán	1,795
27	Ken Griffey Jr. *	1,779
28	Bobby Bonds	1,757
29	Craig Biggio *	1,753
30	David Ortiz *	1,750
31	Andruw Jones	1,748
	Dale Murphy	1,748
33	Carlos Delgado	1,745
34	Torii Hunter	1,741
35	Adrián Beltré *	1,732
36	Lou Brock *	1,730
37	Jim Edmonds	1,729
38	Paul Goldschmidt (19)	1,725
39	Mickey Mantle *	1,710
40	Harmon Killebrew *	1,699
41	Chili Davis	1,698
42	Dwight Evans	1,697
43	Evan Longoria (0)	1,696
44	Rickey Henderson *	1,694
45	Dave Winfield *	1,686
46	Andrew McCutchen (16)	1,658
47	Matt Kemp	1,641
48	Joey Votto (0)	1,640
49	Derrek Lee	1,622
50	Reggie Sanders	1,614

Rank	Player (2024 Ks)	K
51	Gary Gaetti	1,602
52	Mark McGwire	1,596
53	Shin-Soo Choo	1,579
54	Carlos Peña	1,577
55	J. D. Martinez (0)	1,573
56	Jay Bruce	1,572
	Jason Giambi	1,572
58	Lee May	1,569
59	Pat Burrell	1,564
60	Melvin Upton Jr.	1,561
61	Jeff Bagwell *	1,558
62	Dick Allen	1,556
63	Freddie Freeman (15)	1,550
	Ray Lankford	1,550
	Willie McCovey *	1,550
66	Barry Bonds	1,539
67	Dave Parker	1,537
68	Alex Gordon	1,535
69	Frank Robinson *	1,532
70	Lance Parrish	1,527
71	Willie Mays *	1,526
	Devon White	1,526
73	Jeff Kent	1,522
74	Eddie Murray *	1,516
75	Rick Monday	1,513
	Greg Vaughn	1,513
77	Andre Dawson *	1,509
78	Tony Phillips	1,499
79	Greg Luzinski	1,495
80	Eddie Mathews *	1,487
81	Iván Rodríguez *	1,474
82	Mike Trout (13)	1,471
83	Mike Napoli	1,468
84	Frank Howard	1,460
	Eugenio Suárez (18)	1,460
86	Jorge Posada	1,453
87	Jhonny Peralta	1,450
	Jayson Werth	1,450
89	Jay Bell	1,443
90	Jack Clark	1,442
	Juan Samuel	1,442
92	Harold Baines *	1,441
	Mark Teixeira	1,441
94	Mo Vaughn	1,429
95	Jimmy Wynn	1,427
96	Edwin Encarnación	1,426
97	Jim Rice *	1,423
98	George Foster	1,419
99	George Scott	1,418
100	Royce Clayton	1,415

Notes

1. A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or has not played for a full season.

References

1. Major League Baseball (2001–2009). "Baseball Basics: Abbreviations".
2. "Reggie Jackson Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
3. "Reggie Jackson Hall of Fame Profile". National Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
4. Leavengood, Ted. "Reggie Jackson Bio". Society For American Baseball Research. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
5. "Career Leaders For Striking Out". Baseball Alamanc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
6. "Jim Thome Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
7. "Adam Dunn Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
8. "Sammy Sosa Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
9. "Alex Rodriguez Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
10. "Miguel Cabrera Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
11. "Andrés Galarraga Career Stats". Baseball Reference. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

External links

• "Career Leaders & Records for Strikeouts". Baseball-Reference.com.