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

Reggie Jackson holds the record for the most career strikeouts by a batter with 2,597. Jim Thome (2,548), Adam Dunn (2,379), Sammy Sosa (2,306), Alex Rodriguez (2,287) and Andres Galarraga (2,003) are the only other hitters to strikeout over 2,000 times.

Key
RankRank amongst leaders in career strikeouts. A blank field indicates a tie.
Player (2019 Ks)Number of strikeouts during the 2019 Major League Baseball season.
KTotal career strikeouts.
* Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold Denotes active player.[note 1]

List
  • Stats updated as of 2019 season.
Rank Player (2019 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 Andrés Galarraga 2,003
7 Jose Canseco 1,942
8 Willie Stargell * 1,936
9 Mark Reynolds 1,927
10 Curtis Granderson 1,916
11 Mike Cameron 1,901
12 Mike Schmidt * 1,883
13 Fred McGriff 1,882
14 Tony Pérez * 1,867
15 Ryan Howard 1,843
16 Bobby Abreu 1,840
Derek Jeter * 1,840
18 Chris Davis (139) 1,835
19 Dave Kingman 1,816
20 Manny Ramírez 1,813
21 Alfonso Soriano 1,803
22 Justin Upton (78) 1,798
23 Carlos Beltrán 1,795
24 Ken Griffey Jr. * 1,779
25 Miguel Cabrera (108) 1,761
26 Bobby Bonds 1,757
27 Craig Biggio * 1,753
28 David Ortiz 1,750
29 Andruw Jones 1,748
Dale Murphy 1,748
31 Carlos Delgado 1,745
32 Torii Hunter 1,741
33 Adrián Beltré 1,732
34 Lou Brock * 1,730
35 Jim Edmonds 1,729
36 Mickey Mantle * 1,710
37 Harmon Killebrew * 1,699
38 Chili Davis 1,698
39 Dwight Evans 1,697
40 Rickey Henderson * 1,694
41 Dave Winfield * 1,686
42 Derrek Lee 1,622
43 Reggie Sanders 1,614
44 Gary Gaetti 1,602
45 Matt Kemp (19) 1,600
46 Mark McGwire 1,596
47 Carlos Peña 1,577
48 Jason Giambi 1,572
49 Lee May 1,570
50 Nelson Cruz (131) 1,567
Rank Player (2019 Ks) K
51 Pat Burrell 1,564
52 Melvin Upton Jr. 1,561
53 Jeff Bagwell * 1,558
54 Dick Allen 1,556
55 Ray Lankford 1,550
Willie McCovey * 1,550
57 Shin-Soo Choo (165) 1,546
58 Barry Bonds 1,539
59 Dave Parker 1,537
60 Jay Bruce (82) 1,535
61 Frank Robinson * 1,532
62 Lance Parrish 1,527
63 Willie Mays * 1,526
Devon White 1,526
65 Jeff Kent 1,522
66 Eddie Murray * 1,516
67 Rick Monday 1,513
Greg Vaughn 1,513
69 Andre Dawson * 1,509
70 Tony Phillips 1,499
71 Alex Gordon (100) 1,498
72 Greg Luzinski 1,495
73 Eddie Mathews * 1,487
74 Iván Rodríguez * 1,474
75 Mike Napoli 1,468
76 Frank Howard 1,460
77 Jorge Posada 1,453
78 Jhonny Peralta 1,450
Jayson Werth 1,450
80 Jay Bell 1,443
81 Juan Samuel 1,442
82 Harold Baines * 1,441
Jack Clark 1,441
Mark Teixeira 1,441
85 Evan Longoria (112) 1,433
86 Mo Vaughn 1,429
87 Jimmy Wynn 1,427
88 Jim Rice * 1,423
89 George Foster 1,419
90 George Scott 1,418
91 Royce Clayton 1,415
92 Ron Gant 1,411
93 Darrell Evans 1,410
Scott Rolen 1,410
95 Rob Deer 1,409
Chipper Jones * 1,409
97 Adam LaRoche 1,407
98 Jay Buhner 1,406
99 Ian Desmond (119) 1,402
100 Adrián González 1,401

Notes
  1. A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.
  1. Major League Baseball (2001–2009). "Baseball Basics: Abbreviations". Retrieved September 2, 2009.
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