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 (2020 Ks)Number of strikeouts during the 2020 Major League Baseball season.
KTotal career strikeouts.
* Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bold Denotes active player.[note 1]

List
Chris Davis, the active leader and 15th all-time in strikeouts by a batter.
  • Stats updated as of the 2020 season
Rank Player (2020 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 Chris Davis (17) 1,852
16 Ryan Howard 1,843
17 Justin Upton (43) 1,841
18 Bobby Abreu 1,840
Derek Jeter * 1,840
20 Dave Kingman 1,816
21 Manny Ramírez 1,813
22 Miguel Cabrera (51) 1,812
23 Alfonso Soriano 1,803
24 Carlos Beltrán 1,795
25 Ken Griffey Jr. * 1,779
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 Matt Kemp (41) 1,641
43 Nelson Cruz (58) 1,625
44 Derrek Lee 1,622
45 Reggie Sanders 1,614
46 Gary Gaetti 1,602
47 Mark McGwire 1,596
48 Shin-Soo Choo (33) 1,579
49 Carlos Peña 1,577
50 Jason Giambi 1,572
Rank Player (2020 Ks) K
51 Lee May 1,570
52 Pat Burrell 1,564
53 Melvin Upton Jr. 1,561
54 Jay Bruce (24) 1,559
55 Jeff Bagwell * 1,558
56 Dick Allen 1,556
57 Ray Lankford 1,550
Willie McCovey * 1,550
59 Barry Bonds 1,539
60 Dave Parker 1,537
61 Alex Gordon 1,535
62 Frank Robinson * 1,532
63 Lance Parrish 1,527
64 Willie Mays * 1,526
Devon White 1,526
66 Jeff Kent 1,522
67 Eddie Murray * 1,516
68 Rick Monday 1,513
Greg Vaughn 1,513
70 Andre Dawson * 1,509
71 Tony Phillips 1,499
72 Greg Luzinski 1,495
73 Eddie Mathews * 1,487
74 Iván Rodríguez * 1,474
75 Evan Longoria (39) 1,472
76 Mike Napoli 1,468
77 Frank Howard 1,460
78 Jorge Posada 1,453
79 Jhonny Peralta 1,450
Jayson Werth 1,450
81 Jay Bell 1,443
82 Juan Samuel 1,442
83 Harold Baines * 1,441
Jack Clark 1,441
Mark Teixeira 1,441
86 Mo Vaughn 1,429
87 Jimmy Wynn 1,427
88 Edwin Encarnación (54) 1,426
89 Jim Rice * 1,423
90 George Foster 1,419
91 George Scott 1,418
92 Royce Clayton 1,415
93 Ron Gant 1,411
94 Darrell Evans 1,410
Scott Rolen 1,410
96 Rob Deer 1,409
Chipper Jones * 1,409
98 Adam LaRoche 1,407
99 Jay Buhner 1,406
100 Ian Desmond (0) 1,402
Giancarlo Stanton (27) 1,402

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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