# List of Major League Baseball career strikeouts by batters leaders

    This list is for batters. For career strikeouts by pitchers, see List of Major League Baseball career strikeout leaders
In baseball, a strikeout (or strike-out) occurs when a batter accumulates three strikes during a time at bat. It means the batter is out, unless the third strike is not caught by the catcher and the batter reaches first base safely as a result. A strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters, and is usually denoted by the letter K, or sometimes by the initialism SO.
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), Miguel Cabrera (2,105), and Andrés Galarraga (2,003) are the only other hitters to strike out over 2,000 times.

## Key

| Rank | Rank amongst leaders in career strikeouts. A blank field indicates a tie. |
| Player (2025 Ks) | Number of strikeouts during the 2025 Major League Baseball season. |
| K | Total career strikeouts. |
| * | Denotes elected to National Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| Bold | Denotes active player. |

## List

* Stats updated as of the end of the 2024 season.
| Rank | Player (2025 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 | Giancarlo Stanton (0) | 1,963 |
| 10 | Jose Canseco | 1,942 |
| 11 | Willie Stargell* | 1,936 |
| 12 | Mark Reynolds | 1,927 |
| 13 | Nelson Cruz | 1,916 |
| | Curtis Granderson | 1,916 |
| 15 | Mike Cameron | 1,901 |
| 16 | Mike Schmidt* | 1,883 |
| 17 | Fred McGriff* | 1,882 |
| 18 | Paul Goldschmidt (0) | 1,879 |
| 19 | Tony Pérez* | 1,867 |
| 20 | Chris Davis | 1,852 |
| 21 | Ryan Howard | 1,843 |
| 22 | Bobby Abreu | 1,840 |
| | Derek Jeter* | 1,840 |
| 24 | Dave Kingman | 1,816 |
| 25 | Manny Ramirez | 1,813 |
| 26 | Alfonso Soriano | 1,803 |
| 27 | Carlos Beltrán | 1,795 |
| 28 | Ken Griffey Jr.* | 1,779 |
| 29 | Andrew McCutchen (0) | 1,775 |
| 30 | Bobby Bonds | 1,757 |
| 31 | Craig Biggio* | 1,753 |
| 32 | David Ortiz* | 1,750 |
| 33 | Andruw Jones | 1,748 |
| | Dale Murphy | 1,748 |
| 35 | Carlos Delgado | 1,745 |
| 36 | Torii Hunter | 1,741 |
| 37 | Adrián Beltré* | 1,732 |
| 38 | Lou Brock* | 1,730 |
| 39 | Jim Edmonds | 1,729 |
| 40 | J. D. Martinez (0) | 1,714 |
| 41 | Mickey Mantle* | 1,710 |
| 42 | Harmon Killebrew* | 1,699 |
| 43 | Chili Davis | 1,698 |
| 44 | Dwight Evans | 1,697 |
| 45 | Evan Longoria | 1,696 |
| 46 | Rickey Henderson* | 1,694 |
| 47 | Dave Winfield* | 1,686 |
| 48 | Matt Kemp | 1,641 |
| 49 | Joey Votto | 1,640 |
| 50 | Freddie Freeman (0) | 1,635 |
| Rank | Player (2025 Ks) | K |
| 51 | Derrek Lee | 1,622 |
| 52 | Eugenio Suárez (0) | 1,618 |
| 53 | Reggie Sanders | 1,614 |
| 54 | Gary Gaetti | 1,602 |
| 55 | Mark McGwire | 1,596 |
| 56 | Shin-Soo Choo | 1,579 |
| 57 | Carlos Peña | 1,577 |
| 58 | Jay Bruce | 1,572 |
| | Jason Giambi | 1,572 |
| 60 | Lee May | 1,570 |
| 61 | Pat Burrell | 1,564 |
| 62 | Melvin Upton Jr. | 1,561 |
| 63 | Jeff Bagwell* | 1,558 |
| 64 | Dick Allen* | 1,556 |
| 65 | Ray Lankford | 1,550 |
| | Willie McCovey* | 1,550 |
| 67 | Barry Bonds | 1,539 |
| 68 | Dave Parker* | 1,537 |
| 69 | Alex Gordon | 1,535 |
| 70 | Bryce Harper (0) | 1,533 |
| 71 | Frank Robinson* | 1,532 |
| 72 | Lance Parrish | 1,527 |
| 73 | Willie Mays* | 1,526 |
| | Devon White | 1,526 |
| 75 | Jeff Kent | 1,522 |
| 76 | Eddie Murray* | 1,516 |
| 77 | Rick Monday | 1,513 |
| | Greg Vaughn | 1,513 |
| 79 | Andre Dawson* | 1,509 |
| 80 | Tony Phillips | 1,499 |
| 81 | Greg Luzinski | 1,495 |
| 82 | Eddie Mathews* | 1,487 |
| 83 | Mike Trout (0) | 1,485 |
| 84 | Nick Castellanos (0) | 1,484 |
| 85 | Iván Rodríguez* | 1,474 |
| 86 | Mike Napoli | 1,468 |
| 87 | Frank Howard | 1,460 |
| 88 | Jorge Posada | 1,453 |
| 89 | Jhonny Peralta | 1,450 |
| | Jayson Werth | 1,450 |
| 91 | Carlos Santana (0) | 1,449 |
| 92 | Jay Bell | 1,443 |
| 93 | Jack Clark | 1,442 |
| | Juan Samuel | 1,442 |
| 95 | Harold Baines* | 1,441 |
| | Mark Teixeira | 1,441 |
| 97 | Mo Vaughn | 1,429 |
| 98 | Jimmy Wynn | 1,427 |
| 99 | Edwin Encarnación | 1,426 |
| 100 | Jim Rice* | 1,423 |