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Pitching Strikeout Percentage 2025

The percentage of batters faced who strike out.

Season

Minimum workload: one inning pitched per game. Completed seasons use the league's scheduled regular-season game count; seasons in progress use team games played. This is a general pitching minimum, not a relief-pitcher qualification rule. Data through December 31, 2025. Data refreshed Sep 12, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Pitching Strikeout Percentage / 2025

Tarik Skubal

DET

32.2%

Season leader

Pitching Strikeout Percentage2025 season
#	Player	Team	IP	BF	K%
1	T. SkubalTarik Skubal	DET	195.1	748	32.2%
2	G. CrochetGarrett Crochet	BOS	205.1	814	31.3%
3	D. CeaseDylan Cease	SD	168.0	722	29.8%
4	P. SkenesPaul Skenes	PIT	187.2	733	29.5%
5	Y. YamamotoYoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	173.2	684	29.4%
6	J. LuzardoJesús Luzardo	PHI	183.2	758	28.5%
7	H. BrownHunter Brown	HOU	185.1	729	28.3%
8	F. PeraltaFreddy Peralta	MIL	176.2	723	28.2%
9	J. RyanJoe Ryan	MIN	171.0	689	28.2%
10	J. deGromJacob deGrom	TEX	172.2	669	27.7%
11	B. WooBryan Woo	SEA	186.2	731	27.1%
12	S. GraySonny Gray	STL	180.2	753	26.7%
13	N. PivettaNick Pivetta	SD	181.2	721	26.4%
14	C. SánchezCristopher Sánchez	PHI	202.0	807	26.3%
15	L. WebbLogan Webb	SF	207.0	856	26.2%
16	C. RodónCarlos Rodón	NYY	195.1	789	25.7%
17	S. BazShane Baz	TB	166.1	711	24.8%
18	R. RayRobbie Ray	SF	182.1	755	24.6%
19	R. PepiotRyan Pepiot	TB	167.2	679	24.6%
20	G. WilliamsGavin Williams	CLE	167.2	704	24.6%
21	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	TOR	193.0	775	24.4%
22	W. WarrenWill Warren	NYY	162.1	711	24.1%
23	M. FriedMax Fried	NYY	195.1	801	23.6%
24	F. ValdezFramber Valdez	HOU	192.0	802	23.3%
25	B. SingerBrady Singer	CIN	169.2	716	22.8%
26	C. BassittChris Bassitt	TOR	170.1	736	22.6%
27	Y. KikuchiYusei Kikuchi	LAA	178.1	772	22.5%
28	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	TEX	184.0	748	22.3%
29	A. AbbottAndrew Abbott	CIN	166.1	684	21.8%
30	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	SEA	180.2	745	21.7%
31	Z. GallenZac Gallen	AZ	192.0	813	21.5%
32	M. BoydMatthew Boyd	CHC	179.2	718	21.4%
33	T. BibeeTanner Bibee	CLE	182.1	762	21.3%
34	J. SorianoJosé Soriano	LAA	169.0	724	21.0%
35	D. PetersonDavid Peterson	NYM	168.2	723	20.7%
36	D. KremerDean Kremer	BAL	171.2	708	20.1%
37	M. KellerMitch Keller	PIT	176.1	749	20.0%
38	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	TOR	166.0	698	19.8%
39	J. SpringsJeffrey Springs	ATH	171.0	713	19.4%
40	B. PfaadtBrandon Pfaadt	AZ	176.2	767	19.2%
41	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	174.2	745	19.1%
42	C. HolmesClay Holmes	NYM	165.2	708	18.2%
43	B. BelloBrayan Bello	BOS	166.2	700	17.7%
44	M. WachaMichael Wacha	KC	172.2	716	17.6%
45	L. SeverinoLuis Severino	ATH	162.2	705	17.6%
46	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	162.2	709	17.5%
47	Z. LittellZack Littell	CIN	186.2	759	17.1%
48	N. MartinezNick Martinez	CIN	165.2	683	17.0%
49	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	LAA	164.2	695	16.4%
50	J. IrvinJake Irvin	WSH	180.0	787	15.8%

K%: The percentage of batters faced who strike out.

Understanding Pitching Strikeout Percentage

The percentage of batters faced who strike out.

Formula: 100 × SO ÷ BF

Read rates alongside playing time. A small sample can produce an extreme result, and a missing value is different from zero.

Season rankings use regular-season records. A player has one combined row across teams; the team label identifies the associated team, not a separate team stint.

Source: MLB statistics and MLBDB derived measures. Formulas describe the measure above. Data refreshed Sep 12, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC.