Justin Verlander career strikeouts (pitching)
3,554Career Regular Season
Justin Verlander has recorded 3,554 strikeouts (pitching) over 21 regular seasons, 8th among 8,575 MLB players on file.
- Best season on file: 300 in 2019.
- Most recent: 1 in 2026.
Sum of 21 regular seasons, 2005 through 2026. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 |  DET | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7.15 | 11.1 | 7 | 5 | 1.76 | 0 |
| 2006 | DET | 30 | 17 | 9 | 3.63 | 186.0 | 124 | 60 | 1.33 | 0 |
| 2007 | DET | 32 | 18 | 6 | 3.66 | 201.2 | 183 | 67 | 1.23 | 0 |
| 2008 | DET | 33 | 11 | 17 | 4.84 | 201.0 | 163 | 87 | 1.40 | 0 |
| 2009 | DET | 35 | 19 | 9 | 3.45 | 240.0 | 269 | 63 | 1.18 | 0 |
| 2010 | DET | 33 | 18 | 9 | 3.37 | 224.1 | 219 | 71 | 1.16 | 0 |
| 2011 | DET | 34 | 24 | 5 | 2.40 | 251.0 | 250 | 57 | 0.92 | 0 |
| 2012 | DET | 33 | 17 | 8 | 2.64 | 238.1 | 239 | 60 | 1.06 | 0 |
| 2013 | DET | 34 | 13 | 12 | 3.46 | 218.1 | 217 | 75 | 1.31 | 0 |
| 2014 | DET | 32 | 15 | 12 | 4.54 | 206.0 | 159 | 65 | 1.40 | 0 |
| 2015 | DET | 20 | 5 | 8 | 3.38 | 133.1 | 113 | 32 | 1.09 | 0 |
| 2016 | DET | 34 | 16 | 9 | 3.04 | 227.2 | 254 | 57 | 1.00 | 0 |
| 2017 |  DET/HOU | 33 | 15 | 8 | 3.36 | 206.0 | 219 | 72 | 1.17 | 0 |
| 2018 | HOU | 34 | 16 | 9 | 2.52 | 214.0 | 290 | 37 | 0.90 | 0 |
| 2019 | HOU | 34 | 21 | 6 | 2.58 | 223.0 | 300 | 42 | 0.80 | 0 |
| 2020 | HOU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 6.0 | 7 | 1 | 0.67 | 0 |
| 2022 | HOU | 28 | 18 | 4 | 1.75 | 175.0 | 185 | 29 | 0.83 | 0 |
| 2023 | NYM/HOU | 27 | 13 | 8 | 3.22 | 162.1 | 144 | 45 | 1.13 | 0 |
| 2024 | HOU | 17 | 5 | 6 | 5.48 | 90.1 | 74 | 27 | 1.38 | 0 |
| 2025 |  SF | 29 | 4 | 11 | 3.85 | 152.0 | 137 | 52 | 1.36 | 0 |
| 2026 | DET | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12.27 | 3.2 | 1 | 2 | 2.18 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV