Yu Darvish career strikeouts (pitching)
2,075Career Regular Season
Yu Darvish has recorded 2,075 strikeouts (pitching) over 13 regular seasons, 80th among 8,580 MLB players on file.
- Best season on file: 277 in 2013.
- Most recent: 68 in 2025.
Sum of 13 regular seasons, 2012 through 2025. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 23, 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 |  TEX | 29 | 16 | 9 | 3.90 | 191.1 | 221 | 89 | 1.28 | 0 |
| 2013 | TEX | 32 | 13 | 9 | 2.83 | 209.2 | 277 | 80 | 1.07 | 0 |
| 2014 | TEX | 22 | 10 | 7 | 3.06 | 144.1 | 182 | 49 | 1.26 | 0 |
| 2016 | TEX | 17 | 7 | 5 | 3.41 | 100.1 | 132 | 31 | 1.12 | 0 |
| 2017 |  TEX/LAD | 31 | 10 | 12 | 3.86 | 186.2 | 209 | 58 | 1.16 | 0 |
| 2018 |  CHC | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4.95 | 40.0 | 49 | 21 | 1.43 | 0 |
| 2019 | CHC | 31 | 6 | 8 | 3.98 | 178.2 | 229 | 56 | 1.10 | 0 |
| 2020 | CHC | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2.01 | 76.0 | 93 | 14 | 0.96 | 0 |
| 2021 |  SD | 30 | 8 | 11 | 4.22 | 166.1 | 199 | 44 | 1.09 | 0 |
| 2022 | SD | 30 | 16 | 8 | 3.10 | 194.2 | 197 | 37 | 0.95 | 0 |
| 2023 | SD | 24 | 8 | 10 | 4.56 | 136.1 | 141 | 43 | 1.30 | 0 |
| 2024 | SD | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3.31 | 81.2 | 78 | 22 | 1.07 | 0 |
| 2025 | SD | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5.38 | 72.0 | 68 | 19 | 1.18 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV