<Tr> <Th> Bold </Th> <Td> Denotes active player . </Td> </Tr> <P> A player is considered "inactive" if he has not played baseball for one year or has announced his retirement . Stats updated through September 26, 2017 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Rank </Th> <Th> Player </Th> <Th> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Nolan Ryan † </Td> <Td> 5,714 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Randy Johnson † </Td> <Td> 4,875 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Roger Clemens </Td> <Td> 4,672 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Steve Carlton † </Td> <Td> 4,136 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bert Blyleven † </Td> <Td> 3,701 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Tom Seaver † </Td> <Td> 3,640 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Don Sutton † </Td> <Td> 3,574 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Gaylord Perry † </Td> <Td> 3,534 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Walter Johnson † </Td> <Td> 3,508 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Greg Maddux † </Td> <Td> 3,371 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> Phil Niekro † </Td> <Td> 3,342 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> Ferguson Jenkins † </Td> <Td> 3,192 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> Pedro Martínez † </Td> <Td> 3,154 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> Bob Gibson † </Td> <Td> 3,117 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> Curt Schilling </Td> <Td> 3,116 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> John Smoltz † </Td> <Td> 3,084 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> Jim Bunning † </Td> <Td> 2,855 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> CC Sabathia (114) </Td> <Td> 2,840 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> Mickey Lolich </Td> <Td> 2,832 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> Mike Mussina </Td> <Td> 2,813 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> Cy Young † </Td> <Td> 2,803 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> Frank Tanana </Td> <Td> 2,773 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> David Cone </Td> <Td> 2,668 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> Chuck Finley </Td> <Td> 2,610 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> Tom Glavine † </Td> <Td> 2,607 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 26 </Td> <Td> Warren Spahn † </Td> <Td> 2,583 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 27 </Td> <Td> Bob Feller † </Td> <Td> 2,581 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 28 </Td> <Td> Tim Keefe † </Td> <Td> 2,564 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 29 </Td> <Td> Jerry Koosman </Td> <Td> 2,556 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 30 </Td> <Td> Javier Vázquez </Td> <Td> 2,536 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 31 </Td> <Td> A.J. Burnett </Td> <Td> 2,513 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 32 </Td> <Td> Christy Mathewson † </Td> <Td> 2,507 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 33 </Td> <Td> Don Drysdale † </Td> <Td> 2,486 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 34 </Td> <Td> Jack Morris </Td> <Td> 2,478 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Rank </Th> <Th> Player </Th> <Th> </Th> </Tr>

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