Bob Gibson has fanned the most hitters in a postseason game, with 17 strikeouts in Game 1 of the 1968 World Series versus the Tigers.

most strikeouts by a pitcher in a playoff game
10/2/1968 Gibson 9/29/1998 Brown 10/5/2019 Cole 10/14/2000 Clemens 10/12/1997 Hernandez 10/11/1997 Mussina 10/2/1963 Koufax 10/7/2010 Lincecum 10/8/1986 Scott 10/6/1983 Boddicker 10/7/1975 Candelaria 10/10/1972 Coleman 10/2/1953 Erskine 10/1/2020 Kershaw 9/29/2020 Cole 10/14/2017 Verlander 10/9/2015 deGrom 10/13/2013 Scherzer 10/18/2010 Lee 10/5/1997 Johnson 10/6/1973 Seaver 10/12/1964 Gibson 10/8/1929 Ehmke 9/30/2020 Bauer 10/15/2019 Corbin 10/14/2019 Strasburg 10/6/2018 Cole 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 17 16 15 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 12
NAME SO DATE TM OPP DEC GS CG GF SHO SV IP H TBF R ER HR BB IBB HBP WP
Bob Gibson Bob Gibson 17 10/2/1968
STL STL
vs
DET DET
W 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 5 32 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Kevin Brown Kevin Brown 16 9/29/1998
SDP SDP
@
HOU HOU
W 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 2 28 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
Gerrit Cole Gerrit Cole 15 10/5/2019
HOU HOU
vs
TBR TBR
W 1 0 0 0 0 7.2 4 27 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Roger Clemens Roger Clemens 15 10/14/2000
NYY NYY
@
SEA SEA
W 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 1 30 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Livan Hernandez Livan Hernandez 15 10/12/1997
FLA FLA
vs
ATL ATL
W 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 3 31 1 1 1 2 0 0 0
Mike Mussina Mike Mussina 15 10/11/1997
BAL BAL
@
CLE CLE
1 0 0 0 0 7.0 3 26 1 1 0 2 0 0 0
Sandy Koufax Sandy Koufax 15 10/2/1963
LAD LAD
@
NYY NYY
W 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 6 36 2 2 1 3 0 0 0
Tim Lincecum Tim Lincecum 14 10/7/2010
SFG SFG
vs
ATL ATL
W 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 2 30 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Scott Mike Scott 14 10/8/1986
HOU HOU
vs
NYM NYM
W 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 5 34 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mike Boddicker Mike Boddicker 14 10/6/1983
BAL BAL
vs
CWS CWS
W 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 5 36 0 0 0 3 0 2 0
John Candelaria John Candelaria 14 10/7/1975
PIT PIT
vs
CIN CIN
1 0 0 0 0 7.2 3 29 3 3 2 2 0 0 0
Joe Coleman Joe Coleman 14 10/10/1972
DET DET
vs
OAK OAK
W 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 7 37 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Carl Erskine Carl Erskine 14 10/2/1953
BKN BKN
vs
NYY NYY
W 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 6 38 2 2 0 3 0 2 1
Clayton Kershaw Clayton Kershaw 13 10/1/2020
LAD LAD
vs
MIL MIL
W 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 3 27 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Gerrit Cole Gerrit Cole 13 9/29/2020
NYY NYY
@
CLE CLE
W 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 6 27 2 2 1 0 0 0 1
Justin Verlander Justin Verlander 13 10/14/2017
HOU HOU
vs
NYY NYY
W 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 5 32 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Jacob deGrom Jacob deGrom 13 10/9/2015
NYM NYM
@
LAD LAD
W 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 5 27 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Max Scherzer Max Scherzer 13 10/13/2013
DET DET
@
BOS BOS
1 0 0 0 0 7.0 2 25 1 1 0 2 0 1 0
Cliff Lee Cliff Lee 13 10/18/2010
TEX TEX
@
NYY NYY
W 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 2 27 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Randy Johnson Randy Johnson 13 10/5/1997
SEA SEA
@
BAL BAL
L 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 7 33 3 3 2 2 0 0 0
Tom Seaver Tom Seaver 13 10/6/1973
NYM NYM
@
CIN CIN
L 1 1 0 0 0 8.1 6 32 2 2 2 0 0 1 0
Bob Gibson Bob Gibson 13 10/12/1964
STL STL
@
NYY NYY
W 1 1 0 0 0 10.0 6 39 2 0 1 2 1 1 0
Howard Ehmke Howard Ehmke 13 10/8/1929
PHA PHA
@
CHC CHC
W 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 8 36 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Trevor Bauer Trevor Bauer 12 9/30/2020
CIN CIN
@
ATL ATL
1 0 0 0 0 7.2 2 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Patrick Corbin Patrick Corbin 12 10/15/2019
WSH WSH
vs
STL STL
W 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 22 4 4 1 3 0 0 0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1903 playoffs.
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