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UFC bonus money leaders

How much UFC fighters have actually earned from post-fight bonuses, priced at the published rate for each era.

How the figures are worked out

A post-fight bonus is a discretionary cash award, and its size has changed several times. It was $50,000 from 2014 through 2025, doubled to $100,000 for the Paramount era from 2026, and individual cards have paid far more — $300,000 at UFC 300, and $425,000 for Performance with $400,000 for Fight of the Night at the White House event. Before 2014 the amount was announced per card and ranged from roughly $40,000 to over $100,000; we hold no figures for that era, so those awards are excluded here and each fighter's count of them is shown on their row. Ranking on money rather than count reorders the board sharply, because when an award was won now matters as much as how many. This covers bonuses only — not purse, pay-per-view share or undisclosed payments.

  1. 1
    Justin Gaethje C
    Lightweight · 17 awards
    $1,875,000
    at cited rates
  2. 2
    Max Holloway
    Welterweight · 13 awards
    $1,150,000
    at cited rates
  3. 3
    Charles Oliveira
    Lightweight · 21 awards · 5 at unknown rates
    $800,000
    at cited rates
  4. 4
    Ilia Topuria
    Lightweight · 7 awards
    $700,000
    at cited rates
  5. 5
    Dustin Poirier
    Lightweight · 15 awards · 2 at unknown rates
    $650,000
    at cited rates
  6. 6
    Ciryl Gane IC
    Heavyweight · 5 awards
    $625,000
    at cited rates
  7. 7
    Jiri Prochazka
    Light Heavyweight · 7 awards
    $600,000
    at cited rates
  8. 8
    Donald Cerrone
    Welterweight · 18 awards · 7 at unknown rates
    $550,000
    at cited rates
  9. 9
    Jim Miller
    Lightweight · 16 awards · 6 at unknown rates
    $550,000
    at cited rates
  10. 10
    Jessica Andrade
    Women's Strawweight · 11 awards
    $550,000
    at cited rates
  11. 11
    Drew Dober
    Lightweight · 10 awards
    $550,000
    at cited rates
  12. 12
    Kevin Holland
    Welterweight · 10 awards
    $500,000
    at cited rates
  13. 13
    Tony Ferguson
    Welterweight · 11 awards · 2 at unknown rates
    $450,000
    at cited rates
  14. 14
    Conor McGregor
    Welterweight · 10 awards · 1 at unknown rates
    $450,000
    at cited rates
  15. 15
    Robert Whittaker
    Light Heavyweight · 9 awards
    $450,000
    at cited rates
  16. 16
    Sean O'Malley
    Bantamweight · 9 awards
    $450,000
    at cited rates
  17. 17
    Yair Rodriguez
    Featherweight · 9 awards
    $450,000
    at cited rates
  18. 18
    Vicente Luque
    Middleweight · 9 awards
    $450,000
    at cited rates
  19. 19
    King Green
    Lightweight · 9 awards · 1 at unknown rates
    $450,000
    at cited rates
  20. 20
    Rafael Fiziev
    Lightweight · 8 awards
    $450,000
    at cited rates
  21. 21
    Diego Ferreira
    Lightweight · 8 awards
    $450,000
    at cited rates
  22. 22
    Paddy Pimblett
    Lightweight · 7 awards
    $450,000
    at cited rates
  23. 23
    Edson Barboza
    Lightweight · 13 awards · 5 at unknown rates
    $400,000
    at cited rates
  24. 24
    Cub Swanson
    Featherweight · 11 awards · 3 at unknown rates
    $400,000
    at cited rates
  25. 25
    Glover Teixeira
    Light Heavyweight · 10 awards · 2 at unknown rates
    $400,000
    at cited rates
  26. 26
    Israel Adesanya
    Middleweight · 8 awards
    $400,000
    at cited rates
  27. 27
    Brian Ortega
    Featherweight · 8 awards
    $400,000
    at cited rates
  28. 28
    Derrick Lewis
    Heavyweight · 8 awards
    $400,000
    at cited rates
  29. 29
    Kelvin Gastelum
    Middleweight · 8 awards
    $400,000
    at cited rates
  30. 30
    Marlon Vera
    Bantamweight · 8 awards
    $400,000
    at cited rates
  31. 31
    Jared Cannonier
    Middleweight · 8 awards
    $400,000
    at cited rates
  32. 32
    Ovince Saint Preux
    Light Heavyweight · 8 awards
    $400,000
    at cited rates
  33. 33
    Paul Craig
    Light Heavyweight · 8 awards
    $400,000
    at cited rates
  34. 34
    Kamaru Usman
    Middleweight · 7 awards
    $400,000
    at cited rates
  35. 35
    Carlos Prates
    Welterweight · 7 awards
    $400,000
    at cited rates
  36. 36
    Song Yadong
    Bantamweight · 7 awards
    $400,000
    at cited rates
  37. 37
    Diego Lopes
    Featherweight · 7 awards
    $400,000
    at cited rates
  38. 38
    Brandon Royval
    Flyweight · 7 awards
    $400,000
    at cited rates
  39. 39
    Quillan Salkilld
    Lightweight · 5 awards
    $400,000
    at cited rates
  40. 40
    Stipe Miocic
    Heavyweight · 9 awards · 2 at unknown rates
    $350,000
    at cited rates
  41. 41
    Matt Brown
    Welterweight · 9 awards · 2 at unknown rates
    $350,000
    at cited rates
  42. 42
    TJ Dillashaw
    Bantamweight · 8 awards · 1 at unknown rates
    $350,000
    at cited rates
  43. 43
    Yoel Romero
    Middleweight · 8 awards · 1 at unknown rates
    $350,000
    at cited rates
  44. 44
    Stephen Thompson
    Welterweight · 8 awards · 1 at unknown rates
    $350,000
    at cited rates
  45. 45
    Alex Caceres
    Featherweight · 8 awards · 1 at unknown rates
    $350,000
    at cited rates
  46. 46
    Khamzat Chimaev
    Middleweight · 7 awards
    $350,000
    at cited rates
  47. 47
    Tom Aspinall C
    Heavyweight · 7 awards
    $350,000
    at cited rates
  48. 48
    Alex Pereira
    Heavyweight · 7 awards
    $350,000
    at cited rates
  49. 49
    Mackenzie Dern C
    Women's Strawweight · 7 awards
    $350,000
    at cited rates
  50. 50
    Brandon Moreno
    Flyweight · 7 awards
    $350,000
    at cited rates
  51. 51
    Thiago Santos
    Light Heavyweight · 7 awards
    $350,000
    at cited rates
  52. 52
    Michel Pereira
    Middleweight · 7 awards
    $350,000
    at cited rates
  53. 53
    Li Jingliang
    Welterweight · 7 awards
    $350,000
    at cited rates
  54. 54
    Pedro Munhoz
    Bantamweight · 7 awards
    $350,000
    at cited rates
  55. 55
    Anthony Smith
    Light Heavyweight · 7 awards
    $350,000
    at cited rates
  56. 56
    Bruno Silva
    Flyweight · 7 awards
    $350,000
    at cited rates
  57. 57
    Alexander Volkanovski C
    Featherweight · 6 awards
    $350,000
    at cited rates
  58. 58
    Gregory Rodrigues
    Middleweight · 6 awards
    $350,000
    at cited rates
  59. 59
    Dooho Choi
    Featherweight · 6 awards
    $350,000
    at cited rates
  60. 60
    Davey Grant
    Bantamweight · 6 awards
    $350,000
    at cited rates
  61. 61
    Josh Hokit
    Heavyweight · 4 awards
    $350,000
    at cited rates
  62. 62
    Jeremy Stephens
    Lightweight · 10 awards · 4 at unknown rates
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  63. 63
    Rafael Dos Anjos
    Welterweight · 8 awards · 2 at unknown rates
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  64. 64
    Jorge Masvidal
    Welterweight · 7 awards · 1 at unknown rates
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  65. 65
    Jacare Souza
    Middleweight · 7 awards · 1 at unknown rates
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  66. 66
    Islam Makhachev C
    Welterweight · 6 awards
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  67. 67
    Arman Tsarukyan
    Lightweight · 6 awards
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  68. 68
    Francis Ngannou
    Heavyweight · 6 awards
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  69. 69
    Alexandre Pantoja
    Flyweight · 6 awards
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  70. 70
    Jack Della Maddalena
    Welterweight · 6 awards
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  71. 71
    Daniel Cormier
    Heavyweight · 6 awards
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  72. 72
    Joaquin Buckley
    Welterweight · 6 awards
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  73. 73
    Rose Namajunas
    Women's Flyweight · 6 awards
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  74. 74
    Jan Blachowicz
    Light Heavyweight · 6 awards
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  75. 75
    Dan Hooker
    Lightweight · 6 awards
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  76. 76
    Rob Font
    Bantamweight · 6 awards
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  77. 77
    Paul Felder
    Lightweight · 6 awards
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  78. 78
    Santiago Ponzinibbio
    Welterweight · 6 awards
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  79. 79
    Kai Kara-France
    Flyweight · 6 awards
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  80. 80
    Aleksei Oleinik
    Heavyweight · 6 awards
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  81. 81
    Dricus Du Plessis
    Middleweight · 5 awards
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  82. 82
    Carlos Ulberg C
    Light Heavyweight · 5 awards
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  83. 83
    Sean Strickland C
    Middleweight · 5 awards
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  84. 84
    Brendan Allen
    Middleweight · 5 awards
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  85. 85
    Joe Pyfer
    Middleweight · 5 awards
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  86. 86
    Curtis Blaydes
    Heavyweight · 5 awards
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  87. 87
    Tatsuro Taira
    Flyweight · 5 awards
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  88. 88
    Charles Jourdain
    Bantamweight · 5 awards
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  89. 89
    Ignacio Bahamondes
    Lightweight · 5 awards
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  90. 90
    Michal Oleksiejczuk
    Middleweight · 5 awards
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  91. 91
    Uros Medic
    Welterweight · 4 awards
    $300,000
    at cited rates
  92. 92
    Nate Diaz
    Welterweight · 16 awards · 11 at unknown rates
    $250,000
    at cited rates
  93. 93
    Demetrious Johnson
    Flyweight · 9 awards · 4 at unknown rates
    $250,000
    at cited rates
  94. 94
    Chan Sung Jung
    Featherweight · 9 awards · 4 at unknown rates
    $250,000
    at cited rates
  95. 95
    Anthony Johnson
    Light Heavyweight · 8 awards · 3 at unknown rates
    $250,000
    at cited rates
  96. 96
    Anthony Pettis
    Welterweight · 8 awards · 3 at unknown rates
    $250,000
    at cited rates
  97. 97
    Ronda Rousey
    Women's Bantamweight · 7 awards · 2 at unknown rates
    $250,000
    at cited rates
  98. 98
    Tyron Woodley
    Welterweight · 6 awards · 1 at unknown rates
    $250,000
    at cited rates
  99. 99
    Robbie Lawler
    Welterweight · 6 awards · 1 at unknown rates
    $250,000
    at cited rates
  100. 100
    Michael Johnson
    Lightweight · 6 awards · 1 at unknown rates
    $250,000
    at cited rates

Counted from official UFCStats results across each fighter's UFC career. Showing the top 15 of 100; expand the list above for the rest.

Top earners by division

The same figures split by weight class — a bonus pays the same at any weight, so this is who has collected most within each division rather than a normalised rate.

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