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All Divisions · 2026

Best Knockdowns per 15 Minutes in the UFC

KO threat — most knockdowns landed per 15 minutes of cage time.

11 divisions ranked by career-window KD / 15 min. Tap a division header for the full top-25.

Heavyweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Tom Aspinall C 3.27
  2. 2 Sergei Pavlovich 1.89
  3. 3 Josh Hokit 1.50
  4. 4 Brando Pericic 1.20
  5. 5 Steven Asplund 1.16
  6. 6 Justin Tafa 1.10
  7. 7 Sean Sharaf 0.92
  8. 8 Tallison Teixeira 0.89
  9. 9 Ryan Spann 0.86
  10. 10 Johnny Walker 0.80
  11. 11 Alex Pereira 0.75
  12. 12 Tai Tuivasa 0.75
  13. 13 Jairzinho Rozenstruik 0.74
  14. 14 Ante Delija 0.71
  15. 15 Derrick Lewis 0.58
  16. 16 Waldo Cortes Acosta 0.56
  17. 17 Shamil Gaziev 0.54
  18. 18 Aleksandar Rakic 0.45
  19. 19 Mario Pinto 0.42
  20. 20 Vitor Petrino 0.41
  21. 21 Rizvan Kuniev 0.36
  22. 22 Kennedy Nzechukwu 0.33
  23. 23 Guilherme Pat 0.33
  24. 24 Robelis Despaigne 0.33
  25. 25 Ciryl Gane IC 0.33
Light Heavyweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev 8.45
  2. 2 Iwo Baraniewski 3.27
  3. 3 Zhang Mingyang 1.50
  4. 4 Azamat Murzakanov 1.42
  5. 5 Carlos Ulberg C 1.25
  6. 6 Khalil Rountree Jr. 1.20
  7. 7 Diyar Nurgozhay 1.03
  8. 8 Ibo Aslan 0.95
  9. 9 Bogdan Guskov 0.91
  10. 10 Dominick Reyes 0.89
  11. 11 Jiri Prochazka 0.81
  12. 12 Jimmy Crute 0.77
  13. 13 Volkan Oezdemir 0.70
  14. 14 Alonzo Menifield 0.64
  15. 15 Dustin Jacoby 0.60
  16. 16 Paulo Costa 0.59
  17. 17 Nikita Krylov 0.57
  18. 18 Robert Whittaker 0.53
  19. 19 Junior Tafa 0.53
  20. 20 Jamahal Hill 0.52
  21. 21 Rodolfo Bellato 0.51
  22. 22 Magomed Ankalaev 0.50
  23. 23 Navajo Stirling 0.46
  24. 24 Austen Lane 0.44
  25. 25 Billy Elekana 0.42
Middleweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Ryan Gandra 11.25
  2. 2 Damian Pinas 7.07
  3. 3 Ateba Gautier 2.93
  4. 4 Gilbert Urbina 2.04
  5. 5 Jackson Mcvey 1.80
  6. 6 Yousri Belgaroui 1.55
  7. 7 Abdul Razak Alhassan 1.53
  8. 8 Azamat Bekoev 1.49
  9. 9 Marco Tulio 1.30
  10. 10 Michal Oleksiejczuk 1.11
  11. 11 Ikram Aliskerov 1.10
  12. 12 Gregory Rodrigues 1.06
  13. 13 Joe Pyfer 1.05
  14. 14 Roman Kopylov 1.00
  15. 15 Bo Nickal 0.88
  16. 16 Edmen Shahbazyan 0.85
  17. 17 Wes Schultz 0.81
  18. 18 Ihor Potieria 0.78
  19. 19 Nursulton Ruziboev 0.76
  20. 20 Vicente Luque 0.66
  21. 21 Donte Johnson 0.65
  22. 22 Israel Adesanya 0.60
  23. 23 Cam Rowston 0.56
  24. 24 Brunno Ferreira 0.51
  25. 25 Cody Brundage 0.49
Welterweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Uros Medic 3.20
  2. 2 Carlos Prates 2.32
  3. 3 Michael Morales 1.84
  4. 4 Daniil Donchenko 1.83
  5. 5 Conor McGregor 1.72
  6. 6 Sam Patterson 1.27
  7. 7 Matthew Semelsberger 1.26
  8. 8 Mike Malott 1.07
  9. 9 Jacobe Smith 1.01
  10. 10 Geoff Neal 0.87
  11. 11 Khaos Williams 0.77
  12. 12 Jack Della Maddalena 0.76
  13. 13 Punahele Soriano 0.74
  14. 14 Santiago Ponzinibbio 0.70
  15. 15 Song Kenan 0.70
  16. 16 Rhys McKee 0.69
  17. 17 Joaquin Buckley 0.65
  18. 18 Daniel Rodriguez 0.64
  19. 19 Ignacio Bahamondes 0.59
  20. 20 Rinat Fakhretdinov 0.59
  21. 21 Muslim Salikhov 0.53
  22. 22 Charles Radtke 0.50
  23. 23 Max Griffin 0.48
  24. 24 Stephen Thompson 0.47
  25. 25 Billy Ray Goff 0.46
Lightweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Manuel Torres 2.93
  2. 2 Mauricio Ruffy 1.85
  3. 3 Jalin Turner 1.58
  4. 4 Quillan Salkilld 1.57
  5. 5 Kaue Fernandes 1.55
  6. 6 Nikolas Motta 1.47
  7. 7 Axel Sola 1.35
  8. 8 Terrance McKinney 1.31
  9. 9 Ilia Topuria 1.15
  10. 10 Matt Frevola 0.90
  11. 11 Benoit Saint Denis 0.86
  12. 12 Ottman Azaitar 0.80
  13. 13 Esteban Ribovics 0.78
  14. 14 Jai Herbert 0.74
  15. 15 Mateusz Rebecki 0.71
  16. 16 Drew Dober 0.68
  17. 17 Justin Gaethje C 0.67
  18. 18 Jeremy Stephens 0.66
  19. 19 Charlie Campbell 0.66
  20. 20 Alexander Hernandez 0.62
  21. 21 Edson Barboza 0.62
  22. 22 Mike Davis 0.60
  23. 23 Elves Brener 0.56
  24. 24 Nasrat Haqparast 0.55
  25. 25 Dan Hooker 0.55
Featherweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Kevin Vallejos 2.13
  2. 2 Tommy Mcmillen 1.85
  3. 3 Steve Garcia 1.76
  4. 4 Luke Riley 1.27
  5. 5 Jean Silva 1.23
  6. 6 Fernando Padilla 1.23
  7. 7 Jeka Saragih 1.20
  8. 8 Marcus Mcghee 1.11
  9. 9 Marwan Rahiki 1.08
  10. 10 Yizha 0.99
  11. 11 Jose Delgado 0.98
  12. 12 Dooho Choi 0.87
  13. 13 Josh Emmett 0.85
  14. 14 Lucas Almeida 0.85
  15. 15 Diego Lopes 0.77
  16. 16 Joosang Yoo 0.72
  17. 17 SeungWoo Choi 0.69
  18. 18 Morgan Charriere 0.68
  19. 19 Yadier Del Valle 0.68
  20. 20 Jamall Emmers 0.67
  21. 21 Mairon Santos 0.64
  22. 22 David Onama 0.60
  23. 23 Danny Silva 0.59
  24. 24 Giga Chikadze 0.58
  25. 25 Cub Swanson 0.58
Bantamweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Adrian Yanez 1.41
  2. 2 Montel Jackson 1.40
  3. 3 Kai Asakura 1.24
  4. 4 Malcolm Wellmaker 1.24
  5. 5 Payton Talbott 1.18
  6. 6 Bekzat Almakhan 0.98
  7. 7 Cody Garbrandt 0.92
  8. 8 Santiago Luna 0.92
  9. 9 Benardo Sopaj 0.81
  10. 10 Rinya Nakamura 0.81
  11. 11 John Yannis 0.70
  12. 12 Jonathan Martinez 0.68
  13. 13 Marlon Vera 0.66
  14. 14 Deiveson Figueiredo 0.64
  15. 15 Elijah Smith 0.59
  16. 16 Sean O'Malley 0.55
  17. 17 Garrett Armfield 0.55
  18. 18 Petr Yan C 0.53
  19. 19 Song Yadong 0.53
  20. 20 Victor Henry 0.52
  21. 21 Charles Jourdain 0.51
  22. 22 John Castaneda 0.46
  23. 23 Aoriqileng 0.45
  24. 24 Chris Gutierrez 0.44
  25. 25 Pedro Munhoz 0.42
Flyweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Ramazan Temirov 3.38
  2. 2 Matheus Nicolau 0.97
  3. 3 Manel Kape 0.97
  4. 4 Alessandro Costa 0.85
  5. 5 Kai Kara-France 0.75
  6. 6 Alex Perez 0.75
  7. 7 Joshua Van C 0.70
  8. 8 Hyunsung Park 0.70
  9. 9 Daniel Barez 0.64
  10. 10 Edgar Chairez 0.62
  11. 11 Bruno Silva 0.61
  12. 12 Jose Ochoa 0.60
  13. 13 Kyoji Horiguchi 0.59
  14. 14 Ode Osbourne 0.56
  15. 15 Kevin Borjas 0.56
  16. 16 Nyamjargal Tumendemberel 0.46
  17. 17 Tatsuro Taira 0.38
  18. 18 Sumudaerji 0.34
  19. 19 Charles Johnson 0.30
  20. 20 Brandon Royval 0.30
  21. 21 Amir Albazi 0.30
  22. 22 Joseph Morales 0.28
  23. 23 Alexandre Pantoja 0.25
  24. 24 Azat Maksum 0.25
  25. 25 Jesus Aguilar 0.22
Women's Bantamweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Josiane Nunes 0.67
  2. 2 Alice Pereira 0.51
  3. 3 Irina Alekseeva 0.38
  4. 4 Priscila Cachoeira 0.37
  5. 5 Tamires Vidal 0.35
  6. 6 Melissa Croden 0.30
  7. 7 Chelsea Chandler 0.25
  8. 8 Julia Avila 0.21
  9. 9 Macy Chiasson 0.20
  10. 10 Nora Cornolle 0.18
  11. 11 Norma Dumont 0.16
  12. 12 Karol Rosa 0.15
  13. 13 Ailin Perez 0.14
  14. 14 Luana Carolina 0.11
  15. 15 Yana Santos 0.10
  16. 16 Joselyne Edwards 0.09
  17. 17 Miesha Tate 0.07
  18. 18 Kayla Harrison C 0.00
  19. 19 Luana Santos 0.00
  20. 20 Jacqueline Cavalcanti 0.00
  21. 21 Bia Mesquita 0.00
  22. 22 Ketlen Vieira 0.00
  23. 23 Julianna Pena 0.00
  24. 24 Mayra Bueno Silva 0.00
  25. 25 Klaudia Sygula 0.00
Women's Flyweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Carli Judice 1.00
  2. 2 Wang Cong 0.47
  3. 3 Natalia Silva 0.35
  4. 4 Rose Namajunas 0.30
  5. 5 Ariane Da Silva 0.28
  6. 6 Zhang Weili 0.23
  7. 7 Gabriella Fernandes 0.21
  8. 8 Alexa Grasso 0.19
  9. 9 Karine Silva 0.17
  10. 10 Diana Belbita 0.17
  11. 11 Casey O'Neill 0.17
  12. 12 Melissa Gatto 0.16
  13. 13 Katlyn Cerminara 0.12
  14. 14 Veronica Hardy 0.12
  15. 15 Manon Fiorot 0.10
  16. 16 Jasmine Jasudavicius 0.09
  17. 17 Valentina Shevchenko C 0.08
  18. 18 Andrea Lee 0.08
  19. 19 Viviane Araujo 0.07
  20. 20 Lauren Murphy 0.07
  21. 21 Erin Blanchfield 0.00
  22. 22 Maycee Barber 0.00
  23. 23 Tracy Cortez 0.00
  24. 24 Miranda Maverick 0.00
  25. 25 Dione Barbosa 0.00
Women's Strawweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Yazmin Jauregui 0.69
  2. 2 Denise Gomes 0.64
  3. 3 Amanda Lemos 0.51
  4. 4 Viktoriia Dudakova 0.37
  5. 5 Ketlen Souza 0.37
  6. 6 Jessica Andrade 0.37
  7. 7 Stephanie Luciano 0.32
  8. 8 Istela Nunes 0.29
  9. 9 Mizuki 0.25
  10. 10 Fatima Kline 0.22
  11. 11 Molly McCann 0.21
  12. 12 Julia Polastri 0.20
  13. 13 Luana Pinheiro 0.17
  14. 14 Polyana Viana 0.17
  15. 15 Piera Rodriguez 0.16
  16. 16 Yan Xiaonan 0.15
  17. 17 Marina Rodriguez 0.14
  18. 18 Elise Reed 0.14
  19. 19 Mackenzie Dern C 0.12
  20. 20 Vanessa Demopoulos 0.12
  21. 21 Angela Hill 0.10
  22. 22 Amanda Ribas 0.09
  23. 23 Virna Jandiroba 0.09
  24. 24 Loopy Godinez 0.07
  25. 25 Tecia Pennington 0.06
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Career averages, calculated over each fighter's full UFC sample. Provisional fighters (fewer than 4 UFC bouts) and retired fighters are excluded. Source: UFCStats via daily pipeline. Updated Oct 17, 2026.