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Heavyweight · 2026

Best Heavyweight Knockdowns per 15 Minutes

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

Tom Aspinall leads the heavyweight KD / 15 min board at 3.27 knockdowns / 15 min , followed by Sergei Pavlovich (1.89) and Josh Hokit (1.50) .

Top 25 active heavyweight fighters by career-window KD / 15 min. · See full heavyweight Elo rankings →

Knockdowns per 15 Minutes in all divisions →
  1. 1
    Tom Aspinall C
    8-1-0 10 fights #2
    3.27
  2. 2
    Sergei Pavlovich
    9-3-0 12 fights #5
    1.89
  3. 3
    Josh Hokit
    4-0-0 4 fights #6
    1.50
  4. 4
    Brando Pericic
    3-0-0 3 fights #10
    1.20
  5. 5
    Steven Asplund
    2-1-0 3 fights #26
    1.16
  6. 6
    Justin Tafa
    4-5-0 10 fights #35
    1.10
  7. 7
    Ryan Spann
    10-6-0 16 fights #20
    0.91
  8. 8
    Tallison Teixeira
    2-2-0 4 fights #31
    0.89
  9. 9
    Tai Tuivasa
    8-10-0 18 fights #32
    0.82
  10. 10
    Alex Pereira
    10-3-0 13 fights #4
    0.75
  11. 11
    Jairzinho Rozenstruik
    9-6-0 15 fights #17
    0.74
  12. 12
    Ante Delija
    1-2-0 3 fights #36
    0.71
  13. 13
    Waldo Cortes Acosta
    10-3-0 13 fights #8
    0.61
  14. 14
    Derrick Lewis
    20-12-0 32 fights #15
    0.58
  15. 15
    Mario Pinto
    3-0-0 3 fights #12
    0.50
  16. 16
    Robelis Despaigne
    1-2-0 3 fights #39
    0.50
  17. 17
    Vitor Petrino
    7-2-0 9 fights #16
    0.47
  18. 18
    Aleksandar Rakic
    7-5-0 12 fights #21
    0.45
  19. 19
    Rizvan Kuniev
    2-1-0 3 fights #22
    0.36
  20. 20
    Kennedy Nzechukwu
    8-6-1 15 fights #25
    0.34
  21. 21
    Guilherme Pat
    1-2-0 3 fights #41
    0.33
  22. 22
    Ciryl Gane IC
    11-2-0 14 fights #1
    0.33
  23. 23
    Chris Barnett
    2-4-0 6 fights #40
    0.28
  24. 24
    Shamil Gaziev
    3-3-0 6 fights #30
    0.28
  25. 25
    Jhonata Diniz
    3-2-0 5 fights #29
    0.27
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Career averages, calculated over a fighter's full UFC sample. Provisional fighters (fewer than 4 UFC bouts) and retired fighters are excluded so the leaderboards reflect a real career, not a one-fight outlier. Stat data sourced from UFCStats via our daily pipeline. Updated Aug 15, 2026.