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Lightweight · 2026

Best Lightweight Knockdowns per 15 Minutes

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

Manuel Torres leads the lightweight KD / 15 min board at 2.93 knockdowns / 15 min , followed by Mauricio Ruffy (1.85) and Jalin Turner (1.58) .

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

Knockdowns per 15 Minutes in all divisions →
  1. 1
    Manuel Torres
    5-2-0 7 fights #22
    2.93
  2. 2
    Mauricio Ruffy
    5-2-0 7 fights #19
    1.85
  3. 3
    Jalin Turner
    9-6-0 15 fights #26
    1.58
  4. 4
    Quillan Salkilld
    6-0-0 6 fights #5
    1.57
  5. 5
    Kaue Fernandes
    3-2-0 5 fights #53
    1.55
  6. 6
    Nikolas Motta
    3-3-0 7 fights #54
    1.47
  7. 7
    Axel Sola
    3-1-0 4 fights #33
    1.35
  8. 8
    Terrance McKinney
    8-6-0 14 fights #46
    1.31
  9. 9
    Ilia Topuria
    9-1-0 10 fights #1
    1.15
  10. 10
    Matt Frevola
    5-6-1 12 fights #66
    0.90
  11. 11
    Benoit Saint Denis
    9-4-0 13 fights #8
    0.86
  12. 12
    Ottman Azaitar
    2-3-0 5 fights #76
    0.80
  13. 13
    Esteban Ribovics
    6-3-0 9 fights #25
    0.78
  14. 14
    Jai Herbert
    5-5-1 11 fights #52
    0.74
  15. 15
    Mateusz Rebecki
    5-4-0 9 fights #39
    0.71
  16. 16
    Drew Dober
    15-11-0 27 fights #31
    0.68
  17. 17
    Justin Gaethje C
    11-5-0 16 fights #4
    0.67
  18. 18
    Jeremy Stephens
    15-20-0 36 fights #69
    0.66
  19. 19
    Charlie Campbell
    2-1-0 3 fights #57
    0.66
  20. 20
    Alexander Hernandez
    11-8-0 19 fights #27
    0.62
  21. 21
    Edson Barboza
    18-15-0 33 fights #41
    0.62
  22. 22
    Mike Davis
    5-3-0 8 fights #32
    0.60
  23. 23
    Elves Brener
    4-3-0 7 fights #50
    0.56
  24. 24
    Nasrat Haqparast
    10-6-0 16 fights #35
    0.55
  25. 25
    Dan Hooker
    14-11-0 25 fights #29
    0.55
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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 Oct 17, 2026.