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Lightweight · 2026

Best Lightweight Strikes Landed per Minute

Volume strikers — most significant strikes landed per minute of cage time.

Terrance McKinney leads the lightweight SLpM board at 7.95 sig strikes / min , followed by Gauge Young (7.53) and Esteban Ribovics (7.46) .

Top 25 active lightweight fighters by career-window SLpM. · See full lightweight Elo rankings →

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  1. 1
    Terrance McKinney
    8-6-0 14 fights #46
    7.95
  2. 2
    Gauge Young
    2-2-0 4 fights #71
    7.53
  3. 3
    Esteban Ribovics
    6-3-0 9 fights #25
    7.46
  4. 4
    Billy Quarantillo
    6-6-0 12 fights #51
    6.80
  5. 5
    Chris Padilla
    5-0-1 6 fights #10
    6.67
  6. 6
    King Green
    17-13-1 32 fights #20
    6.59
  7. 7
    Anshul Jubli
    1-2-0 3 fights #80
    6.39
  8. 8
    Mason Jones
    4-3-0 8 fights #48
    6.33
  9. 9
    Justin Gaethje C
    11-5-0 16 fights #4
    6.29
  10. 10
    Nasrat Haqparast
    10-6-0 16 fights #35
    6.24
  11. 11
    Rolando Bedoya
    0-4-0 4 fights #89
    6.23
  12. 12
    Bolaji Oki
    2-3-0 5 fights #81
    6.17
  13. 13
    Manuel Torres
    5-2-0 7 fights #22
    6.05
  14. 14
    Marquel Mederos
    4-0-1 5 fights #14
    5.94
  15. 15
    Rongzhu
    4-3-0 7 fights #60
    5.86
  16. 16
    James Llontop
    0-3-0 3 fights #79
    5.85
  17. 17
    Evan Elder
    3-2-0 5 fights #56
    5.66
  18. 18
    Gabe Green
    3-3-0 6 fights #64
    5.60
  19. 19
    Benoit Saint Denis
    9-4-0 13 fights #8
    5.58
  20. 20
    Jared Gordon
    9-8-0 18 fights #47
    5.57
  21. 21
    Paddy Pimblett
    8-1-0 9 fights #7
    5.48
  22. 22
    Jalin Turner
    9-6-0 15 fights #26
    5.46
  23. 23
    Mateusz Rebecki
    5-4-0 9 fights #39
    5.43
  24. 24
    Nate Landwehr
    5-7-0 12 fights #73
    5.38
  25. 25
    Daniel Zellhuber
    3-4-0 7 fights #67
    5.10
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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.