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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 7.77 sig strikes / min , followed by Esteban Ribovics (7.24) and Gauge Young (7.00) .

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

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  1. 1
    Terrance McKinney
    8-5-0 13 fights #41
    7.77
  2. 2
    Esteban Ribovics
    4-3-0 7 fights #47
    7.24
  3. 3
    Gauge Young
    2-1-0 3 fights #54
    7.00
  4. 4
    Max Holloway
    23-9-0 32 fights #3
    6.91
  5. 5
    Manuel Torres
    5-1-0 6 fights #15
    6.69
  6. 6
    King Green
    16-12-1 29 fights #23
    6.58
  7. 7
    Anshul Jubli
    1-2-0 3 fights #82
    6.39
  8. 8
    Nasrat Haqparast
    10-5-0 15 fights #28
    6.36
  9. 9
    Justin Gaethje C
    11-5-0 16 fights #4
    6.29
  10. 10
    Rolando Bedoya
    0-4-0 4 fights #88
    6.23
  11. 11
    Chris Padilla
    4-0-1 5 fights #14
    6.19
  12. 12
    Bolaji Oki
    2-3-0 5 fights #81
    6.17
  13. 13
    Mason Jones
    4-2-0 6 fights #43
    5.94
  14. 14
    James Llontop
    0-3-0 3 fights #83
    5.85
  15. 15
    Ignacio Bahamondes
    6-4-0 10 fights #40
    5.80
  16. 16
    Nikolas Motta
    3-3-0 6 fights #51
    5.72
  17. 17
    Evan Elder
    3-2-0 5 fights #52
    5.66
  18. 18
    Benoit Saint Denis
    9-3-0 12 fights #9
    5.62
  19. 19
    Jared Gordon
    9-8-0 17 fights #48
    5.62
  20. 20
    Gabe Green
    3-3-0 6 fights #63
    5.60
  21. 21
    Rongzhu
    3-3-0 6 fights #70
    5.60
  22. 22
    Paddy Pimblett
    7-1-0 8 fights #8
    5.49
  23. 23
    Ismael Bonfim
    2-3-0 5 fights #74
    5.46
  24. 24
    Marquel Mederos
    3-0-1 4 fights #25
    5.43
  25. 25
    Jalin Turner
    8-6-0 14 fights #33
    5.41
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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 Jun 20, 2026.