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Welterweight · 2026

Best Welterweight Strikes Landed per Minute

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

Carlos Leal leads the welterweight SLpM board at 8.75 sig strikes / min , followed by Daniel Rodriguez (7.18) and Daniil Donchenko (7.14) .

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

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  1. 1
    Carlos Leal
    2-2-0 4 fights #50
    8.75
  2. 2
    Daniel Rodriguez
    10-5-0 15 fights #23
    7.18
  3. 3
    Daniil Donchenko
    4-0-0 4 fights #16
    7.14
  4. 4
    Max Holloway
    24-9-0 33 fights #2
    6.92
  5. 5
    Jacobe Smith
    4-0-0 4 fights #19
    6.88
  6. 6
    Kevin Jousset
    2-2-0 4 fights #60
    6.61
  7. 7
    Trey Waters
    2-1-0 3 fights #52
    6.60
  8. 8
    Chidi Njokuani
    6-5-0 11 fights #57
    6.38
  9. 9
    Michael Morales
    7-0-0 7 fights #3
    6.25
  10. 10
    Ignacio Bahamondes
    7-4-0 11 fights #38
    5.73
  11. 11
    Ange Loosa
    2-3-0 6 fights #67
    5.68
  12. 12
    Billy Ray Goff
    1-3-0 4 fights #70
    5.63
  13. 13
    Chris Curtis
    6-5-0 12 fights #40
    5.39
  14. 14
    Uros Medic
    8-3-0 11 fights #28
    5.31
  15. 15
    Niko Price
    9-11-0 22 fights #56
    5.29
  16. 16
    Conor McGregor
    10-5-0 15 fights #14
    5.27
  17. 17
    Jack Hermansson
    11-8-0 19 fights #41
    5.15
  18. 18
    Bryan Battle
    7-1-0 9 fights #20
    5.12
  19. 19
    Jack Della Maddalena
    8-2-0 10 fights #8
    5.08
  20. 20
    Rinat Fakhretdinov
    6-0-1 7 fights #10
    5.02
  21. 21
    Geoff Neal
    8-6-0 14 fights #33
    5.00
  22. 22
    Alex Morono
    13-10-0 24 fights #49
    4.90
  23. 23
    Adam Fugitt
    2-4-0 6 fights #69
    4.88
  24. 24
    Rhys McKee
    1-5-0 6 fights #72
    4.71
  25. 25
    Gabriel Bonfim
    7-1-0 8 fights #11
    4.69
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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.