Heavyweight leaders
Highest striking volume
Sig. strikes landed per minute · qualifying: 400+ sig. strikes thrown
01
Ciryl Gane
11-2-0 (1 NC) · 1593 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
5.4
02
Alexander Volkov
14-5-0 · 2168 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
5.08
03
Alex Pereira
10-3-0 · 1136 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
5.01
04
Waldo Cortes Acosta
10-4-0 · 1656 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
4.88
05
Lukasz Brzeski
1-6-0 · 562 sig. strikes thrown · last 2025
4.69
06
Stipe Miocic
14-5-0 · 1910 sig. strikes thrown · last 2024
4.67
07
Kennedy Nzechukwu
8-7-1 · 1264 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
4.65
08
Mick Parkin
4-2-0 · 617 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
4.64
09
Tanner Boser
6-6-0 · 1147 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
4.63
10
Sergei Pavlovich
9-3-0 · 638 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
4.49
Most accurate strikers
Significant-strike accuracy · qualifying: 400+ sig. strikes thrown
01
Ciryl Gane
11-2-0 (1 NC) · 1593 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
61.7%
02
Alex Pereira
10-3-0 · 1136 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
61.4%
03
Marcos Rogerio de Lima
11-7-0 · 629 sig. strikes thrown · last 2024
59.6%
04
Jon Jones
22-1-0 (1 NC) · 2655 sig. strikes thrown · last 2024
58.9%
05
Alexander Volkov
14-5-0 · 2168 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
57.7%
06
Justin Tafa
4-5-0 (1 NC) · 406 sig. strikes thrown · last 2025
54.4%
07
Tanner Boser
6-6-0 · 1147 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
54.1%
08
Johnny Walker
9-7-0 (1 NC) · 790 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
53.7%
09
Stipe Miocic
14-5-0 · 1910 sig. strikes thrown · last 2024
52.7%
10
Martin Buday
7-1-0 · 812 sig. strikes thrown · last 2025
52.1%
Best takedown defense
Takedowns stuffed · qualifying: 15+ takedowns faced
01
Jon Jones
22-1-0 (1 NC) · 40 takedowns faced · last 2024
95.0%
02
Martin Buday
7-1-0 · 15 takedowns faced · last 2025
93.3%
03
Aleksandar Rakic
7-5-0 · 23 takedowns faced · last 2026
87.0%
04
Vitor Petrino
8-2-0 · 28 takedowns faced · last 2026
82.1%
05
Kennedy Nzechukwu
8-7-1 · 78 takedowns faced · last 2026
80.8%
06
Alex Pereira
10-3-0 · 45 takedowns faced · last 2026
80.0%
07
Andrei Arlovski
23-18-0 (1 NC) · 72 takedowns faced · last 2024
77.8%
08
Jairzinho Rozenstruik
9-6-0 · 47 takedowns faced · last 2025
72.3%
09
Marcin Tybura
14-11-0 · 41 takedowns faced · last 2026
70.7%
10
Waldo Cortes Acosta
10-4-0 · 33 takedowns faced · last 2026
69.7%
Hardest to hit (volume absorbed)
Sig. strikes absorbed per minute — lower is better · qualifying: 400+ sig. strikes faced
01
Alexandr Romanov
7-3-0 · 403 sig. strikes faced · last 2024
2.13
02
Jon Jones
22-1-0 (1 NC) · 2222 sig. strikes faced · last 2024
2.24
03
Ciryl Gane
11-2-0 (1 NC) · 1073 sig. strikes faced · last 2026
2.31
04
Marcos Rogerio de Lima
11-7-0 · 530 sig. strikes faced · last 2024
2.45
05
Thomas Petersen
3-4-0 · 438 sig. strikes faced · last 2026
2.58
06
Vitor Petrino
8-2-0 · 603 sig. strikes faced · last 2026
2.6
07
Jairzinho Rozenstruik
9-6-0 · 784 sig. strikes faced · last 2025
2.63
08
Curtis Blaydes
15-6-0 (1 NC) · 1254 sig. strikes faced · last 2026
2.7
09
Tanner Boser
6-6-0 · 890 sig. strikes faced · last 2026
2.78
10
Aleksandar Rakic
7-5-0 · 817 sig. strikes faced · last 2026
2.78
Most dominant control
Share of cage time in control · qualifying: 3600+ seconds of tracked cage time
01
Jailton Almeida
8-3-0 · 5494 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2026
69.9%
02
Alexandr Romanov
7-3-0 · 5212 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2024
48.8%
03
Marcos Rogerio de Lima
11-7-0 · 6174 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2024
44.5%
04
Curtis Blaydes
15-6-0 (1 NC) · 12511 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2026
43.8%
05
Thomas Petersen
3-4-0 · 4510 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2026
38.7%
06
Vitor Petrino
8-2-0 · 6611 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2026
33.6%
07
Aleksandar Rakic
7-5-0 · 7951 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2026
30.5%
08
Serghei Spivac
9-7-0 · 8430 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2026
29.6%
09
Marcin Tybura
14-11-0 · 16766 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2026
27.0%
10
Stipe Miocic
14-5-0 · 12942 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2024
26.5%
Deadliest finishers
Wins by KO or submission · qualifying: 5+ wins
01
Jairzinho Rozenstruik
9-6-0 · 9 wins · last 2025
8/9
02
Johnny Walker
9-7-0 (1 NC) · 9 wins · last 2026
8/9
03
Jailton Almeida
8-3-0 · 8 wins · last 2026
7/8
04
Kennedy Nzechukwu
8-7-1 · 8 wins · last 2026
7/8
05
Tai Tuivasa
8-11-0 · 8 wins · last 2026
7/8
06
Derrick Lewis
20-12-0 · 20 wins · last 2026
16/20
07
Alex Pereira
10-3-0 · 10 wins · last 2026
8/10
08
Ryan Spann
10-7-0 · 10 wins · last 2026
8/10
09
Sergei Pavlovich
9-3-0 · 9 wins · last 2026
7/9
10
Marcos Rogerio de Lima
11-7-0 · 11 wins · last 2024
8/11
Eligibility: 5+ UFC fights and 30+ minutes of cage time.