Middleweight leaders
Highest striking volume
Sig. strikes landed per minute · qualifying: 400+ sig. strikes thrown
01
Sean Strickland
18-7-0 · 5717 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
5.98
02
Armen Petrosyan
3-4-0 · 937 sig. strikes thrown · last 2025
5.91
03
Gregory Rodrigues
11-3-0 · 1530 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
5.77
04
Michal Oleksiejczuk
10-8-0 (1 NC) · 1315 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
5.73
05
Marc-Andre Barriault
7-10-0 (1 NC) · 2161 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
5.69
06
Phil Hawes
4-4-0 · 512 sig. strikes thrown · last 2024
5.61
07
Shara Magomedov
6-1-0 · 860 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
5.55
08
Jared Hamman
2-5-0 · 675 sig. strikes thrown · last 2013
5.52
09
Tafon Nchukwi
2-4-0 · 723 sig. strikes thrown · last 2023
5.46
10
Bryan Barberena
9-10-0 · 2479 sig. strikes thrown · last 2024
5.35
Most accurate strikers
Significant-strike accuracy · qualifying: 400+ sig. strikes thrown
01
Shara Magomedov
6-1-0 · 860 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
62.8%
02
Phil Hawes
4-4-0 · 512 sig. strikes thrown · last 2024
60.7%
03
Anthony Hernandez
9-4-0 · 1181 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
60.1%
04
Evan Tanner
11-6-0 · 647 sig. strikes thrown · last 2008
60.0%
05
Anderson Silva
17-7-0 (1 NC) · 1410 sig. strikes thrown · last 2020
59.0%
06
Christian Leroy Duncan
8-3-0 · 998 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
57.6%
07
Luke Rockhold
6-5-0 · 661 sig. strikes thrown · last 2022
56.9%
08
Jacob Malkoun
6-3-0 · 746 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
56.8%
09
Trevor Smith
5-7-0 · 930 sig. strikes thrown · last 2019
55.7%
10
Caio Borralho
8-1-0 · 833 sig. strikes thrown · last 2026
55.1%
Best takedown defense
Takedowns stuffed · qualifying: 15+ takedowns faced
01
Kamaru Usman
16-4-0 · 51 takedowns faced · last 2026
90.2%
02
Roman Kopylov
8-5-0 · 45 takedowns faced · last 2026
88.9%
03
Andre Petroski
8-5-0 · 22 takedowns faced · last 2026
86.4%
04
Gregory Rodrigues
11-3-0 · 41 takedowns faced · last 2026
85.4%
05
Georges St-Pierre
20-2-0 · 54 takedowns faced · last 2017
85.2%
06
Cezar Ferreira
9-6-0 · 26 takedowns faced · last 2019
84.6%
07
Tresean Gore
4-4-0 · 32 takedowns faced · last 2026
84.4%
08
Derek Brunson
14-7-0 · 19 takedowns faced · last 2023
84.2%
09
Nick Catone
4-4-0 · 24 takedowns faced · last 2014
83.3%
10
Alessio Di Chirico
4-7-0 · 24 takedowns faced · last 2022
83.3%
Hardest to hit (volume absorbed)
Sig. strikes absorbed per minute — lower is better · qualifying: 400+ sig. strikes faced
01
Gegard Mousasi
9-3-0 · 522 sig. strikes faced · last 2017
1.39
02
Georges St-Pierre
20-2-0 · 1842 sig. strikes faced · last 2017
1.45
03
Francis Carmont
6-3-0 · 419 sig. strikes faced · last 2014
1.59
04
Lyoto Machida
16-8-0 · 1235 sig. strikes faced · last 2018
1.62
05
Jeremy Horn
6-7-0 · 477 sig. strikes faced · last 2009
1.99
06
Rich Franklin
14-6-0 · 1134 sig. strikes faced · last 2012
2.05
07
Nate Marquardt
13-12-0 · 1190 sig. strikes faced · last 2017
2.07
08
Antonio Carlos Junior
7-5-0 (1 NC) · 676 sig. strikes faced · last 2021
2.14
09
Kendall Grove
7-6-0 · 512 sig. strikes faced · last 2011
2.18
10
Ismail Naurdiev
5-3-0 · 657 sig. strikes faced · last 2026
2.22
Most dominant control
Share of cage time in control · qualifying: 3600+ seconds of tracked cage time
01
Matt Lindland
9-3-0 · 7017 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2005
66.2%
02
Khamzat Chimaev
9-1-0 · 5921 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2026
56.5%
03
Anthony Hernandez
9-4-0 · 9725 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2026
50.8%
04
Jacob Malkoun
6-3-0 · 6012 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2026
47.4%
05
Georges St-Pierre
20-2-0 · 20555 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2017
47.3%
06
Antonio Carlos Junior
7-5-0 (1 NC) · 8937 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2021
47.2%
07
Evan Tanner
11-6-0 · 7359 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2008
46.0%
08
Kyle Daukaus
4-6-0 (1 NC) · 4395 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2026
42.8%
09
David Branch
4-5-0 · 4942 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2019
41.6%
10
Kamaru Usman
16-4-0 · 21837 seconds of tracked cage time · last 2026
40.5%
Deadliest finishers
Wins by KO or submission · qualifying: 5+ wins
01
Wilson Gouveia
6-4-0 · 6 wins · last 2009
6/6
02
Jason MacDonald
6-8-0 · 6 wins · last 2012
6/6
03
Abdul Razak Alhassan
6-7-0 (1 NC) · 6 wins · last 2025
6/6
04
Luke Rockhold
6-5-0 · 6 wins · last 2022
6/6
05
Vitor Belfort
15-10-0 (1 NC) · 15 wins · last 2018
14/15
06
Alan Belcher
9-6-0 · 9 wins · last 2013
8/9
07
Jacare Souza
9-7-0 · 9 wins · last 2021
8/9
08
Vicente Luque
17-9-0 · 17 wins · last 2026
15/17
09
Nick Diaz
7-7-0 (1 NC) · 7 wins · last 2021
6/7
10
Joe Pyfer
7-1-0 · 7 wins · last 2026
6/7
Eligibility: 5+ UFC fights and 30+ minutes of cage time.