Best significant strike differential in UFC heavyweight history

Cain Velasquez holds the UFC heavyweight record for best significant strike differential with 4.08 per minute.

UFC fights only, minimum 5 fights. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Per minute	Fights
1	Cain Velasquez	4.08	15
2	Ciryl Gane	3.09	14
3	Cheick Kongo	2.08	18
4	Alexander Volkov	2.02	19
5	Tanner Boser	1.88	10
6	Josh Barnett	1.87	10
7	Daniel Cormier	1.82	6
8	Tim Sylvia	1.74	13
9	Alexandr Romanov	1.65	10
10	Waldo Cortes-Acosta	1.45	14
11	Brock Lesnar	1.39	8
12	Fabricio Werdum	1.35	18
13	Greg Hardy	1.31	10
14	Curtis Blaydes	1.30	22
15	Jon Madsen	1.29	5
16	Junior Dos Santos	1.16	23
17	Randy Couture	1.10	14
18	Marcos Rogerio de Lima	1.08	12
19	Jake Collier	0.92	8
20	Lukasz Brzeski	0.91	7
21	Sergei Pavlovich	0.91	12
22	Anthony Hamilton	0.89	10
23	Jairzinho Rozenstruik	0.85	15
24	Ricco Rodriguez	0.83	7
25	Justin Willis	0.80	5
26	Matt Mitrione	0.76	14
27	Brendan Schaub	0.71	11
28	Alistair Overeem	0.68	20
29	Stipe Miocic	0.66	19
30	Jailton Almeida	0.59	9
31	Maurice Smith	0.59	7
32	Andrei Arlovski	0.58	42
33	Jared Rosholt	0.56	8
34	Junior Tafa	0.52	5
35	Mick Parkin	0.51	6
36	Thomas Petersen	0.41	7
37	Timothy Johnson	0.35	7
38	Antoni Hardonk	0.33	8
39	Austen Lane	0.21	6
40	Brandon Vera	0.18	7
41	Francis Ngannou	0.17	14
42	Marcin Tybura	0.15	25
43	Eddie Sanchez	0.15	6
44	Tsuyoshi Kohsaka	0.15	6
45	Kevin Randleman	0.04	5
46	Shawn Jordan	0.03	10
47	Ian Freeman	0.00	6
47	Augusto Sakai	0.00	9
49	Parker Porter	-0.03	8
50	Heath Herring	-0.07	5

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How we count: results and statistics are from official UFC fight data. Strike and takedown numbers only exist for fights where the UFC recorded them. Rates need at least 5 UFC fights and enough attempts to be meaningful.