Best significant strike differential in UFC lightweight history

Terrance McKinney holds the UFC lightweight record for best significant strike differential with 3.19 per minute.

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

#	Fighter	Per minute	Fights
1	Terrance McKinney	3.19	14
2	Chase Hooper	3.08	8
3	Benoit Saint Denis	2.94	12
4	King Green	2.90	30
5	Kaue Fernandes	2.63	5
6	Frank Camacho	2.35	5
7	TJ Grant	2.20	5
8	Sage Northcutt	2.07	5
9	Khabib Nurmagomedov	2.05	12
10	Arman Tsarukyan	2.01	13
11	Chris Padilla	1.82	6
12	Evan Dunham	1.81	20
13	Esteban Ribovics	1.71	9
14	Paddy Pimblett	1.62	9
15	Ramsey Nijem	1.61	9
16	Benson Henderson	1.53	12
17	Mason Jones	1.45	8
18	Gregor Gillespie	1.44	8
19	Tyson Griffin	1.38	12
20	Diego Ferreira	1.38	18
21	Rashid Magomedov	1.36	6
22	Roger Huerta	1.31	8
23	Jalin Turner	1.31	13
24	John Makdessi	1.30	19
24	Ignacio Bahamondes	1.30	9
26	Johnny Case	1.29	6
27	Chris Gruetzemacher	1.24	6
28	Mateusz Rebecki	1.22	8
29	Jorge Masvidal	1.21	7
30	Desmond Green	1.20	7
30	Joel Alvarez	1.20	9
32	Frankie Edgar	1.19	13
33	Brad Riddell	1.18	7
34	Melvin Guillard	1.17	20
35	David Teymur	1.16	6
36	BJ Penn	1.12	16
37	Beneil Dariush	1.10	26
38	Fares Ziam	1.07	12
39	Islam Makhachev	1.07	16
40	Jared Gordon	1.05	15
41	Anthony Njokuani	1.04	8
42	Bolaji Oki	1.02	5
43	Jake Matthews	1.02	7
44	Josh Neer	0.93	5
45	Tom Nolan	0.93	6
46	Damir Ismagulov	0.92	7
47	Mauricio Ruffy	0.89	6
48	Kajan Johnson	0.88	7
49	Kevin Lee	0.87	16
50	Dennis Siver	0.87	12

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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.