Best win percentage in UFC heavyweight history

Francis Ngannou holds the UFC heavyweight record for best win percentage with 85.7% win rate.

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

#	Fighter	Win rate	Fights
1	Francis Ngannou	85.7%	14
2	Ciryl Gane	84.6%	14
3	Cain Velasquez	80.0%	15
4	Sergei Pavlovich	75.0%	12
5	Stipe Miocic	73.7%	19
5	Alexander Volkov	73.7%	19
7	Randy Couture	71.4%	14
7	Curtis Blaydes	71.4%	22
7	Waldo Cortes-Acosta	71.4%	14
10	Josh Barnett	70.0%	10
10	Alexandr Romanov	70.0%	10
12	Tim Sylvia	69.2%	13
13	Fabricio Werdum	66.7%	18
13	Marcos Rogerio de Lima	66.7%	12
15	Junior Dos Santos	65.2%	23
16	Cheick Kongo	64.7%	18
17	Pedro Rizzo	64.3%	14
17	Matt Mitrione	64.3%	14
19	Derrick Lewis	62.5%	32
20	Alistair Overeem	60.0%	20
20	Shawn Jordan	60.0%	10
20	Marcin Tybura	60.0%	25
20	Jairzinho Rozenstruik	60.0%	15
24	Frank Mir	59.3%	27
25	Travis Browne	56.2%	17
25	Serghei Spivac	56.2%	16
27	Andrei Arlovski	56.1%	42
28	Gabriel Gonzaga	54.5%	22
28	Brendan Schaub	54.5%	11
30	Stefan Struve	54.2%	24
31	Ben Rothwell	52.9%	17
31	Aleksei Oleinik	52.9%	17
33	Mark Hunt	50.0%	18
33	Tanner Boser	50.0%	10
35	Roy Nelson	47.4%	19
36	Mirko Filipovic	45.5%	11
36	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	45.5%	11
36	Shamil Abdurakhimov	45.5%	11
39	Tai Tuivasa	42.1%	19
40	Pat Barry	41.7%	12
41	Walt Harris	40.0%	16
42	Don'Tale Mayes	36.4%	12
43	Antonio Silva	30.0%	11
43	Anthony Hamilton	30.0%	10
45	Chase Sherman	26.7%	15

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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.