Highest significant strike accuracy in UFC lightweight history

Benoit Saint Denis holds the UFC lightweight record for highest significant strike accuracy with 61.3% accuracy.

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

#	Fighter	Accuracy	Fights
1	Benoit Saint Denis	61.3%	12
2	MarQuel Mederos	60.0%	5
3	Islam Makhachev	59.5%	16
4	Justin Gaethje	57.6%	16
5	Charles Oliveira	57.4%	25
6	Chris Gruetzemacher	56.6%	6
7	Terrance McKinney	55.8%	14
8	Drakkar Klose	54.9%	14
9	Mike Davis	54.7%	8
10	Caol Uno	54.6%	10
11	Chris Padilla	54.4%	6
12	Ismael Bonfim	54.3%	7
13	TJ Grant	54.0%	5
14	Olivier Aubin-Mercier	54.0%	11
15	King Green	53.9%	30
16	Ludovit Klein	53.8%	10
17	Joel Alvarez	53.7%	9
18	Brad Riddell	53.7%	7
19	Renato Moicano	53.3%	11
20	Joe Solecki	53.3%	9
21	Rafael Fiziev	52.9%	13
22	Grant Dawson	52.9%	11
23	Gregor Gillespie	52.9%	8
24	Paddy Pimblett	52.7%	9
25	Jared Gordon	52.5%	15
26	Trey Ogden	52.5%	6
27	Fares Ziam	52.5%	12
28	Sage Northcutt	52.3%	5
29	Trevor Peek	51.8%	5
30	Dan Hooker	51.4%	18
31	Mateusz Gamrot	51.3%	14
32	Chase Hooper	51.0%	8
33	Michael Chandler	50.5%	8
34	Dustin Poirier	50.5%	21
35	Viacheslav Borshchev	50.1%	10
36	Matt Wiman	50.1%	18
37	Arman Tsarukyan	49.9%	13
38	Frank Camacho	49.9%	5
39	John Makdessi	49.9%	19
40	Mac Danzig	49.6%	12
41	Mateusz Rebecki	49.6%	8
42	Mark Madsen	49.4%	6
43	Jorge Masvidal	49.4%	7
44	BJ Penn	49.3%	16
45	Beneil Dariush	49.1%	26
46	Jalin Turner	49.1%	13
47	Nik Lentz	49.1%	17
48	Rongzhu	49.1%	7
49	Rashid Magomedov	49.1%	6
50	Elves Brener	48.5%	6

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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.