Highest takedown accuracy in UFC featherweight history

Diego Brandao holds the UFC featherweight record for highest takedown accuracy with 68.0% accuracy.

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

#	Fighter	Accuracy	Fights
1	Diego Brandao	68.0%	10
2	Joanderson Brito	66.7%	11
3	Arnold Allen	60.0%	15
4	Zabit Magomedsharipov	56.2%	6
5	Ricardo Ramos	55.2%	10
6	Hatsu Hioki	54.5%	8
7	Jamall Emmers	53.3%	10
8	Mirsad Bektic	52.9%	10
9	Movsar Evloev	51.6%	9
10	Cub Swanson	50.0%	25
10	TJ Brown	50.0%	7
10	Jonathan Pearce	50.0%	8
13	Chad Mendes	48.2%	14
14	Andre Fili	46.2%	28
15	Jimy Hettes	44.9%	6
16	Enrique Barzola	44.4%	8
17	Gavin Tucker	44.1%	7
18	Zubaira Tukhugov	43.2%	8
19	Makwan Amirkhani	43.0%	14
20	Hacran Dias	41.7%	7
21	Charles Oliveira	41.3%	12
22	Pat Sabatini	41.1%	11
23	Dennis Bermudez	39.0%	16
24	Christian Rodriguez	38.7%	7
25	Damon Jackson	37.5%	12
26	Maximo Blanco	36.7%	9
27	Bryce Mitchell	36.5%	11
28	Muhammad Naimov	36.0%	7
29	Manvel Gamburyan	35.8%	6
30	Charles Rosa	35.7%	11
31	Shayilan Nuerdanbieke	35.0%	6
32	Chas Skelly	34.2%	12
33	Darren Elkins	33.3%	29
34	Alexander Volkanovski	32.9%	14
35	Rani Yahya	32.5%	6
36	Clay Guida	31.7%	7
37	Dustin Poirier	31.4%	11
38	Jason Knight	31.2%	9
39	Tatsuya Kawajiri	31.0%	6
40	Ricardo Lamas	30.9%	17
41	Jeremy Stephens	30.8%	18
42	Youssef Zalal	30.6%	12
43	Steven Peterson	30.3%	8
44	Mike Brown	30.0%	5
44	Nik Lentz	30.0%	7
46	Chase Hooper	29.6%	6
47	Yair Rodriguez	29.4%	16
48	Andy Ogle	26.9%	6
48	Josh Emmett	26.9%	14
50	Brian Ortega	26.1%	13

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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.