Highest takedown accuracy in UFC lightweight history

BJ Penn holds the UFC lightweight record for highest takedown accuracy with 66.7% accuracy.

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

#	Fighter	Accuracy	Fights
1	BJ Penn	66.7%	16
2	Ramsey Nijem	62.5%	9
3	Jamie Varner	60.5%	9
4	Scott Holtzman	56.8%	13
5	Mason Jones	56.4%	8
6	Gleison Tibau	54.5%	27
7	Kurt Pellegrino	54.3%	11
8	Benson Henderson	54.2%	12
9	Islam Makhachev	53.7%	16
10	Sean Sherk	53.2%	6
11	Myles Jury	52.0%	7
12	Chris Wade	51.9%	7
13	Jacob Volkmann	51.1%	8
14	Vinc Pichel	51.0%	12
15	Mike Davis	50.0%	8
16	Tyson Griffin	48.8%	12
17	Gregor Gillespie	48.2%	8
18	Khabib Nurmagomedov	47.6%	12
19	Mateusz Rebecki	47.2%	8
20	Joe Solecki	46.7%	9
21	Roger Huerta	46.4%	8
22	Francisco Trinaldo	46.3%	21
23	Jeremy Stephens	46.2%	18
24	Abel Trujillo	45.5%	11
25	Joe Lauzon	45.3%	27
26	Joe Stevenson	45.3%	13
27	King Green	44.8%	30
28	Kevin Lee	44.6%	16
29	Piotr Hallmann	44.4%	6
30	Marc Diakiese	44.0%	15
31	Gilbert Burns	43.6%	10
32	Donald Cerrone	42.9%	23
32	Fares Ziam	42.9%	12
34	Rustam Khabilov	42.7%	12
35	Jim Miller	42.6%	44
36	Daron Cruickshank	41.9%	13
37	Rafa Garcia	41.8%	12
38	Gray Maynard	41.4%	17
39	Benoit Saint Denis	40.7%	12
40	Efrain Escudero	40.6%	12
40	Michael Johnson	40.6%	28
40	Chris Duncan	40.6%	8
43	Matt Frevola	40.5%	12
44	Michel Prazeres	40.2%	9
45	Rich Clementi	40.0%	7
45	Jason Saggo	40.0%	6
45	Jake Matthews	40.0%	7
48	Kenny Florian	39.5%	12
48	Michael Chiesa	39.5%	11
48	Dustin Poirier	39.5%	21

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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.