Highest takedown accuracy in UFC welterweight history

Georges St-Pierre holds the UFC welterweight record for highest takedown accuracy with 73.7% accuracy.

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

#	Fighter	Accuracy	Fights
1	Georges St-Pierre	73.7%	21
2	Themba Gorimbo	62.5%	8
3	Omari Akhmedov	60.0%	7
4	Karo Parisyan	59.6%	13
5	Michael Chiesa	55.6%	11
6	Jon Fitch	53.5%	17
7	Alex Garcia	52.7%	10
8	Gabriel Bonfim	51.9%	8
9	Johny Hendricks	51.7%	18
10	Sean Brady	51.5%	11
11	Gunnar Nelson	51.2%	15
12	John Howard	50.9%	13
13	Matt Hughes	50.0%	23
13	Punahele Soriano	50.0%	5
15	Roan Carneiro	48.6%	7
16	Jeremiah Wells	48.4%	8
17	Vicente Luque	48.3%	24
17	Jason Witt	48.3%	5
19	Rick Story	48.2%	19
20	Marcus Davis	48.0%	14
21	Jake Ellenberger	47.9%	21
22	Rory MacDonald	47.7%	13
23	Matthew Riddle	47.2%	11
24	Matt Brown	47.0%	30
25	Josh Koscheck	46.9%	24
26	TJ Waldburger	46.2%	8
27	Keita Nakamura	45.2%	10
28	Ryan LaFlare	44.7%	10
29	Kamaru Usman	44.4%	18
30	Daniel Roberts	44.0%	7
31	Dong Hyun Kim	43.8%	18
32	John Hathaway	43.8%	9
33	Charlie Brenneman	43.2%	8
34	Jake Matthews	42.9%	17
35	Colby Covington	42.7%	17
36	Max Griffin	41.4%	19
37	Mike Pierce	41.3%	14
38	Sergio Moraes	41.2%	13
39	Tim Means	40.7%	26
40	Ange Loosa	40.5%	6
41	Alex Oliveira	40.3%	19
42	Li Jingliang	40.0%	17
43	Neil Magny	39.5%	38
44	Joshua Burkman	37.8%	15
45	Leon Edwards	37.3%	20
46	Martin Kampmann	37.2%	12
46	Mike Pyle	37.2%	19
48	Preston Parsons	36.6%	6
49	Belal Muhammad	35.9%	22
50	Nick Diaz	35.9%	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.