Most finishes in UFC history

Charles Oliveira holds the UFC record for most finishes with 21 finishes.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Finishes	Fights
1	Charles Oliveira	21	37
2	Jim Miller	20	47
3	Donald Cerrone	16	38
3	Derrick Lewis	16	32
5	Matt Brown	15	30
5	Dustin Poirier	15	32
5	Vicente Luque	15	26
8	Vitor Belfort	14	26
8	Anderson Silva	14	25
8	Max Holloway	14	33
11	Matt Hughes	13	25
11	Frank Mir	13	27
11	Joe Lauzon	13	27
11	Glover Teixeira	13	23
11	Drew Dober	13	27
16	Nate Diaz	12	27
16	Demian Maia	12	33
16	Jon Jones	12	24
16	Marlon Vera	12	27
16	Gerald Meerschaert	12	27
21	Randy Couture	11	24
21	Andrei Arlovski	11	42
21	BJ Penn	11	27
21	Gabriel Gonzaga	11	22
21	Anthony Johnson	11	19
21	Stefan Struve	11	24
21	Tony Ferguson	11	24
21	Ovince Saint Preux	11	28
21	Thiago Santos	11	24
21	Neil Magny	11	38
21	Islam Makhachev	11	19
21	Francis Ngannou	11	14
21	Anthony Smith	11	25
21	Kevin Holland	11	29
35	Tito Ortiz	10	27
35	Chuck Liddell	10	23
35	Rich Franklin	10	20
35	Kenny Florian	10	17
35	Michael Bisping	10	29
35	Cain Velasquez	10	15
35	Junior Dos Santos	10	23
35	Amanda Nunes	10	18
35	Nikita Krylov	10	22
35	Gillian Robertson	10	21
35	Brendan Allen	10	20
46	Don Frye	9	10
46	Evan Tanner	9	17
46	Chris Leben	9	22
46	Josh Koscheck	9	25
46	Thiago Alves	9	27
46	Nate Marquardt	9	25
46	Ed Herman	9	26
46	Rafael Dos Anjos	9	37
46	Edson Barboza	9	33
46	Alistair Overeem	9	20
46	Stipe Miocic	9	19
46	Michael Chiesa	9	22
46	Derek Brunson	9	21
46	Dan Hooker	9	25
46	Jessica Andrade	9	30
46	Renato Moicano	9	20
46	Paul Craig	9	21
46	Jalin Turner	9	15
46	Benoit Saint Denis	9	13

Related records

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.