Most finishes in UFC lightweight history

Jim Miller holds the UFC lightweight record for most finishes with 18 finishes.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Finishes	Fights
1	Jim Miller	18	44
2	Charles Oliveira	15	25
3	Joe Lauzon	13	27
3	Drew Dober	13	25
5	Donald Cerrone	10	23
5	Tony Ferguson	10	21
5	Dustin Poirier	10	21
5	Islam Makhachev	10	16
9	BJ Penn	9	16
9	Benoit Saint Denis	9	12
11	Kenny Florian	8	12
11	Nate Diaz	8	17
11	King Green	8	30
11	Beneil Dariush	8	26
11	Jalin Turner	8	13
11	Terrance McKinney	8	14
17	Yves Edwards	7	20
17	Melvin Guillard	7	20
17	Clay Guida	7	30
17	Edson Barboza	7	25
17	Diego Ferreira	7	18
17	Kevin Lee	7	16
17	Justin Gaethje	7	16
17	Joel Alvarez	7	9
17	Renato Moicano	7	11
26	Cole Miller	6	10
26	Rafael Dos Anjos	6	25
26	Michael Johnson	6	28
26	Khabib Nurmagomedov	6	12
26	Francisco Trinaldo	6	21
26	Gilbert Burns	6	10
26	Gregor Gillespie	6	8
26	Dan Hooker	6	18
26	Alexander Hernandez	6	16
26	Paddy Pimblett	6	9
26	Arman Tsarukyan	6	13
37	Joe Stevenson	5	13
37	Kurt Pellegrino	5	11
37	Terry Etim	5	11
37	Gleison Tibau	5	27
37	Matt Wiman	5	18
37	Dennis Siver	5	12
37	Ross Pearson	5	23
37	Anthony Pettis	5	14
37	Michael Chiesa	5	11
37	James Vick	5	13
37	Mairbek Taisumov	5	9
37	Olivier Aubin-Mercier	5	11
37	Paul Felder	5	14
37	Grant Dawson	5	11
37	Mateusz Gamrot	5	14
37	Ignacio Bahamondes	5	9
37	Manuel Torres	5	7
37	Quillan Salkilld	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.