Most ground strikes landed in UFC heavyweight history

Derrick Lewis holds the UFC heavyweight record for most ground strikes landed with 284 ground strikes.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Ground strikes	Fights
1	Derrick Lewis	284	32
2	Cain Velasquez	264	15
3	Alistair Overeem	257	20
4	Curtis Blaydes	244	22
5	Marcin Tybura	202	25
6	Randy Couture	196	14
7	Stipe Miocic	165	19
8	Serghei Spivac	158	16
9	Brock Lesnar	154	8
10	Cheick Kongo	145	18
11	Alexandr Romanov	143	10
12	Jailton Almeida	111	9
13	Ricco Rodriguez	109	7
14	Fabricio Werdum	105	18
15	Anthony Hamilton	102	10
16	Hamdy Abdelwahab	100	4
17	Heath Herring	98	5
18	Travis Browne	96	17
19	Gabriel Gonzaga	94	22
20	Alexander Volkov	90	19
21	Josh Barnett	88	10
22	Frank Mir	83	27
23	Walt Harris	79	16
24	Jared Rosholt	76	8
25	Junior Dos Santos	73	23
26	Greg Hardy	72	10
27	Shawn Jordan	70	10
28	Waldo Cortes-Acosta	66	14
29	Shane Carwin	61	6
29	Stefan Struve	61	24
31	Ian Freeman	60	6
31	Mario Pinto	60	4
33	Marcos Rogerio de Lima	59	12
34	Ben Rothwell	58	17
35	Soa Palelei	57	7
36	Ron Waterman	56	4
37	Jeff Monson	55	6
38	Tanner Boser	53	10
39	Tim Sylvia	52	13
40	Mark Coleman	51	4
40	Kevin Randleman	51	5
40	Jake O'Brien	51	5
40	Brendan Schaub	51	11
44	Tom Aspinall	50	10
45	Mike van Arsdale	48	2
45	Matt Mitrione	48	14
45	Josh Hokit	48	4
48	Christian Morecraft	47	4
49	Francis Ngannou	43	14
50	Andrei Arlovski	42	42
50	Mirko Filipovic	42	11
50	Daniel Cormier	42	6
50	Ciryl Gane	42	14

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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.