Most ground strikes landed in UFC lightweight history

Khabib Nurmagomedov holds the UFC lightweight record for most ground strikes landed with 309 ground strikes.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Ground strikes	Fights
1	Khabib Nurmagomedov	309	12
2	Kevin Lee	268	16
3	Clay Guida	214	30
4	King Green	212	30
5	Joe Lauzon	180	27
6	Arman Tsarukyan	176	13
7	Matt Wiman	171	18
8	Jim Miller	170	44
9	Grant Dawson	167	11
10	Frankie Edgar	163	13
11	Rafael Dos Anjos	160	25
12	Benoit Saint Denis	152	12
13	Charles Oliveira	150	25
14	Beneil Dariush	147	26
14	Scott Holtzman	147	13
16	Benson Henderson	145	12
17	Roger Huerta	141	8
18	BJ Penn	135	16
18	Mark Bocek	135	13
20	Gregor Gillespie	134	8
21	Danny Castillo	132	14
22	Kenny Florian	131	12
22	Diego Ferreira	131	18
24	Nik Lentz	128	17
24	Mateusz Rebecki	128	8
26	Dustin Poirier	121	21
27	Gleison Tibau	119	27
28	Jared Gordon	118	15
29	Kurt Pellegrino	117	11
29	Jeremy Stephens	117	18
31	Terrance McKinney	114	14
32	Joe Stevenson	106	13
32	Paul Kelly	106	6
32	Francisco Trinaldo	106	21
35	Jake Matthews	103	7
36	Islam Makhachev	102	16
37	Renato Moicano	97	11
38	Paul Felder	95	14
39	Caol Uno	92	10
40	Donald Cerrone	91	23
40	Luis Pena	91	7
40	Mateusz Gamrot	91	14
43	Stevie Ray	90	11
44	Drew Dober	88	25
45	Yves Edwards	87	20
46	Sean Sherk	86	6
46	Tony Ferguson	86	21
48	Vinc Pichel	85	12
48	Mike Davis	85	8
50	Rustam Khabilov	82	12
50	Thiago Moises	82	16

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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.