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Most ground strikes landed in UFC welterweight history

Georges St-Pierre holds the UFC welterweight record for most ground strikes landed with 442 ground strikes.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

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1 Georges St-Pierre 442 21
2 Neil Magny 366 38
3 Kamaru Usman 362 18
4 Jon Fitch 292 17
5 Diego Sanchez 272 19
6 Matt Hughes 242 23
7 Dong Hyun Kim 185 18
8 Punahele Soriano 182 5
9 Matt Brown 177 30
10 Demian Maia 176 20
11 Josh Koscheck 167 24
12 Matthew Riddle 161 11
13 Rick Story 152 19
14 John Hathaway 151 9
15 Karo Parisyan 145 13
15 Sean Brady 145 11
17 Niko Price 135 22
18 Carlos Condit 126 19
19 Joaquin Buckley 121 9
20 Tyron Woodley 120 16
21 Belal Muhammad 119 22
22 Robbie Lawler 117 23
23 Colby Covington 116 17
24 Thiago Alves 110 26
25 Gunnar Nelson 107 15
26 Mike Pierce 104 14
27 Rory MacDonald 103 13
28 Court McGee 101 20
29 Alex Oliveira 97 19
29 Jorge Masvidal 97 15
31 Tim Means 95 26
32 Leon Edwards 92 20
33 Jake Matthews 91 17
34 Mike Pyle 81 19
35 Randy Brown 78 22
36 Jake Ellenberger 75 21
36 Ryan LaFlare 75 10
38 Khamzat Chimaev 74 3
39 Johny Hendricks 72 18
39 Charlie Brenneman 72 8
39 Mike Perry 72 15
42 Patrick Cote 71 8
42 Jeremiah Wells 71 8
44 Li Jingliang 70 17
44 Gilbert Burns 70 15
46 Kenny Robertson 69 9
46 George Sullivan 69 7
46 Bryan Barberena 69 15
49 Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos 66 18
49 Vicente Luque 66 24

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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.