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Most head strikes landed in UFC lightweight history

King Green holds the UFC lightweight record for most head strikes landed with 1,225 head strikes.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

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1 King Green 1,225 30
2 Dustin Poirier 1,147 21
3 Evan Dunham 1,037 20
4 Nasrat Haqparast 878 16
5 Justin Gaethje 841 16
6 Tony Ferguson 754 21
7 Jim Miller 740 44
8 Michael Johnson 710 28
9 Jared Gordon 648 15
10 Diego Ferreira 642 18
11 John Makdessi 639 19
12 Rafael Dos Anjos 611 25
13 Nate Diaz 599 17
14 Kevin Lee 588 16
15 Clay Guida 576 30
16 Donald Cerrone 569 23
17 Rafa Garcia 567 12
18 Dan Hooker 555 18
19 BJ Penn 546 16
20 Joe Lauzon 537 27
21 Khabib Nurmagomedov 531 12
22 Scott Holtzman 528 13
23 Esteban Ribovics 526 9
24 Ross Pearson 522 23
25 Al Iaquinta 521 15
26 Frankie Edgar 505 13
26 Beneil Dariush 505 26
28 Drew Dober 498 25
29 Francisco Trinaldo 483 21
30 Sam Stout 473 19
31 Edson Barboza 468 25
32 Gleison Tibau 467 27
33 Nik Lentz 437 17
34 Mason Jones 427 8
35 Paul Felder 422 14
35 Rongzhu 422 7
37 Charles Oliveira 393 25
38 Alexander Hernandez 387 16
39 Matt Wiman 386 18
40 Mateusz Gamrot 385 14
41 Arman Tsarukyan 383 13
42 Mateusz Rebecki 359 8
43 Drakkar Klose 346 14
44 Gray Maynard 341 17
45 Mac Danzig 332 12
46 Ignacio Bahamondes 328 9
47 Austin Hubbard 326 12
48 Max Holloway 324 4
49 Islam Makhachev 320 16
50 Lando Vannata 316 12

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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.