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Most knee knockouts in UFC history

Thiago Alves holds the UFC record for most knee knockouts with 4 knee KO/TKOs.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

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1 Thiago Alves 4 27
2 Anderson Silva 3 25
2 Michael Bisping 3 29
2 Ben Saunders 3 19
5 Wanderlei Silva 2 12
5 BJ Penn 2 27
5 Diego Sanchez 2 32
5 Melvin Guillard 2 22
5 Mike Pyle 2 19
5 Matt Brown 2 30
5 Hyun Gyu Lim 2 7
5 Yoel Romero 2 13
5 Ed Herman 2 26
5 Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos 2 18
5 Mike Perry 2 15
5 Walt Harris 2 16
5 Alistair Overeem 2 20
5 Edson Barboza 2 33
5 Dan Hooker 2 25
5 Vicente Luque 2 26
5 Johnny Walker 2 17
5 Jonathan Martinez 2 15
5 Roman Dolidze 2 15
5 Kennedy Nzechukwu 2 16
5 Joel Alvarez 2 12
26 Jon Hess 1 1
26 Don Frye 1 10
26 Scott Ferrozzo 1 5
26 Mark Kerr 1 4
26 Lance Gibson 1 2
26 Ian Freeman 1 6
26 Yuki Kondo 1 3
26 Vitor Belfort 1 26
26 Rich Franklin 1 20
26 Ken Shamrock 1 13
26 James Irvin 1 10
26 Brandon Vera 1 16
26 Spencer Fisher 1 17
26 Jorge Santiago 1 6
26 Cheick Kongo 1 18
26 Houston Alexander 1 6
26 Yushin Okami 1 21
26 Georges St-Pierre 1 22
26 Nate Marquardt 1 25
26 Tomasz Drwal 1 6
26 James McSweeney 1 3
26 Frank Mir 1 27
26 Pablo Garza 1 6
26 Brian Stann 1 11
26 Jon Jones 1 24
26 Jim Miller 1 47
26 Carlos Condit 1 19
26 Rashad Evans 1 23
26 Jake Ellenberger 1 21
26 Mike Easton 1 7
26 Che Mills 1 4
26 Johnny Bedford 1 6
26 Jose Aldo 1 23
26 Martin Kampmann 1 17
26 Sam Sicilia 1 12
26 Joe Proctor 1 8
26 Abel Trujillo 1 11
26 Tom Watson 1 7
26 Cat Zingano 1 7
26 Josh Samman 1 5
26 Mike Pierce 1 14
26 Josh Barnett 1 10
26 Joseph Benavidez 1 21
26 Rafael Cavalcante 1 5
26 Brandon Thatch 1 6
26 Ronda Rousey 1 8
26 Alexander Gustafsson 1 18
26 Dennis Bermudez 1 17
26 Godofredo Pepey 1 11
26 Chris Beal 1 5
26 Robbie Lawler 1 25
26 Robert Whittaker 1 25
26 Chris Clements 1 5
26 Fabricio Werdum 1 18
26 Augusto Montano 1 3
26 Jeremy Stephens 1 36
26 Thomas Almeida 1 10
26 Magomed Mustafaev 1 5
26 Diego Rivas 1 4
26 Chris Camozzi 1 19
26 Demetrious Johnson 1 18
26 Germaine de Randamie 1 10
26 Brian Ortega 1 14
26 Alberto Mina 1 4
26 Ryan Bader 1 20
26 Randy Brown 1 22
26 Khalil Rountree Jr. 1 18
26 Gegard Mousasi 1 12
26 Peter Sobotta 1 10
26 Damir Hadzovic 1 10
26 Justin Gaethje 1 16
26 Cristiane Justino 1 7
26 Tai Tuivasa 1 19
26 Eddie Alvarez 1 8
26 Marlon Moraes 1 11
26 Alessio Di Chirico 1 11
26 Curtis Millender 1 5
26 Olivier Aubin-Mercier 1 12
26 Neil Magny 1 38
26 Anthony Smith 1 25
26 James Krause 1 13
26 Francisco Trinaldo 1 26
26 Mike Rodriguez 1 8
26 Juan Adams 1 4
26 Michel Pereira 1 16
26 Jorge Masvidal 1 22
26 Lauren Murphy 1 15
26 Herbert Burns 1 6
26 Mario Bautista 1 15
26 Henry Cejudo 1 16
26 Kevin Holland 1 29
26 Chris Daukaus 1 8
26 Jessica-Rose Clark 1 9
26 Gabriel Benitez 1 15
26 Cory Sandhagen 1 17
26 Julian Erosa 1 18
26 Jordan Wright 1 7
26 Manel Kape 1 11
26 Lerone Murphy 1 11
26 Alex Pereira 1 13
26 Chris Curtis 1 12
26 Mateusz Gamrot 1 14
26 Chas Skelly 1 12
26 Azamat Murzakanov 1 7
26 Nicolae Negumereanu 1 6
26 Daniel Santos 1 6
26 Joaquim Silva 1 12
26 Pete Rodriguez 1 3
26 Tamires Vidal 1 4
26 Chris Gutierrez 1 15
26 Ismael Bonfim 1 7
26 Daniel Marcos 1 7
26 Jordan Leavitt 1 10
26 Brandon Royval 1 13
26 Terrance McKinney 1 14
26 Nicolas Dalby 1 15
26 Vinicius Oliveira 1 6
26 Nora Cornolle 1 7
26 Tom Nolan 1 6
26 Carlos Prates 1 8
26 Fares Ziam 1 12
26 Chidi Njokuani 1 11
26 David Martinez 1 4
26 Ateba Gautier 1 6
26 Timmy Cuamba 1 6
26 Reinier de Ridder 1 7
26 Jose Delgado 1 6
26 Carli Judice 1 5
26 Gabriel Bonfim 1 8
26 Keiichiro Nakamura 1 1
26 Yousri Belgaroui 1 3
26 Lance Gibson Jr. 1 2
26 Tommy McMillen 1 3
26 Alice Pereira 1 3
26 Cody Haddon 1 2
26 Rizvan Kuniev 1 3
26 Lucas Fernando 1 1
26 Jackson McVey 1 4
26 Modestas Bukauskas 1 14
26 Mike Malott 1 9

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How we count: results and statistics are from official UFC fight data.