Most knockdowns in UFC history

Donald Cerrone holds the UFC record for most knockdowns with 20 knockdowns.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Knockdowns	Fights
1	Donald Cerrone	20	38
2	Anderson Silva	18	25
2	Jeremy Stephens	18	36
4	Edson Barboza	16	33
4	Marlon Vera	16	27
6	Dustin Poirier	15	32
7	Chuck Liddell	14	23
7	Lyoto Machida	14	24
7	Junior Dos Santos	14	23
7	Mauricio Rua	14	24
7	Thiago Santos	14	24
7	Khalil Rountree Jr.	14	18
7	Montel Jackson	14	14
14	Thiago Alves	13	27
14	Melvin Guillard	13	22
14	Anthony Johnson	13	19
14	Michael Johnson	13	32
14	Conor McGregor	13	15
14	Israel Adesanya	13	19
20	Nate Marquardt	12	25
20	Cub Swanson	12	26
20	Max Holloway	12	33
20	Robert Whittaker	12	25
20	John Lineker	12	16
20	Deiveson Figueiredo	12	23
20	Josh Emmett	12	17
20	Carlos Prates	12	8
28	Vitor Belfort	11	26
28	Matt Brown	11	30
28	Jake Ellenberger	11	21
28	John Dodson	11	17
28	Tim Means	11	30
28	Santiago Ponzinibbio	11	21
28	Cody Garbrandt	11	18
28	Derrick Lewis	11	32
28	Vicente Luque	11	26
28	Gregory Rodrigues	11	14
38	Robbie Lawler	10	25
38	Andrei Arlovski	10	42
38	Rich Franklin	10	20
38	Cain Velasquez	10	15
38	Alistair Overeem	10	20
38	Stephen Thompson	10	22
38	Tyron Woodley	10	16
38	Yoel Romero	10	13
38	Kelvin Gastelum	10	26
38	Li Jingliang	10	18
38	Drew Dober	10	27
38	Kamaru Usman	10	20
38	Petr Yan	10	16
38	Jalin Turner	10	15
38	Matthew Semelsberger	10	11
38	Roman Kopylov	10	13

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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.