Most knockdowns in UFC heavyweight history

Junior Dos Santos holds the UFC heavyweight record for most knockdowns with 14 knockdowns.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Knockdowns	Fights
1	Junior Dos Santos	14	23
2	Derrick Lewis	11	32
3	Andrei Arlovski	10	42
3	Cain Velasquez	10	15
3	Alistair Overeem	10	20
6	Roy Nelson	9	19
6	Matt Mitrione	9	14
6	Mark Hunt	9	18
6	Walt Harris	9	16
10	Pedro Rizzo	8	14
10	Frank Mir	8	27
10	Pat Barry	8	12
10	Francis Ngannou	8	14
10	Tai Tuivasa	8	19
10	Sergei Pavlovich	8	12
16	Gabriel Gonzaga	7	22
16	Stipe Miocic	7	19
16	Jairzinho Rozenstruik	7	15
19	Travis Browne	6	17
19	Chris Daukaus	6	7
19	Waldo Cortes-Acosta	6	14
22	Tim Sylvia	5	13
22	Heath Herring	5	5
22	Marcos Rogerio de Lima	5	12
22	Tom Aspinall	5	10
26	Cheick Kongo	4	18
26	Eddie Sanchez	4	6
26	Shane Carwin	4	6
26	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	4	11
26	Todd Duffee	4	6
26	Brendan Schaub	4	11
26	Ben Rothwell	4	17
26	Fabricio Werdum	4	18
26	Antonio Silva	4	11
26	Alexander Volkov	4	19
26	Ciryl Gane	4	14
26	Justin Tafa	4	10
38	Paul Buentello	3	6
38	Brandon Vera	3	7
38	Antoni Hardonk	3	8
38	Mirko Filipovic	3	11
38	Stefan Struve	3	24
38	Shawn Jordan	3	10
38	Chase Sherman	3	15
38	Josh Hokit	3	4
38	Steven Asplund	3	3
47	Vitor Belfort	2	5
47	Pete Williams	2	8
47	Semmy Schilt	2	2
47	Mike Kyle	2	3
47	Rashad Evans	2	1
47	Brock Lesnar	2	8
47	Lavar Johnson	2	4
47	Daniel Omielanczuk	2	9
47	Aleksei Oleinik	2	17
47	Curtis Blaydes	2	22
47	Shamil Abdurakhimov	2	11
47	Justin Willis	2	5
47	Maurice Greene	2	8
47	Tanner Boser	2	10
47	Don'Tale Mayes	2	12
47	Shamil Gaziev	2	7
47	Vitor Petrino	2	4
47	Javad Mahjoub	2	1

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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.