Most knockdowns in UFC welterweight history

Thiago Alves holds the UFC welterweight record for most knockdowns with 13 knockdowns.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Knockdowns	Fights
1	Thiago Alves	13	26
2	Carlos Prates	12	8
3	Matt Brown	11	30
3	Jake Ellenberger	11	21
5	Robbie Lawler	10	23
5	Stephen Thompson	10	22
5	Tyron Woodley	10	16
5	Santiago Ponzinibbio	10	20
5	Li Jingliang	10	17
5	Vicente Luque	10	24
5	Kamaru Usman	10	18
5	Matthew Semelsberger	10	11
13	Alan Jouban	9	13
13	Tim Means	9	26
13	Donald Cerrone	9	15
16	Georges St-Pierre	8	21
16	Anthony Johnson	8	10
16	Jorge Masvidal	8	15
16	Mike Perry	8	15
16	Max Griffin	8	19
16	Geoff Neal	8	14
22	Daniel Rodriguez	7	13
22	Michael Morales	7	7
24	Marcus Davis	6	14
24	Johny Hendricks	6	18
24	Rick Story	6	19
24	Carlos Condit	6	19
24	Abdul Razak Alhassan	6	7
24	Randy Brown	6	22
24	Jake Matthews	6	17
24	Khaos Williams	6	12
24	Jack Della Maddalena	6	10
24	Mike Malott	6	9
24	Uros Medic	6	8
35	Matt Serra	5	9
35	Forrest Petz	5	7
35	Brad Blackburn	5	5
35	Albert Tumenov	5	8
35	Leon Edwards	5	20
35	Darren Till	5	8
35	Yancy Medeiros	5	4
35	Alex Oliveira	5	19
35	Niko Price	5	22
35	Bryan Barberena	5	15
35	Song Kenan	5	11
35	Muslim Salikhov	5	15
35	Daniil Donchenko	5	4
48	Luke Cummo	4	7
48	Josh Koscheck	4	24
48	Diego Sanchez	4	19
48	Martin Kampmann	4	12
48	Paulo Thiago	4	13
48	Mike Pyle	4	19
48	Dong Hyun Kim	4	18
48	Hyun Gyu Lim	4	7
48	Luan Chagas	4	4
48	Conor McGregor	4	4
48	Peter Sobotta	4	10
48	Alex Morono	4	23
48	Ian Machado Garry	4	12
48	Kevin Holland	4	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.