Most knockout wins in UFC featherweight history

Max Holloway holds the UFC featherweight record for most knockout wins with 9 KO/TKO wins.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	KO/TKO wins	Fights
1	Max Holloway	9	27
2	Cub Swanson	8	25
3	Chad Mendes	6	14
3	Conor McGregor	6	7
3	Dooho Choi	6	11
6	Andre Fili	5	28
6	Dan Ige	5	20
6	Steve Garcia	5	7
9	Ricardo Lamas	4	17
9	Chan Sung Jung	4	12
9	Jose Aldo	4	15
9	Jeremy Stephens	4	18
9	Yair Rodriguez	4	16
9	Josh Emmett	4	14
9	Calvin Kattar	4	15
9	Alexander Volkanovski	4	14
9	Ilia Topuria	4	7
9	Joanderson Brito	4	11
9	Diego Lopes	4	9
20	Darren Elkins	3	29
20	Frankie Edgar	3	13
20	Brian Ortega	3	13
20	Lerone Murphy	3	11
20	Billy Quarantillo	3	10
20	Giga Chikadze	3	13
20	Morgan Charriere	3	7
20	Jamall Emmers	3	10
20	Jean Silva	3	7
20	Kevin Vallejos	3	4
30	Robert Peralta	2	8
30	Rony Jason	2	9
30	Sam Sicilia	2	11
30	Dustin Poirier	2	11
30	Edimilson Souza	2	4
30	Dan Hooker	2	7
30	Zubaira Tukhugov	2	8
30	Chas Skelly	2	12
30	Diego Brandao	2	10
30	Mirsad Bektic	2	10
30	Teruto Ishihara	2	6
30	Shane Burgos	2	11
30	Alex Caceres	2	20
30	Sodiq Yusuff	2	9
30	Julio Arce	2	6
30	Kyle Nelson	2	8
30	Chase Hooper	2	6
30	Charles Jourdain	2	12
30	Jonathan Pearce	2	8
30	Julian Erosa	2	14
30	Edson Barboza	2	8
30	Sean Woodson	2	10
30	David Onama	2	7
30	Arnold Allen	2	15
30	Hyder Amil	2	6
30	Mairon Santos	2	3
30	Jose Delgado	2	6
30	Luke Riley	2	3
30	Melquizael Costa	2	8
30	Marwan Rahiki	2	3
30	Tommy McMillen	2	3
30	Marcio Barbosa	2	2

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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.