Most knockout wins in UFC heavyweight history

Derrick Lewis holds the UFC heavyweight record for most knockout wins with 16 KO/TKO wins.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	KO/TKO wins	Fights
1	Derrick Lewis	16	32
2	Cain Velasquez	10	15
2	Junior Dos Santos	10	23
2	Francis Ngannou	10	14
5	Andrei Arlovski	9	42
5	Alistair Overeem	9	20
5	Stipe Miocic	9	19
8	Roy Nelson	8	19
8	Matt Mitrione	8	14
8	Curtis Blaydes	8	22
8	Jairzinho Rozenstruik	8	15
12	Pedro Rizzo	7	14
12	Gabriel Gonzaga	7	22
12	Cheick Kongo	7	18
12	Travis Browne	7	17
12	Mark Hunt	7	18
12	Tai Tuivasa	7	19
12	Sergei Pavlovich	7	12
19	Shawn Jordan	6	10
19	Walt Harris	6	16
19	Alexander Volkov	6	19
19	Tom Aspinall	6	10
23	Randy Couture	5	14
23	Ricco Rodriguez	5	7
23	Tim Sylvia	5	13
23	Frank Mir	5	27
23	Stefan Struve	5	24
23	Marcin Tybura	5	25
23	Ciryl Gane	5	14
23	Waldo Cortes-Acosta	5	14
31	Josh Barnett	4	10
31	Antoni Hardonk	4	8
31	Mirko Filipovic	4	11
31	Fabricio Werdum	4	18
31	Shane Carwin	4	6
31	Pat Barry	4	12
31	Ben Rothwell	4	17
31	Soa Palelei	4	7
31	Marcos Rogerio de Lima	4	12
31	Justin Tafa	4	10
31	Tanner Boser	4	10
31	Chris Daukaus	4	7
43	Vitor Belfort	3	5
43	Brandon Vera	3	7
43	Eddie Sanchez	3	6
43	Todd Duffee	3	6
43	Brendan Schaub	3	11
43	Antonio Silva	3	11
43	Chase Sherman	3	15
43	Greg Hardy	3	10
43	Serghei Spivac	3	16
43	Shamil Gaziev	3	7
43	Mario Pinto	3	4
43	Brando Pericic	3	3
43	Josh Hokit	3	4

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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.