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Most leg strikes landed in UFC light heavyweight history

Jon Jones holds the UFC light heavyweight record for most leg strikes landed with 417 leg strikes.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

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1 Jon Jones 417 22
2 Mauricio Rua 221 24
3 Marcin Prachnio 216 11
4 Forrest Griffin 206 15
5 Jan Blachowicz 186 23
6 Dustin Jacoby 182 16
7 Johnny Walker 174 16
8 Volkan Oezdemir 167 16
9 Aleksandar Rakic 155 11
10 Gian Villante 151 15
11 Thiago Santos 144 9
12 Khalil Rountree Jr. 143 18
13 Anthony Smith 139 18
14 Keith Jardine 132 12
15 Magomed Ankalaev 127 17
16 Carlos Ulberg 125 11
17 Brandon Vera 119 9
18 Alexander Gustafsson 118 17
18 Alex Pereira 118 7
20 Dominick Reyes 116 15
21 Francimar Barroso 108 9
22 Lyoto Machida 105 15
23 Thiago Silva 104 12
24 Chuck Liddell 103 19
25 Nikita Krylov 102 19
26 Kyle Kingsbury 99 9
27 Ovince Saint Preux 94 26
28 Tito Ortiz 91 23
29 Jimi Manuwa 90 12
29 Ion Cutelaba 90 21
29 Devin Clark 90 15
32 Ryan Bader 83 20
33 Matt Hamill 81 15
34 Sam Alvey 74 8
35 Mike Rodriguez 68 8
36 Ed Herman 66 9
37 Navajo Stirling 65 6
38 Phil Davis 64 13
38 Ryan Jimmo 64 7
38 Jamahal Hill 64 11
41 Da Woon Jung 62 9
42 Dan Henderson 60 8
43 Paul Craig 56 17
44 Corey Anderson 55 15
44 Tyson Pedro 55 11
46 Krzysztof Soszynski 53 9
47 Daniel Cormier 51 9
47 Brendson Ribeiro 51 9
49 Wilson Gouveia 50 6
49 Maxim Grishin 50 3
49 Rodolfo Bellato 50 6
49 Oumar Sy 50 6

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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.