MMA StatBook

Most pro MMA knockout wins among UFC fighters

Among fighters who have competed in the UFC, Gilbert Yvel holds the mark for most pro MMA knockout wins with 33 KO/TKO wins, counting every promotion.

Every professional MMA fight in any promotion, for fighters who have competed in the UFC. Based on the 1,825 fighters whose full record we have; more are added daily. Updated October 20, 2026.

#FighterKO/TKO winsFights
1 Gilbert Yvel 33 58
2 Mirko Filipovic 29 52
3 Jiri Prochazka 27 39
3 Gegard Mousasi 27 60
5 Joe Riggs 26 70
6 Wanderlei Silva 25 51
6 Maiquel Falcao 25 61
8 Ben Rothwell 24 53
8 Alistair Overeem 24 67
8 Travis Wiuff 24 101
8 Derrick Lewis 24 44
8 Alexander Volkov 24 51
13 Aaron Brink 22 58
13 Melvin Guillard 22 62
13 Paul Buentello 22 52
13 Robbie Lawler 22 47
13 Bobby Voelker 22 48
18 Yuki Kondo 21 116
18 Cristiane Justino 21 33
18 Justin Gaethje 21 33
18 Mauricio Rua 21 42
22 Tim Means 20 52
22 Tim Sylvia 20 42
22 Anderson Silva 20 46
22 Hector Lombard 20 49
22 Sam Alvey 20 54
22 Douglas Silva de Andrade 20 37
22 Bruno Silva 20 36
29 Conor McGregor 19 29
29 John Phillips 19 35
29 Carlos Prates 19 31
29 Jake Ellenberger 19 46
29 Anthony Smith 19 62
29 Joe Ellenberger 19 48
29 Tofiq Musayev 19 30
36 Jeremy Stephens 18 53
36 Fabio Maldonado 18 47
36 Roberto Soldic 18 27
36 Josh Neer 18 53
36 Vitor Belfort 18 41
36 Diego Brandao 18 52
36 Makhmud Muradov 18 39
36 Chris Barnett 18 33
36 Soa Palelei 18 27
36 Johnny Case 18 41
36 Johnny Walker 18 34
36 Matt Hughes 18 54
36 John Lineker 18 49
36 Shayilan Nuerdanbieke 18 51
50 Thomas Almeida 17 28
50 Bart Palaszewski 17 53
50 Vinicius Oliveira 17 28
50 Dan Severn 17 127
50 Jesus Pinedo 17 35
50 Anthony Johnson 17 29
50 Benji Radach 17 29
50 Henrique da Silva 17 33
50 Maxim Grishin 17 49
50 Chase Sherman 17 32
50 Glover Teixeira 17 42
50 Michael Bisping 17 39
50 Bobby Hoffman 17 49
50 Alex Nicholson 17 35
50 Darko Stosic 17 32
50 Andrei Arlovski 17 60

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How we count: full professional records come from each fighter's Wikipedia page (CC BY-SA), checked against and topped up with official UFC results.