Most pro MMA knockout wins among UFC featherweights

Among UFC featherweights, Douglas Silva de Andrade holds the mark for most pro MMA knockout wins with 20 KO/TKO wins, counting every promotion.

Every professional MMA fight in any promotion, for fighters who have competed in the UFC. Based on the 153 featherweights whose full record we have; more are added daily. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	KO/TKO wins	Fights
1	Douglas Silva de Andrade	20	37
2	Shayilan Nuerdanbieke	18	51
2	Diego Brandao	18	52
4	Vinicius Oliveira	17	28
4	Bart Palaszewski	17	53
6	Jose Aldo	16	42
7	Steve Garcia	15	25
8	Alexander Volkanovski	13	32
8	Dooho Choi	13	23
8	Robert Peralta	13	29
8	Katsunori Kikuno	13	34
8	Kevin Vallejos	13	19
8	Patricio Freire	13	47
8	Lucas Martins	13	29
15	Cub Swanson	12	45
15	Clay Collard	12	41
15	Julian Erosa	12	44
15	Jean Silva	12	21
15	Tatsuya Kawajiri	12	53
20	Losene Keita	11	19
20	Andre Fili	11	41
20	Gilbert Melendez	11	30
23	Yui Chul Nam	10	32
23	Jamall Emmers	10	31
23	Joanderson Brito	10	27
23	Calvin Kattar	10	33
27	Kevin Aguilar	9	22
27	Sam Sicilia	9	29
27	Daniel Pineda	9	48
27	Ivan Menjivar	9	37
27	Jonathan Pearce	9	21
27	Melquizael Costa	9	34
27	Aaron Pico	9	19
27	Marcus McGhee	9	14
35	Rony Jason	8	31
35	Nik Lentz	8	45
35	Chad Mendes	8	23
35	Myles Jury	8	25
35	Andre Ewell	8	28
35	Renan Barao	8	45
35	Luis Saldana	8	26
35	Giga Chikadze	8	22
35	Levan Makashvili	8	33
35	Sean Soriano	8	24
35	Nathaniel Wood	8	30
35	Mark Hominick	8	32
35	Marco Polo Reyes	8	20
35	Yair Rodriguez	8	26
35	Maximo Blanco	8	22
35	Darren Elkins	8	42
35	Lerone Murphy	8	19
35	Diego Nunes	8	35
35	Jeka Saragih	8	19

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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.