Most takedowns per 15 minutes in UFC heavyweight history

Jake O'Brien holds the UFC heavyweight record for most takedowns per 15 minutes with 6.68 per 15 min.

UFC fights only, minimum 5 fights. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Per 15 min	Fights
1	Jake O'Brien	6.68	5
2	Jailton Almeida	5.17	9
3	Curtis Blaydes	5.04	22
4	Cain Velasquez	4.59	15
5	Alexandr Romanov	4.49	10
6	Mike Russow	4.23	6
7	Brock Lesnar	3.73	8
8	Serghei Spivac	3.42	16
9	Viktor Pesta	3.29	5
10	Ricco Rodriguez	3.07	7
11	Kevin Randleman	2.99	5
12	Luis Henrique	2.85	5
13	Anthony Hamilton	2.62	10
14	Gabriel Gonzaga	2.62	22
15	Thomas Petersen	2.59	7
16	Randy Couture	2.56	14
17	Brendan Schaub	2.32	11
18	Soa Palelei	2.25	7
19	Cheick Kongo	2.20	18
20	Frank Mir	2.02	27
21	Marcos Rogerio de Lima	1.99	12
22	Jared Rosholt	1.83	8
23	Aleksei Oleinik	1.82	17
24	Shawn Jordan	1.78	10
25	Austen Lane	1.77	6
26	Stipe Miocic	1.74	19
27	Tim Hague	1.72	5
28	David Abbott	1.59	8
29	Daniel Cormier	1.57	6
30	Jeff Monson	1.49	6
31	Tsuyoshi Kohsaka	1.42	6
32	Jon Madsen	1.32	5
33	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	1.29	11
34	Parker Porter	1.28	8
35	Fabricio Werdum	1.24	18
36	Marcin Tybura	1.23	25
37	Travis Browne	1.21	17
38	Roy Nelson	1.18	19
39	Eddie Sanchez	1.13	6
40	Timothy Johnson	1.09	7
41	Shamil Gaziev	1.08	7
42	Rodrigo Nascimento	1.06	8
43	Josh Parisian	1.06	7
44	Shamil Abdurakhimov	1.01	11
45	Heath Herring	1.00	5
46	Ian Freeman	0.97	6
47	Justin Willis	0.96	5
48	Mick Parkin	0.90	6
49	Josh Barnett	0.82	10
50	Alistair Overeem	0.81	20

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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. Rates need at least 5 UFC fights and enough attempts to be meaningful.