Most takedowns per 15 minutes in UFC lightweight history

Gregor Gillespie holds the UFC lightweight record for most takedowns per 15 minutes with 6.86 per 15 min.

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

#	Fighter	Per 15 min	Fights
1	Gregor Gillespie	6.86	8
2	Ramsey Nijem	5.58	9
3	Khabib Nurmagomedov	5.42	12
4	Mateusz Gamrot	5.08	14
5	Benoit Saint Denis	4.60	12
6	Jamie Varner	4.56	9
7	Sean Sherk	4.50	6
8	Michel Prazeres	4.44	9
9	Gleison Tibau	4.18	27
10	Rustam Khabilov	3.94	12
11	Chase Hooper	3.83	8
12	Jacob Volkmann	3.67	8
13	Mark Bocek	3.65	13
14	Matt Serra	3.57	5
15	Mason Jones	3.38	8
16	Thiago Tavares	3.37	14
17	Grant Dawson	3.34	11
18	Magomed Mustafaev	3.31	5
19	Marc Diakiese	3.29	15
20	Claudio Puelles	3.29	9
21	Arman Tsarukyan	3.25	13
22	Islam Makhachev	3.18	16
23	Reza Madadi	3.17	7
24	Nik Lentz	3.16	17
25	Terrance McKinney	3.05	14
26	Kevin Lee	3.04	16
27	Rafa Garcia	3.02	12
28	Joe Stevenson	3.01	13
29	Alan Patrick	3.01	10
30	Jordan Leavitt	2.87	8
31	Michael Chiesa	2.87	11
32	Mark Madsen	2.86	6
33	Mateusz Rebecki	2.83	8
34	Clay Guida	2.83	30
35	Chris Duncan	2.80	8
36	Frankie Edgar	2.73	13
37	Myles Jury	2.72	7
38	Danny Castillo	2.68	14
39	Gilbert Burns	2.64	10
40	Renato Moicano	2.63	11
41	Chris Wade	2.60	7
42	Piotr Hallmann	2.55	6
43	Gray Maynard	2.54	17
44	Kurt Pellegrino	2.53	11
45	Christos Giagos	2.52	13
46	Vinc Pichel	2.50	12
47	Rafaello Oliveira	2.49	8
48	Jamie Mullarkey	2.46	13
49	Justin Salas	2.43	7
50	Caol Uno	2.42	10

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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.