Most takedowns per 15 minutes in UFC welterweight history

Jason Witt holds the UFC welterweight record for most takedowns per 15 minutes with 6.89 per 15 min.

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

#	Fighter	Per 15 min	Fights
1	Jason Witt	6.89	5
2	Karo Parisyan	5.27	13
3	Themba Gorimbo	4.52	8
4	Jonathan Goulet	4.17	9
5	Johny Hendricks	4.12	18
6	Georges St-Pierre	3.98	21
7	Punahele Soriano	3.97	5
8	Rinat Fakhretdinov	3.91	7
9	Charlie Brenneman	3.86	8
10	Alex Garcia	3.72	10
11	Luigi Fioravanti	3.65	6
12	Colby Covington	3.64	17
13	Sean Brady	3.58	11
14	Jon Fitch	3.55	17
15	Preston Parsons	3.46	6
16	Omari Akhmedov	3.38	7
17	Matthew Riddle	3.36	11
18	Sean Sherk	3.31	6
19	Michael Chiesa	3.30	11
20	Roan Carneiro	3.23	7
21	TJ Waldburger	3.03	8
22	Matt Hughes	3.02	23
23	Anthony Johnson	2.95	10
24	Dong Hyun Kim	2.93	18
25	Kamaru Usman	2.92	18
26	Justin Edwards	2.86	5
27	Claudio Silva	2.82	7
28	Michel Prazeres	2.82	5
29	Jeremiah Wells	2.81	8
30	Ange Loosa	2.81	6
31	Mike Pierce	2.77	14
32	John Howard	2.77	13
33	Brock Larson	2.76	5
34	Joe Riggs	2.66	7
35	John Hathaway	2.61	9
36	Ramazan Emeev	2.59	7
37	Tamdan McCrory	2.55	6
38	Alex Oliveira	2.53	19
39	Rick Story	2.53	19
40	Gabriel Bonfim	2.52	8
41	Joshua Burkman	2.51	15
42	Daniel Roberts	2.46	7
43	Josh Koscheck	2.43	24
44	Demian Maia	2.42	20
45	Jordan Mein	2.27	9
46	Tony DeSouza	2.25	6
47	Dennis Hallman	2.21	6
48	Ryan LaFlare	2.13	10
49	Neil Magny	2.13	38
50	Cathal Pendred	2.09	5

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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.