Most takedowns in UFC history

Merab Dvalishvili holds the UFC record for most takedowns with 119 takedowns.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Takedowns	Fights
1	Merab Dvalishvili	119	17
2	Georges St-Pierre	90	22
3	Gleison Tibau	84	28
4	Clay Guida	78	37
5	Demetrious Johnson	74	18
6	Frankie Edgar	73	30
7	Tim Elliott	70	23
7	Colby Covington	70	17
7	Curtis Blaydes	70	22
10	Nik Lentz	69	25
11	Demian Maia	68	33
11	Rafael Dos Anjos	68	37
13	Darren Elkins	67	31
14	Neil Magny	64	38
14	Valentina Shevchenko	64	19
16	Kamaru Usman	63	20
17	Johny Hendricks	61	21
17	Khabib Nurmagomedov	61	13
19	Tito Ortiz	58	27
19	Jon Fitch	58	18
21	Ricky Simon	57	18
21	Anthony Hernandez	57	13
23	Aljamain Sterling	56	23
24	Mateusz Gamrot	54	14
25	Karo Parisyan	53	13
25	Rashad Evans	53	23
25	Corey Anderson	53	15
28	Randy Couture	52	24
29	Dennis Bermudez	51	17
29	Wilson Reis	51	13
29	Movsar Evloev	51	10
32	Sean Sherk	50	12
32	Gray Maynard	50	20
34	Carla Esparza	49	16
35	Islam Makhachev	48	19
36	Matt Hughes	47	25
37	Ryan Bader	46	20
37	Kevin Lee	46	19
37	Belal Muhammad	46	22
40	Jon Jones	45	24
40	Jim Miller	45	47
40	Charles Oliveira	45	37
40	Rustam Khabilov	45	13
40	Michel Prazeres	45	14
40	Ray Borg	45	12
40	Ion Cutelaba	45	21
40	Alexandre Pantoja	45	19
48	Chris Weidman	44	20
49	Andre Fili	43	28
49	Cody Durden	43	17

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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.