Most takedowns in UFC featherweight history

Darren Elkins holds the UFC featherweight record for most takedowns with 65 takedowns.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Takedowns	Fights
1	Darren Elkins	65	29
2	Movsar Evloev	49	9
3	Dennis Bermudez	46	16
4	Andre Fili	43	28
5	Enrique Barzola	36	8
6	Makwan Amirkhani	34	14
7	Pat Sabatini	30	11
8	Jonathan Pearce	29	8
9	Chad Mendes	27	14
9	Mirsad Bektic	27	10
9	Zabit Magomedsharipov	27	6
9	Bryce Mitchell	27	11
13	Frankie Edgar	26	13
14	Alexander Volkanovski	25	14
15	Nik Lentz	24	7
16	Jimy Hettes	22	6
17	Ricardo Lamas	21	17
17	Damon Jackson	21	12
19	Hacran Dias	20	7
19	Charles Rosa	20	11
19	Aljamain Sterling	20	3
22	Manvel Gamburyan	19	6
22	Charles Oliveira	19	12
22	Youssef Zalal	19	12
25	Hatsu Hioki	18	8
25	Tatsuya Kawajiri	18	6
25	Arnold Allen	18	15
25	Joanderson Brito	18	11
29	Diego Brandao	17	10
30	Zubaira Tukhugov	16	8
30	Jeremy Kennedy	16	3
30	Ricardo Ramos	16	10
30	Jamall Emmers	16	10
34	Gavin Tucker	15	7
34	TJ Brown	15	7
34	Kurtis Campbell	15	2
37	Gray Maynard	14	3
37	Shayilan Nuerdanbieke	14	6
37	Bogdan Grad	14	4
40	Rani Yahya	13	6
40	Cub Swanson	13	25
40	Clay Guida	13	7
40	Chas Skelly	13	12
40	Dan Ige	13	20
40	Lerone Murphy	13	11
40	Gabriel Santos	13	4
47	Mike Brown	12	5
47	Jose Aldo	12	15
47	Daniel Pineda	12	14
47	Jeremy Stephens	12	18
47	Brian Ortega	12	13
47	Christian Rodriguez	12	7
47	Ezra Elliott	12	1

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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.