Most takedowns in UFC heavyweight history

Curtis Blaydes holds the UFC heavyweight record for most takedowns with 70 takedowns.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Takedowns	Fights
1	Curtis Blaydes	70	22
2	Cain Velasquez	34	15
3	Serghei Spivac	32	16
4	Randy Couture	31	14
5	Jailton Almeida	29	9
6	Alexandr Romanov	26	10
7	Stipe Miocic	25	19
8	Gabriel Gonzaga	24	22
8	Cheick Kongo	24	18
10	Marcin Tybura	23	25
11	Frank Mir	21	27
11	Jake O'Brien	21	5
13	Kevin Randleman	20	5
14	Mike Russow	18	6
14	Karl Williams	18	4
16	Ricco Rodriguez	17	7
17	Fabricio Werdum	16	18
17	Roy Nelson	16	19
19	Brock Lesnar	15	8
20	Aleksei Oleinik	14	17
21	Jared Rosholt	13	8
21	Hamdy Abdelwahab	13	4
21	Thomas Petersen	13	7
24	Brendan Schaub	12	11
25	Travis Browne	11	17
25	Viktor Pesta	11	5
25	Anthony Hamilton	11	10
25	Luis Henrique	11	5
25	Marcos Rogerio de Lima	11	12
25	Juan Espino	11	3
25	Mario Pinto	11	4
32	Alistair Overeem	10	20
32	Derrick Lewis	10	32
32	Alexander Volkov	10	19
32	Ilir Latifi	10	4
36	Andrei Arlovski	9	42
36	Soa Palelei	9	7
36	Ben Rothwell	9	17
36	Shawn Jordan	9	10
36	Daniel Cormier	9	6
36	Valter Walker	9	6
42	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	8	11
42	Ciryl Gane	8	14
44	Mark Coleman	7	4
44	Tsuyoshi Kohsaka	7	6
44	Jeff Monson	7	6
44	Vladimir Matyushenko	7	3
44	Assuerio Silva	7	3
44	Stefan Struve	7	24
44	Mark Hunt	7	18
44	Shamil Abdurakhimov	7	11
44	Don'Tale Mayes	7	12

Related records

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.