Most takedowns in UFC light heavyweight history

Corey Anderson holds the UFC light heavyweight record for most takedowns with 53 takedowns.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Takedowns	Fights
1	Corey Anderson	53	15
2	Rashad Evans	50	20
3	Tito Ortiz	48	23
4	Ryan Bader	46	20
5	Ion Cutelaba	45	21
6	Jon Jones	42	22
7	Glover Teixeira	36	23
8	Patrick Cummins	35	13
9	Matt Hamill	31	15
9	Phil Davis	31	13
11	Mauricio Rua	27	24
12	Devin Clark	25	15
13	Jimmy Crute	24	12
14	Randy Couture	21	10
14	Nikita Krylov	21	19
16	Alexander Gustafsson	19	17
16	Jan Blachowicz	19	23
18	Kyle Kingsbury	18	9
18	Rodney Wallace	18	3
20	Stephan Bonnar	17	15
20	Francimar Barroso	17	9
22	Vitor Petrino	16	6
23	Ovince Saint Preux	14	26
23	Daniel Cormier	14	9
23	Paul Craig	14	17
26	Lyoto Machida	13	15
26	Julius Walker	13	5
28	Vladimir Matyushenko	12	9
28	Renato Sobral	12	9
28	Magomed Ankalaev	12	17
31	Jason Brilz	11	7
31	James Te Huna	11	9
31	Ilir Latifi	11	12
31	Misha Cirkunov	11	11
31	Darko Stosic	11	4
36	Forrest Griffin	10	15
36	Alessio Sakara	10	7
36	Mark Coleman	10	3
36	Danilo Marques	10	4
36	Da Woon Jung	10	9
36	Oumar Sy	10	6
42	Dan Henderson	9	8
42	Jake O'Brien	9	2
42	Thiago Santos	9	9
45	Tom Lawlor	8	3
45	Jordan Johnson	8	3
45	Tuco Tokkos	8	4
45	Magomed Tuchalov	8	1
49	Michael Bisping	7	5
49	Eric Schafer	7	7
49	Brandon Vera	7	9
49	Igor Pokrajac	7	13
49	Gadzhimurad Antigulov	7	6
49	Philipe Lins	7	4

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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.