Most takedowns in UFC lightweight history

Gleison Tibau holds the UFC lightweight record for most takedowns with 84 takedowns.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Takedowns	Fights
1	Gleison Tibau	84	27
2	Clay Guida	65	30
3	Khabib Nurmagomedov	59	12
4	Mateusz Gamrot	54	14
5	Rafael Dos Anjos	47	25
6	Nik Lentz	44	17
7	Frankie Edgar	42	13
8	Rustam Khabilov	41	12
9	Jim Miller	40	44
9	Marc Diakiese	40	15
11	Kevin Lee	37	16
12	Gray Maynard	36	17
12	Mark Bocek	36	13
12	Islam Makhachev	36	16
15	Michel Prazeres	35	9
16	Joe Lauzon	34	27
17	Sean Sherk	33	6
17	Beneil Dariush	33	26
17	Arman Tsarukyan	33	13
17	Rafa Garcia	33	12
21	Thiago Tavares	32	14
22	Danny Castillo	31	14
23	Ramsey Nijem	30	9
24	Evan Dunham	28	20
24	Grant Dawson	28	11
26	Gregor Gillespie	27	8
27	Charles Oliveira	26	25
27	Benson Henderson	26	12
27	King Green	26	30
30	Matt Wiman	25	18
30	Vinc Pichel	25	12
32	Joe Stevenson	24	13
33	Jamie Varner	23	9
33	Jacob Volkmann	23	8
33	Alan Patrick	23	10
33	Claudio Puelles	23	9
37	BJ Penn	22	16
37	Mason Jones	22	8
37	Benoit Saint Denis	22	12
40	Olivier Aubin-Mercier	21	11
40	Scott Holtzman	21	13
42	Caol Uno	20	10
42	Tyson Griffin	20	12
42	Jamie Mullarkey	20	13
45	Kurt Pellegrino	19	11
45	Reza Madadi	19	7
45	Francisco Trinaldo	19	21
45	Natan Levy	19	4
49	Jeremy Stephens	18	18
49	Daron Cruickshank	18	13
49	Fares Ziam	18	12

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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.