Most takedowns in UFC welterweight history

Georges St-Pierre holds the UFC welterweight record for most takedowns with 87 takedowns.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Takedowns	Fights
1	Georges St-Pierre	87	21
2	Colby Covington	70	17
3	Neil Magny	64	38
4	Kamaru Usman	63	18
5	Johny Hendricks	61	18
6	Karo Parisyan	53	13
6	Jon Fitch	53	17
8	Belal Muhammad	46	22
9	Demian Maia	43	20
10	Matt Hughes	41	23
11	Rick Story	40	19
12	Dong Hyun Kim	39	18
13	Josh Koscheck	38	24
14	Sean Brady	35	11
15	Matthew Riddle	34	11
16	Matt Brown	31	30
16	Mike Pierce	31	14
18	Myktybek Orolbai	30	4
19	John Howard	29	13
19	Alex Garcia	29	10
19	Alex Oliveira	29	19
22	Joshua Burkman	28	15
22	Leon Edwards	28	20
24	Diego Sanchez	27	19
24	Court McGee	27	20
26	Gilbert Burns	25	15
26	Michael Chiesa	25	11
26	Themba Gorimbo	25	8
29	Max Griffin	24	19
30	Jake Ellenberger	23	21
31	Tim Means	22	26
32	John Hathaway	21	9
32	Rory MacDonald	21	13
32	Gunnar Nelson	21	15
32	Ryan LaFlare	21	10
36	Rinat Fakhretdinov	20	7
37	Charlie Brenneman	19	8
38	Roan Carneiro	18	7
38	Omari Akhmedov	18	7
40	Sean Sherk	17	6
40	Farman Hasanov	17	1
42	Robbie Lawler	16	23
42	Martin Kampmann	16	12
42	Mike Pyle	16	19
42	Rafael Dos Anjos	16	11
42	Ramazan Emeev	16	7
42	Punahele Soriano	16	5
48	Luigi Fioravanti	15	6
48	Claudio Silva	15	7
48	Jake Matthews	15	17
48	Jeremiah Wells	15	8
48	Preston Parsons	15	6
48	Ange Loosa	15	6

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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.