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The 58 fighters with the most finishes in the UFC

Every fighter on this list is ranked on one number: wins by knockout or submission — a fight that did not go to the judges. Nothing else is weighed, and the figures each ranking rests on are in the table. These are UFC bouts only.

Charles OliveiraCharles Oliveira: 1919Jim MillerJim Miller: 1818Donald CerroneDonald Cerrone: 1616Derrick LewisDerrick Lewis: 1616Anderson SilvaAnderson Silva: 1414Vitor BelfortVitor Belfort: 1414Dustin PoirierDustin Poirier: 1414Max HollowayMax Holloway: 1414Vicente LuqueVicente Luque: 1414Matt BrownMatt Brown: 1313Joe LauzonJoe Lauzon: 1313Matt HughesMatt Hughes: 1313Frank MirFrank Mir: 1313Glover TeixeiraGlover Teixeira: 1313Demian MaiaDemian Maia: 1212
Finishes — the leading 15. Every one of the 58 is in the table below.
#FighterYearsFinishesKO/TKOSubmissionWins
1Charles Oliveira2010–20261941522
2Jim Miller2008–20261861226
3Donald Cerrone2011–20221610622
3Derrick Lewis2014–20261616020
5Anderson Silva2006–20201411317
5Vitor Belfort1997–20181412215
5Dustin Poirier2011–2024149521
5Max Holloway2012–20261412222
5Vicente Luque2015–2026148616
10Matt Brown2008–20231311215
10Joe Lauzon2006–2019136715
10Matt Hughes1999–2011138518
10Frank Mir2001–2016135816
10Glover Teixeira2012–2023136716
15Demian Maia2007–20211211120
15Drew Dober2014–20261211115
15Marlon Vera2014–2026128416
15Gerald Meerschaert2016–20261211112
19Randy Couture1997–2011117416
19Royce Gracie1993–20061111011
19B.J. Penn2001–2019117412
19Nate Diaz2007–2022112915
19Gabriel Gonzaga2005–2016117412
19Jon Jones2008–2023115621
19Anthony Johnson2007–20171111013
19Andrei Arlovski2000–2024119223
19Tony Ferguson2011–2023115615
19Ovince Saint Preux2013–2024115615
19Thiago Santos2013–20221111014
19Francis Ngannou2015–20221110112
19Anthony Smith2016–2025116513
19Islam Makhachev2015–2026113818
33Michael Bisping2006–20171010020
33Junior dos Santos2008–20201010015
33Rich Franklin2003–2012109114
33Chuck Liddell1998–20101010016
33Stefan Struve2009–2020104612
33Cain Velasquez2008–20191010012
33Tito Ortiz1997–2012108215
33Nikita Krylov2013–2026105512
33Neil Magny2013–2026107324
33Amanda Nunes2013–2026107316
33Gillian Robertson2018–2026103713
33Kevin Holland2018–2026106415
45Thiago Alves2005–201998115
45Nate Marquardt2006–201796312
45Evan Tanner1999–200895411
45Ed Herman2006–202394513
45Edson Barboza2010–202699018
45Alistair Overeem2011–202199012
45Renato Moicano2014–202692713
45Derek Brunson2012–202397214
45Jéssica Andrade2013–202596317
45Dan Hooker2014–202697214
45Jalin Turner2018–20269639
45Don Frye19969639
45Paul Craig2016–20259369
45Brendan Allen2019–202692714

How this list is made

Ranked on finishes: wins by knockout or submission — a fight that did not go to the judges. Fighters are ranked on that number alone and on nothing else. Where two are level they share a rank, and the list runs past fifty when fiftieth place is shared, because splitting a tie would mean choosing between them on no stated basis.

These are UFC bouts and nothing else. A fighter’s record in other promotions is not counted, so someone with a long career elsewhere can appear here with a short one. This is not a career record and does not claim to be.

312 bout records carry no usable result and are counted in nothing — not as a win, a loss or a bout. A bout record is one fighter’s side of one fight, so a fight between two fighters who each have a page here appears as two of them.

Bout results from the UFC event articles on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, and fighter identities from Wikidata (public domain).

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