Highest-paid UFC fighters
Who earns the most in the UFC: the biggest current contracts by our model's estimate, the highest recorded career earnings of all time, and the biggest single-fight paydays ever put on paper.
Highest paid right now (model estimate)
Our model's estimate of current per-fight show money, from record, rank and career profile. Estimates, not reported facts.
- 1Justin GaethjeChampion~$1.7M
- 2Sean StricklandChampion~$1M
- 3Alexander VolkanovskiChampion~$985K
- 4Charles Oliveira~$878K
- 5Ilia Topuria~$854K
- 6Carlos UlbergChampion~$852K
- 7Alex Pereira~$782K
- 8Islam MakhachevChampion~$776K
- 9Petr YanChampion~$720K
- 10Ciryl Gane~$718K
- 11Jiri Prochazka~$710K
- 12Max Holloway~$674K
- 13Valentina ShevchenkoChampion~$668K
- 14Joshua VanChampion~$600K
- 15Khamzat Chimaev~$589K
- 16Magomed Ankalaev~$488K
- 17Conor McGregor~$477K
- 18Dricus Du Plessis~$472K
- 19Israel Adesanya~$449K
- 20Mackenzie DernChampion~$414K
- 21Dustin Poirier~$378K
- 22Kamaru Usman~$372K
- 23Cory Sandhagen~$357K
- 24Merab Dvalishvili~$350K
- 25Zhang Weili~$348K
Model estimates, not disclosed figures. Real contracts are private; recent star disclosures are lower bounds.
Highest recorded career earnings of all time
Summed recorded purses — commission disclosures and contemporaneous reporting, best source per fight. Undisclosed bonuses and most PPV money are missing, so real totals run higher.
- 1Conor McGregor · 14 fights on record$61M
- 2Jon Jones · 23 fights on record$18M
- 3Khabib Nurmagomedov · 13 fights on record$17M
- 4Israel Adesanya · 16 fights on record$16M
- 5Alex Pereira · 10 fights on record$16M
- 6Dustin Poirier · 29 fights on record$15M
- 7Alexander Volkanovski · 17 fights on record$15M
- 8Charles Oliveira · 34 fights on record$12M
- 9Kamaru Usman · 18 fights on record$11M
- 10Stipe Miocic · 18 fights on record$11M
- 11Max Holloway · 28 fights on record$10M
- 12Justin Gaethje · 13 fights on record$9.9M
- 13Sean O'Malley · 12 fights on record$9.7M
- 14Alistair Overeem · 18 fights on record$8.8M
- 15Amanda Nunes · 17 fights on record$8.6M
- 16Zhang Weili · 8 fights on record$8.3M
- 17Islam Makhachev · 16 fights on record$7.4M
- 18Leon Edwards · 17 fights on record$7.2M
- 19Jose Aldo · 20 fights on record$7.1M
- 20Jorge Masvidal · 22 fights on record$6.8M
- 21Dricus Du Plessis · 8 fights on record$6.7M
- 22Daniel Cormier · 15 fights on record$6.6M
- 23Donald Cerrone · 38 fights on record$6.5M
- 24Nate Diaz · 26 fights on record$6.5M
- 25Sean Strickland · 21 fights on record$6.4M
Biggest single-fight paydays ever
- 1Conor McGregor · UFC 264: Poirier vs McGregor 3$23M
- 2Conor McGregor · UFC 257: Poirier vs McGregor 2$21M
- 3Khabib Nurmagomedov · UFC 229: Khabib vs McGregor$7.1M
- 4Khabib Nurmagomedov · UFC 254: Khabib vs Gaethje$6.8M
- 5Khabib Nurmagomedov · UFC 242: Khabib vs Poirier$6.8M
- 6Conor McGregor · UFC 202: Diaz vs McGregor 2$6.1M
- 7Jon Jones · UFC 309: Jones vs Miocic$5.6M
- 8Jon Jones · UFC 309: Jones vs Miocic$5.6M
- 9Conor McGregor · UFC 205: Alvarez vs McGregor$5.4M
- 10Dustin Poirier · UFC 264: Poirier vs McGregor 3$5.1M
- 11Dustin Poirier · UFC 264: Poirier vs McGregor 3$5.1M
- 12Nate Diaz · UFC 202: Diaz vs McGregor 2$5.1M
- 13Conor McGregor · UFC 246: McGregor vs Cowboy$4.6M
- 14Sean O'Malley · UFC 306: Riyadh Season Noche UFC O'Malley vs Dvalishvili$4.1M
- 15Stipe Miocic · UFC 309: Jones vs Miocic$3.6M
Includes estimated pay-per-view points where reported.
Fighter pay FAQ
Who is the highest-paid UFC fighter right now?
By our model's estimate, Justin Gaethje has the biggest current per-fight guarantee at about $1,709,000 in show money. Real contracts are private — recent star disclosures are lower bounds.
Who has the biggest recorded UFC payday ever?
Conor McGregor holds the biggest recorded single-fight payday: $23,000,000 at UFC 264: Poirier vs McGregor 3, including reported pay-per-view points.
Which UFC fighter has the highest career earnings?
Conor McGregor leads recorded career earnings with about $60,523,000 across 14 fights with pay data — excluding undisclosed bonuses and most PPV money.