Most takedowns in a fight

Name: Most takedowns in a fight
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The all-time top 100, ranked across every MMA promotion we track and rebuilt from every completed fight in our database.

Updated September 21, 2026

A fighter with a bout in the last 18 months. Country boards rank every fighter from that country and cannot be combined with the active filter.

#	Fighter	Most takedowns in a fight	Attempted	Fight	Date
1	Kamil Szkaradek	5,066	5,066	Kenji Bortoluzzi	Jun 14, 2025
2	Abdullah Saleem	974	976	Souhil Tairi	May 9, 2025
3	Khabib Nurmagomedov	21	27	Abel Trujillo	May 25, 2013
4	Merab Dvalishvili	20	37	Cory Sandhagen	Oct 5, 2025
5	Myktybek Orolbai	19	24	Chris Curtis	Mar 14, 2026
6	Farman Hasanov	17	27	Eric Nolan	Jun 27, 2026
T-7	Raul Rosas Jr.	16	18	Rob Font	Mar 7, 2026
T-7	Sean Sherk	16	19	Hermes Franca	Jul 7, 2007
T-9	Demetrious Johnson	14	22	Kyoji Horiguchi	Apr 25, 2015
T-9	Curtis Blaydes	14	25	Alexander Volkov	Jun 21, 2020
T-9	Tony Laramie	14	18	Wataru Yamauchi	Nov 3, 2025
T-9	Ricky Simon	14	19	Donavon Frelow	Aug 8, 2017
T-9	Justin Gonzales	14	19	Zach Zane	Jun 25, 2019
T-14	Makhmud Muradov	13	16	Bryan Barberena	Jul 22, 2023
T-14	Luigi Fioravanti	13	16	Luke Cummo	Mar 1, 2008
T-14	Merab Dvalishvili	13	18	Gustavo Lopez	Jun 14, 2020
T-14	Kurtis Campbell	13	24	Trevor Peek	Sep 5, 2026
T-14	Mario Piazzon	13	26	Alexander Soldatkin	Sep 26, 2023
T-14	James Hendin	13	14	Tobias Harila	Sep 29, 2023
T-20	Corey Anderson	12	13	Patrick Cummins	Apr 22, 2018
T-20	Merab Dvalishvili	12	24	Casey Kenney	Feb 16, 2020
T-20	Muhammad Mokaev	12	26	Charles Johnson	Jul 23, 2022
T-20	Khamzat Chimaev	12	17	Dricus Du Plessis	Aug 17, 2025
T-20	Kamaru Usman	12	18	Rafael Dos Anjos	Dec 1, 2018
T-20	Colby Covington	12	17	Bryan Barberena	Dec 18, 2016
T-20	Demetrious Johnson	12	12	John Moraga	Jul 27, 2013
T-20	Johny Hendricks	12	15	Carlos Condit	Mar 16, 2013
T-20	Tim Elliott	12	14	Louis Smolka	Apr 16, 2017
T-20	Deron Winn	12	16	Antonio Arroyo	Dec 20, 2020
T-20	Natan Schulte	12	13	Jesse Ronson	Jul 25, 2019
T-20	Oleg Popov	12	12	Linton Vassell	Aug 2, 2024
T-20	Shadid Abdurzakov	12	15	Tamerlan Temirov	Jul 11, 2025
T-20	Alikhan Vakhaev	12	17	Kirill Kornilov	Nov 7, 2025
T-20	Magomedrasul Gasanov	12	23	Albert Tumenov	Feb 6, 2026
T-20	Khuseyn Khaliev	12	12	Mikhail Doroshenko	Oct 4, 2023
T-20	Ezra Elliott	12	18	Damien Anderson	Jul 18, 2026
T-20	Velimurad Alkhasov	12	17	Nicholas Hwende	Jun 19, 2023
T-20	Luiz Henrique da Silva	12	14	Alessandro Pantoja	Nov 22, 2025
T-20	Ronnie Lawrence	12	17	Jose Johnson	Sep 1, 2020
T-40	Cody Durden	11	18	Charles Johnson	Apr 29, 2023
T-40	Jimy Hettes	11	20	Nam Phan	Dec 30, 2011
T-40	Zabit Magomedsharipov	11	15	Sheymon Moraes	Nov 25, 2017
T-40	Montel Jackson	11	15	Felipe Colares	Jan 26, 2020
T-40	Merab Dvalishvili	11	49	Petr Yan	Mar 11, 2023
T-40	Loik Radzhabov	11	21	Esteban Ribovics	Mar 5, 2023
T-40	Andre Muniz	11	14	JunYong Park	Dec 10, 2023
T-40	Umar Nurmagomedov	11	14	Mario Bautista	Oct 25, 2025
T-40	Mateusz Gamrot	11	19	Rafael Dos Anjos	Mar 10, 2024
T-40	Rafael Estevam	11	19	Jesus Aguilar	Feb 16, 2025
T-40	Marc Diakiese	11	18	Viacheslav Borshchev	Mar 26, 2022
T-40	Marvin Vettori	11	17	Kevin Holland	Apr 10, 2021
T-40	Nick Maximov	11	16	Punahele Soriano	Feb 6, 2022
T-40	Tony Gravely	11	15	Saimon Oliveira	Jan 23, 2022
T-40	Merab Dvalishvili	11	23	Frankie Saenz	Dec 9, 2017
T-40	Gray Maynard	11	11	Teruto Ishihara	Jul 8, 2017
T-40	Brett Johns	11	15	Kwan Ho Kwak	Nov 19, 2016
T-40	Cain Velasquez	11	33	Junior Dos Santos	Dec 30, 2012
T-40	Georges St-Pierre	11	11	Dan Hardy	Mar 27, 2010
T-40	Rodney Wallace	11	13	Jared Hamman	Mar 27, 2010
T-40	Gleison Tibau	11	14	Josh Neer	Oct 24, 2009
T-40	Tomáš Lejsek	11	11	Lukáš Pajtina	Jul 29, 2017
T-40	Zafar Mohsen	11	15	Samuel Bark	Jan 17, 2026
T-40	Erson Yamamoto	11	22	Yuki Ito	May 6, 2023
T-40	Damian Janikowski	11	13	Cezariusz Kesik	Jul 15, 2023
T-40	Anton Turkalj	11	16	Acácio dos Santos	Jul 26, 2022
T-40	Alexander Lööf	11	16	Shirzad Qadrian	Jul 20, 2024
T-40	Connor Patterson	11	11	Jan Masek	Sep 21, 2024
T-40	Norman Parke	11	13	Myles Price	Jul 28, 2022
T-40	Ryan Campbell	11	12	Shaun Fraser	Apr 19, 2025
T-70	Bartosz Fabinski	10	11	Garreth McLellan	Apr 11, 2015
T-70	Dominick Cruz	10	19	Demetrious Johnson	Oct 1, 2011
T-70	Nik Lentz	10	21	Diego Nunes	Jan 19, 2013
T-70	Jessica Andrade	10	12	Tecia Pennington	Feb 24, 2018
T-70	Curtis Blaydes	10	14	Mark Hunt	Feb 10, 2018
T-70	Ray Borg	10	19	Rogerio Bontorin	Feb 16, 2020
T-70	Arman Tsarukyan	10	12	Matt Frevola	Jan 24, 2021
T-70	Ailin Perez	10	15	Ashlee Evans-Smith	Jul 16, 2023
T-70	Saidyokub Kakhramonov	10	16	Ronnie Lawrence	Jul 10, 2022
T-70	Colby Covington	10	18	Robbie Lawler	Aug 3, 2019
T-70	Scott Jorgensen	10	15	Danny Martinez	Jun 7, 2014
T-70	Patrick Cummins	10	17	Kyle Kingsbury	Jul 26, 2014
T-70	Demetrious Johnson	10	15	Norifumi Yamamoto	Feb 5, 2011
T-70	Aaron Simpson	10	26	Mario Miranda	Mar 26, 2011
T-70	Frankie Edgar	10	11	Hermes Franca	Jul 19, 2008
T-70	Clay Guida	10	18	Mac Danzig	Sep 17, 2008
T-70	Georges St-Pierre	10	12	Thiago Alves	Jul 11, 2009
T-70	Jake O'Brien	10	13	Josh Shockman	Nov 18, 2006
T-70	Enrique Barzola	10	15	Brandon Davis	May 19, 2018
T-70	Anthony Hernandez	10	29	Michel Pereira	Oct 19, 2024
T-70	Leo Brichta	10	10	Matěj Kozubovský	May 30, 2020
T-70	Abdullah Sultani	10	14	Mohammed Walid	Mar 7, 2026
T-70	Mateusz Janur	10	12	Robin Roos	Apr 11, 2026
T-70	Islam Mamedov	10	18	Yincang Bao	Jul 25, 2019
T-70	Erson Yamamoto	10	18	Yuki Ito	Sep 28, 2025
T-70	Movlid Khaybulaev	10	11	Jesus Pinedo	Aug 1, 2025
T-70	Kurban Gadzhiev	10	21	Azam Gaforov	Oct 4, 2024
T-70	Chermen Gobaev	10	12	Tamerlan Chagaev	Oct 4, 2024
T-70	Austin Bashi	10	15	Dorian Ramos	Sep 3, 2024
T-70	Torrez Finney	10	14	Cam Rowston	Aug 20, 2024
T-70	Nick Piccininni	10	20	Luis Gurule	Oct 15, 2024

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