Best takedown defence
The all-time top 100, ranked across every MMA promotion we track and rebuilt from every completed fight in our database.
Updated September 27, 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 | Best takedown defence | Opponent attempts | Bouts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |   Belal Muhammad | 90.4% | 52 | 21 |
| 2 |  Tyron Woodley | 87.5% | 64 | 16 |
| 3 |   Georges St-Pierre | 85.2% | 54 | 21 |
| 4 |   Albert Tumenov | 76.7% | 60 | 11 |
| 5 |   Martin Kampmann | 75.5% | 53 | 12 |
| 6 |   Randy Brown | 74.6% | 63 | 22 |
| T-7 |  Mike Pyle | 73.1% | 52 | 19 |
| T-7 |  Sean Spencer | 73.1% | 52 | 7 |
| 9 |  Max Griffin | 69.5% | 59 | 19 |
| 10 |   Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos | 67.1% | 70 | 18 |
| 11 |  Tim Means | 65.7% | 70 | 25 |
| 12 |  Thiago Alves | 65.0% | 117 | 26 |
| 13 |  Robbie Lawler | 64.5% | 107 | 23 |
| 14 |   Jack Della Maddalena | 64.2% | 53 | 11 |
| 15 |  Matt Brown | 63.9% | 119 | 30 |
| 16 |   Leon Edwards | 63.7% | 124 | 19 |
| 17 |  Stephen Thompson | 63.3% | 79 | 22 |
| 18 |  Nick Diaz | 62.8% | 78 | 13 |
| 19 |   Máté Kertész | 62.7% | 51 | 19 |
| 20 |  Amir Sadollah | 62.0% | 50 | 10 |
| 21 |  Jorge Masvidal | 61.3% | 75 | 15 |
| 22 |  Rick Story | 61.0% | 82 | 22 |
| 23 |  Vicente Luque | 60.7% | 61 | 24 |
| 24 |  Nicolas Dalby | 59.1% | 66 | 14 |
| 25 |  Erick Silva | 56.9% | 51 | 15 |
| 26 |  Neil Magny | 55.7% | 115 | 38 |
| 27 |  Bryan Barberena | 54.7% | 95 | 15 |
| 28 |  Jon Fitch | 54.5% | 55 | 17 |
| 29 |  Rafael Dos Anjos | 47.0% | 83 | 11 |
| 30 |   Bojan Velickovic | 41.7% | 72 | 21 |
| 31 |  Carlos Condit | 34.5% | 87 | 19 |
Ranked across every MMA promotion we track. BKFC is bare-knuckle boxing — two-minute rounds, and a punch count that is not a significant-strike count — so it is ranked only on its own boards.
Career boards need at least 5 bouts with tracked statistics.
Unofficial statistics compiled by UFCalendar from every completed fight in our database. Career boards need at least 5 bouts with tracked statistics and rate boards at least 50 attempts; BKFC is ranked only on its own boards.