Takedowns per 15 minutes

Name: Takedowns per 15 minutes
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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	Takedowns per 15 minutes	Minutes	Bouts
1	Gregor Gillespie	6.9	59.0	8
2	Quillan Salkilld	6.9	43.8	7
3	Khabib Nurmagomedov	5.4	163.3	12
4	Ramsey Nijem	5.3	101.1	11
5	Mateusz Gamrot	5.1	159.5	14
6	Teddy Stringer	5.0	18.0	6
7	Ramazan Gitinov	4.8	22.0	5
8	Benoit Saint Denis	4.6	71.8	12
9	Adrian Lee	4.6	22.9	5
10	Jamie Varner	4.6	75.6	9
11	Sean Sherk	4.5	110.0	6
12	Loik Radzhabov	4.5	113.9	10
13	Michel Prazeres	4.4	118.1	9
14	Natan Schulte	4.3	149.0	13
15	Gleison Tibau	4.2	301.5	27
T-16	Hafeni Nafuka	4.0	67.7	5
T-16	Khasan Dadalov	4.0	45.1	5
18	Rustam Khabilov	3.9	156.1	12
19	Chase Hooper	3.8	54.8	8
20	George Staines	3.8	67.4	5
21	Arcangelo Oliveira	3.7	60.4	5
22	Jacob Volkmann	3.7	94.0	8
23	Mark Bocek	3.6	148.1	13
24	Matt Serra	3.6	63.0	5
25	Will Brooks	3.6	63.1	6
26	Nurullo Aliev	3.5	64.7	5
27	Sayfullah Dzhabrailov	3.4	22.0	5
28	Claudio Puelles	3.4	97.9	8
29	Grant Dawson	3.3	125.6	11
30	Magomed Mustafaev	3.3	36.3	5
31	Marc Diakiese	3.3	182.6	16
32	Arman Tsarukyan	3.3	152.1	13
33	Alan Patrick	3.2	107.5	9
34	Islam Makhachev	3.2	169.9	16
35	Reza Madadi	3.2	90.0	7
36	Nik Lentz	3.1	202.3	16
37	Mateusz Rębecki	3.1	93.1	9
38	Terrance McKinney	3.0	34.5	14
39	Kayla Harrison	3.0	108.3	12
40	Rafa Garcia	3.0	164.0	12
41	Joe Stevenson	3.0	119.6	13
42	Kevin Lee	3.0	185.0	17
43	Thiago Tavares	3.0	181.6	18
44	Tariq Pell	3.0	40.6	5
45	Chris Duncan	2.9	77.0	10
46	Jordan Leavitt	2.9	56.5	9
47	Mark Madsen	2.9	63.0	6
48	Clay Guida	2.8	344.5	30
49	Michael Chiesa	2.8	86.2	10
50	Frankie Edgar	2.7	231.2	13
51	Myles Jury	2.7	71.6	7
52	Aziz Dauliatov	2.7	55.2	5
53	Danny Castillo	2.7	173.5	14
54	Gilbert Burns	2.6	96.8	10
55	Renato Moicano	2.6	85.6	11
56	Mason Jones	2.6	122.6	10
57	Piotr Hallmann	2.5	70.6	6
58	Raul Tutarauli	2.5	88.8	5
59	Kurt Pellegrino	2.5	112.6	11
60	Christos Giagos	2.5	101.3	13
61	Vinc Pichel	2.5	150.0	12
62	Chris Wade	2.5	150.1	13
63	Rafaello Oliveira	2.5	84.3	8
64	Gray Maynard	2.5	206.7	16
65	Jamie Mullarkey	2.5	121.8	13
66	Simone Patrizi	2.4	61.7	6
67	Justin Salas	2.4	49.4	7
68	Caol Uno	2.4	124.0	10
69	Mike Davis	2.4	99.9	8
70	Joe Lauzon	2.4	213.0	27
71	Rich Clementi	2.4	76.6	7
72	Tomáš Fiala	2.3	25.6	5
73	Matt Frevola	2.3	109.0	13
74	Fabricio Camoes	2.3	51.4	6
75	Alimardan Abdykaarov	2.3	77.0	6
76	Jason Saggo	2.3	64.4	6
T-77	Rafael Dos Anjos	2.3	311.0	24
T-77	Marko Bojković	2.3	13.2	5
79	Abel Trujillo	2.3	93.2	10
80	Beneil Dariush	2.2	223.6	26
81	Maharbek Karginov	2.2	68.0	6
82	Elvin Espinoza	2.2	75.1	6
83	George Sotiropoulos	2.2	96.0	9
84	Jake Matthews	2.2	68.9	7
85	Yusup-Khadzhi Zubariev	2.2	96.5	8
86	Jakub Kaszuba	2.2	76.1	6
T-87	Matt Wiman	2.1	175.8	18
T-87	Shannon Gugerty	2.1	35.2	5
89	Roger Huerta	2.1	91.5	8
90	Olzhas Eskaraev	2.1	63.4	5
91	Alex Martinez	2.1	120.2	9
92	Brent Primus	2.1	92.6	7
93	Joe Solecki	2.1	109.3	10
94	Eddie Alvarez	2.1	95.0	8
95	Tyson Griffin	2.1	146.3	12
96	Sage Northcutt	2.0	51.6	5
97	Khafiz Sakibekov	2.0	66.9	6
98	Trey Ogden	2.0	75.0	5
99	Marcin Held	2.0	135.1	11
100	Charles Oliveira	2.0	189.0	24

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.

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