The typical active UFC heavyweight lands 3.69 significant strikes a minute, absorbs 3.57 and lands 0.70 takedowns per 15 minutes. These are medians over the 62 heavyweights with a UFC bout since 10 October 2024, counting only those with enough fights for a fair figure.
shaded: middle half of active heavyweights · tick: division norm (the median) · solid line: the middle 80% · dotted ends: the top and bottom 10% · further right is always better, so the line is flipped for stats where lower is better.
Age on 10 October 2026. Height, reach and date of birth as listed in the official UFC statistics; a missing entry is left out, not guessed.
Significant strikes landed per minute of fight time. Higher is better.
Division norm 3.69/min · middle half 3.25/min to 4.49/min · lowest 10% at or below 2.74/min · highest 10% at or above 4.73/min
Last five fights: norm 3.47/min, middle half 2.84/min to 4.27/min (n = 43).
Highest: Ciryl Gane (5.40/min), Alexander Volkov (5.08/min), Waldo Cortes Acosta (4.88/min). Lowest: Jailton Almeida (2.37/min), Derrick Lewis (2.41/min), Austen Lane (2.47/min).
Minimum: at least 5 fights and 30 minutes of fight time. Fewer than 30 fighters, so fighter pages read this stat in three bands, not five.
Significant strikes taken per minute. Lower is better.
Division norm 3.57/min · middle half 2.63/min to 4.27/min · lowest 10% at or below 2.29/min · highest 10% at or above 4.69/min
Last five fights: norm 3.43/min, middle half 2.59/min to 4.13/min (n = 43).
Highest: Chris Barnett (6.55/min), Justin Tafa (5.11/min), Shamil Gaziev (5.09/min). Lowest: Jailton Almeida (1.32/min), Alexandr Romanov (2.13/min), Jon Jones (2.24/min).
Minimum: at least 5 fights and 30 minutes of fight time. Fewer than 30 fighters, so fighter pages read this stat in three bands, not five.
Strikes landed minus strikes absorbed, per minute. Higher is better.
Division norm 0.27/min · middle half -0.73/min to 0.91/min · lowest 10% at or below -1.07/min · highest 10% at or above 1.72/min
Last five fights: norm -0.06/min, middle half -0.59/min to 0.93/min (n = 43).
Highest: Ciryl Gane (3.09/min), Jon Jones (2.15/min), Alexander Volkov (2.02/min). Lowest: Chris Barnett (-3.19/min), Shamil Gaziev (-2.12/min), Tai Tuivasa (-1.11/min).
Minimum: at least 5 fights and 30 minutes of fight time. Fewer than 30 fighters, so fighter pages read this stat in three bands, not five.
Share of significant strikes thrown that land. Higher is better.
Division norm 49.6% · middle half 47.4% to 54.4% · lowest 10% at or below 44.0% · highest 10% at or above 59.5%
Last five fights: norm 51.4%, middle half 45.5% to 55.8% (n = 41).
Highest: Tom Aspinall (67.6%), Jailton Almeida (63.5%), Ciryl Gane (61.7%). Lowest: Mohammed Usman (39.2%), Ryan Spann (39.4%), Don'Tale Mayes (41.2%).
Minimum: at least 5 fights and 200 significant strike attempts. Fewer than 30 fighters, so fighter pages read this stat in three bands, not five.
Share of the opponent's significant strikes that miss. Higher is better.
Division norm 52.5% · middle half 46.6% to 55.5% · lowest 10% at or below 43.3% · highest 10% at or above 58.3%
Last five fights: norm 50.9%, middle half 46.8% to 55.0% (n = 42).
Highest: Jon Jones (64.1%), Ciryl Gane (60.9%), Jhonata Diniz (58.4%). Lowest: Chris Barnett (36.4%), Derrick Lewis (38.7%), Ryan Spann (42.2%).
Minimum: at least 5 fights and 200 opponent significant strike attempts faced. Fewer than 30 fighters, so fighter pages read this stat in three bands, not five.
Knockdowns scored per 15 minutes of fight time. Higher is better.
Division norm 0.27 per 15 min · middle half 0.15 per 15 min to 0.54 per 15 min · lowest 10% at or below 0.00 per 15 min · highest 10% at or above 0.77 per 15 min
Last five fights: norm 0.32 per 15 min, middle half 0.00 per 15 min to 0.53 per 15 min (n = 43).
Highest: Sergei Pavlovich (1.89 per 15 min), Justin Tafa (1.10 per 15 min), Ryan Spann (0.86 per 15 min). Lowest: Serghei Spivac (0.00 per 15 min), Jailton Almeida (0.00 per 15 min), Alexandr Romanov (0.00 per 15 min).
Minimum: at least 5 fights and 30 minutes of fight time. Fewer than 30 fighters, so fighter pages read this stat in three bands, not five.
Takedowns landed per 15 minutes of fight time. Higher is better.
Division norm 0.70 per 15 min · middle half 0.37 per 15 min to 1.74 per 15 min · lowest 10% at or below 0.00 per 15 min · highest 10% at or above 3.63 per 15 min
Last five fights: norm 0.65 per 15 min, middle half 0.00 per 15 min to 1.53 per 15 min (n = 43).
Highest: Jailton Almeida (5.57 per 15 min), Curtis Blaydes (5.04 per 15 min), Alexandr Romanov (4.49 per 15 min). Lowest: Jairzinho Rozenstruik (0.00 per 15 min), Justin Tafa (0.00 per 15 min), Lukasz Brzeski (0.00 per 15 min).
Minimum: at least 5 fights and 30 minutes of fight time. Fewer than 30 fighters, so fighter pages read this stat in three bands, not five.
Share of takedown attempts that land. Higher is better.
Division norm 37.5% · middle half 33.3% to 48.9% · lowest 10% at or below 25.6% · highest 10% at or above 57.1%
Last five fights: norm 36.0%, middle half 25.0% to 41.8% (n = 28).
Highest: Valter Walker (69.2%), Alexander Volkov (62.5%), Serghei Spivac (57.1%). Lowest: Mohammed Usman (14.3%), Ciryl Gane (23.5%), Derrick Lewis (25.6%).
Minimum: at least 5 fights and 10 takedown attempts. Fewer than 30 fighters, so fighter pages read this stat in three bands, not five.
Share of opponent takedown attempts that are stopped. Higher is better.
Division norm 59.1% · middle half 50.0% to 70.7% · lowest 10% at or below 35.0% · highest 10% at or above 82.1%
Last five fights: norm 63.6%, middle half 43.1% to 77.8% (n = 31).
Highest: Jon Jones (95.0%), Martin Buday (93.3%), Vitor Petrino (82.1%). Lowest: Don'Tale Mayes (31.2%), Lukasz Brzeski (31.6%), Curtis Blaydes (35.0%).
Minimum: at least 5 fights and 10 opponent takedown attempts faced. Fewer than 30 fighters, so fighter pages read this stat in three bands, not five.
Share of fight time spent in control of the opponent. Higher is better.
Division norm 18.9% · middle half 9.3% to 29.6% · lowest 10% at or below 2.9% · highest 10% at or above 42.1%
Last five fights: norm 17.9%, middle half 8.2% to 26.3% (n = 43).
Highest: Jailton Almeida (69.9%), Alexandr Romanov (48.8%), Curtis Blaydes (43.8%). Lowest: Jairzinho Rozenstruik (0.5%), Lukasz Brzeski (2.0%), Jhonata Diniz (2.3%).
Minimum: at least 5 fights and 30 minutes of fight time. Fewer than 30 fighters, so fighter pages read this stat in three bands, not five.
Submission attempts per 15 minutes of fight time. Higher is better.
Division norm 0.00 per 15 min · middle half 0.00 per 15 min to 0.35 per 15 min · lowest 10% at or below 0.00 per 15 min · highest 10% at or above 0.72 per 15 min
Last five fights: norm 0.00 per 15 min, middle half 0.00 per 15 min to 0.30 per 15 min (n = 43).
Highest: Jailton Almeida (1.64 per 15 min), Ryan Spann (1.58 per 15 min), Alexandr Romanov (0.86 per 15 min). Lowest: Derrick Lewis (0.00 per 15 min), Curtis Blaydes (0.00 per 15 min), Stipe Miocic (0.00 per 15 min).
Minimum: at least 5 fights and 30 minutes of fight time. Fewer than 30 fighters, so fighter pages read this stat in three bands, not five.
Share of decided fights won by KO or TKO. Higher is better.
Division norm 27% · middle half 16% to 39% · lowest 10% at or below 0% · highest 10% at or above 50%
Last five fights: norm 20%, middle half 0% to 40% (n = 45).
Highest: Tom Aspinall (67%), Sergei Pavlovich (58%), Jairzinho Rozenstruik (53%). Lowest: Martin Buday (0%), Lukasz Brzeski (0%), Rodrigo Nascimento (0%).
Minimum: at least 5 fights and 5 qualifying fights.
Share of decided fights won by submission. Higher is better.
Division norm 0% · middle half 0% to 17% · lowest 10% at or below 0% · highest 10% at or above 27%
Last five fights: norm 0%, middle half 0% to 0% (n = 45).
Highest: Valter Walker (83%), Jailton Almeida (36%), Alexandr Romanov (30%). Lowest: Derrick Lewis (0%), Curtis Blaydes (0%), Stipe Miocic (0%).
Minimum: at least 5 fights and 5 qualifying fights.
Share of decided fights lost by KO or TKO. Lower is better.
Division norm 13% · middle half 9% to 20% · lowest 10% at or below 0% · highest 10% at or above 24%
Last five fights: norm 20%, middle half 0% to 25% (n = 37).
Highest: Derrick Lewis (28%), Serghei Spivac (25%), Ryan Spann (24%). Lowest: Jon Jones (0%), Waldo Cortes Acosta (0%), Ciryl Gane (0%).
Minimum: at least 8 fights and 8 qualifying fights. Fewer than 30 fighters, so fighter pages read this stat in three bands, not five.