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Who has the most knockout wins in MMA history?

Across major MMA promotions, Mirko Filipovic has the most KO/TKO wins, with 24.

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Scope: major promotions only (UFC, Pride, Bellator, ONE, PFL, Rizin, Strikeforce, WEC, Cage Warriors, KSW, ACA, Pancrase, Shooto and more). This excludes the regional and unsanctioned bouts that inflate raw career totals — switch to all promotions for those.

# Fighter KO/TKO wins
1 Mirko Filipovic Mirko Filipovic 24 2 Wanderlei Silva Wanderlei Silva 19 3 Cristiane Justino Cristiane Justino 18 4 Yuki Kondo Yuki Kondo 18 5 Mauricio Rua Mauricio Rua 17 6 Alexander Volkov Alexander Volkov 16 7 Derrick Lewis Derrick Lewis 16 8 Alistair Overeem Alistair Overeem 16 9 Paul Daley Paul Daley 16 10 Justin Gaethje Justin Gaethje 16 11 Robbie Lawler Robbie Lawler 15 12 Gegard Mousasi Gegard Mousasi 15 13 Vitor Belfort Vitor Belfort 15 14 Dan Henderson Dan Henderson 15 15 Takanori Gomi Takanori Gomi 14 16 Anthony Johnson Anthony Johnson 14 17 Quinton Jackson Quinton Jackson 14 18 Kyoji Horiguchi Kyoji Horiguchi 14 19 Jiri Prochazka Jiri Prochazka 14 20 Andrei Arlovski Andrei Arlovski 13 21 Muhammed Lawal Muhammed Lawal 13 22 Patricky Freire Patricky Freire 13 23 Semmy Schilt Semmy Schilt 13 24 Roy Nelson Roy Nelson 13 25 Shoko Sato Shoko Sato 13 26 Matt Brown Matt Brown 13 27 Kai Asakura Kai Asakura 13 28 Anderson Silva Anderson Silva 13 29 Yoshiro Maeda Yoshiro Maeda 13 30 Fedor Emelianenko Fedor Emelianenko 13 31 Yuya Wakamatsu Yuya Wakamatsu 13 32 Kotetsu Boku Kotetsu Boku 12 33 Chuck Liddell Chuck Liddell 12 34 Sergei Kharitonov Sergei Kharitonov 12 35 Michal Materla Michal Materla 12 36 Michael Bisping Michael Bisping 12 37 Tatsuya Kawajiri Tatsuya Kawajiri 12 38 Christian Lee Christian Lee 12 39 Max Holloway Max Holloway 12 40 Conor McGregor Conor McGregor 11 41 Francis Ngannou Francis Ngannou 11 42 Thiago Santos Thiago Santos 11 43 Drew Dober Drew Dober 11 44 Michael Page Michael Page 11 45 Dustin Poirier Dustin Poirier 11 46 Keiichiro Yamamiya Keiichiro Yamamiya 11 47 Denis Goltsov Denis Goltsov 11 48 Aung La N Sang Aung La N Sang 11 49 Cain Velasquez Cain Velasquez 11 50 Manel Kape Manel Kape 11

FAQ

Who has the most knockout wins in MMA history?

Across major MMA promotions, Mirko Filipovic has the most KO/TKO wins, with 24. The full leaderboard of the top 50 is below.

How is this ranking measured?

Professional MMA fighters ranked by career wins by knockout or technical knockout (KO/TKO).

Why are these totals lower than other sites?

By default we count only bouts in major promotions, so volume records padded by regional or unsanctioned shows don't distort the leaderboard. The all-promotions view includes every promotion on record.

Who are the top 3 for KO/TKO wins?

The top three are Mirko Filipovic (24 KO/TKO wins), Wanderlei Silva (19 KO/TKO wins), Cristiane Justino (18 KO/TKO wins).