Which fighter has earned the most money over the course of their UFC career? We’ve crunched the numbers and have the answer for you. And the names at the top of the list probably won’t surprise many.

But, before we reveal the list, first some ground rules. Athletic commissions didn’t start releasing fighter purse info until 2004, so the info below only reflects money earned from UFC 46 and onward. Also, these are only the reported salaries plus Fight of the Night, Knockout of the Night and Submission of the Night bonuses that have been made public. Many top performing fighters get additional bonuses paid out to them that aren’t reported, plus the top guys get a cut of the pay-per-view buys for events that they headline (not to mention every fighter makes sponsorship money). Official UFC Reebok sponsorship money (now known as fight week incentive pay) was added into the figures starting with UFC 189. Also, many athletic commissions don’t report fighter’s salary info, so for those we’ve estimated a fighter’s purse based on what they have earned in their other fights. Fighters with some estimated purses are marked with a * in the database. This data should still be considered very close to accurate, as most fighters’ purses remain rather predictable from fight to fight (unless they ink a new contract in the meantime).

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(updated after UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs Hooker)

UFC Career Fighter Earnings

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