UFC Fighter Salary List
| Rank | Name | Total Career Earnings | Instagram Followers (as of July 2024) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Jones | $17,842,000 | 8,500,000 | Jonnybones |
| 2 | Charles Oliveira | $10,823,500 | 7,600,000 | charlesdobronxs |
| 3 | Francis Ngannou | $33,779,500 | 7,100,000 | francisngannou |
| 4 | Leon Edwards | $4,665,500 | 1,500,000 | leonedwardsmma |
| 5 | Sean O’Malley | $6,508,000 | 4,300,000 | sugasean |
| 6 | Islam Makhachev | $5,642,000 | 8,700,000 | islam_makhachev |
| 7 | Alex Pereira | $6,998,000 | 1,000,000 | alexpoatanpereira |
| 8 | Sean Strickland | $4,858,000 | 1,300,000 | stricklandmma |
| 9 | Israel Adesanya | $16,198,500 | 6,800,000 | stylebender |
| 10 | Jamahal Hill | $1,358,500 | 350,000 | sweet_dreams_jhill |
| 11 | Jan Blachowicz | $3,562,500 | 844,000 | janblachowicz |
| 12 | Alexandre Pantoja | $1,890,000 | 14,000 | pantoja_oficial |
| 13 | Khamzat Chimaev | $4,335,000 | 4,300,000 | khamzat_chimaev |
| 14 | Dustin Poirier | $14,729,700 | 4,100,000 | dustinpoirier |
| 15 | Alexander Volkanovski | $12,327,833 | 828,000 | alexvolkanovski |
| 16 | Max Holloway | $9,034,000 | 3,000,000 | blessedmma |
| 17 | Ciryl Gane | $2,840,500 | 890,000 | ciryl_gane |
| 18 | Brandon Moreno | $4,897,500 | 1,600,000 | theassassinbaby |
| 19 | Robert Whittaker | $4,610,000 | 1,100,000 | robwhittakermma |
| 20 | Aljamain Sterling | $6,460,000 | 223,000 | funkmastermma |
| 21 | Stipe Miocic | $8,127,000 | 1,300,000 | stipemiocic |
| 22 | Justin Gaethje | $8,897,500 | 1,300,000 | justin_gaethje |
| 23 | Dricus Du Plessis | $1,808,500 | 290,000 | dricusduplessis |
| 24 | Deiveson Figueiredo | $4,204,500 | 414,000 | daico_deusdaguerra |
| 25 | Curtis Blaydes | $2,221,500 | 172,000 | razorblaydes265 |
| 26 | Petr Yan | $3,780,500 | 1,400,000 | petr_yan |
| 27 | Cory Sandhagen | $1,520,300 | 55,600 | enterthesandman135 |
| 28 | Beneil Dariush | $833,000 | 74,800 | beneildariush |
| 29 | Jiri Prochazka | $2,731,500 | 122,000 | jirkaprochazka |
| 30 | Merab Dvalishvili | $1,232,000 | 53,400 | merab.dvalishvili |
| 31 | Brian Ortega | $1,595,500 | 760,000 | briantcity |
| 32 | Stephen Thompson | $3,432,400 | 633,000 | wonderboymma |
| 33 | Gilbert Burns | $3,408,200 | 338,000 | gilbert_burns |
| 34 | Michael Chandler | $3,968,500 | 507,000 | mikechandlermma |
| 35 | Glover Teixeira | $4,661,000 | 171,000 | gloverteixeira |
| 36 | Belal Muhammad | $1,024,000 | 143,000 | |
| 37 | Thiago Santos | $2,275,600 | 509,000 | tmarretamma |
| 38 | Derrick Lewis | $5,766,000 | 1,800,000 | thebeastufc |
| 39 | Dominick Reyes | $1,672,900 | 298,000 | domreyes24 |
| 40 | Colby Covington | $4,414,000 | 622,000 | colbycovmma |
| 41 | Yair Rodriguez | $1,280,500 | 342,000 | panteraufc |
| 42 | Conor McGregor | $114,004,454 | 45,900,000 | thenotoriousmma |
| 43 | Marlon Moraes | $2,514,500 | 177,000 | mmarlonmoraes |
| 44 | Chan Sung Jung | $1,574,000 | 282,000 | koreanzombiemma |
| 45 | Cody Garbrandt | $2,661,600 | 2,300,000 | cody_nolove |
| 46 | Jared Cannonier | $1,717,000 | 98,600 | killagorillamma |
| 47 | TJ Dillashaw | $598,000 | 1,300,000 | tjdillashaw |
| 48 | Jorge Masvidal | $7,341,207 | 2,600,000 | gamebredfighter |
| 49 | Alexander Volkov | $1,849,500 | 225,000 | volkov_alex |
| 50 | Aleksander Rakic | 0 | 156,000 | rakic_ufc |
| 51 | Kelvin Gastelum | $2,881,400 | 461,000 | kgastelum |
| 52 | Dan Hooker | $2,672,000 | 243,000 | danhangman |
| 53 | Paulo Costa | $2,054,167 | 1,100,000 | borrachinhamma |
| 54 | Patricio Freire | $430,000 | 108,000 | patriciopitbull |
| 55 | Derek Brunson | $668,000 | 207,000 | derekbrunson |
| 56 | Dominick Cruz | $2,883,000 | 1,100,000 | dominickcruz |
| 57 | Rob Font | $1,434,000 | 15,400 | rob_font |
| 58 | Calvin Kattar | $1,315,600 | 121,000 | calvinkattar |
| 59 | Ryan Bader | $3,661,000 | 133,000 | ryanbader |
| 60 | Marvin Vettori | $1,992,000 | 222,000 | marvinvettori |
| 61 | Askar Askarov | $197,100 | 112,000 | askar_mma |
| 62 | Demetrious Johnson | $6,147,000 | 1,000,000 | mighty |
| 63 | Jack Hermansson | $1,031,500 | 68,200 | jackthejokermma |
| 64 | Paddy Pimblett | $984,000 | 1,600,000 | theufcbaddy |
| 65 | Raphael Assuncao | $111,000 | 18,400 | raphaassuncao |
| 66 | Volkan Oezdemir | $312,000 | 100,000 | volkan_oezdemir |
| 67 | Neil Magny | $3,225,000 | 41,000 | neil_magny170 |
| 68 | Pedro Munhoz | $2,060,173 | 50,300 | pedromunhozmma |
| 69 | Edson Barboza | $518,000 | 295,000 | edsonbarbozajr |
| 70 | Josh Emmett | $755,000 | 70,200 | joshemmettufc |
| 71 | Anthony Smith | $2,817,400 | 217,000 | lionheartasmith |
| 72 | Rafael Dos Anjos | $4,480,000 | 599,000 | rdosanjosmma |
| 73 | Kamaru Usman | $12,108,833 | 3,300,000 | usman84kg |
| 74 | Nate Diaz | $12,371,648 | 4,600,000 | natediaz209 |
| 75 | Francisco Trinaldo | $423,000 | 78,100 | massarandubamma |
| 76 | Frankie Edgar | $6,955,000 | 776,000 | frankieedgar |
| 77 | Chris Weidman | $783,000 | 921,000 | chrisweidman |
| 78 | Arnold Allen | $83,000 | 25,900 | arnoldbfa |
| 79 | Jairzinho Rozenstruik | $1,108,500 | 129,000 | jairzinho.rozenstruik |
| 80 | Vicente Luque | $395,000 | 82,900 | luquevicente |
| 81 | Gregor Gillespie | $244,000 | 65,400 | gregorthegift |
| 82 | Santiago Ponzinibbio | $779,000 | 140,000 | sponzinibbiomma |
| 83 | Geoff Neal | $380,000 | 43,600 | handzofsteelmma |
| 84 | Darren Till | $1,298,600 | 1,100,000 | darrentill2 |
| 85 | Renato Moicano | $543,000 | 89,400 | renato_moicano_ufc |
| 86 | Alex Perez | $607,100 | 19,300 | alexperezmma |
| 87 | Bryce Mitchell | $315,000 | 196,000 | thugnasty_ufc |
| 88 | Kevin Holland | $2,276,500 | 165,000 | trailblaze2top |
| 89 | Dan Ige | $570,000 | 75,400 | dynamitedan808 |
| 90 | Michael Chiesa | $1,436,600 | 122,000 | mikemav22 |
| 91 | Corey Anderson | 0 | 134,000 | coreya_mma |
| 92 | Li Jingliang | $403,000 | 19,000 | lijingliangmma |
| 93 | Khabib Nurmagomedov | $21,720,200 | 26,700,000 | khabib_nurmagomedov |
| 94 | AJ Mckee Jr | 0 | 50,100 | ajmckee101 |
| 95 | Junior Dos Santos | 0 | 1,000,000 | juniorcigano |
| 96 | Daniel Cormier | $12,526,833 | 2,700,000 | dc_mma |
| 97 | Douglas Lima | $230,000 | 220,000 | phenomlima |
| 98 | Ronaldo Souza | $226,000 | 732,000 | ronaldojacare |
| 99 | Kyoji Koriguchi | $193,000 | 191,000 | kyoji1012 |
| 100 | John Lineker | 0 | 61,200 | johnlinekermma |
| 101 | Sodiq Yusuff | $74,000 | 61,400 | supersodiq |
| 102 | Luke Rockhold | $261,000 | 806,000 | lukerockhold |
| 103 | Anderson Silva | 0 | 3,700,000 | spiderandersonsilva |
| 104 | BJ Penn | 0 | 325,000 | bjpenn |
| 105 | Mauricio Rua | $427,000 | 683,000 | shogunoficial |
| 106 | Drew Dober | $544,000 | 49,600 | drewdober |
| 107 | Shane Burgos | $322,000 | 27,500 | hurricaneshane_ |
| 108 | Jussier Formiga | 0 | 16,000 | jussierformiga |
| 109 | Cub Swanson | $427,000 | 348,000 | cubswanson |
| 110 | Henry Cejudo | $3,833,500 | 667,000 | henry_cejudo |
| 111 | Rory MacDonald | 0 | 331,000 | romac_gorilla |
| 112 | Alexander Gustafsson | 0 | 696,000 | alexthemauler |
| 113 | Anthony Pettis | $315,000 | 1,400,000 | showtimepettis |
| 114 | Eddie Alvarez | 0 | 394,000 | ealvarezfight |
| 115 | Mike Perry | 0 | 583,000 | platinummikeperry |
| 116 | Donald Cerrone | $8,054,200 | 2,200,000 | cowboycerrone |
| 117 | Amanda Nunes | $12,778,000 | 1,500,000 | amanda_leoa |
| 118 | Zabit Magomedsharipov | $560,500 | 2,400,000 | zabit_magomedsharipov |
| 119 | Jose Aldo | $10,349,333 | 2,500,000 | josealdojunioroficial |
| 120 | Kevin Lee | $1,632,300 | 319,000 | motownphenom |
| 121 | Tyron Woodley | $5,174,425 | 1,600,000 | twooodley |
| 122 | Paul Felder | $1,175,000 | 253,000 | felderpaul |
| 123 | Gegard Mousasi | $3,625,000 | 140,000 | mousasi |
| 124 | Robbie Lawler | $1,163,000 | 564,000 | ruthless_rl |
| 125 | Demian Maia | $3,876,000 | 410,000 | demianmaia |
| 126 | Jimmie Rivera | $132,000 | 21,200 | jimmierivera |
| 127 | Jeremy Stephens | $102,000 | 153,000 | lilheathenmma |
| 128 | Alistair Overeem | $10,414,500 | 1,000,000 | alistairovereem |
| 129 | Tony Ferguson | $5,733,000 | 2,400,000 | tonyfergusonxt |
| 130 | Yoel Romero | $2,511,000 | 1,100,000 | yoelromeromma |
| 131 | Joseph Benavidez | $2,925,200 | 143,000 | joejitsu |
How much do UFC fighters make per fight?
UFC fighters’ earnings vary widely. The minimum base salary is around $10,000 per fight, with an average closer to $30,000 once high-earning outliers are removed. However, top fighters can earn significantly more, often ranging from $500,000 to $5 million per fight.
Who is the highest-paid UFC fighter?
Conor McGregor holds the title of the highest-paid UFC fighter, with career earnings that nearly reach $600 million, significantly boosted by endorsements and business ventures outside of MMA.
Who is the wealthiest MMA fighter?
Conor McGregor is not only the highest earner in UFC history but also the wealthiest MMA fighter, thanks to his extensive earnings from fighting and his entrepreneurial activities.
What is the lowest UFC salary?
The lowest salary for a UFC fight is about $10,000, which is the base pay for fighters at the entry-level.
How much is a UFC contract worth?
The value of a UFC contract can vary dramatically, ranging from base-level amounts for new fighters to multi-million dollar agreements for the top names in the sport.
Are UFC fighters underpaid?
There is considerable debate about the pay disparity within the UFC. While top fighters make substantial sums, many on the lower end of the roster earn much less, leading to discussions about the need for better pay equity in the sport.
How much do UFC fighters get paid if they lose?
UFC fighters receive their base salary regardless of the match outcome. Winning can increase their earnings significantly through win bonuses, often matching their base salary, and additional performance bonuses.
How much do UFC fighters get paid for main events?
Earnings for main event fights can be substantially higher, with fighters potentially earning from $500,000 to several million dollars depending on the event’s prominence and their personal popularity.
