Best striking differential: before 2000
Significant strikes landed minus absorbed, per minute. At least 5 fights.
UFCStats has round-by-round statistics for only 83%–95% of fights in 1994–1998. Fights without them are left out of these totals.
UFC 1 (November 1993) is not in UFCStats, so its fights are missing.
25 fighters.
| # | Fighter | Rate | Fights with stats |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Smith | 3.40 | 5 |
| 2 | Tito Ortiz | 1.44 | 5 |
| 3 | Dave Beneteau | 1.27 | 6 |
| 4 | Mark Coleman | 1.05 | 9 |
| 5 | Vitor Belfort | 0.94 | 6 |
| 6 | Don Frye | 0.92 | 10 |
| 7 | Frank Shamrock | 0.83 | 5 |
| 8 | Guy Mezger | 0.80 | 5 |
| 9 | Dan Severn | 0.63 | 12 |
| 10 | Marco Ruas | 0.57 | 6 |
| 11 | Jeremy Horn | 0.54 | 5 |
| 12 | Ken Shamrock | 0.49 | 8 |
| 13 | Maurice Smith | 0.40 | 5 |
| 14 | Tsuyoshi Kohsaka | 0.37 | 5 |
| 15 | Remco Pardoel | 0.25 | 5 |
| 16 | Pat Miletich | 0.21 | 5 |
| 17 | Pete Williams | 0.05 | 5 |
| 18 | Royce Gracie | 0.01 | 9 |
| 19 | Jerry Bohlander | -0.48 | 7 |
| 20 | David Abbott | -0.52 | 15 |
| 21 | Paul Varelans | -0.60 | 8 |
| 22 | Oleg Taktarov | -0.74 | 9 |
| 23 | Gary Goodridge | -0.82 | 8 |
| 24 | Brian Johnston | -1.40 | 6 |
| 25 | Mark Hall | -1.84 | 5 |