MMA Salaries

Top 100 Pound for Pound Fighters (according to Tapology.com)

Click the Fighters Name for Detailed Salary Breakdown
Note that fighters beyond Top 100 are not in any particular order (rankings are just for database purposes)

RankNameTotal Career EarningsInstagram Followers (as of Jan 2021)Instagram
1Alexander Volkanovski$11,827,833 828,000alexvolkanovski
2Charles Oliveira$10,044,500 4,500,000charlesdobronxs
3Francis Ngannou$3,779,500 3,900,000francisngannou
4Leon Edwards$4,650,500 692,000leonedwardsmma
5Sean O'Malley$2,841,000 1,200,000sugaseanmma
6Islam Makhachev$5,643,000 2,500,000islam_makhachev
7Alex Pereira$3,433,000 1,000,000alexpoatanpereira
8Sean Strickland$3,466,000 1,300,000stricklandmma
9Israel Adesanya$16,198,500 6,800,000stylebender
10Kamaru Usman$12,108,833 3,300,000usman84kg
11Jan Blachowicz$3,562,500 844,000janblachowicz
12Brandon Moreno$4,497,500 1,600,000theassassinbaby
13Khamzat Chimaev$4,335,000 4,300,000khamzat_chimaev
14Dustin Poirier$12,933,700 4,100,000dustinpoirier
15Jon Jones$17,842,000 6,000,000Jonnybones
16Max Holloway$6,905,000 3,000,000blessedmma
17Ciryl Gane$2,840,500 890,000ciryl_gane
18Alexandre Pantoja$1,875,000 14,000pantoja_oficial
19Robert Whittaker$4,610,000 1,100,000robwhittakermma
20Aljamain Sterling$6,186,000 223,000funkmastermma
21Stipe Miocic$8,127,000 1,300,000stipemiocic
22Justin Gaethje$6,528,500 1,300,000justin_gaethje
23Dricus Du Plessis$676,500 290,000dricusduplessis
24Deiveson Figueiredo$3,980,500 414,000daico_deusdaguerra
25Colby Covington$4,399,000 622,000colbycovmma
26Petr Yan$3,369,500 1,400,000petr_yan
27Cory Sandhagen$1,520,300 55,600enterthesandman135
28Beneil Dariush$833,000 74,800beneildariush
29Jiri Prochazka$1,954,000 122,000jirkaprochazka
30Merab Dvalishvili$406,000 53,400merab.dvalishvili
31Brian Ortega$1,595,500 760,000briantcity
32Stephen Thompson$3,417,400 633,000wonderboymma
33Gilbert Burns$3,207,200 338,000gilbert_burns
34Michael Chandler$3,968,500 507,000mikechandlermma
35Glover Teixeira$4,661,000 171,000gloverteixeira
36Belal Muhammad$984,000 143,000
37Thiago Santos$2,275,600 509,000tmarretamma
38Derrick Lewis$5,766,000 1,800,000thebeastufc
39Dominick Reyes$1,672,900 298,000domreyes24
40Curtis Blaydes$1,855,500 172,000razorblaydes265
41Rafael Dos Anjos$4,259,000 599,000rdosanjosmma
42Conor McGregor$114,004,454 45,900,000thenotoriousmma
43Marlon Moraes$2,514,500 177,000mmarlonmoraes
44Chan Sung Jung$1,574,000 282,000koreanzombiemma
45Cody Garbrandt$2,477,600 2,300,000cody_nolove
46Jared Cannonier$1,717,000 98,600killagorillamma
47TJ Dillashaw$598,000 1,300,000tjdillashaw
48Jorge Masvidal$7,341,207 2,600,000gamebredfighter
49Alexander Volkov$1,849,500 225,000volkov_alex
50Aleksander Rakic0156,000rakic_ufc
51Kelvin Gastelum$2,881,400 461,000kgastelum
52Dan Hooker$2,672,000 243,000danhangman
53Joseph Benavidez$2,925,200 143,000joejitsu
54Paulo Costa$2,054,167 1,100,000borrachinhamma
55Patricio Freire$430,000 108,000patriciopitbull
56Derek Brunson$668,000 207,000derekbrunson
57Dominick Cruz$2,883,000 1,100,000dominickcruz
58Rob Font$1,434,000 15,400rob_font
59Calvin Kattar$1,146,600 121,000calvinkattar
60Ryan Bader$3,661,000 133,000ryanbader
61Marvin Vettori$1,992,000 222,000marvinvettori
62Askar Askarov$197,100 112,000askar_mma
63Demetrious Johnson$6,147,000 1,000,000mighty
64Jack Hermansson$1,031,500 68,200jackthejokermma
65Paddy Pimblett$969,000 1,600,000theufcbaddy
66Raphael Assuncao$111,000 18,400raphaassuncao
67Volkan Oezdemir$312,000 100,000volkan_oezdemir
68Neil Magny$2,914,000 41,000neil_magny170
69Pedro Munhoz$1,794,173 50,300pedromunhozmma
70Edson Barboza$518,000 295,000edsonbarbozajr
71Josh Emmett$740,000 70,200joshemmettufc
72Anthony Smith$2,817,400 217,000lionheartasmith
73Yair Rodriguez$1,280,500 342,000panteraufc
74Yoel Romero$2,511,000 1,100,000yoelromeromma
75Nate Diaz$12,371,648 4,600,000natediaz209
76Francisco Trinaldo$423,000 78,100massarandubamma
77Frankie Edgar$6,955,000 776,000frankieedgar
78Chris Weidman$783,000 921,000chrisweidman
79Arnold Allen025,900arnoldbfa
80Jairzinho Rozenstruik$1,108,500 129,000jairzinho.rozenstruik
81Vicente Luque$395,000 82,900luquevicente
82Gregor Gillespie$244,000 65,400gregorthegift
83Santiago Ponzinibbio$759,000 140,000sponzinibbiomma
84Geoff Neal$380,000 43,600handzofsteelmma
85Darren Till$1,298,600 1,100,000darrentill2
86Renato Moicano$434,000 89,400renato_moicano_ufc
87Alex Perez$607,100 19,300alexperezmma
88Bryce Mitchell$300,000 196,000thugnasty_ufc
89Kevin Holland$2,055,500 165,000trailblaze2top
90Dan Ige$570,000 75,400dynamitedan808
91Michael Chiesa$1,436,600 122,000mikemav22
92Corey Anderson0134,000coreya_mma
93Li Jingliang$403,000 19,000lijingliangmma
94Khabib Nurmagomedov$21,720,200 26,700,000khabib_nurmagomedov
95AJ Mckee Jr050,100ajmckee101
96Junior Dos Santos01,000,000juniorcigano
97Daniel Cormier$12,526,833 2,700,000dc_mma
98Douglas Lima$230,000 220,000phenomlima
99Ronaldo Souza$226,000 732,000ronaldojacare
100Kyoji Koriguchi$193,000 191,000kyoji1012
101John Lineker061,200johnlinekermma
102Sodiq Yusuff061,400supersodiq
103Luke Rockhold$261,000 806,000lukerockhold
104Anderson Silva03,700,000spiderandersonsilva
105BJ Penn0325,000bjpenn
106Mauricio Rua$427,000 683,000shogunoficial
107Drew Dober$544,000 49,600drewdober
108Shane Burgos$322,000 27,500hurricaneshane_
109Jussier Formiga016,000jussierformiga
110Cub Swanson$427,000 348,000cubswanson
111Henry Cejudo$3,833,500 667,000henry_cejudo
112Rory MacDonald0331,000romac_gorilla
113Alexander Gustafsson0696,000alexthemauler
114Anthony Pettis$315,000 1,400,000showtimepettis
115Eddie Alvarez0394,000ealvarezfight
116Mike Perry0583,000platinummikeperry
117Donald Cerrone$8,054,200 2,200,000cowboycerrone
118Amanda Nunes$11,778,000 1,500,000amanda_leoa
119Zabit Magomedsharipov$560,500 2,400,000zabit_magomedsharipov
120Jose Aldo$10,349,333 2,500,000josealdojunioroficial
121Kevin Lee$1,632,300 319,000motownphenom
122Tyron Woodley$5,174,425 1,600,000twooodley
123Paul Felder$1,175,000 253,000felderpaul
124Gegard Mousasi$3,625,000 140,000mousasi
125Robbie Lawler$1,163,000 564,000ruthless_rl
126Demian Maia$3,876,000 410,000demianmaia
127Jimmie Rivera$132,000 21,200jimmierivera
128Jeremy Stephens$102,000 153,000lilheathenmma
129Alistair Overeem$10,414,500 1,000,000alistairovereem
130Tony Ferguson$5,718,000 2,400,000tonyfergusonxt