MMA Salaries

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

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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$3,008,500 692,000leonedwardsmma
5Sean O'Malley$2,841,000 1,200,000sugaseanmma
6Islam Makhachev$5,642,000 2,500,000islam_makhachev
7Alex Pereira$2,251,000 1,000,000alexpoatanpereira
8Israel Adesanya$16,198,500 6,800,000stylebender
9Kamaru Usman$12,108,833 3,300,000usman84kg
10Jan Blachowicz$3,562,500 844,000janblachowicz
11Brandon Moreno$4,097,500 1,600,000theassassinbaby
12Khamzat Chimaev$3,585,000 4,300,000khamzat_chimaev
13Dustin Poirier$12,933,700 4,100,000dustinpoirier
14Jon Jones$17,842,000 6,000,000Jonnybones
15Max Holloway$6,905,000 3,000,000blessedmma
16Ciryl Gane$2,840,500 890,000ciryl_gane
17Alexandre Pantoja$933,000 14,000pantoja_oficial
18Robert Whittaker$4,610,000 1,100,000robwhittakermma
19Aljamain Sterling$6,186,000 223,000funkmastermma
20Stipe Miocic$8,127,000 1,300,000stipemiocic
21Justin Gaethje$6,528,500 1,300,000justin_gaethje
22Deiveson Figueiredo$3,380,500 414,000daico_deusdaguerra
23Colby Covington$3,617,000 622,000colbycovmma
24Petr Yan$3,369,500 1,400,000petr_yan
25Cory Sandhagen$1,520,300 55,600enterthesandman135
26Beneil Dariush$833,000 74,800beneildariush
27Jiri Prochazka$1,072,000 122,000jirkaprochazka
28Merab Dvalishvili$406,000 53,400merab.dvalishvili
29Brian Ortega$1,595,500 760,000briantcity
30Stephen Thompson$3,001,400 633,000wonderboymma
31Gilbert Burns$3,207,200 338,000gilbert_burns
32Michael Chandler$3,968,500 507,000mikechandlermma
33Glover Teixeira$4,761,000 171,000gloverteixeira
34Belal Muhammad$984,000 143,000
35Thiago Santos$2,275,600 509,000tmarretamma
36Derrick Lewis$5,766,000 1,800,000thebeastufc
37Dominick Reyes$1,672,900 298,000domreyes24
38Curtis Blaydes$1,855,500 172,000razorblaydes265
39Rafael Dos Anjos$4,259,000 599,000rdosanjosmma
40Conor McGregor$108,731,113 45,900,000thenotoriousmma
41Marlon Moraes$2,514,500 177,000mmarlonmoraes
42Chan Sung Jung$1,574,000 282,000koreanzombiemma
43Cody Garbrandt$2,166,600 2,300,000cody_nolove
44Tony Ferguson$5,447,000 2,400,000tonyfergusonxt
45Jared Cannonier$1,717,000 98,600killagorillamma
46TJ Dillashaw$598,000 1,300,000tjdillashaw
47Jorge Masvidal$7,341,207 2,600,000gamebredfighter
48Alexander Volkov$1,849,500 225,000volkov_alex
49Aleksander Rakic0156,000rakic_ufc
50Kelvin Gastelum$2,881,400 461,000kgastelum
51Dan Hooker$2,672,000 243,000danhangman
52Joseph Benavidez$2,925,200 143,000joejitsu
53Paulo Costa$2,054,167 1,100,000borrachinhamma
54Patricio Freire$430,000 108,000patriciopitbull
55Derek Brunson$668,000 207,000derekbrunson
56Dominick Cruz$2,883,000 1,100,000dominickcruz
57Rob Font$1,434,000 15,400rob_font
58Calvin Kattar$1,146,600 121,000calvinkattar
59Ryan Bader$3,661,000 133,000ryanbader
60Marvin Vettori$1,992,000 222,000marvinvettori
61Askar Askarov$197,100 112,000askar_mma
62Demetrious Johnson$6,147,000 1,000,000mighty
63Jack Hermansson$1,031,500 68,200jackthejokermma
64Paddy Pimblett$814,500 1,600,000theufcbaddy
65Raphael Assuncao$111,000 18,400raphaassuncao
66Volkan Oezdemir$312,000 100,000volkan_oezdemir
67Neil Magny$2,914,000 41,000neil_magny170
68Pedro Munhoz$1,794,173 50,300pedromunhozmma
69Edson Barboza$518,000 295,000edsonbarbozajr
70Josh Emmett$579,000 70,200joshemmettufc
71Anthony Smith$2,817,400 217,000lionheartasmith
72Yair Rodriguez$1,280,500 342,000panteraufc
73Yoel Romero$2,511,000 1,100,000yoelromeromma
74Nate Diaz$10,928,000 4,600,000natediaz209
75Francisco Trinaldo$423,000 78,100massarandubamma
76Frankie Edgar$6,955,000 776,000frankieedgar
77Chris Weidman$783,000 921,000chrisweidman
78Arnold Allen025,900arnoldbfa
79Jairzinho Rozenstruik$1,108,500 129,000jairzinho.rozenstruik
80Vicente Luque$395,000 82,900luquevicente
81Gregor Gillespie$244,000 65,400gregorthegift
82Santiago Ponzinibbio$759,000 140,000sponzinibbiomma
83Geoff Neal$380,000 43,600handzofsteelmma
84Darren Till$1,298,600 1,100,000darrentill2
85Renato Moicano$434,000 89,400renato_moicano_ufc
86Alex Perez$607,100 19,300alexperezmma
87Bryce Mitchell$204,000 196,000thugnasty_ufc
88Kevin Holland$2,055,500 165,000trailblaze2top
89Alistair Overeem$10,414,500 1,000,000alistairovereem
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