UFC Fighter Salaries 2020: 2020 turned out to be a prosperous year for UFC. So, how much impact did the exceptional year have on the fighters’ salaries? Find out.
Whether it was Conor McGregor’s January return, an early resurrection from the paralyzing impact of the global pandemic, or the emergence of some new fighters, during the past year many factors fell into the right place and contributed to the overall success of UFC.
While here the success is usually a cumulative of the increased popularity recorded and the total Pay-Per-View buys but, there’s another element that also reflects the prosperity and that is how much the growth has affected the fighters’ purse.
Since fighters are the primary protagonists of the sport, therefore the sport’s elevation is directly proportional to the widening of their pockets. So, when Dana White says that 2020 has been the best year in the promotion’s brief history then it would also mean that fighters may have received a substantial sum too. And for a proper outlook on that, a list of salaries has been prepared by thesportsdily.
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UFC Fighter Salaries 2020
It should be noted that a salary is a subject of confidentiality, and hence the below figures may not be entirely accurate. However, on the basis of what was revealed by various athletic commissions, the status of different fighters, the stature of the match (title fight, the main event, co-main event, main card, preliminary card), the performance of the night bonuses, total appearances, etc. The numbers are apparently credible.
Top 100
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| 1 | Khabib Nurmagomedov | $6,090,000 |
| 2 | Conor McGregor | $3,060,000 |
| 3 | Junior dos Santos | $1,560,000 |
| 4 | Israel Adesanya | $1,230,000 |
| 5 | Justin Gaethje | $ 920,000 |
| 6 | Jose Aldo | $ 900,000 |
| 7 | Deiveson Figueiredo | $ 875,000 |
| 8 | Anthony Pettis | $ 855,000 |
| 9 | Alistair Overeem* | $ 830,000 |
| 10 | Stipe Miocic | $ 790,000 |
| 11 | Dominick Reyes | $ 760,000 |
| 12 | Robert Whittaker | $ 745,000 |
| 13 | Marcin Tybura | $ 701,000 |
| 14 | Andrei Arlovski | $ 695,000 |
| 15 | Tony Ferguson | $ 695,000 |
| 16 | Donald Cerrone | $ 660,000 |
| 17 | Kamaru Usman | $ 640,000 |
| 18 | Anderson Silva | $ 620,000 |
| 19 | Derrick Lewis | $ 620,000 |
| 20 | Anthony Smith | $ 615,000 |
| 21 | Jan Blachowicz | $ 590,000 |
| 22 | Jim Miller | $ 583,000 |
| 23 | Charles Oliveira | $ 557,200 |
| 24 | Kevin Holland | $ 553,000 |
| 25 | Glover Teixeira | $ 550,000 |
| 26 | Valentina Shevchenko | $ 550,000 |
| 27 | Jon Jones | $ 540,000 |
| 28 | Neil Magny | $ 534,000 |
| 29 | Daniel Cormier | $ 530,000 |
| 30 | Jorge Masvidal | $ 530,000 |
| 31 | Maurico ‘Shogun’ Rua | $ 515,000 |
| 32 | Amanda Nunes | $ 490,000 |
| 33 | Greg Hardy | $ 485,000 |
| 34 | Aleksei Oleinik | $ 475,000 |
| 34 | Ovince Saint Preux | $ 475,000 |
| 36 | Katlyn Chookagian | $ 470,000 |
| 37 | Tyron Woodley | $ 445,000 |
| 38 | Holly Holm | $ 435,000 |
| 39 | Rafael dos Anjos | $ 435,000 |
| 40 | Ben Rothwell | $ 415,000 |
| 41 | Vicente Luque | $ 406,000 |
| 42 | Dan Hooker | $ 400,000 |
| 43 | Alexander Volkanovski | $ 390,000 |
| 43 | Henry Cejudo | $ 390,000 |
| 43 | Joseph Benavidez | $ 390,000 |
| 46 | Gilbert Burns | $ 388,000 |
| 47 | Bobby Green | $ 380,000 |
| 48 | Fabricio Werdum | $ 380,000 |
| 49 | Paulo Costa | $ 380,000 |
| 50 | Yoel Romero
| $ 380,000 |
| 51 | Alex Oliveira | $ 377,400 |
| 52 | Brian Kelleher | $ 375,000 |
| 53 | Angela Hill | $ 371,000 |
| 54 | Alex Perez | $ 370,000 |
| 55 | Curtis Blaydes | $ 370,000 |
| 56 | Dustin Poirier | $ 370,000 |
| 57 | Beneil Dariush | $ 365,000 |
| 58 | Kelvin Gastelum | $ 365,000 |
| 59 | Diego Sanchez | $ 353,000 |
| 60 | Marlon Vera | $ 350,000 |
| 61 | Tim Means | $ 342,000 |
| 62 | Chris Weidman | $ 340,000 |
| 63 | Mackenzie Dern | $ 335,000 |
| 64 | Dominick Cruz | $ 330,000 |
| 65 | Brandon Moreno | $ 326,000 |
| 66 | Francis Ngannou | $ 320,000 |
| 67 | Frankie Edgar | $ 320,000 |
| 68 | Marvin Vettori | $ 320,000 |
| 69 | Stephen Thompson | $ 320,000 |
| 70 | Cody Garbrandt | $ 315,000 |
| 71 | Colby Covington | $ 310,000 |
| 72 | Jessica Andrade | $ 310,000 |
| 73 | Sean O’Malley | $ 306,500 |
| 74 | Cory Sandhagen | $ 300,000 |
| 75 | Khamzat Chimaev | $ 294,500 |
| 76 | Zhang Weili | $ 290,000 |
| 77 | Drew Dober | $ 286,000 |
| 78 | Jack Hermansson | $ 285,000 |
| 79 | Paul Felder | $ 284,000 |
| 80 | Max Holloway | $ 280,000 |
| 81 | Alex Caceres | $ 278,000 |
| 82 | Edson Barboza | $ 277,000 |
| 83 | Sijara Eubanks | $ 275,000 |
| 84 | Mike Perry | $ 263,000 |
| 85 | Casey Kenney | $ 260,500 |
| 86 | Andre Fili | $ 260,000 |
| 86 | Dan Ige | $ 260,000 |
| 88 | Devin Clark | $ 256,000 |
| 89 | Alexander Volkov | $ 250,000 |
| 90 | Carlos Condit | $ 250,000 |
| 91 | Marlon Moraes | $ 250,000 |
| 92 | Jairzinho Rozenstruik | $ 249,000 |
| 93 | Paul Craig | $ 249,000 |
| 94 | Michelle Waterson | $ 240,000 |
| 95 | Sean Strickland | $ 240,000 |
| 96 | Calvin Kattar | $ 236,100 |
| 97 | Claudia Gadelha | $ 233,000 |
| 98 | Petr Yan | $ 230,000 |
| 99 | Roxanne Modafferi | $ 227,000 |
| 100 | Darren Elkins | $ 226,000 |
(Source for figures- The Sports Daily)
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