UFC Fighter Salaries 2020: Conor McGregor, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Israel Adesanya Who Earned The Most In 2020?

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

1-50

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 51-100	$ 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