Last update: February 22^nd, 2022.

This graph shows the average number of successful title defences made by the reigning champions, as a collective, at any point in UFC history.

Today, our 12 reigning champions hold a combined 22 successful defences, giving them an average of 1.83 successful defences each.

Statistically speaking, the most dominant crop of champions in UFC history (pictured below) reigned between the 25^th of May 2013 and the 6^th of July 2013. The 9 reigning champions during that period had made 35 combined successful title defences- an average of 3.89 successful title defences each.