MMA StatBook

Most armbar wins in UFC history

Royce Gracie and Demetrious Johnson share the UFC records for most armbar wins with 4 armbar wins.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#FighterArmbar winsFights
1 Royce Gracie 4 10
1 Demetrious Johnson 4 18
3 Jeremy Horn 3 13
3 Dustin Hazelett 3 10
3 Jim Miller 3 47
3 Ronda Rousey 3 8
3 Fabricio Werdum 3 18
3 Gilbert Burns 3 25
3 Mayra Bueno Silva 3 14
3 Andre Muniz 3 10
3 Mackenzie Dern 3 17
3 Jaqueline Amorim 3 7
13 Joe Charles 2 4
13 Fabiano Iha 2 7
13 Frank Mir 2 27
13 Joe Lauzon 2 27
13 Marlon Vera 2 27
13 Felipe Arantes 2 12
13 Paige VanZant 2 9
13 Cortney Casey 2 15
13 Montana De La Rosa 2 12
13 Gillian Robertson 2 21
13 Virna Jandiroba 2 13
13 Polyana Viana 2 12
13 Julija Stoliarenko 2 9
13 Tatsuro Taira 2 10
13 Brunno Ferreira 2 11
28 Steve Jennum 1 3
28 Enson Inoue 1 1
28 Kazushi Sakuraba 1 2
28 Vitor Belfort 1 26
28 Frank Shamrock 1 5
28 Tra Telligman 1 5
28 Jerry Bohlander 1 7
28 Chris Brennan 1 3
28 Pete Williams 1 8
28 Sanae Kikuta 1 1
28 Pat Miletich 1 10
28 Andrei Arlovski 1 42
28 Dennis Hallman 1 9
28 Josh Barnett 1 10
28 Evan Tanner 1 17
28 Pete Spratt 1 7
28 Nick Diaz 1 15
28 Rich Franklin 1 20
28 Matt Hughes 1 25
28 Renato Sobral 1 10
28 Chris Leben 1 22
28 Dan Christison 1 2
28 Rob MacDonald 1 3
28 Hermes Franca 1 11
28 Travis Lutter 1 6
28 Charles McCarthy 1 3
28 Gabriel Gonzaga 1 22
28 Ed Herman 1 26
28 Jess Liaudin 1 5
28 Din Thomas 1 9
28 Thales Leites 1 21
28 Marcus Davis 1 15
28 Akihiro Gono 1 3
28 Matt Arroyo 1 3
28 Georges St-Pierre 1 22
28 Marcus Aurelio 1 6
28 Rousimar Palhares 1 12
28 Amir Sadollah 1 11
28 Ben Saunders 1 19
28 Wilson Gouveia 1 10
28 Matt Brown 1 30
28 Steve Cantwell 1 6
28 Junie Browning 1 2
28 George Sotiropoulos 1 11
28 Evan Dunham 1 21
28 Rory MacDonald 1 13
28 Rafael Dos Anjos 1 37
28 Chris Lytle 1 20
28 Ricardo Romero 1 3
28 Charles Oliveira 1 37
28 Anderson Silva 1 25
28 Mike Pierce 1 14
28 Sean McCorkle 1 3
28 Nate Diaz 1 27
28 TJ Grant 1 11
28 Diego Brandao 1 10
28 Dustin Poirier 1 32
28 Vaughan Lee 1 8
28 TJ Waldburger 1 8
28 Daniel Pineda 1 14
28 John Maguire 1 5
28 Stefan Struve 1 24
28 Paul Sass 1 5
28 Erik Perez 1 9
28 Vinny Magalhaes 1 5
28 Matt Wiman 1 18
28 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira 1 11
28 Ivan Menjivar 1 9
28 Mike Rio 1 4
28 Erick Silva 1 15
28 Raphael Assuncao 1 19
28 Anthony Pettis 1 20
28 Nicholas Musoke 1 6
28 Adriano Martins 1 7
28 Dustin Kimura 1 5
28 Nate Marquardt 1 25
28 Leandro Issa 1 5
28 Godofredo Pepey 1 11
28 Akbarh Arreola 1 4
28 Felice Herrig 1 10
28 Aisling Daly 1 3
28 Maryna Moroz 1 12
28 Jacare Souza 1 16
28 Alexis Davis 1 14
28 Alex Chambers 1 5
28 Henrique da Silva 1 6
28 Damian Stasiak 1 6
28 Zak Cummings 1 14
28 Paul Craig 1 21
28 Valentina Shevchenko 1 19
28 Gerald Meerschaert 1 27
28 Sarah Moras 1 9
28 Rachael Ostovich 1 4
28 Ovince Saint Preux 1 28
28 Islam Makhachev 1 19
28 Joanne Wood 1 17
28 Shane Burgos 1 11
28 Donald Cerrone 1 38
28 Wu Yanan 1 6
28 Zhang Weili 1 13
28 Louis Smolka 1 17
28 Juan Espino 1 3
28 Cory Sandhagen 1 17
28 Beneil Dariush 1 26
28 Claudio Silva 1 8
28 Randa Markos 1 18
28 Irene Aldana 1 14
28 Veronica Hardy 1 10
28 Charles Rosa 1 13
28 Aleksei Oleinik 1 17
28 Kay Hansen 1 4
28 Amanda Ribas 1 13
28 Liana Jojua 1 4
28 Jennifer Maia 1 12
28 Joel Alvarez 1 12
28 Amanda Nunes 1 18
28 Andrea Lee 1 14
28 Jessica Penne 1 9
28 Hannah Goldy 1 5
28 Alejandro Perez 1 13
28 Loopy Godinez 1 16
28 Vanessa Demopoulos 1 11
28 Kyler Phillips 1 10
28 Stephanie Egger 1 7
28 Wellington Turman 1 9
28 Tom Aspinall 1 10
28 Muhammad Mokaev 1 7
28 Mario Bautista 1 15
28 Tabatha Ricci 1 12
28 Gunnar Nelson 1 16
28 Miranda Maverick 1 12
28 Diego Lopes 1 10
28 Mateusz Rebecki 1 9
28 Ariane da Silva 1 14
28 Molly McCann 1 14
28 Kevin Holland 1 29
28 Westin Wilson 1 4
28 Serghei Spivac 1 16
28 Chase Hooper 1 14
28 Felipe Bunes 1 4
28 Shauna Bannon 1 5
28 Jimmy Crute 1 12
28 Youssef Zalal 1 13
28 Luan Lacerda 1 4
28 Chelsea Chandler 1 7
28 Bia Mesquita 1 3
28 Casey O'Neill 1 9

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How we count: results and statistics are from official UFC fight data.