Most pro MMA submission wins among UFC fighters

Among fighters who have competed in the UFC, Jeremy Horn holds the mark for most pro MMA submission wins with 64 submission wins, counting every promotion.

Every professional MMA fight in any promotion, for fighters who have competed in the UFC. Based on the 1,563 fighters whose full record we have; more are added daily. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Submission wins	Fights
1	Jeremy Horn	64	120
2	Dan Severn	60	127
3	Aleksei Oleinik	51	81
4	Dennis Hallman	41	76
5	Jeff Monson	37	89
6	Joe Doerksen	35	67
7	Drew Fickett	32	66
8	Gerald Meerschaert	29	60
9	Ricco Rodriguez	28	82
10	Brock Larson	27	52
10	Rich Clementi	27	69
10	Naoyuki Kotani	27	62
13	Miguel Torres	25	53
14	Darrick Minner	24	43
15	John Gunderson	23	53
15	Ken Shamrock	23	47
17	Chris Lytle	22	54
17	Charles Oliveira	22	49
17	Akbarh Arreola	22	39
17	Jim Miller	22	59
21	Rani Yahya	21	42
21	Jeff Curran	21	55
21	Josh Barnett	21	43
21	Nursulton Ruziboev	21	51
21	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	21	46
26	Karlos Vemola	20	48
26	Evan Tanner	20	40
26	Brian Ebersole	20	71
29	Robert McDaniel	19	41
29	Jason Dent	19	35
29	Renato Sobral	19	49
29	Chris Brennan	19	36
29	Daniel Pineda	19	48
29	Caol Uno	19	64
29	Carlo Prater	19	61
29	Jason MacDonald	19	41
37	Anthony Macias	18	44
37	Steven Siler	18	60
37	Joe Riggs	18	70
37	Alistair Overeem	18	67
37	Pat Miletich	18	39
37	Stefan Struve	18	42
37	Dave Menne	18	64
44	Anthony Smith	17	62
44	Jason Reinhardt	17	23
44	John Alessio	17	54
44	Jacare Souza	17	37
44	Yves Edwards	17	66
44	Joe Lauzon	17	43
44	Philip De Fries	17	36
44	Nate Marquardt	17	58
44	Keita Nakamura	17	51
44	Urijah Faber	17	46
44	Matt Hughes	17	54
44	Donald Cerrone	17	55
44	Igor Araujo	17	36
44	Joel Alvarez	17	28
44	David Mitchell	17	29

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How we count: full professional records come from each fighter's Wikipedia page (CC BY-SA), checked against and topped up with official UFC results.