Most pro MMA submission wins among UFC featherweights

Among UFC featherweights, Darrick Minner holds the mark for most pro MMA submission wins with 24 submission wins, counting every promotion.

Every professional MMA fight in any promotion, for fighters who have competed in the UFC. Based on the 164 featherweights whose full record we have; more are added daily. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Submission wins	Fights
1	Darrick Minner	24	43
2	Dustin Neace	20	48
3	Daniel Pineda	19	48
4	Steven Siler	18	60
5	Jason Knight	15	32
5	Cole Miller	15	33
5	Renan Barao	15	45
5	Joe Stevenson	15	49
9	Mark Striegl	14	24
9	Julian Erosa	14	44
9	Makwan Amirkhani	14	31
9	Thiago Tavares	14	36
13	Mike Brown	13	35
13	Manny Bermudez	13	18
13	Hatsu Hioki	13	44
13	Chris Fishgold	13	25
17	Pat Sabatini	12	27
17	TJ Brown	12	33
17	Patricio Freire	12	47
20	Bart Palaszewski	11	53
20	Eiji Mitsuoka	11	29
20	Charles Rosa	11	28
20	Javier Vazquez	11	21
20	Nik Lentz	11	45
20	Mads Burnell	11	30
20	Shayilan Nuerdanbieke	11	51
27	Jimy Hettes	10	14
27	Bobby Moffett	10	24
27	Chas Skelly	10	23
27	Jim Alers	10	20
27	Tatsuya Kawajiri	10	53
27	Diego Nunes	10	35
27	Youssef Zalal	10	25
27	Ivan Menjivar	10	37
27	Leonard Garcia	10	32
36	Rony Jason	9	31
36	Jack Shore	9	20
36	Jonathan Brookins	9	27
36	Kenny Florian	9	20
36	Tristan Connelly	9	23
36	Dennis Siver	9	35
36	Fernando Padilla	9	22
36	Godofredo Pepey	9	22
36	Matt Bessette	9	36
36	Milton Vieira	9	23
46	Herbert Burns	8	17
46	Austin Arnett	8	26
46	Luis Saldana	8	26
46	Mike Grundy	8	16
46	Tom Niinimaki	8	31
46	Spike Carlyle	8	23
46	Aljamain Sterling	8	31
46	Yaotzin Meza	8	34
46	Mark Hominick	8	32
46	Joanderson Brito	8	27
46	Jordan Rinaldi	8	21
46	Melquizael Costa	8	34
46	Steven Peterson	8	30
46	Lucas Brennan	8	14
46	Chan Sung Jung	8	25

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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.