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Most rear-naked choke wins in UFC lightweight history

Charles Oliveira holds the UFC lightweight record for most rear-naked choke wins with 7 rear-naked choke wins.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#FighterRear-naked choke winsFights
1 Charles Oliveira 7 25
2 Kenny Florian 6 12
3 Michael Chiesa 5 11
3 Renato Moicano 5 11
5 Jim Miller 4 44
5 Kevin Lee 4 16
7 Kurt Pellegrino 3 11
7 BJ Penn 3 16
7 Mark Bocek 3 13
7 Donald Cerrone 3 23
7 Khabib Nurmagomedov 3 12
7 Beneil Dariush 3 26
7 Olivier Aubin-Mercier 3 11
7 Davi Ramos 3 6
7 Grant Dawson 3 11
7 Benoit Saint Denis 3 12
17 Yves Edwards 2 20
17 Clay Guida 2 30
17 Joe Lauzon 2 27
17 Dennis Siver 2 12
17 King Green 2 30
17 Diego Ferreira 2 18
17 Jake Matthews 2 7
17 Tony Ferguson 2 21
17 Jon Tuck 2 9
17 Islam Makhachev 2 16
17 Joe Solecki 2 9
17 Terrance McKinney 2 14
17 Paddy Pimblett 2 9
17 Thiago Moises 2 16
17 Chase Hooper 2 8
32 Jerry Bohlander 1 2
32 Bob Cook 1 1
32 Genki Sudo 1 3
32 Tyson Griffin 1 12
32 Din Thomas 1 9
32 Jamie Varner 1 9
32 Junior Assuncao 1 3
32 Leonard Garcia 1 3
32 Roger Huerta 1 8
32 Rich Clementi 1 7
32 Matt Wiman 1 18
32 Mac Danzig 1 12
32 Justin Buchholz 1 5
32 Shannon Gugerty 1 5
32 Per Eklund 1 3
32 Frankie Edgar 1 13
32 Cole Miller 1 10
32 Gleison Tibau 1 27
32 Vagner Rocha 1 3
32 Dennis Hallman 1 2
32 Fabricio Camoes 1 6
32 Rafael Dos Anjos 1 25
32 Jacob Volkmann 1 8
32 Thiago Tavares 1 14
32 Elias Silverio 1 4
32 Benson Henderson 1 12
32 Piotr Hallmann 1 6
32 Yan Cabral 1 3
32 Leandro Silva 1 6
32 Drew Dober 1 25
32 James Moontasri 1 3
32 Leonardo Santos 1 10
32 Christos Giagos 1 13
32 James Krause 1 8
32 Glaico Franca Moreira 1 3
32 Scott Holtzman 1 13
32 Chris Wade 1 7
32 Paul Felder 1 14
32 Anthony Rocco Martin 1 8
32 Teemu Packalen 1 4
32 Erik Koch 1 5
32 Joe Duffy 1 8
32 Gilbert Burns 1 10
32 Roosevelt Roberts 1 9
32 Jalin Turner 1 13
32 Rafa Garcia 1 12
32 Dustin Poirier 1 21
32 Nazim Sadykhov 1 7
32 Manuel Torres 1 7
32 Chris Padilla 1 6
32 Gabe Green 1 1
32 Tom Nolan 1 6
32 Noah Gugnon 1 1
32 Quillan Salkilld 1 6

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