Most submission attempts in UFC history

Jim Miller holds the UFC record for most submission attempts with 52 submission attempts.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Submission attempts	Fights
1	Jim Miller	52	47
2	Charles Oliveira	51	37
3	Chris Lytle	31	20
4	Joe Lauzon	29	27
5	Demian Maia	27	33
6	Nate Diaz	26	27
6	Nik Lentz	26	25
8	Darren Elkins	25	31
8	Dustin Poirier	25	32
10	Georges St-Pierre	24	22
10	Joe Stevenson	24	16
10	Cole Miller	24	20
10	Matt Brown	24	30
14	Hermes Franca	23	11
14	Rani Yahya	23	21
16	Gerald Meerschaert	22	27
16	Deiveson Figueiredo	22	23
18	Frank Mir	21	27
18	Martin Kampmann	21	17
18	Stefan Struve	21	24
21	Thales Leites	20	21
21	Rafael Dos Anjos	20	37
23	TJ Waldburger	19	8
23	Tim Elliott	19	23
23	Louis Smolka	19	17
26	Diego Sanchez	18	32
26	Matt Wiman	18	18
26	Marlon Vera	18	27
29	Renato Sobral	17	10
29	Kendall Grove	17	13
29	Ed Herman	17	26
29	Gleison Tibau	17	28
29	Chas Skelly	17	12
29	Mackenzie Dern	17	17
29	Brendan Allen	17	20
29	Jaqueline Amorim	17	7
37	Matt Hughes	16	25
37	Clay Guida	16	37
37	Thiago Tavares	16	18
37	Rousimar Palhares	16	12
37	Dan Miller	16	13
37	Alex Caceres	16	30
37	Tony Ferguson	16	24
37	Glover Teixeira	16	23
37	Virna Jandiroba	16	13
37	Chase Hooper	16	14
47	Evan Tanner	15	17
47	Dustin Hazelett	15	10
47	Evan Dunham	15	21
47	Jacob Volkmann	15	10
47	Aleksei Oleinik	15	17
47	Paul Craig	15	21
47	Anthony Hernandez	15	13

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How we count: results and statistics are from official UFC fight data. Strike and takedown numbers only exist for fights where the UFC recorded them.