Most submission wins in UFC history

Charles Oliveira holds the UFC record for most submission wins with 17 submission wins.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Submission wins	Fights
1	Charles Oliveira	17	37
2	Jim Miller	14	47
3	Demian Maia	11	33
3	Gerald Meerschaert	11	27
5	Nate Diaz	10	27
6	Michael Chiesa	9	22
7	Frank Mir	8	27
7	Gunnar Nelson	8	16
7	Islam Makhachev	8	19
7	Brendan Allen	8	20
11	Royce Gracie	7	10
11	Kenny Florian	7	17
11	Joe Lauzon	7	27
11	Cole Miller	7	20
11	Glover Teixeira	7	23
11	Rani Yahya	7	21
11	Aleksei Oleinik	7	17
11	Renato Moicano	7	20
11	Vicente Luque	7	26
11	Gillian Robertson	7	21
21	Chris Lytle	6	20
21	Rousimar Palhares	6	12
21	Stefan Struve	6	24
21	Jon Jones	6	24
21	Donald Cerrone	6	38
21	Urijah Faber	6	18
21	Tony Ferguson	6	24
21	Jake Matthews	6	24
21	Paul Craig	6	21
21	Alexandre Pantoja	6	19
21	Kevin Holland	6	29
32	Dan Severn	5	13
32	Oleg Taktarov	5	9
32	Matt Hughes	5	25
32	Martin Kampmann	5	17
32	Clay Guida	5	37
32	Ed Herman	5	26
32	Thiago Tavares	5	18
32	Thales Leites	5	21
32	Rafael Dos Anjos	5	37
32	Khabib Nurmagomedov	5	13
32	Erick Silva	5	15
32	Demetrious Johnson	5	18
32	Beneil Dariush	5	26
32	Ovince Saint Preux	5	28
32	Gilbert Burns	5	25
32	Nikita Krylov	5	22
32	Antonio Carlos Junior	5	13
32	Misha Cirkunov	5	13
32	Mickey Gall	5	13
32	Tatiana Suarez	5	10
32	Mackenzie Dern	5	17
32	Anthony Smith	5	25
32	Grant Dawson	5	15
32	Rodolfo Vieira	5	12
32	Anthony Hernandez	5	13
32	Shavkat Rakhmonov	5	7
32	Chase Hooper	5	14
32	Valter Walker	5	6

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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.