Most submission wins in UFC featherweight history

Charles Oliveira holds the UFC featherweight record for most submission wins with 6 submission wins.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Submission wins	Fights
1	Charles Oliveira	6	12
2	Daniel Pineda	4	14
2	Chas Skelly	4	12
2	Makwan Amirkhani	4	14
2	Brian Ortega	4	13
2	Youssef Zalal	4	12
7	Dustin Poirier	3	11
7	Ricardo Lamas	3	17
7	Godofredo Pepey	3	11
7	Zabit Magomedsharipov	3	6
7	Darren Elkins	3	29
7	Pat Sabatini	3	11
7	Joanderson Brito	3	11
14	Chan Sung Jung	2	12
14	Jimy Hettes	2	6
14	Diego Brandao	2	10
14	Dennis Bermudez	2	16
14	Cole Miller	2	10
14	Max Holloway	2	27
14	Thiago Tavares	2	4
14	Gabriel Benitez	2	10
14	Renato Moicano	2	8
14	Charles Rosa	2	11
14	Arnold Allen	2	15
14	Grant Dawson	2	3
14	Gavin Tucker	2	7
14	Alex Caceres	2	20
14	Damon Jackson	2	12
14	Nate Landwehr	2	11
14	Charles Jourdain	2	12
14	Julian Erosa	2	14
14	Melquizael Costa	2	8
14	Jean Silva	2	7
14	Yadier del Valle	2	4
14	Kaan Ofli	2	5
36	Zhang Tiequan	1	3
36	Mackens Semerzier	1	3
36	Pablo Garza	1	6
36	Bryan Caraway	1	1
36	Steven Siler	1	9
36	Rodrigo Damm	1	3
36	Rani Yahya	1	6
36	Rony Jason	1	9
36	Tatsuya Kawajiri	1	6
36	Niklas Backstrom	1	3
36	Katsunori Kikuno	1	3
36	Frankie Edgar	1	13
36	Luke Sanders	1	2
36	Dan Hooker	1	7
36	Anthony Pettis	1	2
36	Mirsad Bektic	1	10
36	Jason Knight	1	9
36	Song Yadong	1	2
36	Danny Henry	1	3
36	Julio Arce	1	6
36	Shane Burgos	1	11
36	Kron Gracie	1	4
36	Chris Fishgold	1	4
36	Dan Ige	1	20
36	Matt Sayles	1	3
36	Ricardo Ramos	1	10
36	Billy Quarantillo	1	10
36	Bryce Mitchell	1	11
36	Jordan Griffin	1	5
36	Brian Kelleher	1	6
36	Darrick Minner	1	6
36	Chase Hooper	1	6
36	Jonathan Pearce	1	8
36	Umar Nurmagomedov	1	1
36	David Onama	1	7
36	Sodiq Yusuff	1	9
36	Ilia Topuria	1	7
36	TJ Brown	1	7
36	Yair Rodriguez	1	16
36	Josh Culibao	1	7
36	Jack Shore	1	3
36	Bill Algeo	1	10
36	Diego Lopes	1	9
36	Gabriel Miranda	1	3
36	Fernando Padilla	1	4
36	Westin Wilson	1	4
36	Felipe Lima	1	3
36	Isaac Dulgarian	1	4
36	Nathan Fletcher	1	1
36	Gabriel Santos	1	4
36	Austin Bashi	1	3
36	Francis Marshall	1	5
36	Alberto Montes	1	2
36	Christian Rodriguez	1	7
36	Murtazali Magomedov	1	1
36	Bogdan Grad	1	4
36	Kurtis Campbell	1	2

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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.