Most submission wins in UFC lightweight history

Jim Miller holds the UFC lightweight record for most submission wins with 12 submission wins.

UFC fights only. Updated October 20, 2026.

#	Fighter	Submission wins	Fights
1	Jim Miller	12	44
2	Charles Oliveira	11	25
3	Islam Makhachev	8	16
4	Nate Diaz	7	17
4	Joe Lauzon	7	27
6	Kenny Florian	6	12
6	Tony Ferguson	6	21
8	Clay Guida	5	30
8	Cole Miller	5	10
8	Khabib Nurmagomedov	5	12
8	Michael Chiesa	5	11
8	Beneil Dariush	5	26
8	Renato Moicano	5	11
14	Kurt Pellegrino	4	11
14	Terry Etim	4	11
14	Gleison Tibau	4	27
14	Mark Bocek	4	13
14	Donald Cerrone	4	23
14	Olivier Aubin-Mercier	4	11
14	Gilbert Burns	4	10
14	Kevin Lee	4	16
14	Paddy Pimblett	4	9
14	Benoit Saint Denis	4	12
14	Chase Hooper	4	8
25	Joe Stevenson	3	13
25	Thiago Tavares	3	14
25	BJ Penn	3	16
25	Matt Wiman	3	18
25	George Sotiropoulos	3	9
25	Paul Sass	3	5
25	King Green	3	30
25	James Vick	3	13
25	Anthony Pettis	3	14
25	Jake Matthews	3	7
25	Davi Ramos	3	6
25	Claudio Puelles	3	9
25	Thiago Moises	3	16
25	Joel Alvarez	3	9
25	Terrance McKinney	3	14
25	Grant Dawson	3	11
25	Chris Duncan	3	8
42	Jerry Bohlander	2	2
42	Genki Sudo	2	3
42	Yves Edwards	2	20
42	Din Thomas	2	9
42	Manvel Gamburyan	2	5
42	Shannon Gugerty	2	5
42	Dennis Siver	2	12
42	Rafael Dos Anjos	2	25
42	Cody McKenzie	2	5
42	Nik Lentz	2	17
42	Reza Madadi	2	7
42	Francisco Trinaldo	2	21
42	James Krause	2	8
42	Piotr Hallmann	2	6
42	Diego Ferreira	2	18
42	Yancy Medeiros	2	11
42	Chris Wade	2	7
42	Anthony Rocco Martin	2	8
42	Christos Giagos	2	13
42	Jon Tuck	2	9
42	Joe Duffy	2	8
42	Michel Prazeres	2	9
42	Gregor Gillespie	2	8
42	Roosevelt Roberts	2	9
42	Joe Solecki	2	9
42	Mateusz Gamrot	2	14
42	Jalin Turner	2	13
42	Jordan Leavitt	2	8
42	Ignacio Bahamondes	2	9
42	Chris Padilla	2	6
42	Quillan Salkilld	2	6

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