UFC: Most submission attempts

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The all-time UFC top 100, rebuilt from every completed UFC fight in our database.

Updated November 6, 2026

A fighter with a bout in the last 18 months. Country boards rank every fighter from that country and cannot be combined with the active filter.

#	Fighter
1	Jim Miller	52	46
2	Charles Oliveira	48	36
3	Chris Lytle	31	20
4	Joe Lauzon	29	27
5	Demian Maia	27	33
6	Nate Diaz	26	27
7	Darren Elkins	25	31
T-8	Matt Brown	24	30
T-8	Georges St-Pierre	24	22
T-8	Joe Stevenson	24	16
T-8	Cole Miller	24	19
T-8	Nik Lentz	24	24
T-13	Dustin Poirier	23	31
T-13	Rani Yahya	23	20
T-13	Hermes Franca	23	11
T-16	Deiveson Figueiredo	22	23
T-16	Gerald Meerschaert	22	27
T-18	Frank Mir	21	27
T-18	Martin Kampmann	21	17
T-18	Stefan Struve	21	24
T-21	Rafael Dos Anjos	20	37
T-21	Thales Leites	20	21
T-23	Chase Hooper	19	15
T-23	Tim Elliott	19	23
T-23	Louis Smolka	19	17
T-23	TJ Waldburger	19	8
T-27	Brendan Allen	18	21
T-27	Marlon Vera	18	27
T-27	Matt Wiman	18	18
T-27	Diego Sanchez	18	32
T-31	Grant Dawson	17	17
T-31	Jaqueline Amorim	17	7
T-31	Mackenzie Dern	17	17
T-31	Chas Skelly	17	11
T-31	Renato Sobral	17	10
T-31	Ed Herman	17	25
T-31	Kendall Grove	17	13
T-31	Gleison Tibau	17	28
T-39	Virna Jandiroba	16	13
T-39	Tony Ferguson	16	24
T-39	Clay Guida	16	37
T-39	Glover Teixeira	16	23
T-39	Alex Caceres	16	29
T-39	Matt Hughes	16	25
T-39	Thiago Tavares	16	18
T-39	Dan Miller	16	13
T-39	Rousimar Palhares	16	12
T-48	Paul Craig	15	20
T-48	Anthony Hernandez	15	13
T-48	Aleksei Oleinik	15	17
T-48	Evan Tanner	15	17
T-48	Dustin Hazelett	15	10
T-48	Evan Dunham	15	21
T-48	Jacob Volkmann	15	10
T-48	Jimmy Flick	15	7
T-56	Youssef Zalal	14	13
T-56	Aljamain Sterling	14	23
T-56	Alexandre Pantoja	14	19
T-56	Raoni Barcelos	14	16
T-56	Michael Chiesa	14	22
T-56	Royce Gracie	14	13
T-56	Joe Doerksen	14	9
T-56	Jon Fitch	14	18
T-56	Nate Marquardt	14	25
T-56	Rick Story	14	19
T-56	Mike Pyle	14	19
T-56	Paul Sass	14	5
T-56	Dennis Bermudez	14	17
T-69	Jake Matthews	13	24
T-69	Bryce Mitchell	13	13
T-69	Kevin Holland	13	29
T-69	Islam Makhachev	13	19
T-69	Thiago Moises	13	17
T-69	Nick Diaz	13	14
T-69	Stephan Bonnar	13	15
T-69	Josh Neer	13	15
T-69	Kenny Florian	13	17
T-69	Ben Saunders	13	19
T-69	CB Dollaway	13	20
T-69	Mark Bocek	13	13
T-69	Daniel Pineda	13	13
T-69	Anthony Rocco Martin	13	15
T-69	Jason Knight	13	9
T-84	Vicente Luque	12	26
T-84	Nikita Krylov	12	23
T-84	Brandon Royval	12	13
T-84	Beneil Dariush	12	26
T-84	Mayra Bueno Silva	12	13
T-84	Gillian Robertson	12	21
T-84	Ryan Spann	12	19
T-84	Charles Rosa	12	13
T-84	Raquel Pennington	12	19
T-84	Miesha Tate	12	14
T-84	Dave Menne	12	6
T-84	Jeremy Horn	12	13
T-84	BJ Penn	12	27
T-84	Dennis Hallman	12	9
T-84	Marcus Davis	12	15
T-84	George Sotiropoulos	12	11
T-84	Paulo Thiago	12	13

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