UFC: Most submissions

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

Updated September 21, 2026

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#	Fighter	Most submissions	Wins	Bouts
1	Charles Oliveira	17	25	36
2	Jim Miller	14	28	46
T-3	Gerald Meerschaert	11	12	26
T-3	Demian Maia	11	22	33
T-5	Royce Gracie	10	11	13
T-5	Nate Diaz	10	16	27
7	Michael Chiesa	9	15	22
T-8	Brendan Allen	8	16	20
T-8	Islam Makhachev	8	18	19
T-8	Gunnar Nelson	8	10	16
T-8	Frank Mir	8	16	27
T-12	Vicente Luque	7	17	26
T-12	Gillian Robertson	7	14	21
T-12	Renato Moicano	7	13	20
T-12	Aleksei Oleinik	7	9	17
T-12	Glover Teixeira	7	16	23
T-12	Rani Yahya	7	13	20
T-12	Kenny Florian	7	12	17
T-12	Joe Lauzon	7	15	27
T-12	Cole Miller	7	10	19
T-21	Grant Dawson	6	13	16
T-21	Jake Matthews	6	16	24
T-21	Kevin Holland	6	17	29
T-21	Paul Craig	6	9	20
T-21	Alexandre Pantoja	6	14	19
T-21	Tony Ferguson	6	15	24
T-21	Chris Lytle	6	10	20
T-21	Jon Jones	6	22	23
T-21	Stefan Struve	6	13	24
T-21	Rousimar Palhares	6	8	12
T-21	Donald Cerrone	6	23	37
T-21	Urijah Faber	6	11	18
T-33	Tatiana Suarez	5	9	10
T-33	Nikita Krylov	5	12	22
T-33	Beneil Dariush	5	17	26
T-33	Rodolfo Vieira	5	6	11
T-33	Valter Walker	5	5	6
T-33	Mackenzie Dern	5	12	17
T-33	Jailton Almeida	5	9	12
T-33	Anthony Hernandez	5	9	13
T-33	Chase Hooper	5	10	15
T-33	Ryan Spann	5	11	19
T-33	Gilbert Burns	5	15	25
T-33	Misha Cirkunov	5	6	13
T-33	Anthony Smith	5	13	25
T-33	Dan Severn	5	9	13
T-33	Ken Shamrock	5	7	15
T-33	Oleg Taktarov	5	6	9
T-33	Ovince Saint Preux	5	15	28
T-33	Clay Guida	5	18	37
T-33	Mickey Gall	5	6	13
T-33	Shavkat Rakhmonov	5	7	7
T-33	Rafael Dos Anjos	5	21	36
T-33	Matt Hughes	5	18	25
T-33	Martin Kampmann	5	11	17
T-33	Ed Herman	5	13	25
T-33	Thales Leites	5	13	21
T-33	Thiago Tavares	5	10	18
T-33	Demetrious Johnson	5	15	18
T-33	Khabib Nurmagomedov	5	13	13
T-33	Erick Silva	5	7	15
T-33	Antonio Carlos Junior	5	7	12
T-63	Khamzat Chimaev	4	9	10
T-63	Sean Brady	4	9	11
T-63	Deiveson Figueiredo	4	14	22
T-63	Jaqueline Amorim	4	5	7
T-63	Gabriel Bonfim	4	8	9
T-63	Bo Nickal	4	8	9
T-63	Marlon Vera	4	16	27
T-63	Charles Jourdain	4	9	18
T-63	Andre Muniz	4	8	12
T-63	Ramiz Brahimaj	4	5	10
T-63	Youssef Zalal	4	8	13
T-63	Jimmy Crute	4	7	13
T-63	Benoit Saint Denis	4	9	13
T-63	Aljamain Sterling	4	18	23
T-63	Brian Ortega	4	8	13
T-63	Paddy Pimblett	4	8	9
T-63	Brandon Royval	4	8	13
T-63	Karine Silva	4	6	9
T-63	Erin Blanchfield	4	8	9
T-63	Mayra Bueno Silva	4	5	13
T-63	Mario Bautista	4	12	15
T-63	Julian Erosa	4	10	19
T-63	Kevin Lee	4	11	19
T-63	Randy Couture	4	16	24
T-63	Jerry Bohlander	4	5	7
T-63	Makwan Amirkhani	4	7	14
T-63	Muhammad Mokaev	4	7	7
T-63	Dustin Poirier	4	22	31
T-63	Chas Skelly	4	8	11
T-63	Kyung Ho Kang	4	8	13
T-63	Alex Caceres	4	16	29
T-63	Evan Tanner	4	11	17
T-63	Jeremy Horn	4	6	13
T-63	Renato Sobral	4	6	10
T-63	BJ Penn	4	12	27
T-63	Marcus Davis	4	9	15
T-63	Gabriel Gonzaga	4	12	22
T-63	Wilson Gouveia	4	6	10

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