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Most submission wins

UFC sub wins totals aggregated from canonical per-round bout data — all-time, by era, or for a single year.

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50 fighters · finishes
  1. 1
    Royce Gracie
    Royce Gracie
    7
  2. 2
    Frank Mir
    Frank Mir
    7
  3. 3
    Kenny Florian
    Kenny Florian
    “KenFlo”
    6
  4. 4
    Demian Maia
    Demian Maia
    5
  5. 5
    Nate Diaz
    Nate Diaz
    5
  6. 6
    Oleg Taktarov
    Oleg Taktarov
    “The Russian Bear”
    5
  7. 7
    Dan Severn
    Dan Severn
    “The Beast”
    5
  8. 8
    Jerry Bohlander
    Jerry Bohlander
    4
  9. 9
    Matt Hughes
    Matt Hughes
    4
  10. 10
    Wilson Gouveia
    Wilson Gouveia
    4
  11. 11
    Evan Tanner
    Evan Tanner
    4
  12. 12
    Jeremy Horn
    Jeremy Horn
    “Gumby”
    4
  13. 13
    Dustin Hazelett
    Dustin Hazelett
    “McLovin”
    4
  14. 14
    Marcus Davis
    Marcus Davis
    “The Irish Hand Grenade”
    4
  15. 15
    BJ Penn
    BJ Penn
    “The Prodigy”
    4
  16. 16
    Ken Shamrock
    Ken Shamrock
    “The World's Most Dangerous Man”
    4
  17. 17
    Renato Sobral
    Renato Sobral
    “Babalu”
    4
  18. 18
    Marco Ruas
    Marco Ruas
    “King of the Streets”
    3
  19. 19
    Kurt Pellegrino
    Kurt Pellegrino
    “Batman”
    3
  20. 20
    Frank Shamrock
    Frank Shamrock
    3
  21. 21
    Chris Lytle
    Chris Lytle
    “Lights Out”
    3
  22. 22
    Thales Leites
    Thales Leites
    3
  23. 23
    Joe Stevenson
    Joe Stevenson
    “Daddy”
    3
  24. 24
    George Sotiropoulos
    George Sotiropoulos
    3
  25. 25
    Carlos Newton
    Carlos Newton
    “The Ronin”
    3
  26. 26
    Pat Miletich
    Pat Miletich
    “The Croatian Sensation”
    3
  27. 27
    Pete Spratt
    Pete Spratt
    “The Secret Weapon”
    3
  28. 28
    Don Frye
    Don Frye
    “The Predator”
    3
  29. 29
    Rich Clementi
    Rich Clementi
    “No Love”
    3
  30. 30
    Terry Etim
    Terry Etim
    3
  31. 31
    Drew Fickett
    Drew Fickett
    “The Master”
    3
  32. 32
    Jason MacDonald
    Jason MacDonald
    “The Athlete”
    3
  33. 33
    Joe Lauzon
    Joe Lauzon
    “J-Lau”
    3
  34. 34
    Patrick Smith
    Patrick Smith
    3
  35. 35
    Josh Koscheck
    Josh Koscheck
    “Kos”
    3
  36. 36
    Mark Coleman
    Mark Coleman
    “The Hammer”
    3
  37. 37
    Jon Fitch
    Jon Fitch
    3
  38. 38
    Mark Bocek
    Mark Bocek
    3
  39. 39
    Martin Kampmann
    Martin Kampmann
    “The Hitman”
    3
  40. 40
    Forrest Griffin
    Forrest Griffin
    2
  41. 41
    Anderson Silva
    Anderson Silva
    “The Spider”
    2
  42. 42
    Hermes Franca
    Hermes Franca
    2
  43. 43
    Gleison Tibau
    Gleison Tibau
    2
  44. 44
    Dean Lister
    Dean Lister
    “The Boogeyman”
    2
  45. 45
    Ricardo Almeida
    Ricardo Almeida
    “Big Dog”
    2
  46. 46
    Spencer Fisher
    Spencer Fisher
    “The King”
    2
  47. 47
    Rob Kimmons
    Rob Kimmons
    “The Rosedale Reaper”
    2
  48. 48
    Shannon Gugerty
    Shannon Gugerty
    2
  49. 49
    Georges St-Pierre
    Georges St-Pierre
    “Rush”
    2
  50. 50
    Rousimar Palhares
    Rousimar Palhares
    “Toquinho”
    2