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All-time submission leaders: every fighter ranked by most submission wins in recorded history.

Covers each fighter's full recorded professional career, including bouts outside the UFC.

#FighterRecordLeader
1Kazushi Sakuraba26-17-1 (2 NC)19
2Charles Oliveira37-11-0 (1 NC)17
3Shinya Aoki39-7-0 (1 NC)16
4Jim Miller39-19-0 (1 NC)14
5Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira34-10-1 (1 NC)13
6Urijah Faber35-11-012
7Nate Diaz22-13-012
8Demian Maia28-11-011
9Fabricio Werdum24-9-111
10Gerald Meerschaert37-22-011
11Rousimar Palhares19-8-011
12Rani Yahya28-12-1 (1 NC)11
13Josh Barnett35-8-011
14Ikuhisa Minowa60-42-811
15Donald Cerrone36-17-0 (2 NC)10
16Royce Gracie15-2-310
17Jacare Souza26-10-0 (1 NC)10
18Fedor Emelianenko36-5-0 (1 NC)9
19Michael Chiesa20-7-09
20Frank Mir18-11-08
21Islam Makhachev29-1-08
22Brendan Allen27-7-08
23Glover Teixeira33-9-08
24Alistair Overeem47-19-0 (1 NC)8
25Kenny Florian14-6-08

Fight data compiled from public statistical sources (ufcstats.com) and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). OctagonStats is an independent database, not affiliated with UFC / TKO Group.