Most submission attempts
Most submission attempts.
UFCStats has round-by-round statistics for only 83%–95% of fights in 1994–1998. Fights without them are left out of these totals.
UFC 1 (November 1993) is not in UFCStats, so its fights are missing.
1,566 fighters.
| # | Fighter | Total |
|---|---|---|
| =46 | Evan Tanner | 15 |
| =46 | Jacob Volkmann | 15 |
| =46 | Paul Craig | 15 |
| =54 | Alexandre Pantoja | 14 |
| =54 | Aljamain Sterling | 14 |
| =54 | Dennis Bermudez | 14 |
| =54 | Grant Dawson | 14 |
| =54 | Joe Doerksen | 14 |
| =54 | Jon Fitch | 14 |
| =54 | Michael Chiesa | 14 |
| =54 | Mike Pyle | 14 |
| =54 | Nate Marquardt | 14 |
| =54 | Paul Sass | 14 |
| =54 | Raoni Barcelos | 14 |
| =54 | Rick Story | 14 |
| =54 | Youssef Zalal | 14 |
| =67 | Anthony Rocco Martin | 13 |
| =67 | Ben Saunders | 13 |
| =67 | Bryce Mitchell | 13 |
| =67 | CB Dollaway | 13 |
| =67 | Daniel Pineda | 13 |
| =67 | Islam Makhachev | 13 |
| =67 | Jake Matthews | 13 |
| =67 | Jason Knight | 13 |
| =67 | Josh Neer | 13 |
| =67 | Kenny Florian | 13 |
| =67 | Kevin Holland | 13 |
| =67 | Mark Bocek | 13 |
| =67 | Mayra Bueno Silva | 13 |
| =67 | Nick Diaz | 13 |
| =67 | Stephan Bonnar | 13 |
| =67 | Thiago Moises | 13 |
| =83 | BJ Penn | 12 |
| =83 | Beneil Dariush | 12 |
| =83 | Brandon Royval | 12 |
| =83 | Brian Ortega | 12 |
| =83 | Charles Rosa | 12 |
| =83 | Dave Menne | 12 |
| =83 | Demetrious Johnson | 12 |
| =83 | Dennis Hallman | 12 |
| =83 | George Sotiropoulos | 12 |
| =83 | Gillian Robertson | 12 |
| =83 | Gray Maynard | 12 |
| =83 | James Wilks | 12 |
| =83 | Jeremy Horn | 12 |
| =83 | John Moraga | 12 |
| =83 | Marcus Davis | 12 |
| =83 | Miesha Tate | 12 |
| =83 | Nassourdine Imavov | 12 |
| =83 | Nikita Krylov | 12 |