Most submission attempts: before 2000
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.
74 fighters.
| # | Fighter | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royce Gracie | 12 |
| 2 | Oleg Taktarov | 11 |
| 3 | Frank Shamrock | 9 |
| =4 | Marco Ruas | 8 |
| =4 | Mark Coleman | 8 |
| =4 | Tsuyoshi Kohsaka | 8 |
| 7 | Ken Shamrock | 7 |
| 8 | Dan Severn | 6 |
| =9 | Evan Tanner | 5 |
| =9 | Jason DeLucia | 5 |
| =9 | Jerry Bohlander | 5 |
| =9 | Pete Williams | 5 |
| =13 | Carlos Newton | 4 |
| =13 | David Abbott | 4 |
| =13 | Guy Mezger | 4 |
| =13 | Harry Moskowitz | 4 |
| =13 | Jeremy Horn | 4 |
| =13 | Mikey Burnett | 4 |
| =13 | Remco Pardoel | 4 |
| =20 | Don Frye | 3 |
| =20 | Frank Hamaker | 3 |
| =20 | Maurice Smith | 3 |
| =20 | Patrick Smith | 3 |
| =20 | Paul Varelans | 3 |
| =20 | Randy Couture | 3 |
| =20 | Vitor Belfort | 3 |
| =27 | Fabiano Iha | 2 |
| =27 | Joey Roberts | 2 |
| =27 | Kazushi Sakuraba | 2 |
| =27 | Kevin Randleman | 2 |
| =27 | Kimo Leopoldo | 2 |
| =27 | Marcus Silveira | 2 |
| =27 | Pat Miletich | 2 |
| =27 | Paul Jones | 2 |
| =27 | Ron Waterman | 2 |
| =27 | Scott Bessac | 2 |
| =27 | Scott Ferrozzo | 2 |
| =38 | Bas Rutten | 1 |
| =38 | Brian Johnston | 1 |
| =38 | Chris Brennan | 1 |
| =38 | Christophe Leninger | 1 |
| =38 | Dan Bobish | 1 |
| =38 | Dan Henderson | 1 |
| =38 | Ebenezer Fontes Braga | 1 |
| =38 | Enson Inoue | 1 |
| =38 | Eugene Jackson | 1 |
| =38 | Fabio Gurgel | 1 |
| =38 | Frank Caracci | 1 |
| =38 | Gary Goodridge | 1 |
| =38 | Geza Kalman | 1 |