Most submission attempts per 15 minutes

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The all-time top 100, ranked across every MMA promotion we track and rebuilt from every completed fight in our database.

Updated November 6, 2026

A fighter with a bout in the last 18 months. Country boards rank every fighter from that country and cannot be combined with the active filter.

#	Fighter
1	Bubba Jenkins	5.5	50	12
2	Darrick Minner	2.7	9	7
3	Karol Ryšavý	2.4	12	6
4	Chas Skelly	2.4	17	11
5	Jan Masek	2.4	11	5
6	Charles Oliveira	2.4	16	12
7	Chase Hooper	2.3	12	7
8	Alexandre Almeida	2.2	4	5
9	Yadier del Valle	2.0	5	5
10	Islam Reda	1.9	9	5
11	Taha Bendaoud	1.9	7	5
12	Jordan Griffin	1.9	9	6
13	Steven Siler	1.8	17	15
14	Kleber Koike Erbst	1.7	10	6
15	Jason Knight	1.7	15	10
16	Rani Yahya	1.7	9	6
17	Vugar Karamov	1.6	6	6
18	Daniel Pineda	1.6	13	13
19	Godofredo Pepey	1.6	7	10
20	Herbert Burns	1.5	4	6
21	Rajabali Shaidullaev	1.5	3	5
22	Kazumasa Majima	1.5	6	8
23	Gavin Tucker	1.5	7	7
24	Chris Wade	1.5	11	10
25	Pedro Dantas	1.4	4	5
26	Jimy Hettes	1.4	6	6
27	Gabriel Benitez	1.4	8	10
28	Shamil Gasanov	1.4	7	5
29	Ricardo Ramos	1.3	7	10
30	Diego Lopes	1.3	10	10
31	Alexei Pergande	1.3	6	6
32	Bryce Mitchell	1.3	11	11
33	Damon Jackson	1.3	11	12
34	Youssef Zalal	1.3	13	12
35	Pat Sabatini	1.3	9	11
36	Christian Rodriguez	1.3	7	7
37	Patryk Kaczmarczyk	1.3	7	6
38	Joanderson Brito	1.2	8	12
39	Ilia Topuria	1.2	6	7
40	Dustin Poirier	1.2	8	11
41	Solomon Simon	1.2	4	5
42	Brahyam Zurcher	1.1	3	5
43	Bobby Moffett	1.1	5	5
44	Charles Rosa	1.1	11	11
45	Darren Elkins	1.1	25	29
46	TJ Brown	1.1	7	8
47	Makwan Amirkhani	1.0	9	14
48	Marko Ančić	1.0	4	6
49	Dennis Bermudez	1.0	12	15
50	Deniz Ilbay	1.0	4	8
51	Michihiro Omigawa	1.0	5	5
52	Pablo Garza	1.0	3	6
53	Niko Samsonidse	1.0	3	6
54	Melquizael Costa	1.0	6	8
55	Sam Sicilia	0.9	6	11
56	James Hendin	0.9	4	5
57	Nathan Kelly	0.9	3	7
58	Brian Ortega	0.9	10	12
59	Billy Quarantillo	0.9	7	11
60	Jonathan Pearce	0.9	5	8
61	Matt Elliott	0.9	3	5
62	Ricardo Lamas	0.9	10	17
63	Jakub Tichota	0.9	6	8
64	Harry Hardwick	0.8	3	5
65	Steven Peterson	0.8	6	8
66	Dawid Kareta	0.8	5	7
67	Jean Silva	0.8	4	8
68	Hyder Amil	0.8	3	7
69	Zabit Magomedsharipov	0.8	4	6
70	Kyle Nelson	0.8	4	8
71	Rony Jason	0.8	5	10
72	Viktor Kolesnik	0.7	2	5
73	Nate Landwehr	0.7	5	11
74	Luca Borando	0.7	2	6
75	Marco Novák	0.7	4	7
76	Chan Sung Jung	0.7	7	12
77	Jakub Batfalský	0.7	4	7
78	Hatsu Hioki	0.7	5	8
79	Connor Matthews	0.6	2	5
80	Charles Jourdain	0.6	6	12
81	Francis Marshall	0.6	3	7
82	Simone D'Anna	0.6	2	5
83	Andre Harrison	0.6	3	6
84	Lance Palmer	0.6	5	11
85	Bogdan Grad	0.6	2	5
86	Dooho Choi	0.5	3	11
87	Cole Miller	0.5	4	9
88	Josef Stummer	0.5	2	6
89	Lerone Murphy	0.5	5	11
90	Mirsad Bektic	0.4	3	10
91	Hacran Dias	0.4	3	7
92	Shane Burgos	0.4	4	11
93	David Onama	0.4	2	7
94	Mate Sanikidze	0.4	2	5
95	Morgan Charriere	0.4	2	8
96	Julian Erosa	0.4	3	16
97	Felipe Arantes	0.4	3	8
98	Sodiq Yusuff	0.4	3	11
99	Diego Brandao	0.4	2	9
100	Ricky Glenn	0.4	2	5

Ranked across every MMA promotion we track. BKFC is bare-knuckle boxing — two-minute rounds, and a punch count that is not a significant-strike count — so it is ranked only on its own boards.

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