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

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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