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	Jimmy Flick	3.5	15	7
2	Avazbek Kholmirzaev	3.0	7	5
3	Jafel Filho	2.2	8	6
4	Louis Smolka	2.2	18	10
5	Joseph Morales	1.9	6	5
6	Deiveson Figueiredo	1.8	20	14
7	Jake Hadley	1.7	7	6
8	Bidzina Gavashelishvili	1.6	8	5
9	Erson Yamamoto	1.6	7	7
10	Neil Seery	1.6	10	7
11	Tagir Ulanbekov	1.5	10	8
12	Asu Almabayev	1.4	12	10
13	Daniel Lacerda	1.4	2	5
14	Tatsuro Taira	1.3	9	9
15	Paddy Holohan	1.3	5	5
16	Ray Borg	1.3	11	9
17	Matt Schnell	1.2	8	12
18	Makoto Takahashi	1.2	7	9
19	Malik Basahel	1.2	7	8
20	Brandon Royval	1.2	12	13
21	Malcolm Gordon	1.2	3	6
22	Jesus Aguilar	1.1	6	8
23	Édgar Cháirez	1.1	4	6
24	Muhammad Mokaev	1.1	7	9
25	Rogerio Bontorin	1.1	5	6
26	John Moraga	1.1	12	14
27	Ben Nguyen	1.0	4	7
28	Clayton Carpenter	1.0	4	6
29	André Lima	1.0	6	7
30	Yuta Sasaki	0.9	3	6
31	Yuki Ito	0.9	6	7
32	Tim Elliott	0.9	16	20
33	John Lineker	0.9	5	8
34	Alexandre Pantoja	0.9	14	19
35	Hiroya Kondo	0.8	3	5
36	Jawany Scott	0.8	5	7
37	Hiromasa Ougikubo	0.8	4	5
38	Allan Nascimento	0.8	4	6
39	Chris Cariaso	0.8	6	9
40	Wilson Reis	0.8	6	11
41	Alessandro Costa	0.7	4	8
42	Davide Scarano	0.7	3	5
43	Jenel Lausa	0.7	3	5
44	Demetrious Johnson	0.6	12	15
45	Ode Osbourne	0.6	3	9
46	Lone'er Kavanagh	0.6	4	8
47	Jarred Brooks	0.6	3	6
48	Jussier Formiga	0.6	7	16
49	Matheus Nicolau	0.5	4	10
50	Cody Durden	0.5	5	14
51	Ryan Benoit	0.5	3	8
52	Daniel Barez	0.5	2	5
53	Justin Scoggins	0.5	3	8
54	Joby Sanchez	0.5	2	6
55	Fran Breen	0.5	2	6
56	Zach Makovsky	0.4	4	10
57	Charles Johnson	0.4	5	14
58	Askar Askarov	0.4	2	5
59	Brandon Moreno	0.4	9	21
60	David Dvorak	0.4	3	10
61	Alex Perez	0.3	2	14
62	Amir Albazi	0.3	2	6
63	Sumudaerji	0.3	2	8
64	Joseph Benavidez	0.3	4	19
65	Steve Erceg	0.3	2	8
66	Bruno Silva	0.3	2	11
67	Kyoji Horiguchi	0.3	3	12
68	Ali Bagautinov	0.3	2	7
69	Joshua Van	0.3	3	12
70	Raulian Paiva	0.3	1	5
71	Manel Kape	0.2	2	11
72	Jordan Espinosa	0.2	1	7
73	Luis Gurule	0.2	1	5
74	Zhalgas Zhumagulov	0.2	2	10
75	CJ Vergara	0.2	1	9
76	Carlos Hernandez	0.2	1	8
77	Sam Creasey	0.2	1	5
78	Eric Shelton	0.2	1	6
79	Henry Cejudo	0.1	1	9
80	Aaron Aby	0.1	1	7
81	John Dodson	0.1	1	11
82	Dustin Ortiz	0.1	1	14

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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