Most submission attempts per 15 minutes

Name: 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 25, 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	Marcin Held	20.2	182	11
2	Paul Sass	7.4	14	5
3	Ramazan Gitinov	4.8	7	5
4	Adrian Lee	4.6	7	5
5	Cole Miller	3.8	20	10
6	Shannon Gugerty	3.4	8	5
7	Teddy Stringer	3.3	4	6
8	Clay Collard	2.7	31	14
9	Charles Oliveira	2.5	32	24
10	Hermes Franca	2.4	22	10
11	Marko Bojković	2.3	2	5
12	Joe Stevenson	2.3	18	13
13	Jacob Volkmann	2.2	14	8
14	Arcangelo Oliveira	2.2	9	5
15	Terrance McKinney	2.2	5	14
16	Paul Kelly	2.1	9	6
17	Andrew Holbrook	2.1	5	5
18	Benoit Saint Denis	2.1	10	12
19	Joe Lauzon	2.0	29	27
20	Cody McKenzie	1.9	5	5
21	Joe Proctor	1.9	8	7
22	Chase Hooper	1.9	7	8
23	Herdeson Batista	1.9	7	5
24	Tariq Pell	1.8	5	5
25	Jim Miller	1.8	49	43
26	Josh Neer	1.7	8	5
27	Nate Diaz	1.7	20	16
28	Rafaello Oliveira	1.6	9	8
29	Nik Lentz	1.6	21	16
30	Matt Wiman	1.5	18	18
31	Karol Ryšavý	1.5	11	13
32	Thiago Tavares	1.5	18	18
33	Denis Frimpong	1.5	6	6
34	Fabricio Camoes	1.5	5	6
35	Brent Primus	1.5	9	7
36	Terry Etim	1.4	10	11
37	Joe Solecki	1.4	10	10
38	Luis Pena	1.4	8	7
39	Paddy Pimblett	1.4	8	9
40	Tom Nolan	1.4	5	7
41	Jordan Leavitt	1.3	5	9
42	Mark Bocek	1.3	13	13
43	Chris Wade	1.3	13	13
44	George Sotiropoulos	1.3	8	9
45	Din Thomas	1.2	8	9
46	TJ Grant	1.2	4	5
47	Michael Chiesa	1.2	7	10
48	Elvin Espinoza	1.2	6	6
49	Jamie Varner	1.2	6	9
50	Ramsey Nijem	1.2	8	11
51	Joel Álvarez	1.2	5	9
52	Islam Makhachev	1.1	13	16
53	Kenny Florian	1.1	10	12
54	Anthony Rocco Martin	1.1	7	8
55	Hafeni Nafuka	1.1	5	5
56	Grant Dawson	1.1	9	11
57	Claudio Puelles	1.1	7	8
58	James Krause	1.1	6	8
59	Mike Davis	1.1	7	8
60	Ivan Buchinger	1.1	5	9
61	Thiago Moises	1.0	13	17
62	Efrain Escudero	1.0	10	12
63	Jalin Turner	1.0	6	14
64	Quillan Salkilld	1.0	3	7
65	Tyson Griffin	1.0	10	12
66	Larissa Pacheco	1.0	4	7
67	Stevie Ray	1.0	12	16
68	Evan Dunham	1.0	15	20
69	Rich Clementi	1.0	5	7
70	Tony Ferguson	1.0	16	21
71	Jon Tuck	1.0	7	9
72	Matt Serra	1.0	4	5
73	Dustin Poirier	1.0	15	20
74	Olzhas Eskaraev	0.9	4	5
75	Kurt Pellegrino	0.9	7	11
76	Gilbert Burns	0.9	6	10
77	Diego Sanchez	0.9	9	11
78	Kevin Lee	0.9	11	17
79	George Staines	0.9	4	5
80	Renato Moicano	0.9	5	11
81	Jake Matthews	0.9	4	7
82	Naoyuki Kotani	0.8	3	5
83	Yancy Medeiros	0.8	5	10
84	Khabib Nurmagomedov	0.8	9	12
85	Matt Frevola	0.8	6	13
86	Beneil Dariush	0.8	12	26
87	Yves Edwards	0.8	10	19
88	Joaquim Silva	0.8	7	12
89	Trey Ogden	0.8	4	5
90	Gleison Tibau	0.8	16	27
91	Justin Buchholz	0.8	2	5
92	Ignacio Bahamondes	0.8	5	9
93	Gadzhi Rabadanov	0.8	4	7
94	František Fodor	0.8	3	8
95	Gregor Gillespie	0.8	3	8
96	Michel Prazeres	0.8	6	9
97	Roosevelt Roberts	0.8	5	9
98	Jan Malach	0.8	3	5
99	Jakub Dohnal	0.7	3	7
100	Anthony Pettis	0.7	10	19

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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