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 24, 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	Sho Patrick Usami	1.3	3	5
44	Chris Wade	1.3	13	13
45	George Sotiropoulos	1.3	8	9
46	Din Thomas	1.2	8	9
47	TJ Grant	1.2	4	5
48	Michael Chiesa	1.2	7	10
49	Elvin Espinoza	1.2	6	6
50	Jamie Varner	1.2	6	9
51	Ramsey Nijem	1.2	8	11
52	Joel Álvarez	1.2	5	9
53	Islam Makhachev	1.1	13	16
54	Luiz Gustavo	1.1	4	6
55	Kenny Florian	1.1	10	12
56	Anthony Rocco Martin	1.1	7	8
57	Hafeni Nafuka	1.1	5	5
58	Grant Dawson	1.1	9	11
59	Claudio Puelles	1.1	7	8
60	James Krause	1.1	6	8
61	Mike Davis	1.1	7	8
62	Ivan Buchinger	1.1	5	9
63	Thiago Moises	1.0	13	17
64	Efrain Escudero	1.0	10	12
65	Jalin Turner	1.0	6	14
66	Quillan Salkilld	1.0	3	7
67	Tyson Griffin	1.0	10	12
68	Larissa Pacheco	1.0	4	7
69	Stevie Ray	1.0	12	16
70	Evan Dunham	1.0	15	20
71	Rich Clementi	1.0	5	7
72	Tony Ferguson	1.0	16	21
73	Jon Tuck	1.0	7	9
74	Matt Serra	1.0	4	5
75	Dustin Poirier	1.0	15	20
76	Olzhas Eskaraev	0.9	4	5
77	Kurt Pellegrino	0.9	7	11
78	Gilbert Burns	0.9	6	10
79	Diego Sanchez	0.9	9	11
80	Yusuke Yachi	0.9	3	5
81	Kevin Lee	0.9	11	17
82	George Staines	0.9	4	5
83	Renato Moicano	0.9	5	11
84	Jake Matthews	0.9	4	7
85	Naoyuki Kotani	0.8	3	5
86	Yancy Medeiros	0.8	5	10
87	Khabib Nurmagomedov	0.8	9	12
88	Matt Frevola	0.8	6	13
89	Beneil Dariush	0.8	12	26
90	Yves Edwards	0.8	10	19
91	Joaquim Silva	0.8	7	12
92	Trey Ogden	0.8	4	5
93	Gleison Tibau	0.8	16	27
94	Justin Buchholz	0.8	2	5
95	Ignacio Bahamondes	0.8	5	9
96	Gadzhi Rabadanov	0.8	4	7
97	František Fodor	0.8	3	8
98	Gregor Gillespie	0.8	3	8
99	Michel Prazeres	0.8	6	9
100	Roosevelt Roberts	0.8	5	9

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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