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 8, 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	Marcin Held	20.2	182	11
2	Paul Sass	7.4	14	5
3	Roberto Satoshi de Souza	6.6	10	5
4	Ramazan Gitinov	4.8	7	5
5	Adrian Lee	4.6	7	5
6	Cole Miller	3.8	20	10
7	Shannon Gugerty	3.4	8	5
8	Teddy Stringer	3.3	4	6
9	Clay Collard	2.7	31	14
10	Charles Oliveira	2.5	32	24
11	Hermes Franca	2.4	22	10
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	Marko Bojković	2.1	2	6
17	Paul Kelly	2.1	9	6
18	Andrew Holbrook	2.1	5	5
19	Benoit Saint Denis	2.1	10	12
20	Joe Lauzon	2.0	29	27
21	Cody McKenzie	1.9	5	5
22	Joe Proctor	1.9	8	7
23	Chase Hooper	1.9	7	8
24	Herdeson Batista	1.9	7	5
25	Souhil Tairi	1.9	8	5
26	Tariq Pell	1.8	5	5
27	Jim Miller	1.8	49	43
28	Josh Neer	1.7	8	5
29	Nate Diaz	1.7	20	16
30	Rafaello Oliveira	1.6	9	8
31	Nik Lentz	1.6	21	16
32	Abdul-Rakhman Dudaev	1.6	7	5
33	Matt Wiman	1.5	18	18
34	Karol Ryšavý	1.5	11	13
35	Thiago Tavares	1.5	18	18
36	Denis Frimpong	1.5	6	6
37	Fabricio Camoes	1.5	5	6
38	Brent Primus	1.5	9	7
39	Terry Etim	1.4	10	11
40	Joe Solecki	1.4	10	10
41	Luis Pena	1.4	8	7
42	Paddy Pimblett	1.4	8	9
43	Jordan Leavitt	1.3	5	9
44	Mark Bocek	1.3	13	13
45	Chris Wade	1.3	13	13
46	Elvin Espinoza	1.3	7	7
47	George Sotiropoulos	1.3	8	9
48	Din Thomas	1.2	8	9
49	TJ Grant	1.2	4	5
50	Michael Chiesa	1.2	7	10
51	Jamie Varner	1.2	6	9
52	Ramsey Nijem	1.2	8	11
53	Joel Álvarez	1.2	5	9
54	Islam Makhachev	1.1	13	16
55	Luiz Gustavo	1.1	4	6
56	Kenny Florian	1.1	10	12
57	Anthony Rocco Martin	1.1	7	8
58	Tom Nolan	1.1	5	8
59	Hafeni Nafuka	1.1	5	5
60	Claudio Puelles	1.1	7	8
61	Grant Dawson	1.1	10	12
62	James Krause	1.1	6	8
63	Mike Davis	1.1	7	8
64	Ivan Buchinger	1.1	5	9
65	Fedor Duric	1.0	4	5
66	Thiago Moises	1.0	13	17
67	Efrain Escudero	1.0	10	12
68	Jalin Turner	1.0	6	14
69	Quillan Salkilld	1.0	3	7
70	Tyson Griffin	1.0	10	12
71	Larissa Pacheco	1.0	4	7
72	Mads Burnell	1.0	5	6
73	Lucas Caio	1.0	2	5
74	Evan Dunham	1.0	15	20
75	Rich Clementi	1.0	5	7
76	Tony Ferguson	1.0	16	21
77	Jon Tuck	1.0	7	9
78	Matt Serra	1.0	4	5
79	Dustin Poirier	1.0	15	20
80	Stevie Ray	0.9	12	17
81	Olzhas Eskaraev	0.9	4	5
82	Kurt Pellegrino	0.9	7	11
83	Gilbert Burns	0.9	6	10
84	Renato Moicano	0.9	6	12
85	Diego Sanchez	0.9	9	11
86	Sho Patrick Usami	0.9	3	6
87	Kevin Lee	0.9	11	17
88	George Staines	0.9	4	6
89	Jake Matthews	0.9	4	7
90	Aleksandr Chizov	0.8	3	6
91	Naoyuki Kotani	0.8	3	5
92	Yancy Medeiros	0.8	5	10
93	Khabib Nurmagomedov	0.8	9	12
94	Matt Frevola	0.8	6	13
95	Ali Suleymanov	0.8	4	5
96	Yusuke Yachi	0.8	3	6
97	Beneil Dariush	0.8	12	26
98	Yves Edwards	0.8	10	19
99	Joaquim Silva	0.8	7	12
100	Trey Ogden	0.8	4	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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