UFC: Most submission attempts per 15 minutes

Name: UFC: Most submission attempts per 15 minutes
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The all-time UFC top 100, rebuilt from every completed UFC 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	Paul Sass	7.4	14	5
2	Cole Miller	3.8	20	10
3	Shannon Gugerty	3.4	8	5
4	Charles Oliveira	2.5	32	24
5	Hermes Franca	2.4	22	10
6	Joe Stevenson	2.3	18	13
7	Jacob Volkmann	2.2	14	8
8	Terrance McKinney	2.2	5	14
9	Paul Kelly	2.1	9	6
10	Andrew Holbrook	2.1	5	5
11	Benoit Saint Denis	2.1	10	12
12	Joe Lauzon	2.0	29	27
13	Cody McKenzie	1.9	5	5
14	Joe Proctor	1.9	8	7
15	Chase Hooper	1.9	7	8
16	Jim Miller	1.8	49	43
17	Josh Neer	1.7	8	5
18	Nate Diaz	1.7	20	16
19	Rafaello Oliveira	1.6	9	8
20	Nik Lentz	1.6	21	16
21	Matt Wiman	1.5	18	18
22	Thiago Tavares	1.5	14	14
23	Fabricio Camoes	1.5	5	6
24	Terry Etim	1.4	10	11
25	Joe Solecki	1.4	10	10
26	Luis Pena	1.4	8	7
27	Paddy Pimblett	1.4	8	9
28	Tom Nolan	1.4	5	7
29	Jordan Leavitt	1.3	5	9
30	Mark Bocek	1.3	13	13
31	George Sotiropoulos	1.3	8	9
32	Din Thomas	1.2	8	9
33	TJ Grant	1.2	4	5
34	Michael Chiesa	1.2	7	10
35	Jamie Varner	1.2	6	9
36	Joel Álvarez	1.2	5	9
37	Islam Makhachev	1.1	13	16
38	Kenny Florian	1.1	10	12
39	Anthony Rocco Martin	1.1	7	8
T-40	Ramsey Nijem	1.1	6	9
T-40	Chris Wade	1.1	6	7
42	Grant Dawson	1.1	9	11
43	Claudio Puelles	1.1	7	8
44	James Krause	1.1	6	8
45	Mike Davis	1.1	7	8
46	Thiago Moises	1.0	13	17
47	Jalin Turner	1.0	6	14
48	Quillan Salkilld	1.0	3	7
49	Tyson Griffin	1.0	10	12
50	Evan Dunham	1.0	15	20
51	Rich Clementi	1.0	5	7
52	Tony Ferguson	1.0	16	21
53	Jon Tuck	1.0	7	9
54	Matt Serra	1.0	4	5
55	Dustin Poirier	1.0	15	20
56	Kurt Pellegrino	0.9	7	11
57	Gilbert Burns	0.9	6	10
58	Diego Sanchez	0.9	9	11
59	Kevin Lee	0.9	11	16
60	Anthony Pettis	0.9	9	14
61	Efrain Escudero	0.9	8	11
62	Renato Moicano	0.9	5	11
63	Jake Matthews	0.9	4	7
64	Naoyuki Kotani	0.8	3	5
65	Yancy Medeiros	0.8	5	10
66	Khabib Nurmagomedov	0.8	9	12
67	Matt Frevola	0.8	6	13
68	Beneil Dariush	0.8	12	26
69	Yves Edwards	0.8	10	19
70	Joaquim Silva	0.8	7	12
71	Trey Ogden	0.8	4	5
72	Gleison Tibau	0.8	16	27
73	Justin Buchholz	0.8	2	5
74	Ignacio Bahamondes	0.8	5	9
75	Gregor Gillespie	0.8	3	8
76	Michel Prazeres	0.8	6	9
77	Roosevelt Roberts	0.8	5	9
78	Davi Ramos	0.7	3	6
79	Joe Duffy	0.7	3	8
80	Marcus Aurelio	0.7	3	6
81	Jeremy Stephens	0.7	9	18
82	Damien Brown	0.7	3	6
83	Khama Worthy	0.7	1	5
84	James Vick	0.7	5	13
85	Manuel Torres	0.7	1	8
86	Clay Guida	0.7	15	30
87	Dan Hooker	0.7	8	18
88	Kurt Holobaugh	0.6	3	6
89	Benson Henderson	0.6	9	12
90	Alex White	0.6	3	6
91	Stevie Ray	0.6	5	11
92	Jorge Masvidal	0.6	4	7
93	Chris Duncan	0.6	3	10
94	Francisco Trinaldo	0.6	10	21
95	Sage Northcutt	0.6	2	5
96	Gray Maynard	0.6	8	16
97	Rafael Dos Anjos	0.6	12	24
98	Olivier Aubin-Mercier	0.6	5	11
99	Spencer Fisher	0.6	7	15
100	Shane Roller	0.6	2	6

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