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 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	Dustin Hazelett	5.7	14	8
2	TJ Waldburger	4.8	19	8
3	Tamdan McCrory	2.8	10	6
4	Yoshiyuki Yoshida	2.8	4	5
5	Daniel Roberts	2.5	11	7
6	Chris Lytle	2.3	31	19
7	Preston Parsons	2.3	10	6
8	Dennis Hallman	2.2	6	6
9	Martin Kampmann	2.0	17	12
10	David Mitchell	2.0	9	5
11	Miguel Baeza	2.0	9	7
12	Drew Fickett	1.9	8	7
13	Brian Foster	1.8	3	5
14	David Zawada	1.7	7	5
15	Mickey Gall	1.6	11	13
16	Marcus Davis	1.5	12	14
17	Luke Cummo	1.5	7	6
18	Tony DeSouza	1.5	4	6
19	Roan Carneiro	1.4	8	7
20	Ramiz Brahimaj	1.4	8	10
21	Erick Silva	1.4	10	15
22	Mike Pyle	1.4	14	19
23	Brock Larson	1.4	4	5
24	Claudio Silva	1.3	7	7
25	Jeremiah Wells	1.3	7	8
26	Matt Brown	1.3	24	30
27	Ben Saunders	1.3	13	19
28	Justin Edwards	1.3	4	5
29	Paulo Thiago	1.2	12	13
30	Shavkat Rakhmonov	1.2	6	7
31	Nick Diaz	1.2	13	13
32	Anthony Johnson	1.1	5	10
33	Matt Hughes	1.1	15	23
34	Carlos Newton	1.1	4	5
35	Frank Trigg	1.1	2	7
36	Georges St-Pierre	1.1	23	21
37	Zak Cummings	1.0	6	8
38	Gabriel Bonfim	1.0	6	9
39	Matt Serra	1.0	6	8
40	Karo Parisyan	1.0	9	12
41	Jason Witt	1.0	2	5
42	Nick Osipczak	1.0	4	5
43	AJ Fletcher	0.9	3	5
44	Anthony Rocco Martin	0.9	6	7
45	Josh Neer	0.9	5	10
46	Warlley Alves	0.9	8	13
47	Rick Story	0.9	14	19
48	Sam Patterson	0.9	2	6
49	John Hathaway	0.9	7	9
50	Kenny Robertson	0.9	5	9
51	Kevin Burns	0.9	3	5
52	Gunnar Nelson	0.8	9	15
53	DaMarques Johnson	0.8	3	8
54	Sean Brady	0.8	8	11
55	Ramazan Emeev	0.8	5	7
56	Jon Fitch	0.8	12	17
57	Michael Chiesa	0.8	6	11
58	Demian Maia	0.8	14	20
59	Mike Malott	0.8	4	9
60	BJ Penn	0.8	5	8
61	Niko Price	0.7	7	19
62	Brad Blackburn	0.7	3	5
63	George Sullivan	0.7	3	7
64	Brandon Thatch	0.7	2	6
65	Dhiego Lima	0.7	4	9
66	Pat Miletich	0.7	3	7
67	Paul Taylor	0.7	4	7
68	Joe Riggs	0.7	2	7
69	Carlos Condit	0.7	11	19
70	Jake Matthews	0.7	9	17
71	Vicente Luque	0.6	10	24
72	Rafael Dos Anjos	0.6	8	11
73	Kevin Holland	0.6	6	12
74	Alex Oliveira	0.6	7	18
75	Jonathan Goulet	0.6	2	9
76	Diego Sanchez	0.6	9	19
77	Michel Pereira	0.6	4	8
78	Randy Brown	0.5	8	22
79	Peter Sobotta	0.5	4	10
80	Donald Cerrone	0.5	4	14
81	Mike Swick	0.5	3	9
82	Charles Radtke	0.5	2	7
83	Punahele Soriano	0.5	2	5
84	Dong Hyun Kim	0.5	6	17
85	Nate Diaz	0.5	5	10
86	Sergio Moraes	0.5	5	13
87	Yohan Lainesse	0.5	1	5
88	Nikolay Veretennikov	0.5	2	6
89	Carlston Harris	0.5	2	8
90	Josh Koscheck	0.4	7	24
91	Sean Strickland	0.4	3	8
92	Pete Spratt	0.4	1	7
93	Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos	0.4	6	18
94	Keita Nakamura	0.4	4	10
95	Rory MacDonald	0.4	5	13
96	Johny Hendricks	0.4	6	18
97	Bojan Velickovic	0.4	2	5
98	Joshua Burkman	0.4	4	14
99	Zak Ottow	0.4	2	8
100	Sean Pierson	0.4	2	6

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