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 21, 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	Patrick Smith	6.6	3	6
3	John Albert	6.1	9	5
4	TJ Waldburger	4.8	19	8
5	Jaqueline Amorim	4.3	17	7
6	Dustin Hazelett	4.1	15	10
7	Frank Shamrock	3.9	9	5
8	Valter Walker	3.6	6	6
9	Royce Gracie	3.6	14	13
10	Wes Schultz	3.6	7	5
11	Jimmy Flick	3.5	15	7
12	Shannon Gugerty	3.4	8	5
13	Tim Credeur	3.3	8	5
14	Jason High	3.3	9	5
15	Renato Sobral	3.2	17	10
16	Rousimar Palhares	3.1	16	12
17	Fabiano Iha	3.1	8	7
18	Manny Bermudez	3.1	6	5
19	Ronda Rousey	3.0	5	8
20	Ivan Salaverry	2.9	10	7
21	Yoshiyuki Yoshida	2.8	4	5
22	Dave Menne	2.7	12	6
23	Oleg Taktarov	2.7	11	9
24	Darrick Minner	2.7	9	7
25	Julian Marquez	2.6	12	9
26	Dustin Pague	2.6	10	6
27	Robert Valentin	2.5	5	5
28	Cody McKenzie	2.5	9	7
29	Charles Oliveira	2.5	48	36
30	Guy Mezger	2.5	4	5
31	Daniel Roberts	2.5	11	7
32	Chas Skelly	2.4	17	11
33	Rob Kimmons	2.4	8	7
34	Jason Lambert	2.4	7	8
35	JP Buys	2.3	6	6
36	Preston Parsons	2.3	10	6
37	Hermes Franca	2.3	23	11
38	Joe Doerksen	2.3	14	9
T-39	Bo Nickal	2.3	8	9
T-39	Tsuyoshi Kohsaka	2.3	8	6
41	Wilson Gouveia	2.3	10	10
42	Ryan Hall	2.2	10	6
43	Ryan Jensen	2.2	5	8
44	Joseph Morales	2.2	8	6
45	Marco Ruas	2.2	8	6
46	Joe Stevenson	2.2	24	16
47	Dustin Kimura	2.2	7	5
48	Chase Hooper	2.2	19	15
49	Chris Lytle	2.2	31	20
50	Dennis Hallman	2.2	12	9
51	Tamdan McCrory	2.1	11	9
52	Andrew Holbrook	2.1	5	5
53	Remco Pardoel	2.1	4	5
54	Ken Shamrock	2.1	11	15
55	Kendall Grove	2.1	17	13
56	Dione Barbosa	2.1	10	7
57	Martin Kampmann	2.1	21	17
58	Joe Lauzon	2.0	29	27
59	Frank Mir	2.0	21	27
60	Yadier del Valle	2.0	5	5
61	Jimmy Crute	2.0	11	13
62	Jacob Volkmann	2.0	15	10
63	Miguel Baeza	2.0	11	8
64	David Mitchell	2.0	9	5
65	Jason MacDonald	2.0	11	14
66	Aleksei Oleinik	1.9	15	17
67	Mitch Gagnon	1.9	10	8
68	Eugene Jackson	1.9	5	7
69	Joe Soto	1.9	9	8
70	Drew Fickett	1.9	8	7
71	Oskar Piechota	1.9	5	5
72	Carlos Newton	1.9	8	7
73	Jordan Griffin	1.9	9	6
74	Cole Miller	1.8	24	19
75	Herbert Burns	1.8	5	7
76	Amanda Cooper	1.8	6	6
77	Evan Tanner	1.8	15	17
78	Joe Proctor	1.8	8	8
79	Brian Foster	1.8	3	5
80	Terrance McKinney	1.8	5	15
81	Eric Schafer	1.8	9	9
82	Brock Larson	1.8	7	6
83	Jeremy Horn	1.8	12	13
84	Louis Smolka	1.8	19	17
85	Jim Miller	1.8	52	46
86	Johnny Munoz	1.7	8	6
87	Jafel Filho	1.7	8	7
88	Benoit Saint Denis	1.7	10	13
89	Yaotzin Meza	1.7	8	6
90	George Sotiropoulos	1.7	12	11
91	Roland Delorme	1.7	7	6
92	Ryan Spann	1.7	12	19
93	Misha Cirkunov	1.7	7	13
94	Jason Knight	1.7	13	9
95	David Zawada	1.7	7	5
96	Stefan Struve	1.7	21	24
97	Jailton Almeida	1.7	11	12
98	Karlos Vemola	1.7	6	6
99	Jess Liaudin	1.6	4	5
100	Tom Aspinall	1.6	2	9

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