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All Divisions · 2026

Best Submission Attempts per 15 Min in the UFC

Threat density on the ground — most submission attempts per 15 minutes.

11 divisions ranked by career-window Sub / 15 min. Tap a division header for the full top-25.

Heavyweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Valter Walker 2.55
  2. 2 Jailton Almeida 1.64
  3. 3 Tom Aspinall C 1.63
  4. 4 Ryan Spann 1.52
  5. 5 Mario Pinto 1.01
  6. 6 Alexandr Romanov 0.86
  7. 7 Vitor Petrino 0.79
  8. 8 Ciryl Gane IC 0.59
  9. 9 Josh Hokit 0.50
  10. 10 Serghei Spivac 0.48
  11. 11 Marcus Buchecha 0.40
  12. 12 Rodrigo Nascimento 0.38
  13. 13 Karl Williams 0.25
  14. 14 Kennedy Nzechukwu 0.22
  15. 15 Alex Pereira 0.22
  16. 16 Thomas Petersen 0.20
  17. 17 Andrei Arlovski 0.19
  18. 18 Martin Buday 0.16
  19. 19 Alexander Volkov 0.12
  20. 20 Marcin Tybura 0.11
  21. 21 Waldo Cortes Acosta 0.10
  22. 22 Sergei Pavlovich 0.00
  23. 23 Curtis Blaydes 0.00
  24. 24 Brando Pericic 0.00
  25. 25 Derrick Lewis 0.00
Light Heavyweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Jimmy Crute 2.13
  2. 2 Nikita Krylov 1.23
  3. 3 Billy Elekana 0.85
  4. 4 Tuco Tokkos 0.70
  5. 5 Bogdan Guskov 0.69
  6. 6 Brendson Ribeiro 0.61
  7. 7 Anthony Smith 0.46
  8. 8 Johnny Walker 0.43
  9. 9 Jan Blachowicz 0.36
  10. 10 Oumar Sy 0.35
  11. 11 Ovince Saint Preux 0.35
  12. 12 Ion Cutelaba 0.27
  13. 13 Dominick Reyes 0.25
  14. 14 Azamat Murzakanov 0.24
  15. 15 Alonzo Menifield 0.20
  16. 16 Carlos Ulberg C 0.18
  17. 17 Jiri Prochazka 0.16
  18. 18 Da Woon Jung 0.16
  19. 19 Aleksandar Rakic 0.13
  20. 20 Modestas Bukauskas 0.11
  21. 21 Volkan Oezdemir 0.10
  22. 22 Magomed Ankalaev 0.00
  23. 23 Navajo Stirling 0.00
  24. 24 Paulo Costa 0.00
  25. 25 Iwo Baraniewski 0.00
Middleweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Julian Marquez 2.67
  2. 2 Robert Valentin 1.78
  3. 3 Anthony Hernandez 1.64
  4. 4 Gerald Meerschaert 1.49
  5. 5 Bo Nickal 1.47
  6. 6 Khamzat Chimaev 1.37
  7. 7 Ryan Loder 1.37
  8. 8 Andre Petroski 1.23
  9. 9 Jackson Mcvey 1.20
  10. 10 Andre Muniz 1.18
  11. 11 Josh Fremd 1.09
  12. 12 Zach Reese 1.06
  13. 13 Dustin Stoltzfus 1.01
  14. 14 Brendan Allen 1.01
  15. 15 Tresean Gore 0.96
  16. 16 Nassourdine Imavov 0.94
  17. 17 Kyle Daukaus 0.92
  18. 18 Rodolfo Vieira 0.91
  19. 19 Baisangur Susurkaev 0.91
  20. 20 Junyong Park 0.84
  21. 21 Joe Pyfer 0.84
  22. 22 Chris Weidman 0.82
  23. 23 Jacob Malkoun 0.78
  24. 24 Brunno Ferreira 0.77
  25. 25 Roman Dolidze 0.74
Welterweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Preston Parsons 2.31
  2. 2 Ramiz Brahimaj 1.60
  3. 3 Mickey Gall 1.58
  4. 4 Jeremiah Wells 1.31
  5. 5 Shavkat Rakhmonov 1.20
  6. 6 Jacobe Smith 1.13
  7. 7 Sam Patterson 1.10
  8. 8 Joel Alvarez 1.06
  9. 9 Michael Chiesa 1.04
  10. 10 Gunnar Nelson 1.00
  11. 11 Islam Makhachev C 0.98
  12. 12 Gabriel Bonfim 0.90
  13. 13 Sean Brady 0.82
  14. 14 Francisco Prado 0.76
  15. 15 Niko Price 0.72
  16. 16 Gilbert Urbina 0.71
  17. 17 Jake Matthews 0.71
  18. 18 Kevin Holland 0.64
  19. 19 Mike Malott 0.59
  20. 20 Rafael Dos Anjos 0.57
  21. 21 Randy Brown 0.52
  22. 22 Nikolay Veretennikov 0.50
  23. 23 Charles Radtke 0.50
  24. 24 Myktybek Orolbai 0.49
  25. 25 Trey Waters 0.45
Lightweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Terrance McKinney 2.55
  2. 2 Charles Oliveira 2.50
  3. 3 Chase Hooper 1.96
  4. 4 Jim Miller 1.78
  5. 5 Benoit Saint Denis 1.75
  6. 6 Tom Nolan 1.39
  7. 7 Joe Solecki 1.28
  8. 8 Grant Dawson 1.24
  9. 9 Damon Jackson 1.23
  10. 10 Paddy Pimblett 1.20
  11. 11 Jalin Turner 1.11
  12. 12 Thiago Moises 1.07
  13. 13 Claudio Puelles 1.00
  14. 14 Manuel Torres 0.98
  15. 15 Mike Davis 0.88
  16. 16 Ilia Topuria 0.86
  17. 17 Beneil Dariush 0.81
  18. 18 Joaquim Silva 0.80
  19. 19 Kurt Holobaugh 0.77
  20. 20 Anshul Jubli 0.68
  21. 21 Ignacio Bahamondes 0.67
  22. 22 Trey Ogden 0.67
  23. 23 Chris Duncan 0.65
  24. 24 Roosevelt Roberts 0.64
  25. 25 Quillan Salkilld 0.62
Featherweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Westin Wilson 7.87
  2. 2 Yadier Del Valle 2.78
  3. 3 Gabriel Miranda 1.90
  4. 4 Isaac Dulgarian 1.83
  5. 5 Daniel Pineda 1.61
  6. 6 Herbert Burns 1.57
  7. 7 Joanderson Brito 1.37
  8. 8 Youssef Zalal 1.29
  9. 9 Pat Sabatini 1.28
  10. 10 Christian Rodriguez 1.27
  11. 11 Gabriel Santos 1.17
  12. 12 Billy Quarantillo 1.10
  13. 13 Darren Elkins 1.07
  14. 14 Jordan Leavitt 1.05
  15. 15 Diego Lopes 1.02
  16. 16 Ricardo Ramos 0.98
  17. 17 Jonathan Pearce 0.87
  18. 18 Melquizael Costa 0.84
  19. 19 Brian Ortega 0.78
  20. 20 Jean Silva 0.75
  21. 21 Julian Erosa 0.74
  22. 22 Nate Landwehr 0.73
  23. 23 Hyder Amil 0.71
  24. 24 Kron Gracie 0.70
  25. 25 Aljamain Sterling 0.67
Bantamweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Toshiomi Kazama 1.89
  2. 2 Jafel Filho 1.84
  3. 3 Saimon Oliveira 1.67
  4. 4 Colby Thicknesse 1.67
  5. 5 Da'Mon Blackshear 1.48
  6. 6 Serhiy Sidey 1.33
  7. 7 Rinya Nakamura 1.29
  8. 8 Bryce Mitchell 1.27
  9. 9 Elijah Smith 1.19
  10. 10 Deiveson Figueiredo 1.18
  11. 11 Said Nurmagomedov 1.15
  12. 12 Santiago Luna 0.92
  13. 13 Cristian Quinonez 0.92
  14. 14 Jake Hadley 0.90
  15. 15 Mario Bautista 0.85
  16. 16 Raul Rosas Jr. 0.85
  17. 17 Kyung Ho Kang 0.84
  18. 18 Dan Argueta 0.82
  19. 19 Benardo Sopaj 0.81
  20. 20 Marlon Vera 0.76
  21. 21 Felipe Lima 0.73
  22. 22 Raoni Barcelos 0.68
  23. 23 Nathan Fletcher 0.67
  24. 24 Brian Kelleher 0.67
  25. 25 Cody Durden 0.65
Flyweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Joseph Morales 3.04
  2. 2 Jimmy Flick 2.39
  3. 3 Edgar Chairez 1.67
  4. 4 Tagir Ulanbekov 1.52
  5. 5 Asu Almabayev 1.49
  6. 6 Felipe Bunes 1.44
  7. 7 Hyunsung Park 1.40
  8. 8 Nyamjargal Tumendemberel 1.37
  9. 9 Matt Schnell 1.34
  10. 10 Clayton Carpenter 1.33
  11. 11 Tatsuro Taira 1.28
  12. 12 Jesus Aguilar 1.11
  13. 13 Brandon Royval 1.08
  14. 14 Tim Elliott 1.06
  15. 15 Allan Nascimento 1.05
  16. 16 Alexandre Pantoja 0.98
  17. 17 Jose Ochoa 0.90
  18. 18 Matheus Nicolau 0.85
  19. 19 Jose Johnson 0.84
  20. 20 Andre Lima 0.77
  21. 21 Alex Perez 0.61
  22. 22 Sumudaerji 0.54
  23. 23 Felipe Dos Santos 0.50
  24. 24 Alessandro Costa 0.48
  25. 25 Rei Tsuruya 0.45
Women's Bantamweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Bia Mesquita 3.57
  2. 2 Mayra Bueno Silva 1.16
  3. 3 Luana Santos 0.97
  4. 4 Kayla Harrison C 0.95
  5. 5 Miesha Tate 0.88
  6. 6 Julianna Pena 0.76
  7. 7 Tamires Vidal 0.69
  8. 8 Raquel Pennington 0.62
  9. 9 Luana Carolina 0.56
  10. 10 Joselyne Edwards 0.55
  11. 11 Ketlen Vieira 0.52
  12. 12 Macy Chiasson 0.39
  13. 13 Irina Alekseeva 0.38
  14. 14 Melissa Croden 0.34
  15. 15 Montse Rendon 0.32
  16. 16 Tainara Lisboa 0.28
  17. 17 Chelsea Chandler 0.27
  18. 18 Nora Cornolle 0.22
  19. 19 Irene Aldana 0.22
  20. 20 Julia Avila 0.21
  21. 21 Ailin Perez 0.17
  22. 22 Karol Rosa 0.15
  23. 23 Pannie Kianzad 0.10
  24. 24 Yana Santos 0.10
  25. 25 Jacqueline Cavalcanti 0.00
Women's Flyweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Julija Stoliarenko 1.41
  2. 2 Karine Silva 1.38
  3. 3 Juliana Miller 1.20
  4. 4 Dione Barbosa 1.17
  5. 5 Mariya Agapova 1.14
  6. 6 Tereza Bleda 1.05
  7. 7 Erin Blanchfield 0.86
  8. 8 Ivana Petrovic 0.80
  9. 9 Casey O'Neill 0.70
  10. 10 Alexa Grasso 0.67
  11. 11 Andrea Lee 0.60
  12. 12 Lucie Pudilova 0.60
  13. 13 Viviane Araujo 0.60
  14. 14 Jasmine Jasudavicius 0.60
  15. 15 Zhang Weili 0.45
  16. 16 Melissa Gatto 0.39
  17. 17 Miranda Maverick 0.38
  18. 18 Tracy Cortez 0.36
  19. 19 Rose Namajunas 0.35
  20. 20 Veronica Hardy 0.35
  21. 21 Valentina Shevchenko C 0.29
  22. 22 Ariane Da Silva 0.28
  23. 23 Wang Cong 0.27
  24. 24 Vanessa Demopoulos 0.24
  25. 25 Eduarda Moura 0.22
Women's Strawweight Top 25 →
  1. 1 Jaqueline Amorim 4.27
  2. 2 Alexia Thainara 2.17
  3. 3 Polyana Viana 1.51
  4. 4 Virna Jandiroba 1.39
  5. 5 Mackenzie Dern C 1.06
  6. 6 Gillian Robertson 0.87
  7. 7 Denise Gomes 0.85
  8. 8 Loopy Godinez 0.82
  9. 9 Amanda Lemos 0.74
  10. 10 Tatiana Suarez 0.66
  11. 11 Talita Alencar 0.60
  12. 12 Montserrat Conejo Ruiz 0.58
  13. 13 Amanda Ribas 0.56
  14. 14 Michelle Waterson-Gomez 0.55
  15. 15 Molly McCann 0.52
  16. 16 Shauna Bannon 0.51
  17. 17 Cory McKenna 0.44
  18. 18 Nicolle Caliari 0.38
  19. 19 Stephanie Luciano 0.35
  20. 20 Jessica Andrade 0.31
  21. 21 Marina Rodriguez 0.28
  22. 22 Carla Esparza 0.27
  23. 23 Ariane Carnelossi 0.24
  24. 24 Ketlen Souza 0.23
  25. 25 Alice Ardelean 0.22

Career averages, calculated over each fighter's full UFC sample. Provisional fighters (fewer than 4 UFC bouts) and retired fighters are excluded. Source: UFCStats via daily pipeline. Updated Jun 20, 2026.