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Lightweight · 2026

Best Lightweight Submission Attempts per 15 Min

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

Charles Oliveira leads the lightweight Sub / 15 min board at 2.59 sub attempts / 15 min , followed by Terrance McKinney (2.18) and Chase Hooper (2.05) .

Top 25 active lightweight fighters by career-window Sub / 15 min. · See full lightweight Elo rankings →

Submission Attempts per 15 Min in all divisions →
  1. 1
    Charles Oliveira
    25-11-0 37 fights #2
    2.59
  2. 2
    Terrance McKinney
    8-6-0 14 fights #46
    2.18
  3. 3
    Chase Hooper
    9-5-0 14 fights #36
    2.05
  4. 4
    Benoit Saint Denis
    9-4-0 13 fights #8
    1.73
  5. 5
    Jim Miller
    28-18-0 47 fights #16
    1.72
  6. 6
    Tom Nolan
    5-1-0 6 fights #18
    1.39
  7. 7
    Paddy Pimblett
    8-1-0 9 fights #7
    1.36
  8. 8
    Joe Solecki
    5-4-0 9 fights #42
    1.28
  9. 9
    Grant Dawson
    12-2-1 15 fights #6
    1.24
  10. 10
    Damon Jackson
    6-6-1 14 fights #59
    1.20
  11. 11
    Jalin Turner
    9-6-0 15 fights #26
    1.10
  12. 12
    Thiago Moises
    8-8-0 16 fights #52
    1.07
  13. 13
    Mike Davis
    5-3-0 8 fights #31
    1.05
  14. 14
    Quillan Salkilld
    6-0-0 6 fights #5
    1.04
  15. 15
    Claudio Puelles
    5-4-0 9 fights #44
    1.00
  16. 16
    Billy Quarantillo
    6-6-0 12 fights #50
    0.98
  17. 17
    Ilia Topuria
    9-1-0 10 fights #1
    0.86
  18. 18
    Beneil Dariush
    17-8-1 26 fights #11
    0.81
  19. 19
    Joaquim Silva
    7-5-0 12 fights #35
    0.80
  20. 20
    Kurt Holobaugh
    2-7-0 9 fights #89
    0.77
  21. 21
    Manuel Torres
    5-2-0 7 fights #24
    0.73
  22. 22
    Trey Ogden
    3-3-0 7 fights #58
    0.73
  23. 23
    Anshul Jubli
    1-2-0 3 fights #83
    0.68
  24. 24
    Ignacio Bahamondes
    6-4-0 10 fights #40
    0.67
  25. 25
    Chris Duncan
    6-2-0 8 fights #19
    0.65
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Career averages, calculated over a fighter's full UFC sample. Provisional fighters (fewer than 4 UFC bouts) and retired fighters are excluded so the leaderboards reflect a real career, not a one-fight outlier. Stat data sourced from UFCStats via our daily pipeline. Updated Aug 15, 2026.