Lightweight · 2026

Best Lightweight Submission Attempts per 15 Min

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

Terrance McKinney leads the lightweight Sub / 15 min board at 2.55 sub attempts / 15 min , followed by Charles Oliveira (2.50) and Chase Hooper (1.96) .

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

1

Terrance McKinney

8-5-0 · 13 UFC fights · #41 division

2.55

Elo 1508
2

Charles Oliveira

25-11-0 · 36 UFC fights · #2 division

2.50

Elo 1686
3

Chase Hooper

8-5-0 · 13 UFC fights · #45 division

1.96

Elo 1496
4

Jim Miller

28-18-0 · 46 UFC fights · #16 division

1.78

Elo 1574
5

Benoit Saint Denis

9-3-0 · 12 UFC fights · #9 division

1.75

Elo 1622
6

Tom Nolan

5-1-0 · 6 UFC fights · #19 division

1.39

Elo 1559
7

Joe Solecki

5-4-0 · 9 UFC fights · #42 division

1.28

Elo 1504
8

Grant Dawson

12-2-1 · 15 UFC fights · #6 division

1.24

Elo 1642
9

Damon Jackson

6-6-1 · 13 UFC fights · #56 division

1.23

Elo 1472
10

Paddy Pimblett

7-1-0 · 8 UFC fights · #8 division

1.20

Elo 1623
11

Jalin Turner

8-6-0 · 14 UFC fights · #33 division

1.11

Elo 1526
12

Thiago Moises

8-8-0 · 16 UFC fights · #50 division

1.07

Elo 1480
13

Claudio Puelles

5-4-0 · 9 UFC fights · #46 division

1.00

Elo 1496
14

Manuel Torres

5-1-0 · 6 UFC fights · #15 division

0.98

Elo 1575
15

Mike Davis

5-2-0 · 7 UFC fights · #27 division

0.88

Elo 1547
16

Ilia Topuria

9-1-0 · 10 UFC fights · #1 division

0.86

Elo 1686
17

Beneil Dariush

17-8-1 · 26 UFC fights · #13 division

0.81

Elo 1594
18

Joaquim Silva

7-5-0 · 12 UFC fights · #37 division

0.80

Elo 1516
19

Kurt Holobaugh

2-7-0 · 9 UFC fights · #89 division

0.77

Elo 1377
20

Anshul Jubli

1-2-0 · 3 UFC fights · #82 division

0.68

Elo 1405
21

Ignacio Bahamondes

6-4-0 · 10 UFC fights · #40 division

0.67

Elo 1510
22

Trey Ogden

3-3-0 · 6 UFC fights · #55 division

0.67

Elo 1474
23

Chris Duncan

6-2-0 · 8 UFC fights · #20 division

0.65

Elo 1558
24

Roosevelt Roberts

4-5-0 · 9 UFC fights · #57 division

0.64

Elo 1469
25

Quillan Salkilld

5-0-0 · 5 UFC fights · #7 division

0.62

Elo 1634

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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 Jun 20, 2026.