Most submission attempts per 15 minutes: before 2000
Submission attempts per 15 minutes of fight time. At least 5 fights.
UFCStats has round-by-round statistics for only 83%–95% of fights in 1994–1998. Fights without them are left out of these totals.
UFC 1 (November 1993) is not in UFCStats, so its fights are missing.
25 fighters.
| # | Fighter | Rate | Fights with stats |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Smith | 9.00 | 5 |
| 2 | Frank Shamrock | 3.04 | 5 |
| 3 | Vitor Belfort | 2.83 | 6 |
| 4 | Royce Gracie | 2.40 | 9 |
| 5 | Marco Ruas | 2.19 | 6 |
| 6 | Remco Pardoel | 2.11 | 5 |
| 7 | Guy Mezger | 1.92 | 5 |
| 8 | Tsuyoshi Kohsaka | 1.83 | 5 |
| 9 | Mark Coleman | 1.58 | 9 |
| 10 | Jeremy Horn | 1.55 | 5 |
| 11 | Oleg Taktarov | 1.53 | 9 |
| 12 | Jerry Bohlander | 1.33 | 7 |
| 13 | Pete Williams | 1.23 | 5 |
| 14 | Paul Varelans | 1.17 | 8 |
| 15 | Ken Shamrock | 0.87 | 8 |
| 16 | Don Frye | 0.86 | 10 |
| 17 | Brian Johnston | 0.84 | 6 |
| 18 | Dan Severn | 0.81 | 12 |
| 19 | Maurice Smith | 0.64 | 5 |
| 20 | David Abbott | 0.62 | 15 |
| 21 | Pat Miletich | 0.41 | 5 |
| 22 | Gary Goodridge | 0.37 | 8 |
| =23 | Dave Beneteau | 0.00 | 6 |
| =23 | Mark Hall | 0.00 | 5 |
| =23 | Tito Ortiz | 0.00 | 5 |