The Most Prolific BJJ Instructors: Who Has the Most Content?

If you've spent any time browsing BJJ Fanatics, you've probably noticed that some instructors seem to have an almost impossibly large catalog. But which instructors have actually released the most content? And who gives you the most total instruction time?

We queried the entire GrappleDB database (3,393 instructionals from 1,230 instructors) to find out. You get two very different rankings depending on whether you count titles or total runtime.

Most Titles Released

First, let's look at who has the most individual titles in the catalog:

#	Instructor	Titles	Total Hours	Avg Rating
1	Lachlan Giles	188	347	9.33
2	John Danaher	54	462	8.97
3	Gordon Ryan	48	208	9.42
4	Jeff Glover	36	48	—
5	Bernardo Faria	32	122	9.39
6	Neil Melanson	32	102	—
7	Craig Jones	26	71	9.14
8	Travis Stevens	24	56	—
9	Pete Letsos	24	37	—
10	Tom DeBlass	22	—	—

Lachlan Giles dominates by title count with 188 instructionals, more than three times the second-place finisher. This is largely because Giles releases highly focused, technique-specific volumes through his work with Submeta, resulting in a large number of shorter, targeted titles rather than massive multi-volume sets.

Most Total Runtime

But title count doesn't tell the full story. When you measure by total hours of instruction, the ranking shifts dramatically:

#	Instructor	Total Hours	Titles	Avg Hrs/Title
1	John Danaher	462	54	8.6
2	Lachlan Giles	347	188	1.8
3	Gordon Ryan	208	48	4.3
4	Bernardo Faria	122	32	3.8
5	Neil Melanson	102	32	3.2
6	Craig Jones	71	26	2.7
7	Travis Stevens	56	24	2.3
8	Jeff Glover	48	36	1.3
9	Pete Letsos	37	24	1.5
10	Mikey Musumeci	35	16	2.2

John Danaher takes the top spot by a wide margin with 462 total hours of instruction across just 54 titles. His average instructional is 8.6 hours long, nearly five times a typical Lachlan Giles release.

That tracks with Danaher's style. His instructionals are exhaustive, systematic breakdowns of entire positional systems. The Go Further Faster bundle alone is 82 hours across 64 volumes. Meanwhile, Lachlan Giles tends to release focused technique studies (a single sweep, a specific guard retention concept) averaging under 2 hours each.

The Depth vs. Breadth Divide

This data reveals a fundamental split in how top instructors approach teaching:

Depth-first instructors like Danaher and Gordon Ryan produce fewer but more comprehensive titles. If you want to learn an entire system from the ground up, these are your go-to.
Breadth-first instructors like Lachlan Giles and Jeff Glover release many targeted, bite-sized instructionals. Better for filling specific gaps in your game.

Which is better depends on where you are. A white belt building a foundation will probably get more out of one comprehensive Danaher set. A purple belt looking to sharpen a specific technique might prefer a targeted Giles volume.

Quality vs. Quantity

Among instructors with enough community reviews to establish a meaningful rating, the top-rated are:

Gordon Ryan: 9.42 average (48 titles)
Bernardo Faria: 9.39 average (32 titles)
Lachlan Giles: 9.33 average (188 titles)
Craig Jones: 9.14 average (26 titles)
John Danaher: 8.97 average (54 titles)

Notably, Gordon Ryan maintains the highest average rating despite having a large catalog. And Lachlan Giles manages a 9.33 across an enormous 188 titles, which is pretty impressive consistency.

What About Price?

The pricing strategies also vary dramatically among the most prolific instructors:

Gordon Ryan: $346 average (the premium tier)
John Danaher: $268 average
Bernardo Faria: $192 average
Craig Jones: $188 average
Lachlan Giles: $136 average
Jeff Glover: $110 average
Travis Stevens: $93 average

There's a clear correlation between instructor name recognition and pricing power. Gordon Ryan and John Danaher can command 2–3x the price of other top instructors.

Explore the Full Catalog

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