These didn't make it to the top: Linus Torvalds, Joe Perches, Ansis Atteka, WANG Cong, Fabian Frederick, Daniel Borkmann, Dan Carpenter, Wenyu Zhang, Shan Wei, Patrick McHardy, Mehak Mahajan, Lorand Jakab, John W. Linville, Eric Dumazet, Alexei Starovoitov, Alex Wang, stephen hemminger, Zoltan Kiss, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明, Wu Fengguang, Wilfried Klaebe, Wei Zhang, Wang Sheng-Hui, Viresh Kumar, Valentin Rothberg, Tom Gundersen, Syam Sidhardhan, Stephen Hemminger, Sasha Levin, Samuel Gauthier, Raju Subramanian, Peter Senna Tschudin, Neil McKee, Monam Agarwal, Konstantin Khlebnikov, Justin Pettit, John Stultz, Jean Sacren, James Morse, Hong Zhiguo, Himangi Saraogi, Glenn Griffin, Geert Uytterhoeven, Francesco Fusco, Florian Westphal, Flavio Leitner, Fan Du, Devendra Naga, David Rientjes, David Miller, David Howells, Danny Kukawka, Chunhe Li, Christoph Jaeger, Chris J Arges, Aruna-Hewapathirane, Andy Hill, Andreea-Cristina Bernat, Alexander Duyck
| Month | Author | Commits (%) | Next top 5 | Number of authors |
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| 2015-11 | Linus Torvalds | 1 (50.00% of 2) | David S. Miller | 2 |
| 2015-10 | Joe Stringer | 12 (50.00% of 24) | Pravin B Shelar, Jiri Benc, Eric W. Biederman, David S. Miller, Konstantin Khlebnikov | 7 |
| 2015-09 | Eric W. Biederman | 4 (33.33% of 12) | Joe Stringer, Jiri Benc, Jesse Gross, David S. Miller | 5 |
| 2015-08 | Pravin B Shelar | 8 (27.59% of 29) | Joe Stringer, Jiri Benc, Wenyu Zhang, Viresh Kumar, Valentin Rothberg | 12 |
| 2015-07 | Thomas Graf | 8 (72.73% of 11) | Nicolas Dichtel, David S. Miller, Chris J Arges | 4 |
| 2015-06 | Eric W. Biederman | 2 (50.00% of 4) | Jiri Benc, David S. Miller | 3 |
| 2015-05 | John W. Linville | 2 (50.00% of 4) | Neil McKee, Alexander Duyck | 3 |
| 2015-04 | Linus Torvalds | 1 (25.00% of 4) | David S. Miller, David Rientjes, David Miller | 4 |
| 2015-03 | Eric W. Biederman | 3 (42.86% of 7) | Jiri Benc, Thomas Graf, Joe Stringer | 4 |
| 2015-02 | Pravin B Shelar | 4 (57.14% of 7) | Thomas Graf, Jarno Rajahalme, Geert Uytterhoeven | 4 |
| 2015-01 | Thomas Graf | 5 (31.25% of 16) | Joe Stringer, Tom Herbert, Syam Sidhardhan, Johannes Berg, Jiri Pirko | 9 |
| 2014-12 | Pravin B Shelar | 4 (40.00% of 10) | Wu Fengguang, Johannes Berg, Jiri Benc, David S. Miller, Daniel Borkmann | 7 |
| 2014-11 | Pravin B Shelar | 6 (30.00% of 20) | Jiri Pirko, Jarno Rajahalme, Wenyu Zhang, Thomas Graf, Joe Stringer | 10 |
| 2014-10 | Jesse Gross | 6 (28.57% of 21) | Pravin B Shelar, Simon Horman, Fabian Frederick, Thomas Graf, Lorand Jakab | 11 |
| 2014-09 | Andy Zhou | 4 (23.53% of 17) | Pravin B Shelar, Li RongQing, Joe Stringer, David S. Miller, Wang Sheng-Hui | 8 |
| 2014-08 | Jiri Benc | 1 (20.00% of 5) | Jean Sacren, David S. Miller, Christoph Jaeger, Andreea-Cristina Bernat | 5 |
| 2014-07 | Andy Zhou | 2 (16.67% of 12) | Alex Wang, stephen hemminger, Tom Herbert, Tom Gundersen, Thomas Graf | 10 |
| 2014-06 | Wei Zhang | 1 (33.33% of 3) | Tom Herbert, Jiri Pirko | 3 |
| 2014-05 | Jarno Rajahalme | 12 (66.67% of 18) | Pravin B Shelar, Wilfried Klaebe, WANG Cong, Ben Pfaff, Andy Zhou | 6 |
| 2014-04 | Nicolas Dichtel | 1 (50.00% of 2) | Eric Dumazet | 2 |
| 2014-03 | Jarno Rajahalme | 4 (36.36% of 11) | David S. Miller, Zoltan Kiss, Monam Agarwal, Flavio Leitner, Eric W. Biederman | 7 |
| 2014-02 | Joe Perches | 3 (25.00% of 12) | Daniele Di Proietto, WANG Cong, Jarno Rajahalme, Jiri Pirko, Andy Zhou | 6 |
| 2014-01 | Daniele Di Proietto | 2 (22.22% of 9) | Wei Yongjun, Thomas Graf, Pravin B Shelar, Li RongQing, David S. Miller | 8 |
| 2013-12 | Thomas Graf | 5 (45.45% of 11) | Wei Yongjun, Tom Herbert, Stephen Hemminger, Jesse Gross, Francesco Fusco | 7 |
| 2013-11 | Johannes Berg | 5 (38.46% of 13) | Linus Torvalds, David S. Miller, Ben Pfaff, Thomas Graf, Andy Zhou | 6 |
| 2013-10 | Pravin B Shelar | 6 (54.55% of 11) | Jarno Rajahalme, John Stultz, Andy Zhou, Alexei Starovoitov | 5 |
| 2013-09 | Nicolas Dichtel | 3 (33.33% of 9) | Wei Yongjun, Pravin B Shelar, Jesse Gross, Eric W. Biederman, Daniel Borkmann | 6 |
| 2013-08 | Andy Zhou | 3 (33.33% of 9) | Cong Wang, Pravin B Shelar, Justin Pettit, Joe Stringer, Jesse Gross | 6 |
| 2013-07 | Pravin B Shelar | 4 (80.00% of 5) | Jiri Pirko | 2 |
| 2013-06 | Pravin B Shelar | 9 (75.00% of 12) | Lorand Jakab, David S. Miller, Andy Hill | 4 |
| 2013-05 | Jesse Gross | 3 (60.00% of 5) | Pravin B Shelar, Jiri Pirko | 3 |
| 2013-04 | Pravin B Shelar | 3 (33.33% of 9) | Thomas Graf, Patrick McHardy, David S. Miller, Andy Zhou | 5 |
| 2013-03 | Thomas Graf | 4 (40.00% of 10) | David S. Miller, Simon Horman, Jesse Gross, Hong Zhiguo | 5 |
| 2013-02 | Rich Lane | 4 (40.00% of 10) | Cong Wang, Sasha Levin, David S. Miller, Ben Pfaff | 5 |
| 2013-01 | Jiri Pirko | 2 (40.00% of 5) | YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明, Jesse Gross, Jarno Rajahalme | 4 |
| 2012-12 | Thomas Graf | 1 (100.00% of 1) | | 1 |
| 2012-11 | Ansis Atteka | 2 (33.33% of 6) | Thomas Graf, Shan Wei, Mehak Mahajan, Jesse Gross | 5 |
| 2012-10 | Mehak Mahajan | 1 (50.00% of 2) | Jesse Gross | 2 |
| 2012-09 | David S. Miller | 2 (33.33% of 6) | Peter Senna Tschudin, Joe Stringer, Jesse Gross, Eric W. Biederman | 5 |
| 2012-08 | Wei Yongjun | 1 (33.33% of 3) | Pravin B Shelar, Jesse Gross | 3 |
| 2012-07 | Pravin B Shelar | 1 (20.00% of 5) | Jesse Gross, David S. Miller, Dan Carpenter, Ben Pfaff | 5 |
| 2012-05 | Raju Subramanian | 1 (14.29% of 7) | Pravin B Shelar, Joe Perches, Jesse Gross, David S. Miller, Dan Carpenter | 7 |
| 2012-04 | Jesse Gross | 2 (40.00% of 5) | Eric Dumazet, David S. Miller, Ansis Atteka | 4 |
| 2012-03 | David S. Miller | 2 (40.00% of 5) | Jesse Gross, David Howells, Ben Pfaff | 4 |
| 2012-02 | Pravin B Shelar | 1 (50.00% of 2) | Danny Kukawka | 2 |
| 2012-01 | Shan Wei | 1 (33.33% of 3) | Devendra Naga, Ben Pfaff | 3 |
| 2011-12 | Dan Carpenter | 1 (100.00% of 1) | | 1 |
| 2011-10 | Jesse Gross | 1 (100.00% of 1) | | 1 |
