Last Updated: 5/5/2013 6:25:09 PM

Computerized All-Time Mixed Martial Arts Rankings

The all-time rankings reflect the overall careers of MMA fighters. When observing these lists, it is important to consider the following:

  • All-time rankings are division-specific, whereas the current rankings are division-adjusted.  Therefore, a fighter CAN be ranked in more than one division.
  • Longevity at or near the top of the division plays a huge role in where a fighter is ranked.  All of the rankings are career-long, with the exception of the division dominance list, which ranks fighters based on their most dominant period.  Only extreme cases of past-prime bad performances are mostly excused from the rankings.  Divisional strength is also a large factor in accumulating all-time ranking points.
  • Head-to-head results have a minor, but direct effect.
  • These rankings are not updated as often as the current rankings. Please check the last updated date at the top of the page.
  • The nature of the rankings requires them for the most part, to be “slow” in reacting to actions made by current fighters.  Think ‘rolling average’, versus immediate change when looking for effects from recent fights.
  • Fluctuations in the position of active fighters may be a frequent occurrence. This is merely due to how these rankings are calculated. However, fluctuations may also accompany mathematical revisions or data updates.
  • The all-time division dominance has minimum requirements for divisional tenure and as of 11/2012 uses the same revamped model as in the current rankings.
  • Early Pancrase (pre-mid 2000) bouts were open-weight.  Due to the impact of these matches, the “credit” is assigned to fighters within the division that these fighters would’ve competed in had there been weight divisions, but only from early 1998 and on (when UFC started adapting several weight divisions).  Surrounding data (in terms of chronology) is analyzed to determine a division.  If one cannot be definitively determined, the credit will be assigned to the fighter for Heavyweight+.

The career absolute rankings are the sum of the fighter's accomplishments in all divisions.

Hover over the division dominance list to view the weight class info and peak dominance date.
Absolute
Rank Fighter
1 Anderson Silva
2 Georges St. Pierre
3 Fedor Emelianenko
4 Matt Hughes
5 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
6 B.J. Penn
7 Dan Henderson
8 Randy Couture
9 Urijah Faber
10 Wanderlei Silva
11 Quinton Jackson
12 Jose Aldo
13 Jon Jones
14 Chuck Liddell
15 Lyoto Machida
16 Nate Marquardt
17 Mauricio Rua
18 Frankie Edgar
19 Gilbert Melendez
20 Takanori Gomi
21 Rashad Evans
22 Josh Barnett
23 Jon Fitch
24 Shinya Aoki
25 Junior dos Santos
Division Dominance (Peak)
Rank Fighter
1 Jon Jones
2 Georges St. Pierre
3 Cain Velasquez
4 Anderson Silva
5 Fedor Emelianenko
6 Junior dos Santos
7 Jose Aldo
8 Frankie Edgar
9 Ben Henderson
10 Ken Shamrock
11 Chuck Liddell
12 Matt Hughes
13 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
14 Quinton Jackson
15 Mike Thomas Brown
16 Mirko Filipovic
17 Masakatsu Funaki
18 Wanderlei Silva
19 Miguel Torres
20 Shinichi Kojima
21 Takanori Gomi
22 Semmy Schilt
23 B.J. Penn
24 Alistair Overeem
25 Mauricio Rua
Heavyweight +
Rank Fighter
1 Fedor Emelianenko
2 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
3 Josh Barnett
4 Junior dos Santos
5 Randy Couture
6 Cain Velasquez
7 Mirko Filipovic
8 Frank Mir
9 Tim Sylvia
10 Fabricio Werdum
11 Bas Rutten
12 Mark Coleman
13 Alistair Overeem
14 Andrei Arlovski
15 Brock Lesnar
16 Masakatsu Funaki
17 Semmy Schilt
18 Mark Hunt
19 Royce Gracie
20 Ken Shamrock
21 Igor Vovchanchyn
22 Daniel Cormier
23 Antonio Silva
24 Pedro Rizzo
25 Shane Carwin
Light Heavyweight
Rank Fighter
1 Wanderlei Silva
2 Quinton Jackson
3 Jon Jones
4 Chuck Liddell
5 Mauricio Rua
6 Lyoto Machida
7 Rashad Evans
8 Dan Henderson
9 Tito Ortiz
10 Forrest Griffin
11 Randy Couture
12 Frank Shamrock
13 Ricardo Arona
14 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
15 Vitor Belfort
16 Gegard Mousasi
17 Yuki Kondo
18 Renato Sobral
19 Rich Franklin
20 Keith Jardine
21 Alexander Gustafsson
22 Ryan Bader
23 Paulo Filho
24 Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
25 Jeremy Horn
Middleweight
Rank Fighter
1 Anderson Silva
2 Nate Marquardt
3 Chael Sonnen
4 Rich Franklin
5 Paulo Filho
6 Dan Henderson
7 Yushin Okami
8 Murilo Bustamante
9 Matt Lindland
10 Ricardo Almeida
11 Demian Maia
12 Kiuma Kunioku
13 Kazuo Misaki
14 Jorge Santiago
15 Jeremy Horn
16 Hector Lombard
17 Robbie Lawler
18 Michael Bisping
19 Jake Shields
20 Ronaldo Souza
21 Chris Weidman
22 Luke Rockhold
23 Dave Menne
24 Mark Munoz
25 Mamed Khalidov
Welterweight
Rank Fighter
1 Georges St. Pierre
2 Matt Hughes
3 Jon Fitch
4 Josh Koscheck
5 Jake Shields
6 Nick Diaz
7 Sean Sherk
8 Carlos Condit
9 Thiago Alves
10 Diego Sanchez
11 Karo Parisyan
12 Hayato Sakurai
13 Pat Miletich
14 Johny Hendricks
15 B.J. Penn
16 Martin Kampmann
17 Jake Ellenberger
18 Matt Serra
19 Tetsuji Kato
20 Jason Black
21 Frank Trigg
22 Dennis Hallman
23 Dave Menne
24 Chris Lytle
25 Ben Askren
Lightweight
Rank Fighter
1 Frankie Edgar
2 Takanori Gomi
3 B.J. Penn
4 Ben Henderson
5 Gilbert Melendez
6 Shinya Aoki
7 Vitor Ribeiro
8 Gray Maynard
9 Joachim Hansen
10 Eddie Alvarez
11 Tatsuya Kawajiri
12 Kenny Florian
13 Marcus Aurelio
14 Caol Uno
15 Jens Pulver
16 Yves Edwards
17 Gesias Cavalcante
18 Rumina Sato
19 Dokonjonosuke Mishima
20 Mitsuhiro Ishida
21 Clay Guida
22 Jim Miller
23 Josh Thomson
24 Nate Diaz
25 Hermes Franca
Featherweight
Rank Fighter
1 Jose Aldo
2 Urijah Faber
3 Hatsu Hioki
4 Alexandre Franca Nogueira
5 Mike Thomas Brown
6 Masakazu Imanari
7 Chad Mendes
8 Pat Curran
9 Marlon Sandro
10 Jeff Curran
11 Yoshiro Maeda
12 Hiroyuki Takaya
13 Wagnney Fabiano
14 Joao Roque
15 Noboru Asahi
16 Takeshi Inoue
17 Mark Hominick
18 Michihiro Omigawa
19 Antonio Carvalho
20 Bibiano Fernandes
21 Naoya Uematsu
22 Stephen Palling
23 Ivan Menjivar
24 Cub Swanson
25 Gilbert Melendez
Bantamweight
Rank Fighter
1 Miguel Torres
2 Dominick Cruz
3 Brian Bowles
4 Joseph Benavidez
5 Ryota Matsune
6 Renan Barao
7 Urijah Faber
8 Eduardo Dantas
9 Eddie Wineland
10 Masakatsu Ueda
11 Masahiro Oishi
12 Antonio Banuelos
13 Masakazu Imanari
14 Akitoshi Hokazono
15 Kentaro Imaizumi
16 Marcos Galvao
17 Chase Beebe
18 Scott Jorgensen
19 Takeya Mizugaki
20 Michael McDonald
21 Hisao Ikeda
22 Kazuhiro Sakamoto
23 Kenichi Tanaka
24 Bibiano Fernandes
25 Zach Makovsky
Flyweight
Rank Fighter
1 Yasuhiro Urushitani
2 Mamoru Yamaguchi
3 Shinichi Kojima
4 Jussier da Silva
5 Yuki Shojo
6 Ryuichi Miki
7 Demetrious Johnson
8 Junji Ikoma
9 Masatoshi Abe
10 Alexis Vila
11 Jin Akimoto
12 Ian McCall
13 John Dodson
14 Setsu Iguchi
15 Homare Kuboyama
16 Kiyotaka Shimizu
17 Masaaki Sugawara
18 Robson Moura
19 Fumihiro Kitahara
20 Yasuhiro Akagi
21 Takeyasu Hirono
22 Daiji Takahashi
23 Masaru Gokita
24 Joseph Benavidez
25 Yusei Shimokawa
Strawweight
Rank Fighter
1 Rambaa Somdet
2 Mikihito Yamagami
3 Atsushi Takeuchi
4 Shinya Murofushi
5 Noboru Tahara
6 Rey Docyogen
7 Junji Ito
8 Hiroyuki Abe
9 Takehiro Harusaki
10 Tadaaki Yamamoto
11 Mitsuhisa Sunabe
12 Ryosuke Tanuma
13 Takehiro Ishii
14 Junji Ikoma
15 Katsuya Murofushi
16 Jun Nakamura
17 Kenichi Takeda
18 Yuki Shojo
19 Yusuke Sato
20 Yusuke Uehara
21 Takeshi Sato
22 Masayoshi Kato
23 Masakazu Utsugi
24 Jeanyce Baga
25 Yuichiro Yajima
Women (Open)
Rank Fighter
1 Megumi Fujii
2 Tara LaRosa
3 Yuka Tsuji
4 Marloes Coenen
5 Jennifer Howe
6 Sarah Kaufman
7 Cristiane Justino
8 Roxanne Modafferi
9 Satoko Shinashi
10 Hisae Watanabe
11 Amanda Buckner
12 Miesha Tate
13 Miku Matsumoto
14 Laura DAuguste
15 Ronda Rousey
16 Takayo Hashi
17 Jessica Aguilar
18 Erin Toughill
19 Hitomi Akano
20 Ayaka Hamasaki
21 Zoila Frausto Gurgel
22 Alexis Davis
23 Seo Hee Ham
24 Rin Nakai
25 Yuuki Kondo
 


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Comments (239)

239 Comments

  • ThonolansGhost says:

    Marquardt’s career seems to be finally winding down…he should start slidind down the all-time list over the next several months.

  • Mark says:

    Even ignoring CroCop winning K1, the success he had in it before he went into MMA makes his MMA success more incredible.

  • ThonolansGhost says:

    K-1 hasn’t been relavent in at least ten years.

  • oleg says:

    It was a rather weak field by K-1 GP standards, compared to Mirko’s glory days. Wonder if he will retire now on a high note, having finally won a title.

  • Mark says:

    CroCop winning K1! I know it’s a different combat sport but surely what this man has achieved in K1 makes his MMA successes even more impressive! If his place was switched with Josh Barnett’s in the heavyweight rankings they would be perfect.

  • mark says:

    How is Gilbert Melendez above Shogun when he hasn’t fought in the UFC? He hasn’t fought any of the top lightweights of the UFC yet he’s above Shogun who’s fought a who’s-who of the lightheavy weight division. How are Faber and Marquart above Shogun as well? Cheers, Mark.

  • jcs says:

    It already works this way Mark.

  • Mark says:

    If the light-heavyweight fighters and the heavyweight fighters were given more points for being in more challenging and tougher divisions, would this knock Anderson Silva off the top spot in the absolute rankings?

  • jcs says:

    I have 145.. while Gomes came in “over” at 149. This was not confirmed by a commission report.


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