Last Updated: 2/3/2012 3:40:21 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 fighters’ 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 BJ Penn
7 Randy Couture
8 Dan Henderson
9 Wanderlei Silva
10 Urijah Faber
11 Chuck Liddell
12 Quinton Jackson
13 Lyoto Machida
14 Takanori Gomi
15 Nate Marquardt
16 Jose Aldo
17 Josh Barnett
18 Mauricio Rua
19 Gilbert Melendez
20 Jon Fitch
21 Shinya Aoki
22 Sean Sherk
23 Rich Franklin
24 Rashad Evans
25 Frankie Edgar
Division Dominance (Peak)
Rank Fighter
1 Georges St Pierre
2 Anderson Silva
3 Ken Shamrock
4 Fedor Emelianenko
5 Matt Hughes
6 Chuck Liddell
7 Jon Jones
8 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
9 Jose Aldo
10 Miguel Torres
11 Shinichi Kojima
12 Mike Thomas Brown
13 Junior dos Santos
14 Masakatsu Funaki
15 Wanderlei Silva
16 Takanori Gomi
17 Frankie Edgar
18 Yasuhiro Urushitani
19 Quinton Jackson
20 Alexandre Franca Nogueira
21 Mamoru Yamaguchi
22 Mirko Filipovic
23 Mauricio Rua
24 Semmy Schilt
25 Urijah Faber
Heavyweight+/Openweight
Rank Fighter
1 Fedor Emelianenko
2 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
3 Josh Barnett
4 Randy Couture
5 Mirko Filipovic
6 Tim Sylvia
7 Frank Mir
8 Bas Rutten
9 Cain Velasquez
10 Mark Coleman
11 Junior dos Santos
12 Brock Lesnar
13 Andrei Arlovski
14 Fabricio Werdum
15 Masakatsu Funaki
16 Semmy Schilt
17 Alistair Overeem
18 Royce Gracie
19 Ken Shamrock
20 Pedro Rizzo
21 Igor Vovchanchyn
22 Shane Carwin
23 Sergei Kharitonov
24 Kevin Randleman
25 Ricco Rodriguez
Light Heavyweight
Rank Fighter
1 Wanderlei Silva
2 Chuck Liddell
3 Quinton Jackson
4 Lyoto Machida
5 Mauricio Rua
6 Rashad Evans
7 Dan Henderson
8 Tito Ortiz
9 Randy Couture
10 Forrest Griffin
11 Ricardo Arona
12 Jon Jones
13 Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
14 Renato Sobral
15 Vitor Belfort
16 Yuki Kondo
17 Frank Shamrock
18 Rich Franklin
19 Gegard Mousasi
20 Keith Jardine
21 Paulo Filho
22 Jeremy Horn
23 Sokoudjou
24 Thiago Silva
25 Guy Mezger
Middleweight
Rank Fighter
1 Anderson Silva
2 Nate Marquardt
3 Rich Franklin
4 Dan Henderson
5 Chael Sonnen
6 Paulo Filho
7 Yushin Okami
8 Murilo Bustamante
9 Matt Lindland
10 Ricardo Almeida
11 Jeremy Horn
12 Robbie Lawler
13 Kiuma Kunioku
14 Kazuo Misaki
15 Jorge Santiago
16 Demian Maia
17 Dave Menne
18 Jake Shields
19 Ronaldo Souza
20 Evan Tanner
21 Michael Bisping
22 Rodrigo Gracie
23 Gegard Mousasi
24 Erik Paulson
25 Denis Kang
Welterweight
Rank Fighter
1 Georges St Pierre
2 Matt Hughes
3 Jon Fitch
4 Sean Sherk
5 Josh Koscheck
6 Thiago Alves
7 Diego Sanchez
8 Jake Shields
9 Nick Diaz
10 Karo Parisyan
11 Pat Miletich
12 Hayato Sakurai
13 BJ Penn
14 Carlos Condit
15 Matt Serra
16 Jason Black
17 Tetsuji Kato
18 Frank Trigg
19 Dennis Hallman
20 Dave Menne
21 Chris Lytle
22 Nick Thompson
23 Dan Hardy
24 Jay Hieron
25 Paulo Thiago
Lightweight
Rank Fighter
1 Takanori Gomi
2 BJ Penn
3 Frankie Edgar
4 Shinya Aoki
5 Vitor Ribeiro
6 Gilbert Melendez
7 Joachim Hansen
8 Tatsuya Kawajiri
9 Gray Maynard
10 Eddie Alvarez
11 Kenny Florian
12 Marcus Aurelio
13 Caol Uno
14 Gesias Cavalcante
15 Yves Edwards
16 Jens Pulver
17 Rumina Sato
18 Dokonjonosuke Mishima
19 Mitsuhiro Ishida
20 Hermes Franca
21 Clay Guida
22 Sean Sherk
23 Din Thomas
24 Jim Miller
25 Ben Henderson
Featherweight
Rank Fighter
1 Urijah Faber
2 Jose Aldo
3 Hatsu Hioki
4 Alexandre Franca Nogueira
5 Mike Thomas Brown
6 Masakazu Imanari
7 Jeff Curran
8 Marlon Sandro
9 Yoshiro Maeda
10 Wagnney Fabiano
11 Hiroyuki Takaya
12 Chad Mendes
13 Noboru Asahi
14 Mark Hominick
15 Joao Roque
16 Takeshi Inoue
17 Michihiro Omigawa
18 Antonio Carvalho
19 Bibiano Fernandes
20 Stephen Palling
21 Naoya Uematsu
22 Ivan Menjivar
23 Gilbert Melendez
24 Tetsuo Katsuta
25 Uchu Tatsumi
Bantamweight
Rank Fighter
1 Miguel Torres
2 Dominick Cruz
3 Brian Bowles
4 Joseph Benavidez
5 Ryota Matsune
6 Masahiro Oishi
7 Masakatsu Ueda
8 Eddie Wineland
9 Masakazu Imanari
10 Chase Beebe
11 Kentaro Imaizumi
12 Scott Jorgensen
13 Antonio Banuelos
14 Akitoshi Hokazono
15 Takeya Mizugaki
16 Hisao Ikeda
17 Kazuhiro Sakamoto
18 Eduardo Dantas
19 Kenichi Tanaka
20 Abel Cullum
21 Zach Makovsky
22 Rani Yahya
23 Jin Akimoto
24 Manny Tapia
25 Demetrious Johnson
Flyweight
Rank Fighter
1 Mamoru Yamaguchi
2 Yasuhiro Urushitani
3 Shinichi Kojima
4 Rambaa Somdet
5 Jussier da Silva
6 Yuki Shojo
7 Masatoshi Abe
8 Junji Ikoma
9 Ryuichi Miki
10 Alexis Vila
11 Jin Akimoto
12 Setsu Iguchi
13 Mitsuhisa Sunabe
14 Homare Kuboyama
15 Kiyotaka Shimizu
16 Robson Moura
17 Masaaki Sugawara
18 Yasuhiro Akagi
19 Takeyasu Hirono
20 Ian McCall
21 Atsushi Takeuchi
22 Daiji Takahashi
23 Yusei Shimokawa
24 Richard Lasprilla
25 Fumihiro Kitahara
Women (Open)
Rank Fighter
1 Megumi Fujii
2 Yuka Tsuji
3 Tara LaRosa
4 Marloes Coenen
5 Jennifer Howe
6 Cristiane Santos
7 Roxanne Modafferi
8 Sarah Kaufman
9 Satoko Shinashi
10 Hisae Watanabe
11 Amanda Buckner
12 Miku Matsumoto
13 Laura DAuguste
14 Miesha Tate
15 Hitomi Akano
16 Takayo Hashi
17 Erin Toughill
18 Seo Hee Ham
19 Rin Nakai
20 Megumi Yabushita
21 Shayna Baszler
22 Yuuki Kondo
23 Zoila Gurgel
24 Gina Carano
25 Mei Yamaguchi
 


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