Generated Historical Rankings

These ranking sets have been generated by a recent version of the software, using recent data and will not match previously published issues of the rankings, especially since a majority of these generated sets are for dates much earlier than the site’s inception.

Rankings will list until the next multiple of 5 (Top 5, 10, 15, etc.) after the last fighter at or above 20 points is found, to a maximum amount (found in the current rankings).  At a bare minimum, a fighter needs at least 15 points to be displayed, so in some cases, the next multiple of 5 may not be reached.

Gathering data for the “unknown division lists” are crucial in building these sets, so if you want to help us research, please review these lists and inform us in the forum.

Some of the older divisional lists are very small, or even blank, due to limited fights and/or limited data.

Once deemed as retired or assumed as such (no fights scheduled, no fights in past 900 days from last update or manually marked as retired/deceased/etc), fighters are removed from any ranking pages more recent than their last fight.  This is the one major difference between these sets and the current rankings.

Note: Fighter records within these historical rankings represent their records at the date of the rankings.

Rating Formula:
Ranked Fighters: 1-25 >>>
<< Previous Issue Next Issue >>
Issue     Division  

Note: Rankings include fights on selected date!
Last Generated on 03/17/2024
Rank ↑ ↓ Fighter Record Points
1   Matt Hughes 40-4-0
274
2   Georges St. Pierre 12-1-0
223
3   B.J. Penn 10-3-1
201
4 20 Jake Shields 15-4-1
168
5 2 Karo Parisyan 15-3-0
160
6 NR Jon Fitch 14-2-0
159
7 -2 Diego Sanchez 15-0-0
146
8 NR Rory Markham 10-2-0
108
9 10 Sean Sherk 32-2-1
104
10 1 Shinya Aoki 7-2-0
103
11 -3 Nick Thompson 25-9-1
100
12   Vitor Ribeiro 15-1-0
99
13 28 Josh Koscheck 6-1-0
90
14 7 Jonathan Goulet 16-6-0
89
15 -1 Akira Kikuchi 13-2-0
88
16 1 Thiago Alves 10-5-0
85
17 65 Pat Healy 12-11-0
83
18 29 Jay Hieron 9-2-0
82
19 19 Josh Neer 17-3-1
80
20 -10 Joshua Burkman 15-4-0
77
21 -3 Nick Diaz 12-6-0
76
22 -2 Drew Fickett 28-4-0
76
23 -14 Mike Pyle 10-3-1
76
24 1 Chris Lytle 22-12-5
74
25 -10 Frank Trigg 13-5-0
74
Ranked Fighters: 1-25 >>>
<< Previous Issue Next Issue >>

92 Comments

  1. shervin January 15, 2024 at 1:57 pm Reply

    are you all not adding anymore of these generated ratings? these are incredibly good. I hope that you keep going.

    • oleg January 15, 2024 at 8:27 pm Reply

      We’re still adding and maintaining them.

Leave A Comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Before asking where a specific fighter is ranked or why they aren't ranked:


- We update the rankings once per week, usually on Sunday or Monday.

- Fighters who have not fought in 450 days or more ARE NOT RANKED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

- Use the "Fighter Search" option in the upper-right of the page. The fighter may be ranked in a different division.

- Most of the divisions have multiple pages beyond this one. See the clickable ranges above and below the ranking table.

Furthermore, we do not maintain the "next fight" data. This is gathered from Sherdog. Any issues regarding this data should be forwarded to them.