The 100 Greatest Mixed Martial Artists (MMA) of All-Time

Methodology. (Last update: 9/15/24)

RankFighterYears
1Jon Jones2008-active
2Anderson Silva1997-2020
3Alexander Volkanovski2012-active
4George St-Pierre2002-2017
5Khabib Nurmagomedov2008-2020
6Islam Makhachev2010-active
7Israel Adesanya2009-active
8Fedor Emelianenko2000-active
9Francis Ngannou2013-active
10Stipe Miocic2010-active
11Daniel Cormier2009-2020
12Leon Edwards2011-active
13Kamaru Usman2012-active
14Alex Pereira2015-active
15Merab Dvalishvili2013-active
16Henry Cejudo2013-active
17Dominick Cruz2003-active
18Lyoto Machida2003-active
19Dan Henderson1997-2016
20Shogun Rua2002-active
21Robert Whittaker2009-active
22Demetrious Johnson2007-active
23Max Holloway2010-active
24Dustin Poirier2009-active
25Fabricio Werdum2002-active
26Rampage Jackson1999-active
27Chuck Liddell1998-2010
28Randy Couture1997-2011
29Matt Hughes1998-2013
30Alistair Overeem1999-active
31Charles Oliveira2008-active
32Conor McGregor2008-active
33Jose Aldo2004-active
34Dricus Du Plessis2013-active
35Belal Muhammad2012-active
36Frank Shamrock1994-2010
37Royce Gracie1993-2016
38Rashad Evans2003-2018
39Tito Ortiz1997-active
40Wanderlei Silva1996-2018
41Aljamain Sterling2010-active
42Brandon Moreno2011-active
43Cain Velasquez2006-2019
44Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira1999-2015
45Junior dos Santos2006-active
46Chris Weidman2009-active
47Ken Shamrock1993-2016
48Bas Rutten1993-2006
49Rickson Gracie1980-2000
50Anthony Johnson2006-active
51Vitor Belfort1996-active
52Jake Shields1999-active
53Forrest Griffin2001-2012
54Glover Teixeira2002-active
55Justin Gaethje2011-active
56Vadim Nemkov2013-active
57Ryan Bader2007-active
58Phil Davis2008-active
59Frankie Edgar2005-active
60Mirko Cro Cop2001-2019
61Ricardo Arona2000-2009
62Gegard Mousasi2003-active
63Antonio Rogerio Nogueira2000-2020
64Kazushi Sakuraba1996-active
65Colby Covington2012-active
66TJ Dillashaw2010-active
67Josh Barnett1997-2016
68Masakatsu Funaki1993-2012
69Cyril Gane2018-active
70Deiveson Figueiredo2012-active
71Jan Blachowicz2007-active
72Mark Coleman1996-2010
73Yoel Romero2009-active
74Nick Diaz2001-2015
75BJ Penn2001-2019
76Tyron Woodley2006-active
77Alexandre Pantoja2007-active
78Jiri Prochazka2012-active
79Khamzat Chimaev2018-active
80Ilia Topuria2015-active
81Luke Rockhold2007-active
82Jacare Souza2003-active
83Stephen Thompson2010-active
84Eddie Alvarez2003-active
85Rich Franklin1999-2015
86Rafael dos Anjos2004-active
87Patricio Pitbull2004-active
88Magomed Ankalaev2014-active
89Arman Tsarukyan2015-active
90Sean O’Malley2013-active
91Sean Strickland2008-active
92Petr Yan2014-active
93Michael Chandler2009-active
94Tony Ferguson2008-active
95Anthony Pettis2007-active
96Benson Henderson2006-active
97Robbie Lawler2001-active
98Rory MacDonald2005-active
99Frank Mir2001-active
100Nate Marquardt1999-2017

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