The 100 Greatest Mixed Martial Artists (MMA) of All-Time The Cutting Room Floor. (Last update: 3/30/25) RankFighterYears1Jon Jones2008-active2Anderson Silva1997-20203Alexander Volkanovski2012-active4George St-Pierre2002-20175Khabib Nurmagomedov2008-20206Ilia Topuria2015-active7Islam Makhachev2010-active8Merab Dvalishvili2013-active9Israel Adesanya2009-active10Fedor Emelianenko2000-active11Francis Ngannou2013-active12Stipe Miocic2010-202413Daniel Cormier2009-202014Dricus Du Plessis2013-active15Magomed Ankalaev2014-active16Leon Edwards2011-active17Kamaru Usman2012-active18Khamzat Chimaev2018-active19Dominick Cruz2003-active20Alex Pereira2015-active21Lyoto Machida2003-active22Dan Henderson1997-201623Shogun Rua2002-active24Demetrious JohnsonWhy?2007-active25Henry Cejudo2013-active26Max Holloway2010-active27Robert Whittaker2009-active28Dustin Poirier2009-active29Fabricio Werdum2002-active30Rampage Jackson1999-active31Chuck Liddell1998-201032Randy Couture1997-201133Matt Hughes1998-201334Alistair Overeem1999-active35Charles Oliveira2008-active36Conor McGregor2008-active37Jose Aldo2004-active38Belal Muhammad2012-active39Frank Shamrock1994-201040Royce Gracie1993-201641Rashad Evans2003-201842Tito Ortiz1997-active43Wanderlei Silva1996-201844Aljamain Sterling2010-active45Brandon Moreno2011-active46Cain Velasquez2006-201947Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira1999-201548Junior dos Santos2006-active49Chris Weidman2009-active50Ken Shamrock1993-201651Bas Rutten1993-200652Rickson Gracie1980-200053Anthony Johnson2006-active54Vitor Belfort1996-active55Jake Shields1999-active56Forrest Griffin2001-201257Glover Teixeira2002-active58Justin Gaethje2011-active59Vadim Nemkov2013-active60Ryan Bader2007-active61Phil Davis2008-active62Frankie Edgar2005-active63Mirko Cro Cop2001-201964Ricardo Arona2000-200965Gegard Mousasi2003-active66Antonio Rogerio Nogueira2000-202067Kazushi Sakuraba1996-active68TJ Dillashaw2010-active69Josh Barnett1997-201670Masakatsu Funaki1993-201271Cyril Gane2018-active72Deiveson Figueiredo2012-active73Jan Blachowicz2007-active74Mark Coleman1996-201075Yoel Romero2009-active76Nick Diaz2001-201577BJ Penn2001-201978Tyron Woodley2006-active79Alexandre Pantoja2007-active80Jiri Prochazka2012-active81Luke Rockhold2007-active82Jacare Souza2003-active83Stephen Thompson2010-active84Eddie Alvarez2003-active85Rich Franklin1999-201586Rafael dos Anjos2004-active87Patricio Pitbull2004-active88Arman Tsarukyan2015-active89Sean O’Malley2013-active90Sean Strickland2008-active91Petr Yan2014-active92Sean Brady2014-active93Michael Chandler2009-active94Colby Covington2012-active95Tony Ferguson2008-active96Anthony Pettis2007-active97Benson Henderson2006-active98Robbie Lawler2001-active99Rory MacDonald2005-active100Frank Mir2001-active