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

The Cutting Room Floor. (Last update: 3/30/25)

RankFighterYears
1Jon Jones2008-active
2Anderson Silva1997-2020
3Alexander Volkanovski2012-active
4George St-Pierre2002-2017
5Khabib Nurmagomedov2008-2020
6Ilia Topuria2015-active
7Islam Makhachev2010-active
8Merab Dvalishvili2013-active
9Israel Adesanya2009-active
10Fedor Emelianenko2000-active
11Francis Ngannou2013-active
12Stipe Miocic2010-2024
13Daniel Cormier2009-2020
14Dricus Du Plessis2013-active
15Magomed Ankalaev2014-active
16Leon Edwards2011-active
17Kamaru Usman2012-active
18Khamzat Chimaev2018-active
19Dominick Cruz2003-active
20Alex Pereira2015-active
21Lyoto Machida2003-active
22Dan Henderson1997-2016
23Shogun Rua2002-active
24Demetrious JohnsonWhy?2007-active
25Henry Cejudo2013-active
26Max Holloway2010-active
27Robert Whittaker2009-active
28Dustin Poirier2009-active
29Fabricio Werdum2002-active
30Rampage Jackson1999-active
31Chuck Liddell1998-2010
32Randy Couture1997-2011
33Matt Hughes1998-2013
34Alistair Overeem1999-active
35Charles Oliveira2008-active
36Conor McGregor2008-active
37Jose Aldo2004-active
38Belal Muhammad2012-active
39Frank Shamrock1994-2010
40Royce Gracie1993-2016
41Rashad Evans2003-2018
42Tito Ortiz1997-active
43Wanderlei Silva1996-2018
44Aljamain Sterling2010-active
45Brandon Moreno2011-active
46Cain Velasquez2006-2019
47Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira1999-2015
48Junior dos Santos2006-active
49Chris Weidman2009-active
50Ken Shamrock1993-2016
51Bas Rutten1993-2006
52Rickson Gracie1980-2000
53Anthony Johnson2006-active
54Vitor Belfort1996-active
55Jake Shields1999-active
56Forrest Griffin2001-2012
57Glover Teixeira2002-active
58Justin Gaethje2011-active
59Vadim Nemkov2013-active
60Ryan Bader2007-active
61Phil Davis2008-active
62Frankie Edgar2005-active
63Mirko Cro Cop2001-2019
64Ricardo Arona2000-2009
65Gegard Mousasi2003-active
66Antonio Rogerio Nogueira2000-2020
67Kazushi Sakuraba1996-active
68TJ Dillashaw2010-active
69Josh Barnett1997-2016
70Masakatsu Funaki1993-2012
71Cyril Gane2018-active
72Deiveson Figueiredo2012-active
73Jan Blachowicz2007-active
74Mark Coleman1996-2010
75Yoel Romero2009-active
76Nick Diaz2001-2015
77BJ Penn2001-2019
78Tyron Woodley2006-active
79Alexandre Pantoja2007-active
80Jiri Prochazka2012-active
81Luke Rockhold2007-active
82Jacare Souza2003-active
83Stephen Thompson2010-active
84Eddie Alvarez2003-active
85Rich Franklin1999-2015
86Rafael dos Anjos2004-active
87Patricio Pitbull2004-active
88Arman Tsarukyan2015-active
89Sean O’Malley2013-active
90Sean Strickland2008-active
91Petr Yan2014-active
92Sean Brady2014-active
93Michael Chandler2009-active
94Colby Covington2012-active
95Tony Ferguson2008-active
96Anthony Pettis2007-active
97Benson Henderson2006-active
98Robbie Lawler2001-active
99Rory MacDonald2005-active
100Frank Mir2001-active

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