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

Methodology. (Last update: 1/19/25)

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