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58 active · mean Elo 1552 · updated Aug 15, 2026
Our ranking ≠ UFC rankings. UFC's official list is set by a media panel with political considerations. Ours is purely numeric: the Elo rating below is the standard Elo discounted by uncertainty, so a thin-sample star with one big win can't outrank a proven contender. The current champion is marked with C, interim champion with IC. See methodology →
# Fighter Elo
1 Ciryl Gane IC 1690 ±32
2 Tom Aspinall C 1674 ±25
3 Alexander Volkov 1655 ±32
4 Alex Pereira 1655 ±39
5 Sergei Pavlovich 1619 ±35
6 Josh Hokit 1613 ±20
7 Curtis Blaydes 1610 ±37
8 Waldo Cortes Acosta 1601 ±30
9 Jailton Almeida 1594 ±36
10 Brando Pericic 1566 ±20
11 Martin Buday 1564 ±25
12 Mario Pinto 1564 ±20
13 Valter Walker 1562 ±35
14 Alexandr Romanov 1560 ±33
15 Derrick Lewis 1557 ±35
16 Vitor Petrino 1554 ±31
17 Jairzinho Rozenstruik 1553 ±37
18 Serghei Spivac 1545 ±32
19 Mick Parkin 1541 ±29
20 Ryan Spann 1532 ±39
21 Aleksandar Rakic 1526 ±39
22 Rizvan Kuniev 1514 ±36
23 Marcin Tybura 1510 ±39
24 Rodrigo Nascimento 1507 ±37
25 Kennedy Nzechukwu 1494 ±35
26 Steven Asplund 1488 ±35
27 Mohammed Usman 1483 ±37
28 Hamdy Abdelwahab 1477 ±39
29 Jhonata Diniz 1477 ±38
30 Shamil Gaziev 1475 ±39
31 Tallison Teixeira 1471 ±35
32 Tai Tuivasa 1453 ±33
33 Tanner Boser 1446 ±38
34 Jamal Pogues 1446 ±42
35 Justin Tafa 1441 ±37
36 Ante Delija 1439 ±41
37 Thomas Petersen 1435 ±36
38 Marcus Buchecha 1432 ±20
39 Robelis Despaigne 1431 ±37
40 Chris Barnett 1417 ±36
41 Guilherme Pat 1416 ±40
42 Don'Tale Mayes 1410 ±39
43 Louie Sutherland 1403 ±35
44 Lukasz Brzeski 1377 ±27
Provisional Show 14 fighters with too little data for a firm ranking
Gokhan Saricam 1520 ±20 1-0-0
Jovan Leka 1520 ±20 1-0-0
Jose Montanha 1519 ±20 1-0-0
Rj Harris 1519 ±20 1-0-0
Gable Steveson 1519 ±20 1-0-0
Marek Bujlo 1499 ±20 0-1-0
Allen Frye Jr. 1499 ±20 0-1-0
Alexander Poppeck 1498 ±20 0-1-0
Max Gimenis 1498 ±20 0-1-0
Denzel Freeman 1458 ±44 1-1-0
Tyrell Fortune 1455 ±50 1-1-0
Alvin Hines 1454 ±20 0-2-0
Elisha Ellison 1449 ±20 0-2-0
Sean Sharaf 1446 ±20 0-2-0

The Elo rating shown above already includes the uncertainty discount (Global Elo − σ). The raw Global Elo point estimate is hover-revealed next to each rating. This penalizes thin sample sizes so a 1-fight newcomer can't outrank a proven top-10. See methodology →