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55 active · mean Elo 1555 · updated Jun 20, 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 1691 ±32
2 Alexander Volkov 1656 ±32
3 Alex Pereira 1655 ±39
4 Tom Aspinall C 1654 ±25
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 1565 ±25
12 Mario Pinto 1564 ±20
13 Alexandr Romanov 1562 ±33
14 Derrick Lewis 1557 ±35
15 Vitor Petrino 1554 ±31
16 Jairzinho Rozenstruik 1553 ±37
17 Serghei Spivac 1546 ±32
18 Valter Walker 1545 ±38
19 Mick Parkin 1542 ±29
20 Ryan Spann 1532 ±39
21 Marcin Tybura 1526 ±41
22 Rodrigo Nascimento 1507 ±37
23 Karl Williams 1495 ±36
24 Kennedy Nzechukwu 1494 ±35
25 Andrei Arlovski 1489 ±36
26 Mohammed Usman 1482 ±37
27 Jhonata Diniz 1477 ±38
28 Hamdy Abdelwahab 1477 ±39
29 Shamil Gaziev 1475 ±39
30 Tallison Teixeira 1471 ±36
31 Tai Tuivasa 1454 ±33
32 Tanner Boser 1446 ±38
33 Jamal Pogues 1444 ±42
34 Thomas Petersen 1444 ±40
35 Justin Tafa 1440 ±37
36 Ante Delija 1439 ±41
37 Marcus Buchecha 1432 ±20
38 Louie Sutherland 1432 ±38
39 Robelis Despaigne 1430 ±37
40 Chris Barnett 1417 ±36
41 Don'Tale Mayes 1407 ±39
42 Lukasz Brzeski 1375 ±27
Provisional Show 13 fighters with too little data for a firm ranking
Tyrell Fortune 1523 ±20 1-0-0
Gokhan Saricam 1522 ±20 1-0-0
Felipe Franco 1503 ±20 0-1-0
Alvin Hines 1502 ±20 0-1-0
Marek Bujlo 1501 ±20 0-1-0
Allen Frye Jr. 1501 ±20 0-1-0
Elisha Ellison 1500 ±20 0-1-0
Max Gimenis 1500 ±20 0-1-0
Rizvan Kuniev 1482 ±42 1-1-0
Steven Asplund 1474 ±37 1-1-0
Denzel Freeman 1459 ±44 1-1-0
Guilherme Pat 1458 ±45 1-1-0
Sean Sharaf 1447 ±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 →