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51 active · mean Elo 1540 · 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 Carlos Ulberg C 1670 ±20
2 Magomed Ankalaev 1670 ±28
3 Robert Whittaker 1633 ±37
4 Navajo Stirling 1622 ±20
5 Azamat Murzakanov 1611 ±25
6 Paulo Costa 1592 ±40
7 Dominick Reyes 1582 ±41
8 Jiri Prochazka 1575 ±41
9 Jan Blachowicz 1555 ±38
10 Iwo Baraniewski 1554 ±20
11 Bogdan Guskov 1553 ±31
12 Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev 1553 ±20
13 Alonzo Menifield 1547 ±35
14 Khalil Rountree Jr. 1538 ±30
15 Volkan Oezdemir 1535 ±38
16 Jimmy Crute 1533 ±30
17 Jamahal Hill 1533 ±40
18 Nikita Krylov 1520 ±38
19 Billy Elekana 1520 ±33
20 Dustin Jacoby 1514 ±38
21 Anthony Smith 1513 ±35
22 Johnny Walker 1511 ±39
23 Modestas Bukauskas 1510 ±29
24 Rodolfo Bellato 1497 ±32
25 Da Woon Jung 1495 ±35
26 Ovince Saint Preux 1492 ±38
27 Zhang Mingyang 1479 ±38
28 Oumar Sy 1474 ±41
29 Ion Cutelaba 1468 ±39
30 Diyar Nurgozhay 1444 ±43
31 Ivan Erslan 1412 ±35
32 Julius Walker 1410 ±31
33 Ibo Aslan 1407 ±36
34 Junior Tafa 1406 ±38
35 Caio Machado 1405 ±20
36 Brendson Ribeiro 1401 ±29
37 Marcin Prachnio 1400 ±41
38 Bruno Lopes 1394 ±35
39 Tuco Tokkos 1394 ±39
40 Austen Lane 1370 ±27
41 Rafael Cerqueira 1362 ±20
Provisional Show 10 fighters with too little data for a firm ranking
Muhammad Saidov 1511 ±20 1-0-0
Lucas Fernando 1508 ±20 1-0-0
Magomed Tuchalov 1506 ±20 1-0-0
Luke Fernandez 1487 ±20 0-1-0
Levi Rodrigues Jr. 1486 ±20 0-1-0
Uran Satybaldiev 1469 ±38 1-1-0
Felipe Franco 1467 ±41 1-1-0
Magomed Gadzhiyasulov 1457 ±41 1-1-0
Rafael Tobias 1443 ±20 0-2-0
Kevin Christian 1441 ±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 →