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55 active · mean Elo 1536 · updated Oct 17, 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 Reinier De Ridder 1577 ±34
9 Jiri Prochazka 1575 ±41
10 Alonzo Menifield 1560 ±36
11 Jan Blachowicz 1555 ±38
12 Bogdan Guskov 1553 ±31
13 Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev 1553 ±20
14 Khalil Rountree Jr. 1538 ±30
15 Volkan Oezdemir 1535 ±38
16 Roman Dolidze 1534 ±37
17 Jimmy Crute 1532 ±30
18 Jamahal Hill 1531 ±40
19 Modestas Bukauskas 1524 ±32
20 Nikita Krylov 1520 ±38
21 Billy Elekana 1520 ±33
22 Dustin Jacoby 1514 ±38
23 Iwo Baraniewski 1512 ±31
24 Anthony Smith 1512 ±35
25 Zhang Mingyang 1479 ±38
26 Ion Cutelaba 1468 ±39
27 Oumar Sy 1458 ±39
28 Rodolfo Bellato 1452 ±36
29 Diyar Nurgozhay 1444 ±43
30 Julius Walker 1439 ±37
31 Gerald Meerschaert 1426 ±36
32 Felipe Franco 1419 ±41
33 Brendson Ribeiro 1416 ±35
34 Ivan Erslan 1412 ±35
35 Caio Machado 1408 ±20
36 Ibo Aslan 1407 ±36
37 Junior Tafa 1406 ±38
38 Marcin Prachnio 1402 ±41
39 Bruno Lopes 1394 ±35
40 Tuco Tokkos 1394 ±39
41 Sedriques Dumas 1391 ±37
42 Austen Lane 1370 ±27
43 Rafael Cerqueira 1362 ±20
Provisional Show 12 fighters with too little data for a firm ranking
Muhammad Saidov 1509 ±20 1-0-0
Liu Ce 1506 ±20 1-0-0
Lucas Fernando 1506 ±20 1-0-0
Luis Hernandez 1505 ±20 1-0-0
Magomed Tuchalov 1504 ±20 1-0-0
Luke Fernandez 1485 ±20 0-1-0
Uran Satybaldiev 1468 ±38 1-1-0
Christian Edwards 1465 ±42 1-1-0
Magomed Gadzhiyasulov 1457 ±41 1-1-0
Rafael Tobias 1442 ±20 0-2-0
Levi Rodrigues Jr. 1441 ±20 0-2-0
Kevin Christian 1440 ±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 →