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46 active · mean Elo 1541 · 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 Carlos Ulberg C 1670 ±20
2 Magomed Ankalaev 1654 ±30
3 Azamat Murzakanov 1611 ±25
4 Navajo Stirling +2 1604 ±20
5 Paulo Costa 1592 ±40
6 Dominick Reyes 1583 ±41
7 Jiri Prochazka 1575 ±41
8 Jan Blachowicz 1573 ±39
9 Bogdan Guskov 1569 ±30
10 Iwo Baraniewski 1554 ±20
11 Alonzo Menifield 1547 ±35
12 Dustin Jacoby 1540 ±36
13 Khalil Rountree Jr. 1538 ±30
14 Volkan Oezdemir 1535 ±38
15 Jamahal Hill 1534 ±40
16 Jimmy Crute 1533 ±30
17 Nikita Krylov 1532 ±40
18 Billy Elekana 1520 ±33
19 Anthony Smith 1514 ±35
20 Aleksandar Rakic 1513 ±36
21 Johnny Walker 1511 ±39
22 Modestas Bukauskas 1510 ±29
23 Rodolfo Bellato 1497 ±32
24 Da Woon Jung 1496 ±35
25 Ovince Saint Preux 1492 ±38
26 Zhang Mingyang 1479 ±38
27 Oumar Sy 1474 ±41
28 Ion Cutelaba −2 1468 ±39
29 Julius Walker 1434 ±32
30 Bruno Lopes 1424 ±39
31 Ivan Erslan 1412 ±35
32 Brendson Ribeiro 1411 ±33
33 Diyar Nurgozhay 1410 ±44
34 Ibo Aslan 1407 ±36
35 Junior Tafa 1406 ±38
36 Caio Machado 1402 ±20
37 Marcin Prachnio 1399 ±41
38 Tuco Tokkos 1394 ±39
39 Austen Lane 1370 ±27
40 Rafael Cerqueira 1362 ±20
Provisional Show 6 fighters with too little data for a firm ranking
Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev 1521 ±20 2-0-0
Luke Fernandez 1488 ±20 0-1-0
Rafael Tobias 1487 ±20 0-1-0
Uran Satybaldiev 1469 ±38 1-1-0
Magomed Gadzhiyasulov 1457 ±41 1-1-0
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 →