Ratings for events through October 31, 2018. All weight classes/pound-for-pound.
Key: Fighter won recent fight ; Fighter lost recent fight ; Inactive: last rated win > one year ago
| Oct Rank |
Nov Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Pro | October results |
| 1 | 1 | Daniel Cormier | HW | 92.09 | 17-1-0 | UFC | |
| 2 | 2 | Jon Jones | LH | 78.92 | 16-1-0 | UFC | --last rated win -30 months. |
| 3 | 3 | Robert Whittaker | MW | 75.97 | 12-4-0 | UFC | |
| 4 | 4 | Georges St. Pierre | MW | 72.23 | 24-2-0 | UFC | |
| 12 | 5 | Khabib Nurmagomedov | LW | 69.43 | 13-0-0 | UFC | Beat #6 Conor McGregor |
| 5 | 6 | Tyron Woodley | WW | 67.68 | 16-3-1 | UFC | |
| 7 | 7 | Stipe Miocic | HW | 59.76 | 13-3-0 | UFC | |
| 9 | 8 | Tony Ferguson | LW | 59.60 | 17-1-0 | UFC | Beat #145 Anthony Pettis |
| 8 | 9 | Max Holloway | FW | 59.23 | 17-3-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 10 | Gegard Mousasi | MW | 54.28 | 36-6-2 | Bell | |
| 11 | 11 | Colby Covington | WW | 52.88 | 8-1-0 | UFC | |
| 14 | 12 | Ryan Bader | HW | 52.33 | 18-5-0 | Bell | Beat #77 Matt Mitrione |
| 13 | 13 | Dustin Poirier | LW | 50.22 | 18-5-0 | UFC | |
| 15 | 14 | Bibiano Fernandes | BW | 47.76 | 19-1-0 | One | |
| 6 | 15 | Conor McGregor | LW | 47.21 | 13-2-0 | UFC | Lost to #12 Khabib Nurmagomedov |
| 16 | 16 | T.J. Dillashaw | BW | 44.71 | 11-2-0 | UFC | |
| 17 | 17 | Ben Askren | WW | 43.52 | 14-0-0 | One | |
| 18 | 18 | Yoel Romero | MW | 43.18 | 10-3-0 | UFC | |
| 19 | 19 | Kelvin Gastelum | MW | 42.39 | 11-3-0 | UFC | |
| 20 | 20 | Kyoji Horiguchi | BW | 41.90 | 23-2-0 | Rizi | |
| 21 | 21 | Eddie Alvarez | LW | 40.55 | 25-6-0 | UFC | |
| 49 | 22 | Derrick Lewis | HW | 39.92 | 10-3-0 | UFC | Beat #24 Alexander Volkov |
| 22 | 23 | Henry Cejudo | FL | 39.57 | 7-2-0 | UFC | |
| 26 | 24 | Kamaru Usman | WW | 39.20 | 8-0-0 | UFC | |
| 23 | 25 | Luke Rockhold | MW | 39.13 | 14-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 27 | 26 | Brian Ortega | FW | 38.98 | 7-0-0 | UFC | |
| 25 | 27 | Cain Velasquez | HW | 38.88 | 12-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -27 months. |
| 28 | 28 | Rafael dos Anjos | WW | 38.01 | 20-8-0 | UFC | |
| 29 | 29 | Patricio Freire | FW | 37.63 | 14-4-0 | Bell | |
| 30 | 30 | Demetrious Johnson | FL | 35.29 | 18-3-1 | UFC | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 31 | 31 | Phil Davis | LH | 34.48 | 14-4-0 | Bell | |
| 32 | 32 | Curtis Blaydes | HW | 34.21 | 6-1-0 | UFC | |
| 33 | 33 | Douglas Lima | WW | 33.44 | 15-3-0 | Bell | |
| 34 | 34 | Chris Weidman | MW | 31.92 | 11-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -15 months. |
| 36 | 35 | Fabricio Werdum | HW | 31.57 | 23-8-1 | UFC | |
| 38 | 36 | Alexander Volkanovski | FW | 31.50 | 9-0-0 | UFC | |
| 39 | 37 | Marlon Moraes | BW | 31.49 | 16-3-0 | UFC | |
| 37 | 38 | Anthony Johnson | LH | 31.10 | 21-6-0 | UFC | --last rated win -26 months. |
| 41 | 39 | Darrion Caldwell | FW | 30.77 | 8-1-0 | Bell | |
| 40 | 40 | Robbie Lawler | WW | 30.65 | 29-12-0 | UFC | --last rated win -15 months. |
| 42 | 41 | David Branch | MW | 30.33 | 14-4-0 | UFC | |
| 43 | 42 | Raphael Assuncao | BW | 30.26 | 22-5-0 | UFC | |
| 44 | 43 | Kevin Lee | LW | 30.01 | 14-3-0 | UFC | |
| 156 | 44 | Lance Palmer | FW | 29.71 | 12-3-0 | Prof | Beat #2247 Max Coga; Beat #35 Andre Harrison |
| 45 | 45 | Santiago Ponzinibbio | WW | 29.68 | 8-1-0 | UFC | |
| 46 | 46 | Leon Edwards | WW | 28.91 | 10-2-0 | UFC | |
| 48 | 47 | Tomasz Narkun | LH | 28.67 | 10-2-0 | KSW | |
| 50 | 48 | Vitaly Minakov | HW | 28.43 | 13-0-0 | FNG | |
| 47 | 49 | Michael Bisping | MW | 28.30 | 24-9-0 | UFC | --last rated win -24 months. |
| 51 | 50 | Jon Fitch | WW | 28.09 | 30-6-1 | Bell | |
| 24 | 51 | Alexander Volkov | HW | 27.93 | 18-6-0 | UFC | Lost to #49 Derrick Lewis |
| 52 | 52 | Akhmed Aliev | LW | 27.89 | 10-1-0 | FNG | |
| 53 | 53 | Aljamain Sterling | BW | 27.44 | 10-3-0 | UFC | |
| 54 | 54 | Frankie Edgar | FW | 26.69 | 17-6-1 | UFC | |
| 55 | 55 | Emmanuel Sanchez | FW | 26.23 | 11-2-0 | Bell | |
| 56 | 56 | Jose Aldo | FW | 26.23 | 21-4-0 | UFC | |
| 57 | 57 | Alex Oliveira | WW | 26.06 | 8-2-0 | UFC | |
| 58 | 58 | Alistair Overeem | HW | 25.53 | 37-17-0 | UFC | --last rated win -15 months. |
| 59 | 59 | Ramazan Emeev | WW | 25.42 | 11-1-0 | UFC | |
| 61 | 60 | Rustam Khabilov | LW | 25.39 | 12-3-0 | UFC | |
| 62 | 61 | Alexander Hernandez | LW | 25.32 | 4-0-0 | UFC | |
| 75 | 62 | Cheick Kongo | HW | 25.19 | 27-10-2 | Bell | Beat #372 Timothy Johnson |
| 60 | 63 | Nate Diaz | WW | 24.98 | 17-11-0 | UFC | --last rated win -31 months. |
| 64 | 64 | Kevin Belingon | BW | 24.86 | 8-3-0 | One | |
| 63 | 65 | Dominick Cruz | BW | 24.48 | 16-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -28 months. |
| 65 | 66 | Eduard Folayang | LW | 24.48 | 9-5-0 | One | |
| 66 | 67 | Stephen Thompson | WW | 24.35 | 10-3-1 | UFC | |
| 67 | 68 | Michael Chandler | LW | 24.26 | 14-4-0 | Bell | |
| 68 | 69 | Ali Bagov | LW | 24.25 | 11-7-0 | ACB | |
| 70 | 70 | John Lineker | BW | 23.99 | 10-2-0 | UFC | |
| 69 | 71 | Pat Curran | FW | 23.81 | 13-4-0 | Bell | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 71 | 72 | Mirko Filipovic | HW | 23.72 | 33-11-2 | Rizi | |
| 72 | 73 | Shintaro Ishiwatari | BW | 23.66 | 18-6-3 | Rizi | |
| 35 | 74 | Andre Harrison | FW | 23.63 | 13-1-0 | Prof | Beat #353 Alexandre Bezerra; Lost to #156 Lance Palmer |
| 73 | 75 | Rory MacDonald | MW | 23.58 | 15-5-0 | Bell | |
| 76 | 76 | Darren Till | WW | 23.29 | 5-1-1 | UFC | |
| 74 | 77 | Brent Primus | LW | 23.27 | 5-0-0 | Bell | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 78 | 78 | Alexey Kunchenko | WW | 23.21 | 9-0-0 | UFC | |
| 80 | 79 | Senzo Ikeda | FL | 22.98 | 9-3-1 | Panc | |
| 79 | 80 | Ryogo Takahashi | FW | 22.96 | 9-3-0 | Shoo | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 81 | 81 | Zabit Magomedsharipov | FW | 22.87 | 7-0-0 | UFC | |
| 82 | 82 | Patricky Freire | LW | 22.83 | 12-7-0 | Bell | |
| 84 | 83 | David Teymur | LW | 22.33 | 5-0-0 | UFC | |
| 85 | 84 | Justin Gaethje | LW | 22.32 | 13-2-0 | UFC | |
| 83 | 85 | Mamed Khalidov | LH | 22.27 | 23-2-2 | KSW | --last rated win -17 months. |
| 86 | 86 | Junior dos Santos | HW | 22.17 | 13-4-0 | UFC | |
| 87 | 87 | Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos | WW | 22.16 | 9-2-0 | UFC | |
| 89 | 88 | Ronaldo Souza | MW | 21.91 | 21-5-0 | UFC | |
| 90 | 89 | Deiveson Figueiredo | FL | 21.77 | 5-0-0 | UFC | |
| 91 | 90 | Mateusz Gamrot | LW | 21.63 | 8-0-0 | KSW | |
| 117 | 91 | Anthony 'Lionheart' Smith | LH | 21.56 | 18-7-0 | UFC | Beat #343 Volkan Oezdemir |
| 92 | 92 | Islam Makhachev | LW | 21.54 | 9-1-0 | UFC | |
| 279 | 93 | Jussier da Silva | FL | 21.40 | 12-5-0 | UFC | Beat #88 Sergio Pettis |
| 94 | 94 | Kleber Koike Erbst | FW | 21.20 | 13-1-0 | KSW | |
| 95 | 95 | Francis Ngannou | HW | 21.18 | 5-2-0 | UFC | |
| 109 | 96 | Yuki Motoya | BW | 21.17 | 15-2-0 | Deep | Beat #974 Makoto Kamaya |
| 96 | 97 | Michel Prazeres | WW | 21.17 | 10-2-0 | UFC | |
| 93 | 98 | Leonardo Santos | LW | 21.06 | 7-0-1 | UFC | --last rated win -24 months. |
| 97 | 99 | Darren Elkins | FW | 21.05 | 15-5-0 | UFC | |
| 98 | 100 | Thiago 'Marreta' Santos | LH | 20.99 | 10-4-0 | UFC |