Ratings for events through February 28, 2021. All weight classes/pound-for-pound.
Key: Fighter won recent fight ; Fighter lost recent fight ; Inactive: last rated win > one year ago
| Feb Rank |
Mar Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | February results |
| 1 | 1 | Stipe Miocic | HW | 97.59 | 15-3-0 | UFC |  |
| 2 | 2 | Khabib Nurmagomedov | LW | 91.49 | 15-0-0 | UFC | |
| 3 | 3 | Kamaru Usman | WW | 88.94 | 13-0-0 | UFC | Beat #16 Gilbert Burns |
| 4 | 4 | Jon Jones | LH | 81.60 | 20-1-0 | UFC | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 5 | 5 | Israel Adesanya | MW | 70.74 | 8-0-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 6 | Alexander Volkanovski | FW | 58.92 | 14-0-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 7 | Henry Cejudo | BW | 58.16 | 10-2-0 | UFC | |
| 8 | 8 | Dustin Poirier | LW | 56.37 | 22-6-0 | UFC | |
| 9 | 9 | Robert Whittaker | MW | 53.77 | 14-5-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 10 | Francis Ngannou | HW | 50.87 | 9-2-0 | UFC | |
| 11 | 11 | Gegard Mousasi | MW | 49.81 | 38-7-2 | Bell | |
| 12 | 12 | Patricio Freire | FW | 49.08 | 18-4-0 | Bell | |
| 13 | 13 | Georges St. Pierre | MW | 47.28 | 24-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -39 months. |
| 14 | 14 | Bibiano Fernandes | BW | 46.72 | 21-2-0 | One | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 15 | 15 | Vadim Nemkov | LH | 46.37 | 7-2-0 | Bell | |
| 17 | 16 | Charles Oliveira | LW | 43.70 | 21-8-0 | UFC | |
| 18 | 17 | Colby Covington | WW | 42.10 | 10-2-0 | UFC | |
| 19 | 18 | Kyoji Horiguchi | BW | 40.37 | 27-3-0 | Rizi | |
| 21 | 19 | Aljamain Sterling | BW | 39.70 | 13-3-0 | UFC | |
| 20 | 20 | Daniel Cormier | HW | 39.48 | 18-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -27 months. |
| 23 | 21 | Justin Gaethje | LW | 39.19 | 16-3-0 | UFC | |
| 22 | 22 | Rafael Lovato Jr. | MW | 39.19 | 7-0-0 | Bell | --last rated win -20 months. |
| 44 | 23 | Derrick Lewis | HW | 38.94 | 14-5-0 | UFC | Beat #25 Curtis Blaydes |
| 24 | 24 | Demetrious Johnson | FL | 38.44 | 21-3-1 | One | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 26 | 25 | Jan Blachowicz | LH | 38.05 | 21-6-0 | UFC | |
| 27 | 26 | Lance Palmer | FW | 35.41 | 18-3-0 | Prof | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 28 | 27 | Leon Edwards | WW | 35.20 | 12-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -19 months. |
| 67 | 28 | Beneil Dariush | LW | 33.04 | 15-4-1 | UFC | Beat #30 Diego Ferreira |
| 29 | 29 | Ryan Bader | LH | 32.33 | 21-6-0 | Bell | --last rated win -25 months. |
| 16 | 30 | Gilbert Burns | WW | 31.98 | 12-4-0 | UFC | Lost to #3 Kamaru Usman |
| 31 | 31 | Deiveson Figueiredo | FL | 31.38 | 10-1-1 | UFC | |
| 32 | 32 | A.J. McKee | FW | 31.07 | 11-0-0 | Bell | |
| 33 | 33 | Michael Chandler | LW | 30.22 | 18-5-0 | UFC | |
| 45 | 34 | Cory Sandhagen | BW | 29.76 | 7-2-0 | UFC | Beat #262 Frankie Edgar |
| 34 | 35 | Jorge Masvidal | WW | 29.68 | 33-14-0 | UFC | --last rated win -15 months. |
| 37 | 36 | Phil Davis | LH | 29.27 | 17-5-0 | Bell | |
| 35 | 37 | Natan Schulte | LW | 29.13 | 10-1-1 | Prof | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 36 | 38 | Tony Ferguson | LW | 28.95 | 18-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -20 months. |
| 38 | 39 | Max Holloway | FW | 28.85 | 20-6-0 | UFC | |
| 39 | 40 | Zabit Magomedsharipov | FW | 28.41 | 9-0-0 | UFC | --last rated win -15 months. |
| 40 | 41 | Tofiq Musayev | LW | 28.39 | 8-1-0 | Rizi | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 42 | 42 | Petr Yan | BW | 28.16 | 9-0-0 | UFC | |
| 43 | 43 | Stephen Thompson | WW | 27.94 | 12-4-1 | UFC | |
| 46 | 44 | Michael Chiesa | WW | 27.52 | 12-4-0 | UFC | |
| 25 | 45 | Curtis Blaydes | HW | 27.18 | 10-3-0 | UFC | Lost to #44 Derrick Lewis |
| 47 | 46 | Douglas Lima | MW | 26.97 | 17-4-0 | Bell | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 48 | 47 | Eddie Alvarez | LW | 26.73 | 26-7-0 | One | --last rated win -18 months. |
| 50 | 48 | Philip De Fries | HW | 26.68 | 12-6-0 | KSW | |
| 51 | 49 | Derek Brunson | MW | 26.67 | 16-7-0 | UFC | |
| 52 | 50 | Timofey Nastyukhin | LW | 26.65 | 6-3-0 | One | |
| 127 | 51 | Alexander Volkov | HW | 26.64 | 21-7-0 | UFC | Beat #58 Alistair Overeem |
| 49 | 52 | Conor McGregor | LW | 26.49 | 14-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 53 | 53 | Glover Teixeira | LH | 26.44 | 25-6-0 | UFC | |
| 54 | 54 | Thanh Le | FW | 26.22 | 10-1-0 | One | |
| 64 | 55 | Magomed Ankalaev | LH | 26.17 | 8-1-0 | UFC | Beat #433 Nikita Krylov |
| 55 | 56 | Christian Lee | LW | 26.16 | 8-2-0 | One | |
| 57 | 57 | Brandon Moreno | FL | 25.69 | 7-2-2 | UFC | |
| 59 | 58 | Marvin Vettori | MW | 25.50 | 7-2-1 | UFC | |
| 61 | 59 | Jingliang Li | WW | 25.02 | 11-4-0 | UFC | |
| 62 | 60 | Brian Ortega | FW | 24.87 | 8-1-0 | UFC | |
| 63 | 61 | Timothy Johnson | HW | 24.73 | 11-5-0 | Bell | |
| 60 | 62 | T.J. Dillashaw | FL | 24.71 | 11-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -30 months. |
| 65 | 63 | Movsar Evloev | FW | 24.31 | 9-0-0 | UFC | |
| 66 | 64 | Guram Kutateladze | LW | 24.28 | 6-0-0 | UFC | |
| 68 | 65 | Josh Emmett | FW | 23.85 | 10-2-0 | UFC | |
| 83 | 66 | Belal Muhammad | WW | 23.60 | 13-3-0 | UFC | Beat #612 Dhiego Lima |
| 70 | 67 | Kai Asakura | BW | 23.58 | 11-3-0 | Rizi | |
| 69 | 68 | Islam Makhachev | LW | 23.48 | 10-1-0 | UFC | --last rated win -17 months. |
| 72 | 69 | Tatsuki Saomoto | FL | 23.34 | 14-1-0 | Rizi | |
| 496 | 70 | Alexandre Pantoja | FL | 23.24 | 7-3-0 | UFC | Beat #41 Manel Kape |
| 74 | 71 | Emmanuel Sanchez | FW | 23.24 | 14-3-0 | Bell | |
| 75 | 72 | Azamat Kerefov | FL | 23.17 | 6-0-0 | ACA | |
| 71 | 73 | Mukhomad Vakhaev | HW | 23.11 | 5-1-1 | ACA | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 76 | 74 | Artem Reznikov | LW | 23.11 | 5-0-0 | ACA | |
| 73 | 75 | Lorenz Larkin | WW | 23.00 | 13-7-0 | Bell | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 216 | 76 | Abubakar Vagaev | WW | 22.93 | 14-3-0 | ACA | Beat #77 Murad Abdulaev |
| 209 | 77 | Ciryl Gane | HW | 22.79 | 6-0-0 | UFC | Beat #81 Jairzinho Rozenstruik |
| 78 | 78 | Yaroslav Amosov | WW | 22.79 | 7-0-0 | Bell | |
| 79 | 79 | Ryo Okada | BW | 22.59 | 11-3-3 | Shoo | |
| 80 | 80 | Raoni Barcelos | BW | 22.51 | 8-1-0 | UFC | |
| 30 | 81 | Diego Ferreira | LW | 22.31 | 12-3-0 | UFC | Lost to #67 Beneil Dariush |
| 82 | 82 | Rob Font | BW | 22.31 | 10-3-0 | UFC | |
| 119 | 83 | Ali Bagov | WW | 22.25 | 14-8-0 | ACA | Beat #317 Elias Silverio |
| 409 | 84 | Fabricio Andrade | BW | 22.08 | 2-0-0 | One | Beat #56 Shoko Sato |
| 84 | 85 | Bryce Mitchell | FW | 22.06 | 8-0-0 | UFC | |
| 86 | 86 | Vicente Luque | WW | 21.81 | 11-2-0 | UFC | |
| 87 | 87 | Hiromasa Ougikubo | BW | 21.79 | 17-5-1 | Rizi | |
| 88 | 88 | Kiamrian Abbasov | WW | 21.79 | 4-1-0 | One | |
| 85 | 89 | Tomasz Narkun | LH | 21.66 | 12-3-0 | KSW | --last rated win -17 months. |
| 92 | 90 | Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov | LW | 21.64 | 8-1-0 | ACA | |
| 89 | 91 | Paulo Costa | MW | 21.52 | 7-1-0 | UFC | --last rated win -18 months. |
| 90 | 92 | Demian Maia | WW | 21.48 | 26-10-0 | UFC | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 96 | 93 | Felipe Froes | FW | 21.47 | 6-2-0 | ACA | |
| 91 | 94 | Albert Tumenov | WW | 21.44 | 12-4-0 | ACA | --last rated win -15 months. |
| 98 | 95 | Merab Dvalishvili | BW | 21.43 | 6-2-0 | UFC | |
| 93 | 96 | Magomed Magomedkerimov | WW | 21.39 | 11-3-0 | Prof | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 94 | 97 | Isao Kobayashi | FW | 21.39 | 22-5-2 | Panc | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 95 | 98 | Jared Cannonier | MW | 21.38 | 6-5-0 | UFC | --last rated win -17 months. |
| 100 | 99 | John Salter | MW | 21.21 | 12-4-0 | Bell | |
| 101 | 100 | Leonardo Santos | LW | 21.19 | 9-0-1 | UFC |