Ratings for events through April 30, 2021. All weight classes/pound-for-pound.
Key: Fighter won recent fight ; Fighter lost recent fight ; Inactive: last rated win > one year ago
| Apr Rank |
May Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | April results |
| 1 | 1 | Khabib Nurmagomedov | LW | 91.59 | 15-0-0 | UFC |  |
| 2 | 2 | Kamaru Usman | WW | 91.45 | 14-0-0 | UFC | Beat #35 Jorge Masvidal |
| 3 | 3 | Francis Ngannou | HW | 85.73 | 10-2-0 | UFC | |
| 4 | 4 | Jon Jones | LH | 79.92 | 20-1-0 | UFC | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 5 | 5 | Stipe Miocic | HW | 69.02 | 15-4-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 6 | Jan Blachowicz | LH | 62.79 | 22-6-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 7 | Alexander Volkanovski | FW | 58.96 | 14-0-0 | UFC | |
| 8 | 8 | Henry Cejudo | BW | 58.52 | 10-2-0 | UFC | |
| 9 | 9 | Dustin Poirier | LW | 56.40 | 22-6-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 10 | Robert Whittaker | MW | 54.69 | 15-5-0 | UFC | Beat #301 Kelvin Gastelum |
| 13 | 11 | Patricio Freire | FW | 51.90 | 19-4-0 | Bell | Beat #72 Emmanuel Sanchez |
| 14 | 12 | Vadim Nemkov | LH | 50.92 | 8-2-0 | Bell | Beat #37 Phil Davis |
| 11 | 13 | Israel Adesanya | LH | 49.85 | 10-1-0 | UFC | |
| 12 | 14 | Gegard Mousasi | MW | 49.78 | 38-7-2 | Bell | |
| 15 | 15 | Bibiano Fernandes | BW | 45.77 | 21-2-0 | One | --last rated win -18 months. |
| 16 | 16 | Georges St. Pierre | MW | 44.97 | 24-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -41 months. |
| 17 | 17 | Aljamain Sterling | BW | 44.56 | 14-3-0 | UFC | |
| 18 | 18 | Charles Oliveira | LW | 43.73 | 21-8-0 | UFC | |
| 19 | 19 | Colby Covington | WW | 42.09 | 10-2-0 | UFC | |
| 20 | 20 | Kyoji Horiguchi | BW | 40.28 | 27-3-0 | Rizi | |
| 21 | 21 | Justin Gaethje | LW | 39.24 | 16-3-0 | UFC | |
| 22 | 22 | Derrick Lewis | HW | 38.92 | 14-5-0 | UFC | |
| 23 | 23 | Daniel Cormier | HW | 38.28 | 18-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -29 months. |
| 24 | 24 | Rafael Lovato Jr. | MW | 38.27 | 7-0-0 | Bell | --last rated win -22 months. |
| 27 | 25 | Leon Edwards | WW | 34.27 | 12-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -21 months. |
| 28 | 26 | Beneil Dariush | LW | 33.11 | 15-4-1 | UFC | |
| 30 | 27 | Ryan Bader | LH | 32.71 | 22-6-0 | Bell | Beat #792 Lyoto Machida |
| 57 | 28 | Christian Lee | LW | 32.27 | 9-2-0 | One | Beat #49 Timofey Nastyukhin |
| 29 | 29 | Gilbert Burns | WW | 32.16 | 12-4-0 | UFC | |
| 31 | 30 | Deiveson Figueiredo | FL | 31.24 | 10-1-1 | UFC | |
| 32 | 31 | A.J. McKee | FW | 31.08 | 11-0-0 | Bell | |
| 265 | 32 | Adriano Moraes | FL | 30.69 | 8-2-0 | One | Beat #25 Demetrious Johnson |
| 48 | 33 | Philip De Fries | HW | 30.64 | 13-6-0 | KSW | Beat #97 Tomasz Narkun |
| 33 | 34 | Michael Chandler | LW | 30.44 | 18-5-0 | UFC | |
| 34 | 35 | Cory Sandhagen | BW | 30.05 | 7-2-0 | UFC | |
| 36 | 36 | Derek Brunson | MW | 29.70 | 17-7-0 | UFC | |
| 38 | 37 | Max Holloway | FW | 29.00 | 20-6-0 | UFC | |
| 40 | 38 | Tony Ferguson | LW | 28.25 | 18-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -22 months. |
| 43 | 39 | Stephen Thompson | WW | 28.05 | 12-4-1 | UFC | |
| 455 | 40 | Bubba Jenkins | FW | 27.89 | 10-4-0 | Prof | Beat #26 Lance Palmer |
| 41 | 41 | Tofiq Musayev | LW | 27.84 | 8-1-0 | Rizi | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 42 | 42 | Zabit Magomedsharipov | FW | 27.76 | 9-0-0 | UFC | --last rated win -17 months. |
| 44 | 43 | Islam Makhachev | LW | 27.66 | 11-1-0 | UFC | |
| 45 | 44 | Michael Chiesa | WW | 27.56 | 12-4-0 | UFC | |
| 46 | 45 | Curtis Blaydes | HW | 27.17 | 10-3-0 | UFC | |
| 59 | 46 | Marvin Vettori | MW | 27.10 | 8-2-1 | UFC | Beat #371 Kevin Holland |
| 47 | 47 | Alexander Volkov | HW | 26.82 | 21-7-0 | UFC | |
| 50 | 48 | Glover Teixeira | LH | 26.65 | 25-6-0 | UFC | |
| 25 | 49 | Demetrious Johnson | FL | 26.58 | 21-4-1 | One | Lost to #265 Adriano Moraes |
| 53 | 50 | Ryo Okada | BW | 26.35 | 12-3-3 | Shoo | |
| 51 | 51 | Douglas Lima | MW | 26.29 | 17-4-0 | Bell | --last rated win -18 months. |
| 54 | 52 | Thanh Le | FW | 26.28 | 10-1-0 | One | |
| 55 | 53 | Magomed Ankalaev | LH | 26.24 | 8-1-0 | UFC | |
| 56 | 54 | Conor McGregor | LW | 25.93 | 14-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -15 months. |
| 58 | 55 | Brandon Moreno | FL | 25.54 | 7-2-2 | UFC | |
| 231 | 56 | Marcin Held | LW | 25.51 | 14-6-0 | Prof | Beat #39 Natan Schulte |
| 60 | 57 | Vicente Luque | WW | 25.43 | 12-2-0 | UFC | |
| 61 | 58 | Jingliang Li | WW | 25.08 | 11-4-0 | UFC | |
| 62 | 59 | Brian Ortega | FW | 24.91 | 8-1-0 | UFC | |
| 26 | 60 | Lance Palmer | FW | 24.81 | 18-4-0 | Prof | Lost to #455 Bubba Jenkins |
| 63 | 61 | Timothy Johnson | HW | 24.74 | 11-5-0 | Bell | |
| 65 | 62 | Guram Kutateladze | LW | 24.31 | 6-0-0 | UFC | |
| 66 | 63 | Movsar Evloev | FW | 24.30 | 9-0-0 | UFC | |
| 67 | 64 | Belal Muhammad | WW | 24.15 | 13-3-0 | UFC | |
| 64 | 65 | T.J. Dillashaw | FL | 24.15 | 12-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -32 months. |
| 68 | 66 | Josh Emmett | FW | 23.89 | 10-2-0 | UFC | |
| 69 | 67 | Sean Brady | WW | 23.64 | 7-0-0 | UFC | |
| 70 | 68 | Kai Asakura | BW | 23.58 | 11-3-0 | Rizi | |
| 71 | 69 | Tatsuki Saomoto | FL | 23.34 | 14-1-0 | Rizi | |
| 73 | 70 | Raoni Barcelos | BW | 23.22 | 8-1-0 | UFC | |
| 74 | 71 | Isao Kobayashi | FW | 23.20 | 23-5-2 | Panc | |
| 75 | 72 | Azamat Kerefov | FL | 23.17 | 6-0-0 | ACA | |
| 76 | 73 | Artem Reznikov | LW | 23.16 | 5-0-0 | ACA | |
| 77 | 74 | Alexandre Pantoja | FL | 23.15 | 7-3-0 | UFC | |
| 78 | 75 | Yaroslav Amosov | WW | 22.97 | 7-0-0 | Bell | |
| 79 | 76 | Abubakar Vagaev | WW | 22.95 | 14-3-0 | ACA | |
| 148 | 77 | Arnold Allen | FW | 22.83 | 9-0-0 | UFC | Beat #125 Sodiq Yusuff |
| 80 | 78 | Ciryl Gane | HW | 22.76 | 6-0-0 | UFC | |
| 83 | 79 | Grant Dawson | LW | 22.48 | 9-1-0 | UFC | |
| 81 | 80 | Lorenz Larkin | WW | 22.47 | 13-7-0 | Bell | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 84 | 81 | Rob Font | BW | 22.44 | 10-3-0 | UFC | |
| 103 | 82 | John Lineker | BW | 22.44 | 13-3-0 | One | Beat #567 Troy Worthen |
| 82 | 83 | Mukhomad Vakhaev | HW | 22.43 | 5-1-1 | ACA | --last rated win -14 months. |
| 85 | 84 | Magomedrasul Khasbulaev | FW | 22.42 | 14-3-0 | ACA | |
| 735 | 85 | Rae Yoon Ok | LW | 22.35 | 7-2-0 | One | Beat #729 Marat Gafurov; Beat #52 Eddie Alvarez |
| 86 | 86 | Ali Bagov | WW | 22.28 | 14-8-0 | ACA | |
| 169 | 87 | Corey Anderson | LH | 22.25 | 10-4-0 | Bell | Beat #124 Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov |
| 87 | 88 | Dan Ige | FW | 22.23 | 7-1-0 | UFC | |
| 88 | 89 | Kiamrian Abbasov | WW | 22.15 | 5-1-0 | One | |
| 90 | 90 | Bryce Mitchell | FW | 22.06 | 8-0-0 | UFC | |
| 91 | 91 | Askar Askarov | FL | 21.98 | 8-0-1 | UFC | |
| 89 | 92 | Diego Ferreira | LW | 21.83 | 12-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -15 months. |
| 92 | 93 | Hiromasa Ougikubo | BW | 21.78 | 17-5-1 | Rizi | |
| 93 | 94 | Fabricio Andrade | BW | 21.68 | 2-0-0 | One | |
| 95 | 95 | Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov | LW | 21.59 | 8-1-0 | ACA | |
| 96 | 96 | Merab Dvalishvili | BW | 21.48 | 6-2-0 | UFC | |
| 94 | 97 | Demian Maia | WW | 21.42 | 26-10-0 | UFC | --last rated win -18 months. |
| 127 | 98 | Magomedrasul Gasanov | MW | 21.29 | 4-0-0 | ACA | Beat #358 Nikola Dipchikov |
| 99 | 99 | John Salter | MW | 21.24 | 12-4-0 | Bell | |
| 108 | 100 | Shinya Aoki | LW | 21.11 | 41-9-0 | One | Beat #1803 Eduard Folayang |