Ratings for events through December 31, 2024. All weight classes/pound-for-pound.
Key: Fighter won recent fight | Fighter lost recent fight | Inactive: last rated win > one year ago
| Dec Rank |
Jan Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | December Results |
| 1 | 1 | Islam Makhachev | LW | 86.37 | 16-1-0 | UFC |  |
| 2 | 2 | Belal Muhammad | WW | 78.78 | 19-3-0 | UFC | |
| 3 | 3 | Francis Ngannou | HW | 69.58 | 12-2-0 | PFL | |
| 4 | 4 | Alex Pereira | LH | 65.37 | 9-1-0 | UFC | |
| 5 | 5 | Leon Edwards | WW | 63.16 | 17-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 6 | 6 | Dricus Du Plessis | MW | 62.18 | 14-1-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 7 | Jon Jones | HW | 59.83 | 22-1-0 | UFC | |
| 8 | 8 | Vadim Nemkov | HW | 57.04 | 12-2-0 | PFL | |
| 9 | 9 | Merab Dvalishvili | BW | 51.40 | 12-2-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 10 | Khamzat Chimaev | MW | 51.08 | 11-0-0 | UFC | |
| 11 | 11 | Johnny Eblen | MW | 50.69 | 12-0-0 | PFL | |
| 12 | 12 | Arman Tsarukyan | LW | 50.14 | 15-2-0 | UFC | |
| 13 | 13 | Patrick Mix | BW | 49.45 | 13-1-0 | Bell | |
| 14 | 14 | Ilia Topuria | FW | 49.35 | 11-0-0 | UFC | |
| 17 | 15 | Alexandre Pantoja | FL | 46.30 | 14-3-0 | UFC | Beat #31 Kai Asakura |
| 29 | 16 | Movsar Evloev | FW | 45.10 | 14-0-0 | UFC | Beat #16 Aljamain Sterling |
| 15 | 17 | Khabib Nurmagomedov | LW | 41.33 | 15-0-0 | UFC | --last rated win -50 months. |
| 27 | 18 | Shavkat Rakhmonov | WW | 41.06 | 12-0-0 | UFC | Beat #35 Ian Garry |
| 19 | 19 | Kyoji Horiguchi | FL | 39.89 | 32-5-0 | Rizi | Beat #541 Nkazimulo Zulu |
| 20 | 20 | Charles Oliveira | LW | 38.06 | 26-10-0 | UFC | |
| 21 | 21 | Magomed Ankalaev | LH | 36.91 | 13-1-1 | UFC | |
| 22 | 22 | Tom Aspinall | HW | 36.78 | 8-1-0 | UFC | |
| 24 | 23 | Paul Hughes | LW | 35.95 | 8-1-0 | PFL | |
| 23 | 24 | Olivier Aubin-Mercier | LW | 35.62 | 16-4-0 | PFL | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 25 | 25 | Sean O'Malley | BW | 35.48 | 11-2-0 | UFC | |
| 26 | 26 | Sean Strickland | MW | 35.33 | 23-6-0 | UFC | |
| 120 | 27 | Kleber Koike Erbst | FW | 34.36 | 23-4-0 | Rizi | Beat #18 Chihiro Suzuki |
| 28 | 28 | Nassourdine Imavov | MW | 33.73 | 9-2-0 | UFC | |
| 30 | 29 | Demetrious Johnson | FL | 32.77 | 23-4-1 | One | --last rated win -19 months. |
| 32 | 30 | Eduard Vartanyan | LW | 32.29 | 17-3-0 | Nash | |
| 33 | 31 | Philip De Fries | HW | 32.27 | 17-6-0 | KSW | |
| 34 | 32 | Fabricio Andrade | BW | 31.71 | 6-0-0 | One | --last rated win -22 months. |
| 72 | 33 | Ciryl Gane | HW | 30.65 | 11-2-0 | UFC | Beat #59 Alexander Volkov |
| 36 | 34 | Magomed Magomedkerimov | WW | 30.61 | 19-4-0 | PFL | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 16 | 35 | Aljamain Sterling | FW | 30.48 | 18-5-0 | UFC | Lost to #29 Movsar Evloev |
| 38 | 36 | Usman Nurmagomedov | LW | 30.17 | 9-0-0 | Bell | |
| 39 | 37 | A.J. McKee | LW | 30.15 | 16-2-0 | PFL | |
| 37 | 38 | Movlid Khaybulaev | FW | 29.93 | 10-0-1 | PFL | --last rated win -18 months. |
| 40 | 39 | Max Holloway | FW | 29.88 | 24-8-0 | UFC | |
| 41 | 40 | Magomedrasul Gasanov | MW | 29.75 | 8-0-0 | ACA | |
| 42 | 41 | Ramazan Kuramagomedov | WW | 29.41 | 8-0-0 | Bell | |
| 43 | 42 | Kai Tang | FW | 29.21 | 5-0-0 | One | |
| 45 | 43 | Patricio Freire | FW | 29.10 | 23-7-0 | Bell | |
| 46 | 44 | Shamil Musaev | WW | 29.03 | 7-0-1 | PFL | |
| 47 | 45 | Umar Nurmagomedov | BW | 28.85 | 8-0-0 | UFC | |
| 44 | 46 | Israel Adesanya | MW | 28.77 | 13-4-0 | UFC | --last rated win -20 months. |
| 50 | 47 | Evgeniy Goncharov | HW | 28.61 | 12-1-0 | ACA | |
| 48 | 48 | Albert Tumenov | WW | 28.46 | 15-4-0 | ACA | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 51 | 49 | Corey Anderson | LH | 28.39 | 13-5-0 | Bell | |
| 49 | 50 | Justin Gaethje | LW | 28.35 | 19-5-0 | UFC | --last rated win -17 months. |
| 52 | 51 | Caio Borralho | MW | 28.04 | 9-0-0 | UFC | |
| 53 | 52 | Islam Omarov | FW | 28.03 | 9-0-0 | ACA | |
| 18 | 53 | Chihiro Suzuki | FW | 27.95 | 10-2-0 | Rizi | Lost to #120 Kleber Koike Erbst |
| 54 | 54 | Brandon Royval | FL | 27.94 | 10-4-0 | UFC | |
| 56 | 55 | Joshua Pacio | FL | 27.56 | 7-2-0 | One | |
| 55 | 56 | Christian Lee | LW | 27.54 | 11-3-0 | One | NC #124 Alibeg Rasulov; --last rated win -24 months |
| 57 | 57 | Jack Della Maddalena | WW | 27.25 | 6-0-0 | UFC | |
| 58 | 58 | Jesus Pinedo | FW | 26.91 | 5-1-0 | PFL | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 60 | 59 | Ali Bagov | LW | 26.12 | 18-8-0 | ACA | |
| 61 | 60 | Timur Khizriev | FW | 26.10 | 8-0-0 | PFL | |
| 62 | 61 | Gadzhi Rabadanov | LW | 25.91 | 10-1-0 | PFL | |
| 63 | 62 | Jan Blachowicz | LH | 25.53 | 22-8-1 | UFC | --last rated win -24 months. |
| 64 | 63 | Muslim Magomedov | LH | 25.47 | 11-0-0 | ACA | |
| 65 | 64 | Petr Yan | BW | 25.33 | 12-4-0 | UFC | |
| 66 | 65 | Anthony 'Fluffy' Hernandez | MW | 24.90 | 9-2-0 | UFC | |
| 104 | 66 | Roberto Satoshi de Souza | LW | 24.75 | 15-3-0 | Rizi | Beat #140 Vugar Karamov |
| 67 | 67 | Dan Hooker | LW | 24.62 | 14-8-0 | UFC | |
| 68 | 68 | Denis Goltsov | HW | 24.58 | 25-8-0 | PFL | |
| 69 | 69 | Oumar Kane | HW | 24.53 | 2-0-0 | One | |
| 70 | 70 | Mario Bautista | BW | 24.28 | 9-1-0 | UFC | |
| 71 | 71 | Shinya Aoki | LW | 24.21 | 38-11-0 | One | |
| 73 | 72 | Jason Jackson | WW | 24.13 | 14-3-0 | Bell | |
| 74 | 73 | Lerone Murphy | FW | 24.12 | 7-0-1 | UFC | |
| 75 | 74 | Sergio Pettis | BW | 23.56 | 16-7-0 | Rizi | --last rated win -18 months. |
| 79 | 75 | Boris Medvedev | WW | 23.49 | 13-1-0 | RCC | Beat #2271 Alexander Butenko |
| 98 | 76 | Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov | LW | 23.40 | 11-1-0 | ACA | Beat #305 Ali Abdulkhalikov |
| 78 | 77 | Rei Tsuruya | FL | 23.40 | 7-0-0 | UFC | |
| 111 | 78 | Joaquin Buckley | WW | 23.38 | 16-6-0 | UFC | Beat #206 Colby Covington |
| 80 | 79 | Carlos Ulberg | LH | 23.14 | 8-1-0 | UFC | |
| 77 | 80 | Alexander Volkanovski | FW | 23.14 | 17-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -17 months. |
| 76 | 81 | Kamaru Usman | MW | 23.13 | 15-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -37 months. |
| 81 | 82 | Grant Dawson | LW | 23.08 | 15-2-1 | UFC | |
| 31 | 83 | Kai Asakura | FL | 23.06 | 16-5-0 | UFC | Lost to #17 Alexandre Pantoja |
| 82 | 84 | Michael Morales | WW | 22.87 | 5-0-0 | UFC | |
| 83 | 85 | Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov | LH | 22.81 | 12-2-0 | PFL | |
| 84 | 86 | Dustin Poirier | LW | 22.62 | 25-9-0 | UFC | |
| 85 | 87 | Naoki Inoue | BW | 22.60 | 15-4-0 | Rizi | |
| 86 | 88 | William Gomis | FW | 22.45 | 7-0-0 | UFC | |
| 89 | 89 | Mamed Khalidov | MW | 22.20 | 27-5-2 | KSW | |
| 90 | 90 | Jizheng Wang | FW | 22.13 | 8-1-0 | JCK | |
| 87 | 91 | Natan Schulte | LW | 22.13 | 15-3-1 | PFL | --last rated win -18 months. |
| 108 | 92 | Dias Erengaipov | FL | 22.12 | 3-0-0 | Brav | Beat #524 Marciano Ferreira |
| 35 | 93 | Ian Garry | WW | 21.99 | 9-1-0 | UFC | Lost to #27 Shavkat Rakhmonov |
| 92 | 94 | Rinat Fakhretdinov | WW | 21.96 | 7-0-1 | UFC | |
| 93 | 95 | Renato Carneiro | LW | 21.96 | 12-5-0 | UFC | |
| 88 | 96 | Kairat Akhmetov | FL | 21.94 | 9-2-0 | One | --last rated win -19 months. |
| 91 | 97 | John Lineker | LW | 21.88 | 16-5-0 | One | --last rated win -15 months. |
| 94 | 98 | Sean Brady | WW | 21.81 | 11-1-0 | UFC | |
| 95 | 99 | Abubakar Vagaev | WW | 21.70 | 16-4-0 | ACA | |
| 96 | 100 | Raufeon Stots | BW | 21.69 | 15-2-0 | PFL |