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The Top Ranked MMA Fighters by Rookie Year-1997
Notes: This is a list of the greatest fighters to start their pro career in the year listed.
| Rnk | Athlete | Weight Class | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Anderson Silva | Middleweight | 3 |
| 2 | Randy Couture | Light Heavyweight | 5 |
| 3 | Tito Ortiz | Light Heavyweight | 14 |
| 4 | Josh Barnett | Heavyweight | 23 |
| 5 | Dan Henderson | Light Heavyweight | 25 |
| 6 | Dustin Poirier | Lightweight | 53 |
| 7 | Evan Tanner | Middleweight | 69 |
| 8 | Chael Sonnen | Middleweight | 79 |
| 9 | Renato Sobral | Light Heavyweight | 90 |
| 10 | Vladimir Matyushenko | Light Heavyweight | 104 |
| 11 | Matt Lindland | Middleweight | 113 |
| 12 | Shonie Carter | Welterweight | 122 |
| 13 | Paul Buentello | Heavyweight | 144 |
| 14 | Heath Herring | Heavyweight | 145 |
| 15 | Mark Kerr | Heavyweight | 149 |
| 16 | Gilbert Yvel | Heavyweight | 153 |
| 17 | Dave Menne | Middleweight | 170 |
| 18 | Frank Trigg | Welterweight | 173 |
| 19 | Yves Edwards | Lightweight | 224 |
| 20 | Izuru Takeuchi | Middleweight | 247 |
| 21 | Tetsuji Kato | Welterweight | 270 |
| 22 | Jason Miller | Middleweight | 281 |
| 23 | Assuerio Silva | Heavyweight | 282 |
| 24 | Jeff Monson | Heavyweight | 292 |
| 25 | Karimula Barkalaev | Heavyweight | 331 |
| 26 | Kevin Jackson | Light Heavyweight | 351 |
| 27 | Ray Cooper | Welterweight | 380 |
| 28 | Tony Fryklund | Middleweight | 395 |
| 29 | Mikhail Avetisyan | Heavyweight | 499 |
| 30 | Joe Slick | Light Heavyweight | 513 |
| 31 | Ali Elias | Welterweight | 526 |
| 32 | Dwayne Cason | Heavyweight | 530 |
| 33 | Nick Sanzo | Heavyweight | 532 |
| 34 | Alexey Oleynik | Heavyweight | 543 |
| 35 | John Cronk | Middleweight | 817 |
| 36 | Lance Gibson Sr. | Light Heavyweight | 859 |
| 37 | Leigh Remedios | Lightweight | 864 |
| 38 | Sam Wells | Lightweight | 912 |
| 39 | Naoya Uematsu | Featherweight | 983 |
| 40 | Bob Schrijber | Heavyweight | 1024 |
| 41 | Evangelista Santos | Welterweight | 1025 |
| 42 | Paul Jones | Heavyweight | 1054 |
| 43 | Joe Hurley | Welterweight | 1074 |
| 44 | Henry Matamoros | Welterweight | 1094 |
| 45 | Kosei Kubota | Heavyweight | 1099 |
| 46 | Omar Bouiche | Heavyweight | 1104 |
| 47 | John Renken | Middleweight | 1117 |
| 48 | LaVerne Clark | Welterweight | 1127 |
| 49 | Elvis Sinosic | Light Heavyweight | 1150 |
| 50 | Paulo Alfonso | Welterweight | 1182 |
| 51 | Ismael Souza | Light Heavyweight | 1201 |
| 52 | Yuriy Kochkine | Heavyweight | 1211 |
| 53 | Cyrille Diabate | Light Heavyweight | 1250 |
| 54 | Artur Mariano | Light Heavyweight | 1255 |
| 55 | Mario Roberto | Light Heavyweight | 1263 |
| 56 | Troy Pacenka | Middleweight | 1269 |
| 57 | Shawn Peters | Middleweight | 1281 |
| 58 | Brad Kohler | Heavyweight | 1284 |
| 59 | Phil Johns | Lightweight | 1286 |
| 60 | Kuban Erkynbekov | Welterweight | 1307 |
| 61 | Michael Buell | Featherweight | 1339 |
| 62 | Valentin Golubovskij | Light Heavyweight | 1356 |
| 63 | Joe Geromiller | Light Heavyweight | 1361 |
| 64 | David Davis | Welterweight | 1371 |
| 65 | Tom Schmitz | Welterweight | 1373 |
| 66 | Marcelo Aguiar | Welterweight | 1378 |
| 67 | Michael Sa Jin Kwak | Lightweight | 1413 |
| 68 | Nobuhiko Takada | Heavyweight | 1433 |
| 69 | Naoya Ogawa | Heavyweight | 1447 |
| 70 | Mathieu Nicourt | Welterweight | 1448 |
| 71 | Andre Roberts | Heavyweight | 1451 |
| 72 | Roman Roytberg | Light Heavyweight | 1462 |
| 73 | Cristiano Marcello | Welterweight | 1471 |
| 74 | Aaron Riley | Welterweight | 1479 |
| 75 | Mark Jacquith | Middleweight | 1487 |
| 76 | Ryan Jensen | Middleweight | 1489 |
| 77 | Adam Ryan | Light Heavyweight | 1499 |
| 78 | Jason Walls | Welterweight | 1500 |
| 79 | Dennis Deryabkin | Light Heavyweight | 1505 |
| 80 | Philip Preece | Light Heavyweight | 1537 |
| 81 | Mario Borzic | Middleweight | 1551 |
| 82 | Luiz Azeredo | Lightweight | 1561 |
| 83 | Marcelo Dantas | Heavyweight | 1574 |
| 84 | Andy Sanders | Welterweight | 1646 |
| 85 | Fabricio Camoes | Lightweight | 1648 |
| 86 | Charlie Pearson | Lightweight | 1715 |
| 87 | Eric Schafer | Light Heavyweight | 1973 |
| 88 | Justin McCully | Heavyweight | 1985 |
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