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The Top Ranked Light Heavyweight MMA Fighters of All-Time
Notes: Fighters are listed only with the weight class they are most associated with.
| Rnk | Athlete | Rookie Yr | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Jon Jones | 2008 | 2 |
| 2 | Randy Couture | 1997 | 5 |
| 3 | Daniel Cormier | 2009 | 9 |
| 4 | Wanderlei Silva | 1996 | 13 |
| 5 | Tito Ortiz | 1997 | 14 |
| 6 | Chuck Liddell | 1998 | 15 |
| 7 | Rashad Evans | 2003 | 18 |
| 8 | Quinton Jackson | 1999 | 19 |
| 9 | Lyoto Machida | 2003 | 20 |
| 10 | Frank Shamrock | 1994 | 23 |
| 11 | Mauricio Rua | 2002 | 24 |
| 12 | Dan Henderson | 1997 | 27 |
| 13 | Yuki Kondo | 1996 | 28 |
| 14 | Forrest Griffin | 2001 | 57 |
| 15 | Ricardo Arona | 2000 | 62 |
| 16 | Paulo Filho | 2000 | 65 |
| 17 | Kevin Randleman | 1996 | 76 |
| 18 | Glover Teixeira | 2002 | 80 |
| 19 | Kazushi Sakuraba | 1996 | 82 |
| 20 | Renato Sobral | 1997 | 92 |
| 21 | Ryan Bader | 2007 | 93 |
| 22 | Phil Davis | 2008 | 96 |
| 23 | Alexander Gustafsson | 2007 | 101 |
| 24 | Antonio Rogerio Nogueira | 2000 | 103 |
| 25 | Vladimir Matyushenko | 1997 | 105 |
| 26 | Vadim Nemkov | 2013 | 108 |
| 27 | Jan Blachowicz | 2007 | 120 |
| 28 | Sanae Kikuta | 1996 | 131 |
| 29 | Anthony Johnson | 2006 | 147 |
| 30 | Jiri Prochazka | 2012 | 160 |
| 31 | Kazuhiro Nakamura | 2003 | 171 |
| 32 | Keith Jardine | 2001 | 176 |
| 33 | Murilo Rua | 2000 | 184 |
| 34 | Corey Anderson | 2013 | 192 |
| 35 | Muhammed Lawal | 2008 | 194 |
| 36 | Vernon White | 1993 | 212 |
| 37 | Thiago Silva | 2005 | 215 |
| 38 | Thiago Santos | 2010 | 227 |
| 39 | Allan Goes | 1995 | 241 |
| 40 | Anthony Smith | 2008 | 258 |
| 41 | Jim Theobald | 1998 | 271 |
| 42 | Trevor Prangley | 2001 | 287 |
| 43 | Linton Vassell | 2008 | 290 |
| 44 | Volkan Oezdemir | 2010 | 297 |
| 45 | Gustavo Machado | 2000 | 305 |
| 46 | Marvin Eastman | 2000 | 307 |
| 47 | Daniel Tabera | 2002 | 315 |
| 48 | Mark Epstein | 2003 | 327 |
| 49 | Dominick Reyes | 2014 | 333 |
| 50 | Akira Shoji | 1996 | 346 |
| 51 | Jason Lambert | 2001 | 350 |
| 52 | Jerry Bohlander | 1995 | 354 |
| 53 | Shunsuke Inoue | 2007 | 356 |
| 54 | Rickson Gracie | 1980 | 361 |
| 55 | Kevin Jackson | 1997 | 366 |
| 56 | Rafael Cavalcante | 2006 | 368 |
| 57 | Ebenezer Fontes Braga | 1995 | 372 |
| 58 | Ovince St. Preux | 2008 | 377 |
| 59 | Liam McGeary | 2010 | 395 |
| 60 | Emanuel Newton | 2003 | 434 |
| 61 | Jesse Murray | 2012 | 444 |
| 62 | Brian Stann | 2006 | 489 |
| 63 | Dan Molina | 2004 | 505 |
| 64 | Yuji Sakuragi | 2000 | 509 |
| 65 | Aung La N Sang | 2005 | 516 |
| 66 | Jamahal Hill | 2017 | 521 |
| 67 | Eugene Jackson | 1998 | 522 |
| 68 | Joe Slick | 1997 | 528 |
| 69 | James Lee | 1999 | 538 |
| 70 | Maxim Tarasov | 1995 | 551 |
| 71 | Tatsuya Mizuno | 2006 | 562 |
| 72 | Matt Hamill | 2005 | 572 |
| 73 | Jason Butcher | 2010 | 618 |
| 74 | Jeremy Kimball | 2009 | 627 |
| 75 | Lodune Sincaid | 1999 | 687 |
| 76 | Shiko Yamashita | 1999 | 688 |
| 77 | David Paaluhi | 1996 | 704 |
| 78 | Ryo Kawamura | 2005 | 711 |
| 79 | Michal Pasternak | 2012 | 747 |
| 80 | Brandon Anderson | 2009 | 781 |
| 81 | Tomislav Spahovic | 2009 | 798 |
| 82 | Chad Herrick | 2008 | 807 |
| 83 | Jared Torgeson | 2008 | 811 |
| 84 | Alexandre Machado | 2007 | 831 |
| 85 | Dave Cryer | 2007 | 838 |
| 86 | Richard Blake | 2006 | 873 |
| 87 | Ariel Gandulla | 2005 | 880 |
| 88 | Justin McElfresh | 2005 | 886 |
| 89 | Justin Levens | 2004 | 900 |
| 90 | Richard Montoya | 2003 | 916 |
| 91 | Tait Fletcher | 2003 | 918 |
| 92 | Bryan Pardoe | 2002 | 921 |
| 93 | Carlos Pereira | 2002 | 922 |
| 94 | Edwin Aguilar | 2002 | 925 |
| 95 | Glen Appleby | 2002 | 928 |
| 96 | William Hill | 2002 | 941 |
| 97 | Yukiya Naito | 2002 | 943 |
| 98 | Brian Hawkins | 2000 | 957 |
| 99 | Mike Bourke | 1999 | 978 |
| 100 | Daijiro Matsui | 1998 | 979 |
| 101 | Lance Gibson Sr. | 1997 | 987 |
| 102 | Fabio Piamonte | 1993 | 991 |
| 103 | Nikita Krylov | 2012 | 1001 |
| 104 | Magomed Ankalaev | 2014 | 1016 |
| 105 | Jorge Pereira | 1995 | 1018 |
| 106 | Yoshinori Momose | 2002 | 1077 |
| 107 | Attila Vegh | 2008 | 1085 |
| 108 | Mike Rogers | 1998 | 1101 |
| 109 | Roberto Godoi | 1995 | 1110 |
| 110 | Stephan Bonnar | 2001 | 1111 |
| 111 | Anthony Macias | 1994 | 1116 |
| 112 | Yoshinori Nishi | 1994 | 1127 |
| 113 | Aleksandar Rakic | 2011 | 1141 |
| 114 | Jimmy Crute | 2016 | 1155 |
| 115 | Alex Stiebling | 1999 | 1166 |
| 116 | Luiz Cane | 2005 | 1174 |
| 117 | Elvis Sinosic | 1997 | 1176 |
| 118 | Mitsuyoshi Sato | 2000 | 1204 |
| 119 | Tony Bonello | 2001 | 1207 |
| 120 | Ilir Latifi | 2008 | 1212 |
| 121 | James Irvin | 2003 | 1224 |
| 122 | Ismael Souza | 1997 | 1231 |
| 123 | Alexander Otsuka | 1995 | 1234 |
| 124 | Johnny Walker | 2013 | 1274 |
| 125 | Ryan Spann | 2013 | 1281 |
| 126 | Cyrille Diabate | 1997 | 1282 |
| 127 | Artur Mariano | 1997 | 1287 |
| 128 | Mario Roberto | 1997 | 1295 |
| 129 | Ryan Jimmo | 2007 | 1303 |
| 130 | Tomasz Narkun | 2009 | 1304 |
| 131 | Vinny Magalhaes | 2006 | 1309 |
| 132 | Brian Gassaway | 1996 | 1333 |
| 133 | Wes Gassaway | 1996 | 1334 |
| 134 | Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou | 2006 | 1336 |
| 135 | Sam Nest | 2000 | 1343 |
| 136 | Jason Brilz | 2000 | 1349 |
| 137 | Chris Munsen | 1996 | 1371 |
| 138 | Christophe Leninger | 1994 | 1380 |
| 139 | Magomed Mirzagomedov | 2014 | 1386 |
| 140 | Valentin Golubovskij | 1997 | 1387 |
| 141 | Chalid Arrab | 2000 | 1391 |
| 142 | Joe Geromiller | 1997 | 1392 |
| 143 | James Te Huna | 2003 | 1395 |
| 144 | Reinier de Ridder | 2013 | 1400 |
| 145 | Austin Long | 1996 | 1416 |
| 146 | Wilson Gouveia | 2001 | 1433 |
| 147 | Steve Cantwell | 2005 | 1435 |
| 148 | Scott Adams | 1998 | 1438 |
| 149 | Paul Craig | 2013 | 1442 |
| 150 | Marcos Rogerio de Lima | 2009 | 1443 |
| 151 | Samuel Gaskins | 1999 | 1446 |
| 152 | Teddy Holder | 2008 | 1459 |
| 153 | Roman Roytberg | 1997 | 1489 |
| 154 | Bobby Southworth | 1999 | 1493 |
| 155 | Goran Reljic | 2004 | 1499 |
| 156 | Andrey Rudakov | 1999 | 1512 |
| 157 | Dennis Reed | 1996 | 1522 |
| 158 | Adam Ryan | 1997 | 1527 |
| 159 | Alex Schoenauer | 2001 | 1531 |
| 160 | Dennis Deryabkin | 1997 | 1533 |
| 161 | Nilson de Castro | 1993 | 1538 |
| 162 | Moise Rimbon | 2000 | 1549 |
| 163 | Poai Suganuma | 2005 | 1556 |
| 164 | Hirotaka Yokoi | 2000 | 1558 |
| 165 | Tengiz Tedoradze | 2000 | 1561 |
| 166 | Philip Preece | 1997 | 1568 |
| 167 | Jason Von Flue | 1999 | 1579 |
| 168 | Bill Mahood | 1999 | 1582 |
| 169 | Larry Parker | 1998 | 1588 |
| 170 | Ivan Shtyrkov | 2015 | 1592 |
| 171 | Jamal Patterson | 2006 | 1605 |
| 172 | Maro Perak | 2005 | 1607 |
| 173 | Christian M'Pumbu | 2004 | 1617 |
| 174 | Dae-Won Kim | 2003 | 1627 |
| 175 | Anthony Ruiz | 2003 | 1635 |
| 176 | Gabriel Vella | 2003 | 1647 |
| 177 | Stanislav Nedkov | 2006 | 1648 |
| 178 | Bruce Nelson | 1998 | 1664 |
| 179 | Jimi Manuwa | 2008 | 1680 |
| 180 | Misha Cirkunov | 2010 | 1687 |
| 181 | Julius Anglickas | 2015 | 1691 |
| 182 | Arman Gambaryan | 2000 | 1695 |
| 183 | Viktor Nemkov | 2008 | 1705 |
| 184 | Houston Alexander | 2001 | 1714 |
| 185 | Mikhail Zayats | 2006 | 1718 |
| 186 | Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov | 2012 | 1747 |
| 187 | Magomed Ismailov | 2011 | 1765 |
| 188 | Maxim Grishin | 2008 | 1774 |
| 189 | Edwin Dewees | 2000 | 1777 |
| 190 | Daisuke Watanabe | 1998 | 1783 |
| 191 | Jordan Radev | 2002 | 1793 |
| 192 | Rob Wilkinson | 2011 | 1819 |
| 193 | Emiliano Sordi | 2009 | 1820 |
| 194 | Marcin Prachnio | 2013 | 1831 |
| 195 | Antonio Schembri | 2001 | 1839 |
| 196 | Dustin Jacoby | 2010 | 1850 |
| 197 | Anthony Perosh | 2003 | 1854 |
| 198 | Krzysztof Soszynski | 2003 | 1859 |
| 199 | Azamat Murzakanov | 2010 | 1865 |
| 200 | Raphael Davis | 2006 | 1867 |
| 201 | Khalil Rountree | 2014 | 1871 |
| 202 | Sean O'Connell | 2007 | 1877 |
| 203 | Jailton Almeida | 2012 | 1890 |
| 204 | David Heath | 2003 | 1894 |
| 205 | Victor Valimaki | 2001 | 1906 |
| 206 | Fatih Kocamis | 1999 | 1911 |
| 207 | Rashid Yusupov | 2012 | 1924 |
| 208 | Jorge Oliveira | 2005 | 1926 |
| 209 | Stephan Puetz | 2012 | 1940 |
| 210 | Robert Jocz | 2005 | 1952 |
| 211 | Jared Hamman | 2006 | 1959 |
| 212 | Andre Gusmao | 2006 | 1969 |
| 213 | Steve Bosse | 2007 | 1974 |
| 214 | Michael Patt | 2001 | 1990 |
| 215 | Michal Oleksiejczuk | 2014 | 2006 |
| 216 | D.J. Linderman | 2008 | 2008 |
| 217 | Julio Paulino | 2005 | 2012 |
| 218 | Eric Schafer | 1997 | 2016 |
| 219 | Fabio Maldonado | 2000 | 2020 |
| 220 | Alonzo Menifield | 2015 | 2021 |
| 221 | Ion Cutelaba | 2012 | 2022 |
| 222 | Impa Kasanganay | 2019 | 2026 |
| 223 | Patrick Cummins | 2010 | 2027 |
| 224 | Jaime Jara | 2002 | 2031 |
| 225 | Mikko Rupponen | 1999 | 2032 |
| 226 | Ibragim Chuzhigaev | 2012 | 2059 |
| 227 | Tommy Sauer | 1998 | 2077 |
| 228 | Muslim Magomedov | 2017 | 2094 |
| 229 | Aaron Rosa | 2005 | 2105 |
| 230 | Jason Jones | 2004 | 2108 |
| 231 | Rodney Wallace | 2008 | 2109 |
| 232 | Igor Pokrajac | 2003 | 2110 |
| 233 | Kassim Annan | 2001 | 2125 |
| 234 | Fabio Silva | 2003 | 2130 |
| 235 | Lukasz Jurkowski | 2004 | 2145 |
| 236 | Mike Ciesnolevicz | 2003 | 2148 |
| 237 | Alex Polizzi | 2016 | 2150 |
| 238 | Martin Desilets | 2005 | 2154 |
| 239 | Gadzhimurad Antigulov | 2009 | 2161 |
| 240 | Antwain Britt | 2007 | 2165 |
| 241 | Da-Un Jung | 2015 | 2167 |
| 242 | Carlos Eduardo | 2003 | 2176 |
| 243 | Karl Moore | 2011 | 2179 |
| 244 | Marcus Sursa | 2005 | 2186 |
| 245 | Marcus Vanttinen | 2004 | 2187 |
| 246 | Dwayne Lewis | 2007 | 2194 |
| 247 | Jordan Johnson | 2014 | 2195 |
| 248 | Ricardo Romero | 2007 | 2201 |
| 249 | Eliot Marshall | 2006 | 2205 |
| 250 | Batraz Agnaev | 2015 | 2212 |
| 251 | Nasrudin Nasrudinov | 2013 | 2215 |
| 252 | Robert Drysdale | 2010 | 2216 |
| 253 | Karol Celinski | 2008 | 2235 |
| 254 | Karl Albrektsson | 2012 | 2241 |
| 255 | Kennedy Nzechukwu | 2016 | 2245 |
| 256 | Klidson Abreu | 2011 | 2255 |
| 257 | Vitor Petrino | 2019 | 2265 |
| 258 | Marthin Hamlet | 2017 | 2266 |
| 259 | Andrew Kapel | 2008 | 2267 |
| 260 | Carlos Ulberg | 2011 | 2270 |
| 261 | Cory Hendricks | 2012 | 2298 |
| 262 | Aleksei Butorin | 2009 | 2302 |
| 263 | Devin Clark | 2010 | 2306 |
| 264 | William Knight | 2016 | 2310 |
| 265 | Gian Villante | 2009 | 2320 |
| 266 | Viktor Pesta | 2010 | 2321 |
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