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The Top Ranked Middleweight MMA Fighters of the 2000s
Notes: Fighters are listed only with the weight class they are most associated with this decade.
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rank |
| 1 | Anderson Silva | 7 |
| 2 | Rich Franklin | 27 |
| 3 | Nate Marquardt | 31 |
| 4 | Murilo Bustamante | 34 |
| 5 | Ricardo Almeida | 37 |
| 6 | Jake Shields | 43 |
| 7 | Kiuma Kunioku | 46 |
| 8 | Shonie Carter | 47 |
| 9 | Jorge Santiago | 49 |
| 10 | Matt Lindland | 58 |
| 11 | Kazuo Misaki | 62 |
| 12 | Robbie Lawler | 74 |
| 13 | Ikuhisa Minowa | 75 |
| 14 | Dave Menne | 80 |
| 15 | Izuru Takeuchi | 83 |
| 16 | Rodrigo Gracie | 88 |
| 17 | Phil Baroni | 92 |
| 18 | Thales Leites | 109 |
| 19 | Yushin Okami | 113 |
| 20 | David Loiseau | 116 |
| 21 | Gustavo Machado | 117 |
| 22 | Yoshihiro Akiyama | 119 |
| 23 | Scott Smith | 124 |
| 24 | Joey Villasenor | 125 |
| 25 | Mike Swick | 126 |
| 26 | Ryo Chonan | 131 |
| 27 | David Terrell | 132 |
| 28 | Yuichi Nakanishi | 134 |
| 29 | Chael Sonnen | 135 |
| 30 | Brad Burrick | 142 |
| 31 | Keith Berry | 143 |
| 32 | Denis Kang | 147 |
| 33 | Melvin Manhoef | 158 |
| 34 | James Zikic | 161 |
| 35 | Masanori Suda | 169 |
| 36 | Ryuki Ueyama | 170 |
| 37 | Chris Leben | 174 |
| 38 | Riki Fukuda | 175 |
| 39 | Billy Ayash | 180 |
| 40 | Brandon Hunt | 181 |
| 41 | Paul Jenkins | 202 |
| 42 | Ryan McGivern | 205 |
| 43 | Mark Weir | 218 |
| 44 | Amar Suloev | 219 |
| 45 | Brendan Seguin | 230 |
| 46 | Brian Sleeman | 233 |
| 47 | Gaz Roriston | 256 |
| 48 | Ian Pyatt | 263 |
| 49 | Jared Hess | 268 |
| 50 | John Cronk | 281 |
| 51 | Jorge Ortiz | 283 |
| 52 | Joshua Taibl | 284 |
| 53 | Kevin Hogan | 293 |
| 54 | Ki-Bum Kim | 294 |
| 55 | Kyacey Uscola | 298 |
| 56 | Lee Murray | 305 |
| 57 | Michael Gonzalez | 310 |
| 58 | Sean Loeffler | 328 |
| 59 | Suley Mahmoud | 336 |
| 60 | Umar Luv | 345 |
| 61 | Royce Gracie | 354 |
| 62 | Ronaldo Souza | 355 |
| 63 | Patrick Cote | 357 |
| 64 | Demian Maia | 358 |
| 65 | Ivan Salaverry | 359 |
| 66 | Tony Fryklund | 362 |
| 67 | Andrei Semenov | 372 |
| 68 | Trevor Prangley | 374 |
| 69 | Yuji Hisamatsu | 375 |
| 70 | Nate Quarry | 386 |
| 71 | Michael Bisping | 387 |
| 72 | Dustin Denes | 388 |
| 73 | Matt Horwich | 394 |
| 74 | Travis Lutter | 395 |
| 75 | Benji Radach | 399 |
| 76 | Egan Inoue | 401 |
| 77 | Hector Lombard | 405 |
| 78 | Martin Kampmann | 406 |
| 79 | Ronald Jhun | 407 |
| 80 | Cung Le | 410 |
| 81 | Yuki Sasaki | 412 |
| 82 | Eiji Ishikawa | 414 |
| 83 | Curtis Stout | 424 |
| 84 | Siyar Bahadurzada | 425 |
| 85 | Jorge Rivera | 426 |
| 86 | Dan Miller | 428 |
| 87 | Jermaine Andre | 429 |
| 88 | Falaniko Vitale | 438 |
| 89 | Terry Martin | 439 |
| 90 | Jason MacDonald | 441 |
| 91 | Shamil Abramov | 444 |
| 92 | Bret Bergmark | 449 |
| 93 | Phillip Miller | 453 |
| 94 | Crosley Gracie | 454 |
| 95 | Renzo Gracie | 455 |
| 96 | Dean Lister | 463 |
| 97 | Ryuta Sakurai | 484 |
| 98 | Delson Heleno | 501 |
| 99 | Eduard Vdovenko | 519 |
| 100 | Rousimar Palhares | 528 |
| 101 | Jose Landi-Jons | 540 |
| 102 | Ed Herman | 550 |
| 103 | Mamed Khalidov | 554 |
| 104 | Alan Belcher | 556 |
| 105 | Brian Dunn | 560 |
| 106 | Kendall Grove | 562 |
| 107 | Stephan Potvin | 575 |
| 108 | Damien Riccio | 577 |
| 109 | Makoto Takimoto | 584 |
| 110 | Wilson Gouveia | 587 |
| 111 | Dong-Sik Yoon | 594 |
| 112 | Erik Paulson | 605 |
| 113 | Flavio Luiz Moura | 618 |
| 114 | Andrews Nakahara | 622 |
| 115 | Andrius Krishtopaitis | 637 |
| 116 | Tim Kennedy | 645 |
| 117 | Kalib Starnes | 648 |
| 118 | Dave Strasser | 650 |
| 119 | James O'Connor | 669 |
| 120 | Jason Brilz | 675 |
| 121 | Michele Verginelli | 681 |
| 122 | Zelg Galesic | 692 |
| 123 | Fabio Leopoldo | 693 |
| 124 | Kyle Noke | 695 |
| 125 | Tomasz Drwal | 696 |
| 126 | Aaron Simpson | 697 |
| 127 | Marty Armendarez | 700 |
| 128 | Jorge Patino | 706 |
| 129 | Kyle Jensen | 707 |
| 130 | Daniel Acacio | 713 |
| 131 | Viktor Mileshkin | 720 |
| 132 | Daniel Tabera | 721 |
| 133 | Alexander Shlemenko | 722 |
| 134 | Jason Day | 732 |
| 135 | Alessio Sakara | 742 |
| 136 | Jacek Buczko | 753 |
| 137 | C.B. Dollaway | 756 |
| 138 | Luke Rockhold | 758 |
| 139 | Shungo Oyama | 763 |
| 140 | Xavier Foupa-Pokam | 778 |
| 141 | Moise Rimbon | 779 |
| 142 | Gregory Bouchelaghem | 796 |
| 143 | Danny Higgins | 801 |
| 144 | Bryan Baker | 811 |
| 145 | Amir Sadollah | 812 |
| 146 | Drew McFedries | 853 |
| 147 | Valda Pocevicius | 866 |
| 148 | Yong-Jae Jun | 872 |
| 149 | Marcel Ferreira | 885 |
| 150 | Nathan Schouteren | 888 |
| 151 | Jordan Smith | 891 |
| 152 | Daisuke Hanazawa | 906 |
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