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The Top 5 Ranked Heavyweight MMA Fighters of the Year
| Rnk | 1993 |
| 1 | Royce Gracie |
| 2 | Oleg Taktarov |
| 3 | Bas Rutten |
| 4 | Masakatsu Funaki |
| 5 | Ken Shamrock |
| Rnk | 1994 |
| 1 | Royce Gracie |
| 2 | Ken Shamrock |
| 3 | Manabu Yamada |
| 4 | Masakatsu Funaki |
| 5 | Bas Rutten |
| Rnk | 1995 |
| 1 | Ken Shamrock |
| 2 | Bas Rutten |
| 3 | Ricardo Morais |
| 4 | Royce Gracie |
| 5 | Dan Severn |
| Rnk | 1996 |
| 1 | Bas Rutten |
| 2 | Dan Severn |
| 3 | Masakatsu Funaki |
| 4 | Kiuma Kunioku |
| 5 | Guy Mezger |
| Rnk | 1997 |
| 1 | Masakatsu Funaki |
| 2 | Bas Rutten |
| 3 | Yuki Kondo |
| 4 | Randy Couture |
| 5 | Jason Godsey |
| Rnk | 1998 |
| 1 | Semmy Schilt |
| 2 | Guy Mezger |
| 3 | Bas Rutten |
| 4 | Kiuma Kunioku |
| 5 | Yuki Kondo |
| Rnk | 1999 |
| 1 | Semmy Schilt |
| 2 | Gilbert Yvel |
| 3 | Yuki Kondo |
| 4 | Bas Rutten |
| 5 | Pedro Rizzo |
| Rnk | 2000 |
| 1 | Semmy Schilt |
| 2 | Mark Coleman |
| 3 | Randy Couture |
| 4 | Keiichiro Yamamiya |
| 5 | Valentijn Overeem |
| Rnk | 2001 |
| 1 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira |
| 2 | Randy Couture |
| 3 | Josh Barnett |
| 4 | Semmy Schilt |
| 5 | Vitor Belfort |
| Rnk | 2002 |
| 1 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira |
| 2 | Josh Barnett |
| 3 | Fedor Emelianenko |
| 4 | Ricco Rodriguez |
| 5 | Randy Couture |
| Rnk | 2003 |
| 1 | Fedor Emelianenko |
| 2 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira |
| 3 | Josh Barnett |
| 4 | Tim Sylvia |
| 5 | Mirko Filipovic |
| Rnk | 2004 |
| 1 | Fedor Emelianenko |
| 2 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira |
| 3 | Mark Hunt |
| 4 | Mirko Filipovic |
| 5 | Frank Mir |
| Rnk | 2005 |
| 1 | Fedor Emelianenko |
| 2 | Mark Hunt |
| 3 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira |
| 4 | Mirko Filipovic |
| 5 | Andrei Arlovski |
| Rnk | 2006 |
| 1 | Fedor Emelianenko |
| 2 | Mirko Filipovic |
| 3 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira |
| 4 | Josh Barnett |
| 5 | Tim Sylvia |
| Rnk | 2007 |
| 1 | Fedor Emelianenko |
| 2 | Randy Couture |
| 3 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira |
| 4 | Gabriel Gonzaga |
| 5 | Josh Barnett |
| Rnk | 2008 |
| 1 | Fedor Emelianenko |
| 2 | Brock Lesnar |
| 3 | Frank Mir |
| 4 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira |
| 5 | Randy Couture |
| Rnk | 2009 |
| 1 | Fedor Emelianenko |
| 2 | Brock Lesnar |
| 3 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira |
| 4 | Frank Mir |
| 5 | Junior dos Santos |
| Rnk | 2010 |
| 1 | Cain Velasquez |
| 2 | Brock Lesnar |
| 3 | Fabricio Werdum |
| 4 | Junior dos Santos |
| 5 | Fedor Emelianenko |
| Rnk | 2011 |
| 1 | Junior dos Santos |
| 2 | Cain Velasquez |
| 3 | Alistair Overeem |
| 4 | Frank Mir |
| 5 | Brock Lesnar |
| Rnk | 2012 |
| 1 | Cain Velasquez |
| 2 | Junior dos Santos |
| 3 | Alistair Overeem |
| 4 | Daniel Cormier |
| 5 | Fabricio Werdum |
| Rnk | 2013 |
| 1 | Cain Velasquez |
| 2 | Junior dos Santos |
| 3 | Daniel Cormier |
| 4 | Antonio Silva |
| 5 | Fabricio Werdum |
| Rnk | 2014 |
| 1 | Cain Velasquez |
| 2 | Fabricio Werdum |
| 3 | Junior dos Santos |
| 4 | Andrei Arlovski |
| 5 | Travis Browne |
| Rnk | 2015 |
| 1 | Fabricio Werdum |
| 2 | Cain Velasquez |
| 3 | Andrei Arlovski |
| 4 | Alistair Overeem |
| 5 | Junior dos Santos |
| Rnk | 2016 |
| 1 | Stipe Miocic |
| 2 | Fabricio Werdum |
| 3 | Cain Velasquez |
| 4 | Alistair Overeem |
| 5 | Junior dos Santos |
| Rnk | 2017 |
| 1 | Stipe Miocic |
| 2 | Francis Ngannou |
| 3 | Fabricio Werdum |
| 4 | Alistair Overeem |
| 5 | Junior dos Santos |
| Rnk | 2018 |
| 1 | Daniel Cormier |
| 2 | Stipe Miocic |
| 3 | Francis Ngannou |
| 4 | Derrick Lewis |
| 5 | Ryan Bader |
| Rnk | 2019 |
| 1 | Stipe Miocic |
| 2 | Daniel Cormier |
| 3 | Francis Ngannou |
| 4 | Junior dos Santos |
| 5 | Derrick Lewis |
| Rnk | 2020 |
| 1 | Stipe Miocic |
| 2 | Daniel Cormier |
| 3 | Francis Ngannou |
| 4 | Curtis Blaydes |
| 5 | Derrick Lewis |
| Rnk | 2021 |
| 1 | Francis Ngannou |
| 2 | Stipe Miocic |
| 3 | Ciryl Gane |
| 4 | Derrick Lewis |
| 5 | Curtis Blaydes |
| Rnk | 2022 |
| 1 | Francis Ngannou |
| 2 | Ciryl Gane |
| 3 | Curtis Blaydes |
| 4 | Sergei Pavlovich |
| 5 | Alexander Volkov |
| Rnk | 2023 |
| 1 | Jon Jones |
| 2 | Ciryl Gane |
| 3 | Tom Aspinall |
| 4 | Sergei Pavlovich |
| 5 | Alexander Volkov |
| Rnk | 2024 |
| 1 | Jon Jones |
| 2 | Tom Aspinall |
| 3 | Ciryl Gane |
| 4 | Francis Ngannou |
| 5 | Alexander Volkov |
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