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The Top 5 Ranked Lightweight MMA Fighters of the Year
| Rnk | 1993 |
| 1 | Tomonori Ohara |
| Rnk | 1994 |
| 1 | Yuki Nakai |
| Rnk | 1995 |
| 1 | Wander Braga |
| 2 | Luiz Fraga |
| Rnk | 1996 |
| 1 | Wander Braga |
| 2 | Johil de Oliveira |
| 3 | Royler Gracie |
| 4 | Rumina Sato |
| 5 | Joao Marcos Pierini |
| Rnk | 1997 |
| 1 | Rumina Sato |
| 2 | Wander Braga |
| 3 | Naoya Uematsu |
| 4 | Ralph Gracie |
| Rnk | 1998 |
| 1 | Caol Uno |
| 2 | Michael Sa Jin Kwak |
| 3 | Wander Braga |
| 4 | Din Thomas |
| 5 | Andre Pederneiras |
| Rnk | 1999 |
| 1 | Rumina Sato |
| 2 | Caol Uno |
| 3 | Takanori Gomi |
| 4 | Phil Johns |
| 5 | Andre Pederneiras |
| Rnk | 2000 |
| 1 | Caol Uno |
| 2 | Takanori Gomi |
| 3 | Din Thomas |
| 4 | Rumina Sato |
| 5 | Dokonjonosuke Mishima |
| Rnk | 2001 |
| 1 | Jens Pulver |
| 2 | Takanori Gomi |
| 3 | B.J. Penn |
| 4 | Miguel Torres |
| 5 | Caol Uno |
| Rnk | 2002 |
| 1 | Jens Pulver |
| 2 | Takanori Gomi |
| 3 | B.J. Penn |
| 4 | Caol Uno |
| 5 | Vitor Ribeiro |
| Rnk | 2003 |
| 1 | Vitor Ribeiro |
| 2 | B.J. Penn |
| 3 | Duane Ludwig |
| 4 | Hermes Franca |
| 5 | Tatsuya Kawajiri |
| Rnk | 2004 |
| 1 | Tatsuya Kawajiri |
| 2 | Yves Edwards |
| 3 | Takanori Gomi |
| 4 | Vitor Ribeiro |
| 5 | Ryan Schultz |
| Rnk | 2005 |
| 1 | Takanori Gomi |
| 2 | Hayato Sakurai |
| 3 | Tatsuya Kawajiri |
| 4 | Yves Edwards |
| 5 | Marcus Aurelio |
| Rnk | 2006 |
| 1 | Takanori Gomi |
| 2 | Gilbert Melendez |
| 3 | Sean Sherk |
| 4 | Vitor Ribeiro |
| 5 | Marcus Aurelio |
| Rnk | 2007 |
| 1 | Takanori Gomi |
| 2 | Gesias Cavalcante |
| 3 | Sean Sherk |
| 4 | B.J. Penn |
| 5 | Mitsuhiro Ishida |
| Rnk | 2008 |
| 1 | B.J. Penn |
| 2 | Joachim Hansen |
| 3 | Kenny Florian |
| 4 | Shinya Aoki |
| 5 | Sean Sherk |
| Rnk | 2009 |
| 1 | B.J. Penn |
| 2 | Shinya Aoki |
| 3 | Kenny Florian |
| 4 | Eddie Alvarez |
| 5 | Tatsuya Kawajiri |
| Rnk | 2010 |
| 1 | Frankie Edgar |
| 2 | Gray Maynard |
| 3 | Gilbert Melendez |
| 4 | Shinya Aoki |
| 5 | Eddie Alvarez |
| Rnk | 2011 |
| 1 | Frankie Edgar |
| 2 | Gilbert Melendez |
| 3 | Gray Maynard |
| 4 | Ben Henderson |
| 5 | Shinya Aoki |
| Rnk | 2012 |
| 1 | Ben Henderson |
| 2 | Frankie Edgar |
| 3 | Gilbert Melendez |
| 4 | Gray Maynard |
| 5 | Eddie Alvarez |
| Rnk | 2013 |
| 1 | Anthony Pettis |
| 2 | Khabib Nurmagomedov |
| 3 | Ben Henderson |
| 4 | Gilbert Melendez |
| 5 | Eddie Alvarez |
| Rnk | 2014 |
| 1 | Anthony Pettis |
| 2 | Khabib Nurmagomedov |
| 3 | Rafael dos Anjos |
| 4 | Donald Cerrone |
| 5 | Ben Henderson |
| Rnk | 2015 |
| 1 | Rafael dos Anjos |
| 2 | Anthony Pettis |
| 3 | Donald Cerrone |
| 4 | Will Brooks |
| 5 | Tony Ferguson |
| Rnk | 2016 |
| 1 | Conor McGregor |
| 2 | Khabib Nurmagomedov |
| 3 | Eddie Alvarez |
| 4 | Tony Ferguson |
| 5 | Rafael dos Anjos |
| Rnk | 2017 |
| 1 | Conor McGregor |
| 2 | Khabib Nurmagomedov |
| 3 | Eddie Alvarez |
| 4 | Tony Ferguson |
| 5 | Edson Barboza |
| Rnk | 2018 |
| 1 | Khabib Nurmagomedov |
| 2 | Tony Ferguson |
| 3 | Dustin Poirier |
| 4 | Eddie Alvarez |
| 5 | Conor McGregor |
| Rnk | 2019 |
| 1 | Khabib Nurmagomedov |
| 2 | Tony Ferguson |
| 3 | Dustin Poirier |
| 4 | Justin Gaethje |
| 5 | Kevin Lee |
| Rnk | 2020 |
| 1 | Khabib Nurmagomedov |
| 2 | Justin Gaethje |
| 3 | Dustin Poirier |
| 4 | Charles Oliveira |
| 5 | Tony Ferguson |
| Rnk | 2021 |
| 1 | Charles Oliveira |
| 2 | Justin Gaethje |
| 3 | Dustin Poirier |
| 4 | Beneil Dariush |
| 5 | Rafael dos Anjos |
| Rnk | 2022 |
| 1 | Islam Makhachev |
| 2 | Charles Oliveira |
| 3 | Dustin Poirier |
| 4 | Justin Gaethje |
| 5 | Beneil Dariush |
| Rnk | 2023 |
| 1 | Islam Makhachev |
| 2 | Charles Oliveira |
| 3 | Justin Gaethje |
| 4 | Dustin Poirier |
| 5 | Mateusz Gamrot |
| Rnk | 2024 |
| 1 | Islam Makhachev |
| 2 | Arman Tsarukyan |
| 3 | Charles Oliveira |
| 4 | Max Holloway |
| 5 | Justin Gaethje |
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