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The Top 5 Ranked Middleweight MMA Fighters of the Year
| Rnk | 1993 |
| 1 | Manabu Yamada |
| 2 | Kenji Kawaguchi |
| 3 | Naoki Sakurada |
| 4 | Satoshi Honma |
| 5 | Erik Paulson |
| Rnk | 1994 |
| 1 | Rickson Gracie |
| 2 | Erik Paulson |
| 3 | Jan Lomulder |
| 4 | Kenji Kawaguchi |
| Rnk | 1995 |
| 1 | Rickson Gracie |
| 2 | Jorge Patino |
| 3 | Naoyuki Taira |
| 4 | Manuel Garcia |
| 5 | Jan Lomulder |
| Rnk | 1996 |
| 1 | Pat Miletich |
| 2 | Jose Landi-Jons |
| 3 | Naoyuki Taira |
| 4 | Matt Hume |
| 5 | Manuel Garcia |
| Rnk | 1997 |
| 1 | Matt Hume |
| 2 | Masanori Suda |
| 3 | John Renken |
| 4 | Tyrone Roberts |
| 5 | Wallid Ismail |
| Rnk | 1998 |
| 1 | Vladimir Matyushenko |
| 2 | Adrian Serrano |
| 3 | Erik Paulson |
| 4 | Johil de Oliveira |
| 5 | Rick Graveson |
| Rnk | 1999 |
| 1 | Ikuhisa Minowa |
| 2 | Kazushi Sakuraba |
| 3 | Chris Lytle |
| 4 | Dave Strasser |
| 5 | Eduard Vdovenko |
| Rnk | 2000 |
| 1 | Ikuhisa Minowa |
| 2 | Nate Marquardt |
| 3 | Kiuma Kunioku |
| 4 | Renzo Gracie |
| 5 | Shonie Carter |
| Rnk | 2001 |
| 1 | Dave Menne |
| 2 | Kiuma Kunioku |
| 3 | Yuki Sasaki |
| 4 | Ricardo Almeida |
| 5 | Nate Marquardt |
| Rnk | 2002 |
| 1 | Murilo Bustamante |
| 2 | Nate Marquardt |
| 3 | Gustavo Machado |
| 4 | Phil Baroni |
| 5 | Matt Lindland |
| Rnk | 2003 |
| 1 | Ricardo Almeida |
| 2 | Matt Lindland |
| 3 | Evan Tanner |
| 4 | Rodrigo Gracie |
| 5 | Nate Marquardt |
| Rnk | 2004 |
| 1 | Ricardo Almeida |
| 2 | David Terrell |
| 3 | Evan Tanner |
| 4 | Ryo Chonan |
| 5 | Rich Franklin |
| Rnk | 2005 |
| 1 | Dan Henderson |
| 2 | Rich Franklin |
| 3 | Murilo Bustamante |
| 4 | Nate Marquardt |
| 5 | Matt Lindland |
| Rnk | 2006 |
| 1 | Paulo Filho |
| 2 | Anderson Silva |
| 3 | Kazuo Misaki |
| 4 | Rich Franklin |
| 5 | Denis Kang |
| Rnk | 2007 |
| 1 | Anderson Silva |
| 2 | Paulo Filho |
| 3 | Robbie Lawler |
| 4 | Rich Franklin |
| 5 | Yoshihiro Akiyama |
| Rnk | 2008 |
| 1 | Anderson Silva |
| 2 | Dan Henderson |
| 3 | Gegard Mousasi |
| 4 | Chael Sonnen |
| 5 | Robbie Lawler |
| Rnk | 2009 |
| 1 | Anderson Silva |
| 2 | Dan Henderson |
| 3 | Nate Marquardt |
| 4 | Chael Sonnen |
| 5 | Jake Shields |
| Rnk | 2010 |
| 1 | Anderson Silva |
| 2 | Chael Sonnen |
| 3 | Wanderlei Silva |
| 4 | Jorge Santiago |
| 5 | Yushin Okami |
| Rnk | 2011 |
| 1 | Anderson Silva |
| 2 | Chael Sonnen |
| 3 | Mark Munoz |
| 4 | Hector Lombard |
| 5 | Vitor Belfort |
| Rnk | 2012 |
| 1 | Anderson Silva |
| 2 | Chael Sonnen |
| 3 | Chris Weidman |
| 4 | Luke Rockhold |
| 5 | Vitor Belfort |
| Rnk | 2013 |
| 1 | Chris Weidman |
| 2 | Vitor Belfort |
| 3 | Lyoto Machida |
| 4 | Anderson Silva |
| 5 | Ronaldo Souza |
| Rnk | 2014 |
| 1 | Chris Weidman |
| 2 | Lyoto Machida |
| 3 | Vitor Belfort |
| 4 | Ronaldo Souza |
| 5 | Anderson Silva |
| Rnk | 2015 |
| 1 | Luke Rockhold |
| 2 | Chris Weidman |
| 3 | Yoel Romero |
| 4 | Vitor Belfort |
| 5 | Ronaldo Souza |
| Rnk | 2016 |
| 1 | Michael Bisping |
| 2 | Yoel Romero |
| 3 | Luke Rockhold |
| 4 | Chris Weidman |
| 5 | Ronaldo Souza |
| Rnk | 2017 |
| 1 | Georges St. Pierre |
| 2 | Robert Whittaker |
| 3 | Luke Rockhold |
| 4 | Gegard Mousasi |
| 5 | Yoel Romero |
| Rnk | 2018 |
| 1 | Robert Whittaker |
| 2 | Georges St. Pierre |
| 3 | Yoel Romero |
| 4 | Gegard Mousasi |
| 5 | Kelvin Gastelum |
| Rnk | 2019 |
| 1 | Israel Adesanya |
| 2 | Paulo Costa |
| 3 | Robert Whittaker |
| 4 | Rafael Lovato Jr. |
| 5 | Yoel Romero |
| Rnk | 2020 |
| 1 | Israel Adesanya |
| 2 | Robert Whittaker |
| 3 | Gegard Mousasi |
| 4 | Paulo Costa |
| 5 | Yoel Romero |
| Rnk | 2021 |
| 1 | Israel Adesanya |
| 2 | Robert Whittaker |
| 3 | Gegard Mousasi |
| 4 | Marvin Vettori |
| 5 | Derek Brunson |
| Rnk | 2022 |
| 1 | Alex Pereira |
| 2 | Israel Adesanya |
| 3 | Robert Whittaker |
| 4 | Jared Cannonier |
| 5 | Khamzat Chimaev |
| Rnk | 2023 |
| 1 | Sean Strickland |
| 2 | Israel Adesanya |
| 3 | Khamzat Chimaev |
| 4 | Jared Cannonier |
| 5 | Dricus Du Plessis |
| Rnk | 2024 |
| 1 | Dricus Du Plessis |
| 2 | Sean Strickland |
| 3 | Israel Adesanya |
| 4 | Khamzat Chimaev |
| 5 | Nassourdine Imavov |
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