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The Top 10 Ranked Pound for Pound MMA Fighters of the Year
| Rnk | 1993 |
| 1 | Kazuhiro Sakamoto |
| 2 | Noboru Asahi |
| 3 | Manabu Yamada |
| 4 | Royce Gracie |
| 5 | Kenji Kawaguchi |
| 6 | Oleg Taktarov |
| 7 | Naoki Sakurada |
| 8 | Satoshi Honma |
| 9 | Hiroyuki Kanno |
| 10 | Erik Paulson |
| Rnk | 1994 |
| 1 | Royce Gracie |
| 2 | Ken Shamrock |
| 3 | Rickson Gracie |
| 4 | Noboru Asahi |
| 5 | Manabu Yamada |
| 6 | Kenichi Tanaka |
| 7 | Kazuhiro Sakamoto |
| 8 | Masakatsu Funaki |
| 9 | Erik Paulson |
| 10 | Jan Lomulder |
| Rnk | 1995 |
| 1 | Ken Shamrock |
| 2 | Bas Rutten |
| 3 | Ricardo Morais |
| 4 | Royce Gracie |
| 5 | Dan Severn |
| 6 | Minoru Suzuki |
| 7 | Rickson Gracie |
| 8 | Frank Shamrock |
| 9 | Manabu Yamada |
| 10 | Oleg Taktarov |
| Rnk | 1996 |
| 1 | Bas Rutten |
| 2 | Dan Severn |
| 3 | Masakatsu Funaki |
| 4 | Kiuma Kunioku |
| 5 | Guy Mezger |
| 6 | Jason DeLucia |
| 7 | Ken Shamrock |
| 8 | Ricardo Morais |
| 9 | Igor Vovchanchyn |
| 10 | Pat Miletich |
| Rnk | 1997 |
| 1 | Masakatsu Funaki |
| 2 | Bas Rutten |
| 3 | Yuki Kondo |
| 4 | Randy Couture |
| 5 | Jason Godsey |
| 6 | Jason DeLucia |
| 7 | Frank Shamrock |
| 8 | Guy Mezger |
| 9 | Igor Vovchanchyn |
| 10 | Maurice Smith |
| Rnk | 1998 |
| 1 | Semmy Schilt |
| 2 | Guy Mezger |
| 3 | Bas Rutten |
| 4 | Kiuma Kunioku |
| 5 | Yuki Kondo |
| 6 | Masakatsu Funaki |
| 7 | Evan Tanner |
| 8 | Frank Shamrock |
| 9 | Keiichiro Yamamiya |
| 10 | Osami Shibuya |
| Rnk | 1999 |
| 1 | Frank Shamrock |
| 2 | Semmy Schilt |
| 3 | Gilbert Yvel |
| 4 | Yuki Kondo |
| 5 | Bas Rutten |
| 6 | Joe Slick |
| 7 | Tito Ortiz |
| 8 | Jason DeLucia |
| 9 | Guy Mezger |
| 10 | Pedro Rizzo |
| Rnk | 2000 |
| 1 | Tito Ortiz |
| 2 | Semmy Schilt |
| 3 | Wanderlei Silva |
| 4 | Mark Coleman |
| 5 | Yuki Kondo |
| 6 | Vitor Belfort |
| 7 | Frank Shamrock |
| 8 | Dan Henderson |
| 9 | Randy Couture |
| 10 | Keiichiro Yamamiya |
| Rnk | 2001 |
| 1 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira |
| 2 | Tito Ortiz |
| 3 | Wanderlei Silva |
| 4 | Randy Couture |
| 5 | Josh Barnett |
| 6 | Paulo Filho |
| 7 | Dan Henderson |
| 8 | Chuck Liddell |
| 9 | Sanae Kikuta |
| 10 | Dave Menne |
| Rnk | 2002 |
| 1 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira |
| 2 | Josh Barnett |
| 3 | Tito Ortiz |
| 4 | Chuck Liddell |
| 5 | Wanderlei Silva |
| 6 | Fedor Emelianenko |
| 7 | Matt Hughes |
| 8 | Murilo Bustamante |
| 9 | Ricco Rodriguez |
| 10 | Ricardo Arona |
| Rnk | 2003 |
| 1 | Randy Couture |
| 2 | Fedor Emelianenko |
| 3 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira |
| 4 | Wanderlei Silva |
| 5 | Josh Barnett |
| 6 | Matt Hughes |
| 7 | Quinton Jackson |
| 8 | Tim Sylvia |
| 9 | Tito Ortiz |
| 10 | Ricardo Almeida |
| Rnk | 2004 |
| 1 | Fedor Emelianenko |
| 2 | Randy Couture |
| 3 | Wanderlei Silva |
| 4 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira |
| 5 | Mark Hunt |
| 6 | Vitor Belfort |
| 7 | Mirko Filipovic |
| 8 | B.J. Penn |
| 9 | Chuck Liddell |
| 10 | Quinton Jackson |
| Rnk | 2005 |
| 1 | Fedor Emelianenko |
| 2 | Mauricio Rua |
| 3 | Chuck Liddell |
| 4 | Mark Hunt |
| 5 | Randy Couture |
| 6 | Wanderlei Silva |
| 7 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira |
| 8 | Dan Henderson |
| 9 | Mirko Filipovic |
| 10 | Matt Hughes |
| Rnk | 2006 |
| 1 | Fedor Emelianenko |
| 2 | Chuck Liddell |
| 3 | Mirko Filipovic |
| 4 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira |
| 5 | Mauricio Rua |
| 6 | Georges St. Pierre |
| 7 | Paulo Filho |
| 8 | Josh Barnett |
| 9 | Anderson Silva |
| 10 | Antonio Rogerio Nogueira |
| Rnk | 2007 |
| 1 | Fedor Emelianenko |
| 2 | Quinton Jackson |
| 3 | Randy Couture |
| 4 | Anderson Silva |
| 5 | Chuck Liddell |
| 6 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira |
| 7 | Keith Jardine |
| 8 | Paulo Filho |
| 9 | Lyoto Machida |
| 10 | Georges St. Pierre |
| Rnk | 2008 |
| 1 | Fedor Emelianenko |
| 2 | Anderson Silva |
| 3 | Rashad Evans |
| 4 | Quinton Jackson |
| 5 | Georges St. Pierre |
| 6 | Forrest Griffin |
| 7 | Brock Lesnar |
| 8 | Frank Mir |
| 9 | Lyoto Machida |
| 10 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira |
| Rnk | 2009 |
| 1 | Anderson Silva |
| 2 | Lyoto Machida |
| 3 | Georges St. Pierre |
| 4 | Fedor Emelianenko |
| 5 | Quinton Jackson |
| 6 | Brock Lesnar |
| 7 | Rashad Evans |
| 8 | B.J. Penn |
| 9 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira |
| 10 | Dan Henderson |
| Rnk | 2010 |
| 1 | Anderson Silva |
| 2 | Cain Velasquez |
| 3 | Georges St. Pierre |
| 4 | Mauricio Rua |
| 5 | Rashad Evans |
| 6 | Brock Lesnar |
| 7 | Fabricio Werdum |
| 8 | Jake Shields |
| 9 | Quinton Jackson |
| 10 | Junior dos Santos |
| Rnk | 2011 |
| 1 | Jon Jones |
| 2 | Anderson Silva |
| 3 | Georges St. Pierre |
| 4 | Junior dos Santos |
| 5 | Dan Henderson |
| 6 | Rashad Evans |
| 7 | Cain Velasquez |
| 8 | Alistair Overeem |
| 9 | Frankie Edgar |
| 10 | Mauricio Rua |
| Rnk | 2012 |
| 1 | Jon Jones |
| 2 | Anderson Silva |
| 3 | Cain Velasquez |
| 4 | Georges St. Pierre |
| 5 | Junior dos Santos |
| 6 | Ben Henderson |
| 7 | Lyoto Machida |
| 8 | Dan Henderson |
| 9 | Alistair Overeem |
| 10 | Rashad Evans |
| Rnk | 2013 |
| 1 | Chris Weidman |
| 2 | Cain Velasquez |
| 3 | Jon Jones |
| 4 | Georges St. Pierre |
| 5 | Vitor Belfort |
| 6 | Lyoto Machida |
| 7 | Rashad Evans |
| 8 | Anderson Silva |
| 9 | Junior dos Santos |
| 10 | Johny Hendricks |
| Rnk | 2014 |
| 1 | Chris Weidman |
| 2 | Jon Jones |
| 3 | Cain Velasquez |
| 4 | Georges St. Pierre |
| 5 | Daniel Cormier |
| 6 | Lyoto Machida |
| 7 | Anthony Pettis |
| 8 | Jose Aldo |
| 9 | Vitor Belfort |
| 10 | Khabib Nurmagomedov |
| Rnk | 2015 |
| 1 | Luke Rockhold |
| 2 | Jon Jones |
| 3 | Chris Weidman |
| 4 | Fabricio Werdum |
| 5 | Rafael dos Anjos |
| 6 | Daniel Cormier |
| 7 | Robbie Lawler |
| 8 | Conor McGregor |
| 9 | Cain Velasquez |
| 10 | Yoel Romero |
| Rnk | 2016 |
| 1 | Michael Bisping |
| 2 | Jon Jones |
| 3 | Stipe Miocic |
| 4 | Yoel Romero |
| 5 | Luke Rockhold |
| 6 | Daniel Cormier |
| 7 | Conor McGregor |
| 8 | Anthony Johnson |
| 9 | Tyron Woodley |
| 10 | Khabib Nurmagomedov |
| Rnk | 2017 |
| 1 | Daniel Cormier |
| 2 | Georges St. Pierre |
| 3 | Stipe Miocic |
| 4 | Tyron Woodley |
| 5 | Robert Whittaker |
| 6 | Max Holloway |
| 7 | Luke Rockhold |
| 8 | Gegard Mousasi |
| 9 | Yoel Romero |
| 10 | Khabib Nurmagomedov |
| Rnk | 2018 |
| 1 | Khabib Nurmagomedov |
| 2 | Daniel Cormier |
| 3 | Tyron Woodley |
| 4 | Robert Whittaker |
| 5 | Max Holloway |
| 6 | Jon Jones |
| 7 | Georges St. Pierre |
| 8 | Yoel Romero |
| 9 | Stipe Miocic |
| 10 | Gegard Mousasi |
| Rnk | 2019 |
| 1 | Khabib Nurmagomedov |
| 2 | Stipe Miocic |
| 3 | Kamaru Usman |
| 4 | Daniel Cormier |
| 5 | Jon Jones |
| 6 | Israel Adesanya |
| 7 | Alexander Volkanovski |
| 8 | Tony Ferguson |
| 9 | Tyron Woodley |
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| Rnk | 2020 |
| 1 | Stipe Miocic |
| 2 | Kamaru Usman |
| 3 | Israel Adesanya |
| 4 | Khabib Nurmagomedov |
| 5 | Daniel Cormier |
| 6 | Jon Jones |
| 7 | Alexander Volkanovski |
| 8 | Francis Ngannou |
| 9 | Robert Whittaker |
| 10 | Colby Covington |
| Rnk | 2021 |
| 1 | Kamaru Usman |
| 2 | Francis Ngannou |
| 3 | Stipe Miocic |
| 4 | Israel Adesanya |
| 5 | Charles Oliveira |
| 6 | Alexander Volkanovski |
| 7 | Glover Teixeira |
| 8 | Ciryl Gane |
| 9 | Robert Whittaker |
| 10 | Jan Blachowicz |
| Rnk | 2022 |
| 1 | Francis Ngannou |
| 2 | Alex Pereira |
| 3 | Leon Edwards |
| 4 | Kamaru Usman |
| 5 | Alexander Volkanovski |
| 6 | Israel Adesanya |
| 7 | Islam Makhachev |
| 8 | Ciryl Gane |
| 9 | Charles Oliveira |
| 10 | Robert Whittaker |
| Rnk | 2023 |
| 1 | Leon Edwards |
| 2 | Islam Makhachev |
| 3 | Sean Strickland |
| 4 | Israel Adesanya |
| 5 | Alex Pereira |
| 6 | Jon Jones |
| 7 | Charles Oliveira |
| 8 | Alexander Volkanovski |
| 9 | Kamaru Usman |
| 10 | Belal Muhammad |
| Rnk | 2024 |
| 1 | Dricus Du Plessis |
| 2 | Islam Makhachev |
| 3 | Ilia Topuria |
| 4 | Belal Muhammad |
| 5 | Alex Pereira |
| 6 | Sean Strickland |
| 7 | Leon Edwards |
| 8 | Israel Adesanya |
| 9 | Jon Jones |
| 10 | Khamzat Chimaev |
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