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The Top 5 Ranked Welterweight MMA Fighters of the Year
| Rnk | 1993 |
| 1 | Kazuhiro Kusayanagi |
| Rnk | 1994 |
| 1 | Naoki Sakurada |
| Rnk | 1995 |
| 1 | Kyuhei Ueno |
| Rnk | 1996 |
| 1 | Jay R. Palmer |
| 2 | Joao Bosco |
| 3 | Alex Cook |
| Rnk | 1997 |
| 1 | Danny Bennett |
| 2 | Pat Miletich |
| 3 | Paulo Alfonso |
| 4 | Jutaro Nakao |
| 5 | Hayato Sakurai |
| Rnk | 1998 |
| 1 | Ali Elias |
| 2 | Pat Miletich |
| 3 | Dennis Hallman |
| 4 | Hayato Sakurai |
| 5 | Henry Matamoros |
| Rnk | 1999 |
| 1 | Dave Menne |
| 2 | Matt Hughes |
| 3 | Pat Miletich |
| 4 | Ali Elias |
| 5 | Tetsuji Kato |
| Rnk | 2000 |
| 1 | Joe Doerksen |
| 2 | Hayato Sakurai |
| 3 | Dennis Hallman |
| 4 | Pat Miletich |
| 5 | Ben Earwood |
| Rnk | 2001 |
| 1 | Matt Hughes |
| 2 | Anderson Silva |
| 3 | Carlos Newton |
| 4 | Pat Miletich |
| 5 | Jutaro Nakao |
| Rnk | 2002 |
| 1 | Matt Hughes |
| 2 | Sean Sherk |
| 3 | Gil Castillo |
| 4 | Carlos Newton |
| 5 | Frank Trigg |
| Rnk | 2003 |
| 1 | Matt Hughes |
| 2 | Hayato Sakurai |
| 3 | Renato Verissimo |
| 4 | Ansar Chalangov |
| 5 | Nick Diaz |
| Rnk | 2004 |
| 1 | B.J. Penn |
| 2 | Matt Hughes |
| 3 | Frank Trigg |
| 4 | Sean Sherk |
| 5 | Chris Lytle |
| Rnk | 2005 |
| 1 | Matt Hughes |
| 2 | B.J. Penn |
| 3 | Georges St. Pierre |
| 4 | Diego Sanchez |
| 5 | Karo Parisyan |
| Rnk | 2006 |
| 1 | Georges St. Pierre |
| 2 | Matt Hughes |
| 3 | Diego Sanchez |
| 4 | B.J. Penn |
| 5 | Jake Shields |
| Rnk | 2007 |
| 1 | Georges St. Pierre |
| 2 | Matt Serra |
| 3 | Jake Shields |
| 4 | Matt Hughes |
| 5 | Jon Fitch |
| Rnk | 2008 |
| 1 | Georges St. Pierre |
| 2 | Thiago Alves |
| 3 | Jon Fitch |
| 4 | Matt Serra |
| 5 | Jake Shields |
| Rnk | 2009 |
| 1 | Georges St. Pierre |
| 2 | Jon Fitch |
| 3 | Thiago Alves |
| 4 | Josh Koscheck |
| 5 | Dan Hardy |
| Rnk | 2010 |
| 1 | Georges St. Pierre |
| 2 | Jake Shields |
| 3 | Jon Fitch |
| 4 | B.J. Penn |
| 5 | Josh Koscheck |
| Rnk | 2011 |
| 1 | Georges St. Pierre |
| 2 | Nick Diaz |
| 3 | Jake Ellenberger |
| 4 | Josh Koscheck |
| 5 | Jake Shields |
| Rnk | 2012 |
| 1 | Georges St. Pierre |
| 2 | Johny Hendricks |
| 3 | Carlos Condit |
| 4 | Martin Kampmann |
| 5 | Nick Diaz |
| Rnk | 2013 |
| 1 | Georges St. Pierre |
| 2 | Johny Hendricks |
| 3 | Carlos Condit |
| 4 | Jake Shields |
| 5 | Robbie Lawler |
| Rnk | 2014 |
| 1 | Georges St. Pierre |
| 2 | Robbie Lawler |
| 3 | Rory MacDonald |
| 4 | Johny Hendricks |
| 5 | Tyron Woodley |
| Rnk | 2015 |
| 1 | Robbie Lawler |
| 2 | Johny Hendricks |
| 3 | Rory MacDonald |
| 4 | Tyron Woodley |
| 5 | Rousimar Palhares |
| Rnk | 2016 |
| 1 | Tyron Woodley |
| 2 | Stephen Thompson |
| 3 | Robbie Lawler |
| 4 | Demian Maia |
| 5 | Donald Cerrone |
| Rnk | 2017 |
| 1 | Tyron Woodley |
| 2 | Rafael dos Anjos |
| 3 | Stephen Thompson |
| 4 | Colby Covington |
| 5 | Robbie Lawler |
| Rnk | 2018 |
| 1 | Tyron Woodley |
| 2 | Colby Covington |
| 3 | Kamaru Usman |
| 4 | Darren Till |
| 5 | Stephen Thompson |
| Rnk | 2019 |
| 1 | Kamaru Usman |
| 2 | Tyron Woodley |
| 3 | Jorge Masvidal |
| 4 | Colby Covington |
| 5 | Leon Edwards |
| Rnk | 2020 |
| 1 | Kamaru Usman |
| 2 | Colby Covington |
| 3 | Jorge Masvidal |
| 4 | Gilbert Burns |
| 5 | Stephen Thompson |
| Rnk | 2021 |
| 1 | Kamaru Usman |
| 2 | Colby Covington |
| 3 | Gilbert Burns |
| 4 | Vicente Luque |
| 5 | Jorge Masvidal |
| Rnk | 2022 |
| 1 | Leon Edwards |
| 2 | Kamaru Usman |
| 3 | Colby Covington |
| 4 | Belal Muhammad |
| 5 | Gilbert Burns |
| Rnk | 2023 |
| 1 | Leon Edwards |
| 2 | Kamaru Usman |
| 3 | Belal Muhammad |
| 4 | Colby Covington |
| 5 | Shavkat Rakhmonov |
| Rnk | 2024 |
| 1 | Belal Muhammad |
| 2 | Leon Edwards |
| 3 | Shavkat Rakhmonov |
| 4 | Joaquin Buckley |
| 5 | Sean Brady |
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