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Heavyweight,
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An athlete belongs to the division of their most recent bout at a real weight class: membership follows the record, not the roster. Ratings are global — aheavyweight's number is earned against everyone they ever fought, in any division.

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TOP 25 Current heavyweights by ratingeligible = a bout at heavyweight within 12 months

RkAthleteRatingLast fightRecordPeak
1Francis NgannouSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Heavyweight2,570May 202619–32,570
2Ciryl Gane2,537Jun 202614–22,537
3Vadim Nemkov2,529Dec 202520–22,529
4Alex Pereira2,483Jun 202613–42,522
5Alexander Volkov2,473May 202640–112,473
6Phil De Fries2,445Apr 202629–62,445
7Anatoly Malykhin2,436May 202615–12,455
8Sergei Pavlovich2,435May 202621–32,453
9Tom Aspinall2,403Oct 202515–32,403
10Shamil Erdogan2,385Nov 202513–02,385
11Waldo CortesAcosta2,384May 202617–32,405
12Alexander Romanov2,355Apr 202622–42,355
13Jailton Almeida2,342Feb 202622–52,387
14Curtis Blaydes2,342Apr 202619–62,454
15Evgeniy Goncharov2,337Jun 202623–32,337
16Oleg Popov2,335Mar 202623–22,364
17Kirill Kornilov2,321Apr 202620–3–12,357
18Sergey Bilostenniy2,309May 202615–32,309
19Josh Hokit2,305Jun 202610–02,305
20Vitor Petrino2,304Mar 202614–22,379
21Pouya Rahmani2,291Feb 20266–02,291
22Rizvan Kuniev2,287Jul 202614–3–12,287
23Serghei Spivac2,283Feb 202618–62,312
24Linton Vassell2,282Mar 202626–102,313
25Alikhan Vakhaev2,281Nov 202515–32,281

Anyone who fought at heavyweight in the last 12 months is still in this conversation — recent two-division fighters appear on both boards. Twelve quiet months here, and a name ages out without losing what it earned.

TOP 100 The greatest heavyweights everpeak rating reached while a member of the division

RkAthletePeakPeak dateRecordCurrent
1Jon JonesGOAT — 365+ cumulative days at world no.12,662Nov 20242–02,662
2Daniel CormierGOAT — 365+ cumulative days at world no.12,609Nov 20187–22,526
3Francis NgannouSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Heavyweight●2,570May 202619–32,570
4Stipe MiocicSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Heavyweight2,555Aug 202013–52,478
5Ciryl Gane●2,537Jun 202614–22,537
6Vadim Nemkov●2,529Dec 20255–12,529
7Fedor EmelianenkoGOAT — 365+ cumulative days at world no.12,523Nov 200932–62,374
8Cain VelasquezSilver reign badge — 3+ years active at №1 Heavyweight2,502Oct 20137–32,423
9Fabricio Werdum2,490Jun 201511–62,397
10Alex Pereira●2,483Jun 20260–12,483
11Alexander Volkov●2,473May 202633–92,473
12Ryan Bader2,472Jan 20196–12,411
13Curtis Blaydes●2,454Jul 202218–62,342
14Sergei Pavlovich●2,453Apr 202321–32,435
15Phil De Fries●2,445Apr 202621–62,445
16Vitaly Minakov2,444Dec 201717–22,336
17Josh BarnettGOAT — 365+ cumulative days at world no.12,439Sep 201113–42,387
18Junior dos Santos●2,437Mar 201911–102,220
19Anatoly Malykhin●2,436May 202614–12,436
20Antonio Rodrigo NogueiraGOAT — 365+ cumulative days at world no.12,429Feb 20084–62,232
21Derrick Lewis●2,418Feb 202128–142,271
22Corey Anderson●2,411Jul 20252–02,411
23Waldo CortesAcosta●2,405Jan 202617–32,384
24Tom Aspinall●2,403Jul 202415–32,403
25Antonio Silva2,401Feb 20116–13–11,996
26Denis Goltsov●2,399Nov 202433–62,365
27Mirko Filipovic2,399Feb 201912–42,399
28Sergei Kharitonov2,395Aug 201922–52,366
29Alistair Overeem2,395Jul 201722–82,357
30Jailton Almeida●2,387Jan 20259–32,342
31Shamil Erdogan●2,385Nov 20251–02,385
32Andrei Arlovski2,379Sep 201528–212,125
33Blagoy Ivanov2,366Jun 201919–72,250
34Travis Browne2,366Dec 201418–7–12,247
35Oleg Popov●2,364Aug 202423–22,335
36Jairzinho Rozenstruik●2,359Jun 202115–62,295
37Kirill Kornilov●2,357May 202219–3–12,321
38Cheick Kongo2,355Aug 202116–7–12,332
39Alexander Romanov●2,355Apr 202622–42,355
40Muhammed Lawal2,353Dec 20155–22,301
41Marcin Tybura●2,352Feb 202324–112,271
42Ali Isaev2,348Dec 20199–0–12,342
43Dan Henderson2,342Jul 20111–02,342
44Ben Rothwell2,342Jan 201639–142,224
45Evgeniy Goncharov●2,337Jun 202620–32,337
46Alexey Oleynik●2,335Sep 201820–122,163
47Tai Tuivasa●2,335Feb 202214–102,138
48Aleksander Emelianenko2,335May 201019–5–12,189
49Brock Lesnar2,326Jul 20104–22,220
50Shane Carwin2,323Mar 201012–22,237
51Frank Mir2,317Dec 201112–122,191
52Matt Mitrione2,316Feb 20188–92,176
53Damian Grabowski2,315Nov 201310–52,176
54Kelvin Tiller2,315Jul 20185–42,195
55Valentin Moldavsky●2,314May 202512–42,314
56Linton Vassell●2,313Mar 20237–32,282
57Tomasz Narkun●2,312Mar 20190–22,291
58Serghei Spivac●2,312Aug 202418–62,283
59Tony Johnson●2,312Nov 202112–10–12,142
60Tim SylviaSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Heavyweight2,311Sep 200317–92,105
61Cole Konrad2,311May 20126–02,311
62Steve Mowry2,310Feb 20239–2–12,208
63Sergey Bilostenniy●2,309May 202615–32,309
64Anthony Johnson2,307Mar 20131–02,307
65Roy Nelson2,306Apr 201313–162,180
66Greg Hardy●2,305Oct 20208–42,159
67Josh Hokit●2,305Jun 202610–02,305
68Alexander Gustafsson2,305Jul 20200–12,305
69Shamil Gaziev●2,305Dec 202313–32,199
70Vitor Petrino●2,304Mar 20263–02,304
71Mark Hunt2,302Jun 20176–7–12,208
72Renan Ferreira●2,301Feb 202413–62,227
73Mamed Khalidov●2,296Dec 20221–02,296
74Dave Herman2,296Jun 20117–42,162
75Alexander Maslov●2,293May 202511–12,293
76Ivan Shtyrkov●2,292Nov 201712–0–12,272
77Augusto Sakai●2,292May 202015–7–12,138
78Pouya Rahmani●2,291Feb 20265–02,291
79Rizvan Kuniev●2,287Jul 20261–02,287
80Amir Aliakbari●2,286Mar 201915–42,265
81Magomed Ismailov2,285Jul 20201–02,285
82Chael Sonnen2,284Jan 20181–12,255
83Alikhan Vakhaev●2,281Nov 202512–22,281
84Ibragim Chuzhigaev●2,280Aug 20241–02,280
85Valter Walker●2,278Jul 20261–02,278
86Karol Bedorf2,275Mar 20169–32,133
87Chris Barnett2,275Apr 20159–52,051
88Quinton Jackson2,275Mar 20171–32,246
89Ante Delija●2,274Sep 202519–82,219
90Jeff Monson2,273Apr 201140–21–11,921
91Mario Pinto●2,269Mar 202612–02,269
92Zumso Zuraev●2,265May 202610–02,265
93Jared Rosholt2,263Nov 201516–82,209
94Philipe Lins●2,262May 20264–32,262
95Brett Rogers2,262Jun 20098–102,035
96Evgeny Erokhin●2,261Nov 201617–62,162
97Ruslan Magomedov●2,261Nov 20199–32,106
98Brendan Schaub2,261Mar 20116–52,205
99Shane del Rosario2,258Feb 20119–22,134
100Stefan Struve2,258Oct 20168–92,144

Ranked by the highest rating earned while this was the athlete's division; the record shown is their in-division record. Athletes who competed in several divisions appear on each division's all-time board with the peak they reached there.

TOP 100 Every member, by rating todaymembership = last real-division bout was at heavyweight

RkAthleteRatingLast fightRecordPeak
1Jon JonesGOAT — 365+ cumulative days at world no.12,662Nov 202428–02,662
2Francis NgannouSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Heavyweight●2,570May 202619–32,570
3Ciryl Gane●2,537Jun 202614–22,537
4Vadim Nemkov●2,529Dec 202520–22,529
5Daniel CormierGOAT — 365+ cumulative days at world no.12,526Aug 202022–32,609
6Alex Pereira●2,483Jun 202613–42,522
7Stipe MiocicSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Heavyweight2,478Nov 202420–52,555
8Alexander Volkov●2,473May 202640–112,473
9Phil De Fries●2,445Apr 202629–62,445
10Anatoly Malykhin●2,436May 202615–12,455
11Sergei Pavlovich●2,435May 202621–32,453
12Cain VelasquezSilver reign badge — 3+ years active at №1 Heavyweight2,423Feb 201914–32,502
13Ryan Bader2,411Feb 202431–82,472
14Tom Aspinall●2,403Oct 202515–32,403
15Mirko Filipovic2,399Feb 201938–11–22,436
16Fabricio Werdum2,397Sep 202324–10–12,490
17Josh BarnettGOAT — 365+ cumulative days at world no.12,387Sep 201634–82,439
18Shamil Erdogan●2,385Nov 202513–02,385
19Waldo CortesAcosta●2,384May 202617–32,405
20Fedor EmelianenkoGOAT — 365+ cumulative days at world no.12,374Feb 202340–72,523
21Sergei Kharitonov2,366May 202435–82,395
22Denis Goltsov●2,365Jul 202536–92,399
23Alistair Overeem2,357Feb 202147–192,395
24Alexander Romanov●2,355Apr 202622–42,355
25Jailton Almeida●2,342Feb 202622–52,387
26Ali Isaev2,342Feb 20239–0–12,348
27Curtis Blaydes●2,342Apr 202619–62,454
28Evgeniy Goncharov●2,337Jun 202623–32,337
29Vitaly Minakov2,336Oct 202122–22,444
30Oleg Popov●2,335Mar 202623–22,364
31Cheick Kongo2,332May 202231–12–22,355
32Kirill Kornilov●2,321Apr 202620–3–12,357
33Cole Konrad2,311May 20129–02,311
34Sergey Bilostenniy●2,309May 202615–32,309
35Josh Hokit●2,305Jun 202610–02,305
36Vitor Petrino●2,304Mar 202614–22,379
37Jairzinho Rozenstruik●2,295Feb 202515–62,359
38Alexander Maslov●2,293May 202512–12,293
39Pouya Rahmani●2,291Feb 20266–02,291
40Rizvan Kuniev●2,287Jul 202614–3–12,287
41Serghei Spivac●2,283Feb 202618–62,312
42Linton Vassell●2,282Mar 202626–102,313
43Alikhan Vakhaev●2,281Nov 202515–32,281
44Valter Walker●2,278Jul 202616–12,278
45Derrick Lewis●2,271Jun 202629–142,418
46Marcin Tybura●2,271Mar 202627–112,352
47Mario Pinto●2,269Mar 202612–02,269
48Zumso Zuraev●2,265May 202610–02,265
49Amir Aliakbari●2,265Oct 202515–42,286
50Philipe Lins●2,262May 202618–62,279
51Tyrell Fortune●2,251Jul 202617–42,293
52Blagoy Ivanov2,250Apr 202419–72,366
53Roman Lukashevich2,249Jan 20259–02,249
54Travis Browne2,247Jul 201718–7–12,366
55Quinton Jackson2,246Dec 201938–132,308
56Thiago Santos●2,241Apr 202623–132,356
57Ryan Spann●2,238Apr 202624–112,261
58Shane Carwin2,237Jun 201112–22,323
59Aleksander Podmarev●2,234May 202625–52,234
60Antonio Rodrigo NogueiraGOAT — 365+ cumulative days at world no.12,232Aug 201534–10–12,429
61Will Fleury●2,232Jun 202617–32,232
62Renan Ferreira●2,227May 202613–62,301
63Alexander Soldatkin●2,227Sep 202517–32,227
64Ben Rothwell2,224Nov 202139–142,342
65Junior dos Santos●2,220May 202623–112,437
66Brock Lesnar2,220Jul 20165–32,326
67Marcos Rogerio de Lima●2,219May 202623–10–12,249
68Ante Delija●2,219Feb 202626–82,274
69Javad Mahjoub●2,218Feb 20265–02,218
70Said Sowma●2,212Apr 202612–52,212
71Anthony Smith●2,211Apr 202639–222,352
72Jared Rosholt2,209Dec 201920–82,263
73Mark Hunt2,208Dec 201813–14–12,302
74Steve Mowry2,208Apr 202410–2–12,310
75Brendan Schaub2,205Dec 201410–52,261
76Bobby Lashley2,204Oct 201615–22,204
77Dmitriy Sosnovskiy2,204Mar 201811–02,204
78Arjan Singh Bhullar2,203Mar 202411–22,233
79Stefan Vojcak●2,201Jun 202610–22,201
80Shamil Gaziev●2,199May 202614–32,305
81Hatef Moeil●2,199Feb 202617–42,199
82Francimar Barroso●2,198May 202627–7–12,226
83Soa Palelei2,198Aug 201522–52,251
84Randy Couture2,197Apr 201119–112,219
85Kelvin Tiller2,195Aug 202212–52,315
86Ilir Latifi2,192May 202316–92,244
87Kirill Grishenko●2,192Mar 20269–22,192
88Frank Mir2,191Oct 201918–132,317
89Aleksander Emelianenko2,189Dec 202429–9–12,335
90Anton Vyazigin●2,188Jun 202618–62,188
91Juan Espino2,187Apr 202110–22,187
92Kennedy Nzechukwu●2,182Dec 202514–6–12,222
93Marcin Wojcik●2,181Apr 202622–112,196
94Tanner Boser●2,181Jun 202522–10–12,189
95Roy Nelson2,180Nov 202328–192,306
96Viktor Nemkov●2,179Nov 202533–10–12,232
97Arkadiusz Wrzosek●2,178Jun 20267–22,246
98Mick Parkin●2,176Mar 202510–12,198
99Damian Grabowski2,176May 201922–52,315
100Matt Mitrione2,176Jul 202113–92,383

● = active. This board keeps retired and inactive members at their current rating — the division as the record book last saw it, not as a promoter lists it.

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