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Lightweight,
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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 — alightweight's number is earned against everyone they ever fought, in any division.

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TOP 25 Current lightweights by ratingeligible = a bout at lightweight within 12 months

RkAthleteRatingLast fightRecordPeak
1Charles Oliveira2,516Mar 202637–112,516
2Justin GaethjeSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Lightweight2,508Jun 202628–52,508
3Ilia Topuria2,487Jun 202617–12,534
4Max Holloway2,469Jul 202628–92,484
5Arman Tsarukyan2,462Sep 202624–32,462
6Usman Nurmagomedov2,454Jul 202622–02,454
7Salahdine Parnasse2,394Sep 202624–22,394
8Paddy Pimblett2,388Jul 202624–42,388
9Grant Dawson2,384Oct 202625–3–12,392
10Bibert Tumenov2,383Feb 202616–22,383
11Alexandr Shabliy2,352Jun 202625–42,364
12Renato Carneiro2,336Apr 202621–7–12,345
13Manoel Sousa2,333Aug 202615–12,333
14Natan Schulte2,328Aug 202626–6–12,346
15Dmitry Klimov2,327Jul 20265–02,327
16Gadzhi Rabadanov2,327Aug 202628–5–12,348
17Roberto Satoshi de Souza2,326Sep 202621–42,373
18Sidney Outlaw2,324Aug 202623–62,324
19Axel Sola2,306Sep 202613–1–12,306
20Amru Magomedov2,305Jul 202610–02,305
21Archie Colgan2,305Jul 202613–12,337
22Mauricio Ruffy2,303Sep 202614–32,330
23Diego Ferreira2,298Aug 202620–72,381
24Rafael Fiziev2,296Jun 202614–52,331
25Tofiq Musayev2,294Aug 202624–62,294

Anyone who fought at lightweight 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 lightweights everpeak rating reached while a member of the division

RkAthletePeakPeak dateRecordCurrent
1Khabib NurmagomedovSilver reign badge — 3+ years active at №1 Lightweight2,534Oct 202011–02,534
2Ilia Topuria●2,534Jun 20251–12,487
3Charles Oliveira●2,516Mar 202616–42,516
4Justin GaethjeSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Lightweight●2,508Jun 202622–52,508
5Max Holloway●2,484Apr 20242–22,447
6Arman Tsarukyan●2,462Sep 20261–02,462
7Dustin Poirier●2,461Jul 202112–62,401
8Usman Nurmagomedov●2,454Jul 20261–02,454
9Tony Ferguson2,445Jun 201912–62,208
10Donald CerroneSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Lightweight2,424May 201520–92,334
11Eduard Vartanyan●2,423Apr 202616–32,423
12Michael Chandler●2,412Jan 202118–112,267
13Frankie EdgarBronze reign badge — 2+ years active at №1 Lightweight2,405Oct 20113–2–12,357
14Beneil Dariush●2,397Oct 202220–8–12,283
15Salahdine Parnasse●2,394Sep 20261–02,394
16Eddie Alvarez2,389Dec 201714–42,351
17Paddy Pimblett●2,388Jul 202611–22,388
18Olivier AubinMercier2,386Nov 202320–42,386
19Grant Dawson●2,384Oct 20261–02,384
20Bibert Tumenov●2,383Feb 20263–02,383
21Benson HendersonSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Lightweight●2,381Apr 201322–92,245
22Conor McGregor●2,365Nov 20164–32,311
23Alexandr Shabliy●2,364Nov 202321–32,352
24Anthony Pettis2,364Dec 20149–102,172
25Kevin Lee●2,355Jun 201718–72,278
26Gilbert Melendez2,354Oct 201320–62,272
27BJ PennSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Lightweight2,352Dec 20096–42,094
28Akbar Abdullaev●2,349Sep 20256–02,349
29Gregor Gillespie2,348May 202114–12,348
30Jim Miller●2,347Apr 201417–152,248
31Marat Gafurov2,346May 20164–02,262
32Shavkat Rakhmonov2,346Oct 20202–02,346
33Renato Carneiro●2,345Sep 20248–42,336
34Will Brooks2,345Jul 201617–5–12,271
35Brent Primus●2,336Aug 202414–62,224
36Manoel Sousa●2,333Aug 20261–02,333
37Damir Ismagulov●2,332May 202125–32,307
38Leonardo Santos2,332Jul 20208–3–12,187
39Alexander Sarnavskiy●2,332Nov 201422–92,305
40Gray Maynard2,331Jan 20111–6–12,086
41Ronys Torres●2,331Nov 201712–42,203
42Rafael Fiziev●2,331Mar 202314–52,296
43Patricky Freire●2,329Dec 201918–152,148
44Natan Schulte●2,328Aug 20261–02,328
45Abdisalam Kubanychbek●2,328Aug 202518–12,328
46Mansour Barnaoui●2,327Oct 202216–52,258
47Dmitry Klimov●2,327Jul 20265–02,327
48Gadzhi Rabadanov●2,327Aug 20261–02,327
49Roberto Satoshi de Souza●2,326Sep 20261–02,326
50James Vick2,325Feb 201812–52,182
51Kenny Florian2,324Mar 201010–32,312
52Sidney Outlaw●2,324Aug 20261–02,324
53Thanh Le2,321Mar 202211–32,244
54Myles Jury2,321Sep 201412–42,173
55Ali Bagov●2,314Jun 202426–92,280
56Khusein Khaliev2,314Oct 20187–12,230
57Rashid Magomedov●2,313Oct 20189–5–12,259
58Islam Mamedov2,312Oct 202217–2–12,270
59Paul Hughes●2,311May 20257–22,288
60Vitor RibeiroSilver reign badge — 3+ years active at №1 Lightweight2,307Jul 200720–52,165
61Axel Sola●2,306Sep 20261–02,306
62Amru Magomedov●2,305Jul 20261–02,305
63Archie Colgan●2,305Jul 20260–12,305
64Takanori GomiBronze reign badge — 2+ years active at №1 Lightweight2,305Aug 200822–142,026
65Gilbert Burns●2,305Mar 201511–32,293
66Rustam Khabilov2,304Sep 20179–32,263
67Mairbek Taisumov2,304Sep 201811–32,276
68Yusuf Raisov2,304Feb 202510–22,304
69Francisco Trinaldo2,304Jul 202015–62,275
70Marcin Held●2,304Apr 202120–102,229
71Mauricio Ruffy●2,303Sep 20260–12,303
72Salamat Isbulaev●2,301Feb 202610–12,283
73Ottman Azaitar2,299Sep 20203–32,092
74Jakub Kaszuba●2,298Mar 202613–02,298
75Diego Ferreira●2,298Aug 20261–02,298
76Dave Jansen2,297Oct 20145–22,237
77Murad Machaev2,295Sep 201612–12,282
78Tofiq Musayev●2,294Aug 20261–02,294
79Martin Nguyen2,293Aug 20197–52,125
80Lowen Tynanes●2,293Apr 201610–02,229
81Michel Prazeres●2,291Feb 20188–12,291
82TJ Grant2,290May 20134–02,290
83Paul Felder2,288Sep 201916–52,272
84Sean Sherk2,288Jul 20074–22,254
85Marko Bojkovic●2,287Nov 202410–22,205
86Raul Tutarauli●2,287May 202633–72,287
87Ali Abdulkhalikov●2,286May 202414–42,276
88Andrey Goncharov●2,283Apr 20263–12,283
89Chris Duncan●2,283Dec 202514–32,248
90Akhmed Aliev●2,283May 201920–72,223
91Rick Hawn2,280May 20126–22,253
92Shamil Gasanov●2,278Aug 20257–22,232
93Roman Bogatov2,278Aug 201910–12,245
94LomAli Eskiev●2,277Feb 20268–12,277
95Daniel Zellhuber●2,275Feb 202413–42,176
96Abdoul Abdouraguimov●2,275Aug 20181–02,275
97Goiti Yamauchi●2,273Dec 201911–22,265
98Shamil Zavurov2,273Jun 202112–32,234
99David Onama●2,272Apr 20256–12,272
100Diego Sanchez2,272Mar 20115–62,177

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 lightweight

RkAthleteRatingLast fightRecordPeak
1Khabib NurmagomedovSilver reign badge — 3+ years active at №1 Lightweight2,534Oct 202029–02,534
2Charles Oliveira●2,516Mar 202637–112,516
3Justin GaethjeSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Lightweight●2,508Jun 202628–52,508
4Ilia Topuria●2,487Jun 202617–12,534
5Arman Tsarukyan●2,462Sep 202624–32,462
6Usman Nurmagomedov●2,454Jul 202622–02,454
7Eduard Vartanyan●2,423Apr 202628–42,423
8Dustin Poirier●2,401Jul 202530–102,461
9Salahdine Parnasse●2,394Sep 202624–22,394
10Paddy Pimblett●2,388Jul 202624–42,388
11Olivier AubinMercier2,386Nov 202321–52,386
12Grant Dawson●2,384Oct 202625–3–12,392
13Bibert Tumenov●2,383Feb 202616–22,383
14Alexandr Shabliy●2,352Jun 202625–42,364
15Akbar Abdullaev●2,349Sep 202513–02,349
16Gregor Gillespie2,348May 202114–12,348
17Renato Carneiro●2,336Apr 202621–7–12,345
18Manoel Sousa●2,333Aug 202615–12,333
19Natan Schulte●2,328Aug 202626–6–12,346
20Abdisalam Kubanychbek●2,328Aug 202522–22,328
21Dmitry Klimov●2,327Jul 20265–02,327
22Gadzhi Rabadanov●2,327Aug 202628–5–12,348
23Roberto Satoshi de Souza●2,326Sep 202621–42,373
24Sidney Outlaw●2,324Aug 202623–62,324
25Damir Ismagulov●2,307May 202526–32,332
26Axel Sola●2,306Sep 202613–1–12,306
27Amru Magomedov●2,305Jul 202610–02,305
28Archie Colgan●2,305Jul 202613–12,337
29Yusuf Raisov2,304Feb 202522–32,304
30Mauricio Ruffy●2,303Sep 202614–32,330
31Jakub Kaszuba●2,298Mar 202616–02,298
32Diego Ferreira●2,298Aug 202620–72,381
33Rafael Fiziev●2,296Jun 202614–52,331
34Tofiq Musayev●2,294Aug 202624–62,294
35TJ Grant2,290May 201321–52,290
36Paul Hughes●2,288Oct 202514–32,311
37Raul Tutarauli●2,287May 202638–82,287
38Andrey Goncharov●2,283Apr 202618–42,283
39Beneil Dariush●2,283May 202623–8–12,397
40Salamat Isbulaev●2,283Jun 202610–12,301
41Ali Bagov●2,280Feb 202635–132,314
42LomAli Eskiev●2,277Feb 202624–72,277
43Ali Abdulkhalikov●2,276May 202617–42,286
44Mairbek Taisumov2,276Sep 201927–62,304
45Paul Felder2,272Nov 202017–62,288
46Islam Mamedov2,270Nov 202323–3–12,312
47Vladyslav Rudniev●2,269May 202613–02,269
48Mason Jones●2,268Aug 202618–32,320
49Michael Chandler●2,267Jun 202623–112,412
50Mateusz Rebecki●2,266Aug 202621–52,378
51Alexander Hernandez●2,261Oct 202619–92,261
52Rashid Magomedov●2,259Oct 202526–6–12,313
53Daud Shaikhaev●2,259Jan 202619–5–12,259
54Ivan Buchinger●2,259Oct 202546–102,268
55Mansour Barnaoui●2,258Jun 202522–72,327
56Sean Sherk2,254Sep 201036–4–12,288
57Fedor Duric●2,252Sep 202610–12,252
58Kai Tang●2,252May 202620–42,252
59Jeremy Kennedy●2,251Oct 202521–72,307
60JayJay Wilson●2,250Apr 202612–22,250
61Magomed Yunusilau2,249Feb 202410–02,249
62Jim Miller●2,248May 202639–192,354
63Chris Duncan●2,248Apr 202615–32,283
64Cristian Perez●2,247Oct 202616–22,247
65Thanh Le2,244Mar 202414–42,321
66Mairon Santos●2,244Dec 202517–12,244
67Thomas Gantt●2,241Sep 202613–02,241
68Magomed Zaynukov●2,240Jul 20269–02,240
69Jalin Turner●2,239Aug 202616–92,239
70Dave Jansen2,237May 201620–42,297
71AbdulRakhman Temirov●2,236Jan 202622–82,236
72Shamil Zavurov2,234Sep 202140–7–12,273
73Shamil Gasanov●2,232May 202614–22,278
74Ali Suleymanov●2,232Oct 202616–12,232
75George Staines●2,230Jun 20268–02,230
76Marcin Held●2,229Jan 202631–112,304
77Tom Nolan●2,229Jun 202611–12,229
78Lowen Tynanes●2,229Jun 202613–22,313
79Garry Tonon●2,228Aug 20259–22,268
80Magomed Kabardiev●2,227Jul 202510–02,227
81Valentin Benishev2,226Jun 202319–02,226
82Alan Omer2,226Mar 202525–52,226
83Nurullo Aliev●2,225Oct 202612–12,246
84Zhu Rong●2,225Sep 202628–62,225
85Brent Primus●2,224Apr 202616–62,336
86Akhmed Aliev●2,223Jul 202624–102,283
87Rafa Garcia●2,222Sep 202619–52,255
88Kaue Fernandes●2,221Aug 202611–32,275
89Drakkar Klose●2,220Sep 202616–4–12,266
90Issac Hardman2,219Oct 20179–02,219
91Josh Thomson2,219Feb 201722–92,262
92Milan Zerjal2,218Dec 20147–02,218
93Sayat Abduali●2,216Sep 202610–02,216
94Soren Bak2,216May 202215–12,216
95Alexander Matmuratov●2,215Jun 202619–82,215
96Ludovit Klein●2,215Aug 202624–6–12,247
97Predrag Bogdanovic2,213Apr 202517–22,253
98Manuel Torres●2,213Jun 202617–42,251
99Shinya Aoki●2,213Sep 202648–132,400
100MarQuel Mederos●2,213Aug 202612–1–12,213

● = 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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