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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
5Usman Nurmagomedov2,454Jul 202622–02,454
6Salahdine Parnasse2,394Sep 202624–22,394
7Paddy Pimblett2,388Jul 202624–42,388
8Bibert Tumenov2,383Feb 202616–22,383
9Mateusz Gamrot2,375Aug 202626–52,446
10Grant Dawson2,368May 202624–3–12,392
11Benoit St Denis2,367Jul 202617–42,406
12Alexandr Shabliy2,352Jun 202625–42,364
13Quillan Salkilld2,347Aug 202613–12,347
14Renato Carneiro2,336Apr 202621–7–12,345
15Alexander Sarnavskiy2,334Dec 202544–92,334
16Manoel Sousa2,333Aug 202615–12,333
17Natan Schulte2,328Aug 202626–6–12,346
18Dmitry Klimov2,328Jul 20265–02,328
19Mauricio Ruffy2,327Jun 202614–22,327
20Gadzhi Rabadanov2,327Aug 202628–5–12,349
21Roberto Satoshi de Souza2,326Sep 202621–42,373
22Sidney Outlaw2,324Aug 202623–62,324
23Axel Sola2,306Sep 202613–1–12,306
24Amru Magomedov2,305Jul 202610–02,305
25Archie Colgan2,305Jul 202613–12,337

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 202012–02,534
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
6Dustin Poirier●2,461Jul 202112–62,401
7Usman Nurmagomedov●2,454Jul 20261–02,454
8Tony Ferguson2,445Jun 201912–72,208
9Patricio Freire●2,437May 20191–22,379
10Arman Tsarukyan●2,435Nov 202522–32,435
11Donald CerroneSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Lightweight2,424May 201521–92,334
12Michael Chandler●2,412Jan 202118–112,267
13Benoit St Denis●2,406Jan 20269–32,367
14Frankie EdgarBronze reign badge — 2+ years active at №1 Lightweight2,405Oct 20113–2–12,357
15Eduard Vartanyan●2,401Aug 202515–32,401
16AbdulAziz Abdulvakhabov●2,401Jul 202515–12,401
17Beneil Dariush●2,397Oct 202220–8–12,283
18Salahdine Parnasse●2,394Sep 20261–02,394
19Grant Dawson●2,392Jan 202514–3–12,368
20Eddie Alvarez2,389Dec 201714–42,351
21Paddy Pimblett●2,388Jul 202611–22,388
22Olivier AubinMercier2,386Nov 202320–42,386
23Rafael dos Anjos2,385Dec 201512–42,295
24Bibert Tumenov●2,383Feb 20263–02,383
25Benson HendersonSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Lightweight●2,381Apr 201323–92,245
26Mateusz Gamrot●2,375Aug 20260–12,375
27Conor McGregor●2,365Nov 20164–32,311
28Alexandr Shabliy●2,364Nov 202321–32,352
29Anthony Pettis2,364Dec 20149–102,172
30Kevin Lee●2,355Jun 201718–62,278
31Gilbert Melendez2,354Oct 201320–62,272
32BJ PennSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Lightweight2,352Dec 20096–42,094
33Akbar Abdullaev●2,349Sep 20256–02,349
34Gregor Gillespie2,348May 202114–12,348
35Quillan Salkilld●2,347Aug 20261–02,347
36Jim Miller●2,347Apr 201417–162,248
37Marat Gafurov2,346May 20164–02,262
38Shavkat Rakhmonov2,346Oct 20202–02,346
39Renato Carneiro●2,345Sep 20248–42,336
40Will Brooks2,345Jul 201617–5–12,271
41Brent Primus●2,336Aug 202414–62,224
42Manoel Sousa●2,333Aug 20261–02,333
43Damir Ismagulov●2,332May 202125–32,307
44Leonardo Santos2,332Jul 20208–3–12,187
45Alexander Sarnavskiy●2,332Nov 201422–92,305
46Gray Maynard2,331Jan 20111–6–12,086
47Ronys Torres●2,331Nov 201712–42,203
48Rafael Fiziev●2,331Mar 202314–52,296
49Patricky Freire●2,329Dec 201918–152,148
50Natan Schulte●2,328Aug 20261–02,328
51Dmitry Klimov●2,328Jul 20265–02,328
52Abdisalam Kubanychbek●2,327Aug 202518–12,327
53Mansour Barnaoui●2,327Oct 202216–52,258
54Mauricio Ruffy●2,327Jun 202611–22,327
55Gadzhi Rabadanov●2,327Aug 20261–02,327
56Roberto Satoshi de Souza●2,326Sep 20261–02,326
57James Vick2,325Feb 201812–42,218
58Kenny Florian2,324Mar 201010–32,312
59Sidney Outlaw●2,324Aug 20261–02,324
60Thanh Le2,321Mar 202211–32,244
61Myles Jury2,321Sep 201412–42,173
62Ali Bagov●2,314Jun 202426–92,280
63Khusein Khaliev2,314Oct 20187–12,230
64Rashid Magomedov●2,313Oct 20189–5–12,259
65Islam Mamedov2,312Oct 202217–2–12,270
66Paul Hughes●2,311May 20257–22,288
67Vitor RibeiroSilver reign badge — 3+ years active at №1 Lightweight2,307Jul 200720–52,165
68Axel Sola●2,306Sep 20261–02,306
69Amru Magomedov●2,305Jul 20261–02,305
70Archie Colgan●2,305Jul 20260–12,305
71Takanori GomiBronze reign badge — 2+ years active at №1 Lightweight2,305Aug 200822–142,026
72Gilbert Burns●2,305Mar 201511–32,293
73Rustam Khabilov2,304Sep 20179–32,263
74Mairbek Taisumov2,304Sep 201811–32,276
75Yusuf Raisov2,304Feb 20258–22,304
76Francisco Trinaldo2,304Jul 202015–72,275
77Marcin Held●2,304Apr 202120–102,229
78Salamat Isbulaev●2,301Feb 202610–12,283
79Ottman Azaitar2,299Sep 20203–32,092
80Jakub Kaszuba●2,298Mar 202613–02,298
81Diego Ferreira●2,298Aug 20261–02,298
82Dave Jansen2,297Oct 20145–22,237
83Murad Machaev2,295Sep 201612–12,282
84Tofiq Musayev●2,294Aug 20261–02,294
85Martin Nguyen2,293Aug 20198–52,125
86Lowen Tynanes●2,293Apr 201610–02,229
87Michel Prazeres●2,291Feb 20188–12,291
88Aaron Pico●2,290Feb 20242–12,290
89TJ Grant2,290May 20134–02,290
90Paul Felder2,288Sep 201916–52,272
91Sean Sherk2,288Jul 20074–22,254
92Marko Bojkovic●2,287Nov 202410–22,205
93Raul Tutarauli●2,287May 202634–72,287
94Ali Abdulkhalikov●2,286May 202414–42,276
95Andrey Goncharov●2,283Apr 20263–12,283
96Chris Duncan●2,283Dec 202514–32,248
97Akhmed Aliev●2,283May 201920–72,223
98Rick Hawn2,280May 20126–22,253
99Shamil Gasanov●2,278Aug 20257–22,232
100Roman Bogatov2,278Aug 201910–12,245

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
5Usman Nurmagomedov●2,454Jul 202622–02,454
6Arman Tsarukyan●2,435Nov 202523–32,435
7AbdulAziz Abdulvakhabov●2,401Jul 202522–22,401
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
12Bibert Tumenov●2,383Feb 202616–22,383
13Mateusz Gamrot●2,375Aug 202626–52,446
14Grant Dawson●2,368May 202624–3–12,392
15Benoit St Denis●2,367Jul 202617–42,406
16Alexandr Shabliy●2,352Jun 202625–42,364
17Akbar Abdullaev●2,349Sep 202513–02,349
18Gregor Gillespie2,348May 202114–12,348
19Quillan Salkilld●2,347Aug 202613–12,347
20Renato Carneiro●2,336Apr 202621–7–12,345
21Manoel Sousa●2,333Aug 202615–12,333
22Natan Schulte●2,328Aug 202626–6–12,346
23Dmitry Klimov●2,328Jul 20265–02,328
24Abdisalam Kubanychbek●2,327Aug 202522–22,327
25Mauricio Ruffy●2,327Jun 202614–22,327
26Gadzhi Rabadanov●2,327Aug 202628–5–12,349
27Roberto Satoshi de Souza●2,326Sep 202621–42,373
28Sidney Outlaw●2,324Aug 202623–62,324
29Damir Ismagulov●2,307May 202526–32,332
30Axel Sola●2,306Sep 202613–1–12,306
31Amru Magomedov●2,305Jul 202610–02,305
32Archie Colgan●2,305Jul 202613–12,337
33Yusuf Raisov2,304Feb 202522–32,304
34Jakub Kaszuba●2,298Mar 202616–02,298
35Diego Ferreira●2,298Aug 202620–72,381
36Rafael Fiziev●2,296Jun 202614–52,331
37Tofiq Musayev●2,294Aug 202624–62,294
38TJ Grant2,290May 201321–52,290
39Paul Hughes●2,288Oct 202514–32,311
40Raul Tutarauli●2,287May 202638–82,287
41Beneil Dariush●2,283May 202623–8–12,397
42Andrey Goncharov●2,283Apr 202618–42,283
43Salamat Isbulaev●2,283Jun 202610–12,301
44Ali Bagov●2,280Feb 202635–132,314
45LomAli Eskiev●2,277Feb 202624–72,277
46Ali Abdulkhalikov●2,276May 202617–42,286
47Mairbek Taisumov2,276Sep 201927–62,304
48Paul Felder2,272Nov 202017–62,288
49Esteban Ribovics●2,271Aug 202616–32,271
50Islam Mamedov2,270Nov 202323–3–12,312
51Vladyslav Rudniev●2,269May 202613–02,269
52Mason Jones●2,268Aug 202618–32,320
53Michael Chandler●2,267Jun 202623–112,412
54Mateusz Rebecki●2,266Aug 202621–52,378
55King Green●2,265Jul 202636–17–12,265
56Rashid Magomedov●2,259Oct 202526–6–12,313
57Daud Shaikhaev●2,259Jan 202619–5–12,259
58Ivan Buchinger●2,259Oct 202546–102,268
59Mansour Barnaoui●2,258Jun 202522–72,327
60Basir Saraliev●2,256Nov 202511–12,256
61Sean Sherk2,254Sep 201036–4–12,288
62Kai Tang●2,252May 202620–42,252
63Jeremy Kennedy●2,251Oct 202521–72,307
64JayJay Wilson●2,250Apr 202612–22,250
65Magomed Yunusilau2,249Feb 202410–02,249
66Jim Miller●2,248May 202639–192,354
67Chris Duncan●2,248Apr 202615–32,283
68Nurullo Aliev●2,246Jul 202612–02,246
69Thanh Le2,244Mar 202414–42,321
70Mairon Santos●2,244Dec 202517–12,244
71Thomas Gantt●2,241Sep 202613–02,241
72Magomed Zaynukov●2,240Jul 20269–02,240
73Jalin Turner●2,239Aug 202616–92,239
74Dave Jansen2,237May 201620–42,297
75AbdulRakhman Temirov●2,235Jan 202622–82,235
76Shamil Zavurov2,234Sep 202140–7–12,273
77Shamil Gasanov●2,232May 202614–22,278
78George Staines●2,230Jun 20268–02,230
79Marcin Held●2,229Jan 202631–112,304
80Tom Nolan●2,229Jun 202611–12,229
81Lowen Tynanes●2,229Jun 202613–22,313
82Alexander Hernandez●2,228Apr 202618–92,256
83Garry Tonon●2,228Aug 20259–22,268
84Magomed Kabardiev●2,227Jul 202510–02,227
85Fedor Duric●2,227Feb 20269–12,227
86Valentin Benishev2,226Jun 202319–02,226
87Alan Omer2,226Mar 202525–52,226
88Zhu Rong●2,225Sep 202628–62,225
89Brent Primus●2,224Apr 202616–62,336
90Akhmed Aliev●2,223Jul 202624–102,283
91Rafa Garcia●2,222Sep 202619–52,255
92Kaue Fernandes●2,221Aug 202611–32,275
93Drakkar Klose●2,220Sep 202616–4–12,266
94Issac Hardman2,219Oct 20179–02,219
95Josh Thomson2,219Feb 201722–92,262
96Milan Zerjal2,218Dec 20147–02,218
97Sayat Abduali●2,217Sep 202610–02,217
98Soren Bak2,216May 202215–12,216
99Alexander Matmuratov●2,215Jun 202619–82,215
100Ludovit Klein●2,215Aug 202624–6–12,247

● = 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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