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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.

run 20260801T134400Z-49696e25 · board as of Jul 31, 2026 ·how these numbers are computed

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
6Arman Tsarukyan2,435Nov 202523–32,435
7Eduard Vartanyan2,423Apr 202628–42,423
8Mateusz Gamrot2,420Apr 202626–42,446
9Paddy Pimblett2,388Jul 202624–42,388
10Bibert Tumenov2,383Feb 202616–22,383
11Salahdine Parnasse2,372May 202623–22,372
12Grant Dawson2,368May 202624–3–12,392
13Benoit St Denis2,367Jul 202617–42,406
14Alexandr Shabliy2,352Jun 202625–42,364
15Renato Carneiro2,336Apr 202621–7–12,345
16Alexander Sarnavskiy2,334Dec 202544–92,334
17Dmitry Klimov2,328Jul 20265–02,328
18Abdisalam Kubanychbek2,328Aug 202522–22,328
19Mauricio Ruffy2,327Jun 202614–22,327
20Mason Jones2,320Mar 202618–22,320
21Gadzhi Rabadanov2,319May 202627–5–12,349
22Roberto Satoshi de Souza2,313Dec 202520–42,373
23Manoel Sousa2,312Mar 202614–12,312
24Natan Schulte2,308Mar 202625–6–12,346
25Amru Magomedov2,305Jul 202610–02,305

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
1Islam MakhachevBronze reign badge — 2+ years active at №1 Lightweight●2,588Jan 202519–12,588
2Khabib NurmagomedovSilver reign badge — 3+ years active at №1 Lightweight2,534Oct 202012–02,534
3Ilia Topuria●2,534Jun 20251–12,487
4Charles Oliveira●2,516Mar 202616–42,516
5Justin GaethjeSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Lightweight●2,508Jun 202622–52,508
6Max Holloway●2,484Apr 20242–22,447
7AJ McKee●2,481Feb 20243–12,452
8Alexander Volkanovski●2,467Feb 20236–22,459
9Dustin Poirier●2,461Jul 202114–62,401
10Usman Nurmagomedov●2,454Jul 20261–02,454
11Mateusz Gamrot●2,446Jun 202225–42,420
12Tony Ferguson2,445Jun 201912–72,208
13Patricio Freire●2,437May 20191–22,379
14Arman Tsarukyan●2,435Nov 202522–32,435
15Donald CerroneSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Lightweight2,424May 201521–92,334
16Michael Chandler●2,412Jan 202118–112,267
17Benoit St Denis●2,406Jan 20269–32,367
18Frankie EdgarBronze reign badge — 2+ years active at №1 Lightweight2,405Oct 20113–2–12,357
19Eduard Vartanyan●2,401Aug 202515–32,401
20AbdulAziz Abdulvakhabov●2,401Jul 202515–12,401
21Beneil Dariush●2,397Oct 202220–8–12,283
22Grant Dawson●2,392Jan 202514–3–12,368
23Shinya AokiSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Lightweight●2,392May 201524–52,323
24Eddie Alvarez2,389Dec 201714–42,351
25Paddy Pimblett●2,388Jul 202611–22,388
26Olivier AubinMercier2,386Nov 202320–42,386
27Rafael dos Anjos2,385Dec 201512–52,277
28Bibert Tumenov●2,383Feb 20263–02,383
29Diego Ferreira●2,381Jan 202013–72,282
30Benson HendersonSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Lightweight●2,381Apr 201323–92,245
31Mateusz Rebecki●2,378Nov 202319–52,250
32Roberto Satoshi de Souza●2,373Sep 202513–42,313
33Salahdine Parnasse●2,372May 20267–02,372
34Conor McGregor●2,365Nov 20164–32,311
35Alexandr Shabliy●2,364Nov 202321–32,352
36Anthony Pettis2,364Dec 20149–112,172
37Joel Alvarez●2,363Dec 202420–32,363
38Kevin Lee●2,355Jun 201717–62,220
39Gilbert Melendez2,354Oct 201320–62,272
40BJ PennSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Lightweight2,352Dec 20096–42,094
41Akbar Abdullaev●2,349Sep 20256–02,349
42Gadzhi Rabadanov●2,349Jun 202524–52,319
43Gregor Gillespie2,348May 202114–12,348
44Jim Miller●2,347Apr 201417–162,248
45Marat Gafurov2,346May 20165–02,262
46Natan Schulte●2,346Jun 202323–4–12,308
47Shavkat Rakhmonov2,346Oct 20202–02,346
48Renato Carneiro●2,345Sep 20248–42,336
49Will Brooks2,345Jul 201618–5–12,271
50Brent Primus●2,336Aug 202414–62,224
51Damir Ismagulov●2,332May 202125–32,307
52Leonardo Santos2,332Jul 20208–3–12,187
53Alexander Sarnavskiy●2,332Nov 201422–92,305
54Gray Maynard2,331Jan 20111–6–12,086
55Ronys Torres●2,331Nov 201712–42,203
56Rafael Fiziev●2,331Mar 202314–52,296
57Patricky Freire●2,329Dec 201918–152,148
58Dmitry Klimov●2,328Jul 20265–02,328
59Abdisalam Kubanychbek●2,328Aug 202518–12,328
60Mansour Barnaoui●2,328Oct 202216–62,258
61Mauricio Ruffy●2,327Jun 202611–22,327
62James Vick2,325Feb 201812–42,218
63Kenny Florian2,324Mar 201010–32,312
64Thanh Le2,321Mar 202211–32,244
65Myles Jury2,321Sep 201412–42,173
66Mason Jones●2,320Mar 202617–12,320
67Bagama Nikabagamaev●2,317Sep 20246–02,317
68Ali Bagov●2,314Jun 202426–92,280
69Khusein Khaliev2,314Oct 20187–12,230
70Rashid Magomedov●2,313Oct 20189–5–12,259
71Manoel Sousa●2,312Mar 202613–12,312
72Edson Barboza●2,312Mar 201710–102,187
73Islam Mamedov2,312Oct 202217–2–12,269
74Paul Hughes●2,311May 20257–22,288
75Vitor RibeiroSilver reign badge — 3+ years active at №1 Lightweight2,307Jul 200720–52,165
76Losene Keita●2,306Dec 20247–02,306
77Amru Magomedov●2,305Jul 20261–02,305
78Archie Colgan●2,305Jul 20260–12,305
79Takanori GomiBronze reign badge — 2+ years active at №1 Lightweight2,305Aug 200822–142,026
80Gilbert Burns●2,305Mar 201511–32,293
81Rustam Khabilov2,304Sep 20179–32,263
82Mairbek Taisumov2,304Sep 201811–32,276
83Yusuf Raisov●2,304Feb 20259–22,304
84Francisco Trinaldo2,304Jul 202015–62,304
85Marcin Held●2,304Apr 202120–102,229
86Salamat Isbulaev●2,301Feb 202610–02,301
87Sidney Outlaw●2,300Mar 202614–52,300
88Ottman Azaitar2,299Sep 20203–32,092
89Jakub Kaszuba●2,298Mar 202613–02,298
90Dave Jansen2,297Oct 20145–22,236
91Quillan Salkilld●2,296May 202612–12,296
92Murad Machaev2,295Sep 201611–12,257
93Martin Nguyen●2,293Aug 20198–52,125
94Lowen Tynanes●2,293Apr 201610–02,229
95Michel Prazeres●2,291Feb 20188–12,291
96Aaron Pico●2,290Feb 20242–12,290
97TJ Grant2,290May 20134–02,290
98Paul Felder2,288Sep 201916–52,272
99Sean Sherk2,288Jul 20074–22,254
100Marko Bojkovic●2,287Nov 202410–22,205

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
7Mateusz Gamrot●2,420Apr 202626–42,446
8AbdulAziz Abdulvakhabov●2,401Jul 202522–22,401
9Dustin Poirier●2,401Jul 202530–102,461
10Paddy Pimblett●2,388Jul 202624–42,388
11Olivier AubinMercier2,386Nov 202321–52,386
12Bibert Tumenov●2,383Feb 202616–22,383
13Salahdine Parnasse●2,372May 202623–22,372
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
19Renato Carneiro●2,336Apr 202621–7–12,345
20Dmitry Klimov●2,328Jul 20265–02,328
21Abdisalam Kubanychbek●2,328Aug 202522–22,328
22Mauricio Ruffy●2,327Jun 202614–22,327
23Mason Jones●2,320Mar 202618–22,320
24Gadzhi Rabadanov●2,319May 202627–5–12,349
25Roberto Satoshi de Souza●2,313Dec 202520–42,373
26Manoel Sousa●2,312Mar 202614–12,312
27Natan Schulte●2,308Mar 202625–6–12,346
28Damir Ismagulov●2,307May 202526–32,332
29Amru Magomedov●2,305Jul 202610–02,305
30Archie Colgan●2,305Jul 202613–12,337
31Yusuf Raisov●2,304Feb 202522–32,304
32Sidney Outlaw●2,300Mar 202622–62,300
33Jakub Kaszuba●2,298Mar 202616–02,298
34Quillan Salkilld●2,296May 202612–12,296
35Rafael Fiziev●2,296Jun 202614–52,331
36TJ Grant2,290May 201321–52,290
37Paul Hughes●2,288Oct 202514–32,311
38Raul Tutarauli●2,287May 202638–82,287
39Beneil Dariush●2,283May 202623–8–12,397
40Andrey Goncharov●2,283Apr 202618–42,283
41Diego Ferreira●2,282Sep 202519–72,381
42Ali Bagov●2,280Feb 202635–132,314
43LomAli Eskiev●2,277Feb 202624–72,277
44Ali Abdulkhalikov●2,276May 202617–42,286
45Mairbek Taisumov2,276Sep 201927–62,304
46Kaue Fernandes●2,275Sep 202511–22,275
47Axel Sola●2,274Jul 202612–1–12,274
48Paul Felder2,272Nov 202017–62,288
49Islam Mamedov2,269Nov 202323–3–12,312
50Vladyslav Rudniev●2,269May 202613–02,269
51Michael Chandler●2,267Jun 202623–112,412
52Drakkar Klose●2,266Aug 202516–3–12,266
53King Green●2,265Jul 202636–17–12,265
54Rashid Magomedov●2,259Oct 202526–6–12,313
55Daud Shaikhaev●2,259Jan 202619–5–12,259
56Ivan Buchinger●2,259Oct 202546–102,268
57Tofiq Musayev●2,258Mar 202623–62,274
58Mansour Barnaoui●2,258Jun 202522–72,328
59Rafa Garcia●2,255Apr 202619–42,255
60Sean Sherk2,254Sep 201036–4–12,288
61Kai Tang●2,252May 202620–42,252
62Jeremy Kennedy●2,251Oct 202521–72,307
63Mateusz Rebecki●2,250May 202620–52,378
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
68Ludovit Klein●2,247Oct 202524–5–12,247
69Nurullo Aliev●2,246Jul 202612–02,246
70Thanh Le2,244Mar 202414–42,321
71Mairon Santos●2,244Dec 202517–12,244
72Magomed Zaynukov●2,240Jul 20269–02,240
73Esteban Ribovics●2,237Apr 202615–32,264
74Herdeson Batista●2,237Jan 202622–82,267
75Dave Jansen2,236May 201620–42,297
76AbdulRakhman Temirov●2,235Jan 202622–82,235
77Shamil Zavurov2,234Sep 202140–7–12,273
78Shamil Gasanov●2,232May 202614–22,278
79George Staines●2,230Jun 20268–02,230
80Marcin Held●2,229Jan 202631–112,304
81Tom Nolan●2,229Jun 202611–12,229
82Ieuan Davies●2,229Jun 20268–02,229
83Lowen Tynanes●2,229Jun 202613–22,313
84Alexander Hernandez●2,228Apr 202618–92,256
85Garry Tonon●2,228Aug 20259–22,268
86Magomed Kabardiev●2,227Jul 202510–02,227
87Fedor Duric●2,227Feb 20269–12,227
88Alan Omer●2,226Mar 202525–52,226
89Valentin Benishev2,226Jun 202319–02,226
90Brent Primus●2,224Apr 202616–62,336
91Akhmed Aliev●2,223Jul 202624–102,282
92Kevin Lee●2,220Jun 202520–92,355
93Dan Hooker●2,220Jan 202624–142,266
94Issac Hardman2,219Oct 20179–02,219
95Josh Thomson2,219Feb 201722–92,262
96Makkasharip Zaynukov●2,218Feb 202619–42,218
97Milan Zerjal2,218Dec 20147–02,218
98Soren Bak2,216May 202215–12,216
99Alexander Matmuratov●2,215Jun 202619–82,215
100Fares Ziam●2,215Jun 202618–52,248

● = 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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