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

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TOP 25 Current middleweights by ratingeligible = a bout at middleweight within 12 months

RkAthleteRatingLast fightRecordPeak
1Khamzat Chimaev2,495May 202615–12,517
2Dricus Du Plessis2,483Jul 202624–32,483
3Kamaru Usman2,446Jul 202621–52,531
4Sean Strickland2,417May 202631–72,417
5Sharabutdin Magomedov2,405Jun 202617–12,424
6Johnny Eblen2,401Jul 202618–12,401
7Brendan Allen2,396Jun 202627–72,396
8Anvarbek Daniyalbekov2,386May 202613–02,386
9Gregory Rodrigues2,376Aug 202620–62,376
10Christian Leroy Duncan2,373Jul 202615–22,373
11Costello van Steenis2,357Mar 202617–32,357
12Pawel Pawlak2,350Apr 202626–4–12,350
13Vladislav Kovalev2,346Jul 20266–12,346
14Anthony Hernandez2,346Aug 202615–42,419
15Ikram Aliskerov2,342Jun 202618–22,342
16Krzysztof Jotko2,339Jul 202630–62,339
17Israel Adesanya2,334Mar 202624–62,528
18Bo Nickal2,331Jun 20269–12,331
19Shamil Magomedov2,327Jul 202614–02,327
20Mamed Khalidov2,324Apr 202638–9–22,380
21Piotr Kuberski2,317May 202618–12,317
22Joe Pyfer2,317Mar 202616–32,317
23Edil Esengulov2,315Jul 202626–6–12,315
24Fabian Edwards2,312Mar 202616–52,350
25Ruslan Shamilov2,297Jun 202618–52,297

Anyone who fought at middleweight 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 middleweights everpeak rating reached while a member of the division

RkAthletePeakPeak dateRecordCurrent
1Gegard MousasiSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Middleweight2,546Feb 202222–62,442
2Chris WeidmanSilver reign badge — 3+ years active at №1 Middleweight2,533May 20159–72,236
3Israel Adesanya●2,528Jul 202224–62,334
4Anderson SilvaGOAT — 365+ cumulative days at world no.12,524Jul 201213–62,250
5Georges St Pierre2,524Nov 20171–02,524
6Khamzat Chimaev●2,517Aug 20257–12,495
7Dricus Du Plessis●2,483Jul 20261–02,483
8Yoel Romero●2,482Nov 20169–42,389
9Ronaldo Souza2,479Feb 201722–92,309
10Kamaru Usman●2,446Jul 20260–12,446
11Luke Rockhold2,444Dec 20159–52,305
12Robert Whittaker●2,429Jun 202414–52,391
13Rafael Lovato Jr2,429Dec 202211–02,429
14Magomedrasul Gasanov●2,428Feb 202622–22,428
15Sharabutdin Magomedov●2,424Oct 202411–12,405
16Lyoto Machida2,418Feb 20146–62,295
17Sean Strickland●2,417May 202614–52,417
18Douglas Lima2,412Oct 20201–22,306
19Johnny Eblen●2,401Jul 20261–02,401
20Alex Pereira●2,399Nov 20228–12,376
21Brendan Allen●2,396Jun 202625–72,396
22Derek Brunson2,390Sep 202115–92,338
23Demian Maia2,390Feb 200910–42,294
24Paulo Costa●2,389Aug 201912–32,348
25Nassourdine Imavov●2,387Sep 20258–12,387
26Anvarbek Daniyalbekov●2,386May 20267–02,386
27Michael Bisping2,383Oct 20168–62,325
28Vitor Belfort2,381Nov 20159–52,295
29Mamed Khalidov●2,380May 201717–6–12,324
30Abdoul Abdouraguimov●2,379Sep 20232–02,379
31Kelvin Gastelum●2,379May 201811–102,234
32Gregory Rodrigues●2,376Aug 20261–02,376
33Caio Borralho●2,375Mar 202616–12,375
34Hector Lombard2,374Dec 201212–62,203
35Christian Leroy Duncan●2,373Jul 20261–02,373
36David Branch2,369Dec 201610–52,240
37Anatoly Tokov2,365Oct 201924–42,332
38Alexander Shlemenko●2,362Jun 201732–10–12,266
39Jack Hermansson●2,361Apr 201919–102,244
40Rory MacDonald2,357Sep 20180–12,357
41Costello van Steenis●2,357Mar 202616–32,357
42Thales Leites2,354Jan 201525–92,271
43Vladimir Mineev2,353Oct 202112–1–12,353
44Roberto Soldic2,352Dec 20213–12,332
45Fabian Edwards●2,350Aug 202516–52,312
46Pawel Pawlak●2,350Apr 202611–0–12,350
47Vladislav Kovalev●2,346Jul 20264–02,346
48Anthony Hernandez●2,346Aug 20260–12,346
49Ikram Aliskerov●2,342Jun 202618–12,342
50Krzysztof Jotko●2,339Jul 202620–62,339
51Andre Muniz●2,338Jul 202217–62,185
52Marvin Vettori●2,332Mar 20239–8–12,232
53Baisangur Susurkaev●2,332May 202610–02,332
54Bo Nickal●2,331Jun 20269–12,331
55Rich FranklinBronze reign badge — 2+ years active at №1 Middleweight2,330Mar 200610–52,249
56Shamil Magomedov●2,327Jul 202613–02,327
57Dan Henderson2,325Jun 20165–42,304
58Tim Kennedy2,324Apr 20146–42,255
59Christian Lee●2,322Nov 20221–02,322
60Vyacheslav Vasilevsky●2,318Sep 201414–92,096
61Piotr Kuberski●2,317May 202618–12,317
62Roger Gracie2,317Jan 20132–12,259
63Joe Pyfer●2,317Mar 202614–32,317
64Roman Kopylov●2,316Sep 202314–52,278
65Ramazan Emeev●2,315Jan 202611–12,315
66Edil Esengulov●2,315Jul 20261–02,315
67Ibragim Magomedov●2,314Nov 202314–42,237
68Amir Sadollah2,314Jun 20088–32,156
69Paulo Filho2,313Dec 20079–6–22,074
70John Salter2,312Aug 202011–32,275
71Uriah Hall2,312Apr 202110–92,259
72Giva Santana2,307Oct 20119–32,226
73Elias Theodorou2,307Dec 202116–32,307
74Adrian Bartosinski●2,305Nov 20248–12,305
75Azamat Bekoev●2,305May 202519–52,180
76Jake Shields2,304Oct 201013–02,304
77Johny Hendricks2,304Feb 20171–22,229
78Sultan Aliev2,303Feb 20135–02,297
79Magomed Ismailov2,302Dec 202211–3–12,302
80Chael Sonnen2,300Jan 20127–42,284
81Rashad Evans2,300Mar 20170–22,285
82Jarrah AlSilawi●2,299Feb 20225–12,082
83Markus Perez●2,298Sep 201710–52,116
84Kerim Engizek●2,298Oct 202514–32,233
85Scott Askham2,298Dec 201915–72,194
86Shamil Abdulaev●2,297Feb 202414–22,270
87Ruslan Shamilov●2,297Jun 202616–42,297
88Cezary Oleksiejczuk●2,296Dec 20254–02,296
89Kevin Holland●2,295Jun 202420–72,245
90Robbie Lawler2,294Sep 202112–72,294
91Darren Till2,294Nov 20196–32,212
92Damian Pinas●2,293Jul 20269–02,293
93Brunno Ferreira●2,292Dec 202515–42,238
94Abus Magomedov●2,291Apr 202515–5–12,282
95Mark Munoz2,291Jul 20132–42,212
96Jason Butcher2,290Sep 20137–32,056
97Anthony Rocco Martin2,290May 20221–02,290
98Chris Curtis●2,289Dec 202213–42,237
99Albert Duraev2,288Oct 20218–42,191
100Tom Breese●2,288May 20186–32,243

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 middleweight

RkAthleteRatingLast fightRecordPeak
1Georges St Pierre2,524Nov 201726–22,524
2Khamzat Chimaev●2,495May 202615–12,517
3Dricus Du Plessis●2,483Jul 202624–32,483
4Kamaru Usman●2,446Jul 202621–52,531
5Gegard MousasiSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Middleweight2,442May 202349–9–22,546
6Rafael Lovato Jr2,429Dec 202211–02,429
7Magomedrasul Gasanov●2,428Feb 202623–22,428
8Sean Strickland●2,417May 202631–72,417
9Sharabutdin Magomedov●2,405Jun 202617–12,424
10Johnny Eblen●2,401Jul 202618–12,401
11Brendan Allen●2,396Jun 202627–72,396
12Nassourdine Imavov●2,387Sep 202517–42,387
13Anvarbek Daniyalbekov●2,386May 202613–02,386
14Gregory Rodrigues●2,376Aug 202620–62,376
15Caio Borralho●2,375Mar 202618–22,375
16Christian Leroy Duncan●2,373Jul 202615–22,373
17Costello van Steenis●2,357Mar 202617–32,357
18Vladimir Mineev2,353Oct 202116–1–12,353
19Pawel Pawlak●2,350Apr 202626–4–12,350
20Vladislav Kovalev●2,346Jul 20266–12,346
21Anthony Hernandez●2,346Aug 202615–42,419
22Ikram Aliskerov●2,342Jun 202618–22,342
23Krzysztof Jotko●2,339Jul 202630–62,339
24Derek Brunson2,338Nov 202324–92,390
25Israel Adesanya●2,334Mar 202624–62,528
26Anatoly Tokov2,332Dec 202430–42,365
27Roberto Soldic2,332Feb 202521–42,352
28Baisangur Susurkaev●2,332May 202612–02,332
29Bo Nickal●2,331Jun 20269–12,331
30Shamil Magomedov●2,327Jul 202614–02,327
31Michael Bisping2,325Nov 201730–92,383
32Mamed Khalidov●2,324Apr 202638–9–22,380
33Piotr Kuberski●2,317May 202618–12,317
34Joe Pyfer●2,317Mar 202616–32,317
35Ramazan Emeev●2,315Jan 202623–62,318
36Edil Esengulov●2,315Jul 202626–6–12,315
37Fabian Edwards●2,312Mar 202616–52,350
38Ronaldo Souza2,309May 202126–102,479
39Elias Theodorou2,307Dec 202119–32,307
40Douglas Lima2,306Sep 202433–122,433
41Luke Rockhold2,305Aug 202216–62,444
42Dan Henderson2,304Oct 201632–152,366
43Magomed Ismailov2,302Dec 202218–3–12,315
44Ruslan Shamilov●2,297Jun 202618–52,297
45Cezary Oleksiejczuk●2,296Dec 202517–32,296
46Vitor Belfort2,295May 201826–142,381
47Lyoto Machida2,295May 202226–122,463
48Damian Pinas●2,293Jul 202610–02,293
49Anthony Rocco Martin2,290May 202218–62,317
50Jared Cannonier●2,283Jul 202618–102,364
51Abus Magomedov●2,282Jun 202629–7–12,291
52Aliaskhab Khizriev2,280Feb 202412–02,280
53Roman Kopylov●2,278May 202615–52,316
54John Salter2,275Mar 202319–62,312
55Thales Leites2,271Sep 201828–92,354
56Impa Kasanganay●2,267Jul 202620–72,312
57Alexander Shlemenko●2,266Jun 202668–17–12,362
58Uriah Hall2,259Jul 202217–112,312
59Sharaf Davlatmurodov●2,259Aug 202521–5–12,259
60Tim Kennedy2,255Dec 201618–62,324
61Louis Taylor2,250Dec 201819–4–12,250
62Anderson SilvaGOAT — 365+ cumulative days at world no.12,250Oct 202034–102,532
63Rich FranklinBronze reign badge — 2+ years active at №1 Middleweight2,249Nov 201229–72,330
64Virgil Augen●2,245Jan 20269–02,245
65Jack Hermansson●2,244Nov 202524–102,361
66Aaron Jeffery●2,244Aug 202617–62,244
67Mikhail Ragozin●2,243Jul 202625–72,276
68David Branch2,240Dec 201922–72,369
69Brunno Ferreira●2,238Jun 202615–42,292
70Vicente Luque●2,238Aug 202624–13–12,358
71Ibragim Magomedov●2,237May 202614–42,314
72Chris WeidmanSilver reign badge — 3+ years active at №1 Middleweight2,236Dec 202416–82,533
73Kelvin Gastelum●2,234Apr 202620–112,379
74Kerim Engizek●2,233Jul 202624–62,298
75Marvin Vettori●2,232Dec 202519–10–12,332
76Joshua Silveira●2,232Aug 202615–62,266
77Patrik Kincl●2,232Jul 202630–122,264
78Jacob Malkoun●2,231May 202610–22,231
79Johny Hendricks2,229Nov 201718–82,401
80Nick Diaz2,228Sep 202126–102,325
81Giva Santana2,226Sep 201318–32,307
82Yousri Belgaroui●2,224Sep 202611–32,224
83David Rickels2,220Apr 202322–62,241
84Kyle Daukaus●2,219Jun 202617–52,250
85Edmen Shahbazyan●2,218Jun 202616–62,261
86Gadzhimurad Abdullaev2,217Aug 20229–02,217
87Sergey Martynov2,217May 202418–52,229
88Costas Philippou2,216May 201513–52,277
89Jun Yong Park●2,215Oct 202519–72,236
90Boris Mbarga Atangana●2,215May 20269–02,215
91AbdulRahman Dzhanaev●2,215Jul 202620–62,251
92Khaibula Musalov●2,214Jul 20262–02,214
93Darren Till2,212Dec 202218–5–12,351
94Mark Munoz2,212May 201514–62,302
95Derek Anderson2,210Sep 202318–42,233
96Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev2,209Feb 20259–22,263
97Eryk Anders●2,208Mar 202618–92,249
98Abdulsupyan Alikhanov2,206Nov 202113–32,233
99Hector Lombard2,203Nov 202334–9–12,396
100Norbert Novenyi Jr●2,203Mar 202610–12,203

● = 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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