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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
4Brendan Allen2,425Oct 202628–72,425
5Sean Strickland2,417May 202631–72,417
6Sharabutdin Magomedov2,405Jun 202617–12,424
7Johnny Eblen2,401Jul 202618–12,401
8Anvarbek Daniyalbekov2,386May 202613–02,386
9Gregory Rodrigues2,376Aug 202620–62,376
10Abubakar Vagaev2,370Oct 202626–42,370
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
15Christian Leroy Duncan2,341Oct 202615–32,373
16Krzysztof Jotko2,339Jul 202630–62,339
17Israel Adesanya2,334Mar 202624–62,528
18Shamil Magomedov2,327Jul 202614–02,327
19Mamed Khalidov2,324Apr 202638–9–22,380
20Piotr Kuberski2,317May 202618–12,317
21Joe Pyfer2,317Mar 202616–32,317
22Damian Pinas2,312Oct 202611–02,312
23Fabian Edwards2,312Mar 202616–52,350
24Roman Kopylov2,305Oct 202616–52,316
25Abus Magomedov2,305Oct 202630–7–12,305

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 20159–82,236
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 20256–12,495
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 202415–52,416
13Rafael Lovato Jr2,429Dec 202211–02,429
14Magomedrasul Gasanov●2,428Feb 202622–22,428
15Brendan Allen●2,425Oct 20261–02,425
16Sharabutdin Magomedov●2,424Oct 202411–12,405
17Lyoto Machida2,418Feb 20146–62,295
18Sean Strickland●2,417May 202613–52,417
19Douglas Lima2,412Oct 20201–22,306
20Johnny Eblen●2,401Jul 20261–02,401
21Alex Pereira●2,399Nov 20228–12,376
22Paulo Costa●2,396Apr 202613–42,396
23Derek Brunson2,390Sep 202115–92,338
24Demian Maia2,390Feb 200910–42,294
25Nassourdine Imavov●2,387Sep 20257–12,387
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
35Abubakar Vagaev●2,370Oct 20261–02,370
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
44Fabian Edwards●2,350Aug 202516–52,312
45Pawel Pawlak●2,350Apr 202611–0–12,350
46Vladislav Kovalev●2,346Jul 20264–02,346
47Anthony Hernandez●2,346Aug 20260–12,346
48Ikram Aliskerov●2,342Jun 202618–12,342
49Christian Leroy Duncan●2,341Oct 20260–12,341
50Krzysztof Jotko●2,339Jul 202620–62,339
51Andre Muniz●2,338Jul 202217–72,185
52Baisangur Susurkaev●2,332May 202610–02,332
53Bo Nickal●2,331Jun 20269–12,331
54Rich FranklinBronze reign badge — 2+ years active at №1 Middleweight2,330Mar 200610–52,249
55Shamil Magomedov●2,327Jul 202613–02,327
56Dan Henderson2,325Jun 20165–42,304
57Tim Kennedy2,324Apr 20146–42,255
58Vyacheslav Vasilevsky●2,318Sep 201415–102,096
59Piotr Kuberski●2,317May 202618–12,317
60Joe Pyfer●2,317Mar 202614–32,317
61Roger Gracie2,317Jan 20132–12,259
62Ramazan Emeev●2,315Jan 202611–12,315
63Ibragim Magomedov●2,314Nov 202314–42,237
64Amir Sadollah2,314Jun 20088–32,156
65Paulo Filho2,313Dec 20079–6–22,074
66Damian Pinas●2,312Oct 20261–02,312
67John Salter2,312Aug 202011–32,275
68Uriah Hall2,312Apr 202110–92,259
69Giva Santana2,307Oct 20119–32,226
70Elias Theodorou2,307Dec 202116–32,307
71Adrian Bartosinski●2,305Nov 20248–12,305
72Azamat Bekoev●2,305May 202519–52,180
73Roman Kopylov●2,305Oct 20261–02,305
74Abus Magomedov●2,305Oct 20261–02,305
75Jake Shields2,304Oct 201013–02,304
76Johny Hendricks2,304Feb 20171–22,229
77Sultan Aliev2,303Feb 20135–02,297
78Magomed Ismailov2,302Dec 202211–3–12,302
79Chael Sonnen2,300Jan 20127–42,284
80Rashad Evans2,300Mar 20170–22,285
81Jarrah AlSilawi●2,299Feb 20226–12,082
82Markus Perez●2,298Sep 201710–62,116
83Kerim Engizek●2,298Oct 202514–32,233
84Scott Askham2,298Dec 201915–72,194
85Shamil Abdulaev●2,297Feb 202414–22,270
86Ruslan Shamilov●2,297Jun 202616–42,297
87Cezary Oleksiejczuk●2,296Dec 20254–02,296
88Kevin Holland●2,295Jun 202420–72,245
89Robbie Lawler2,294Sep 202112–72,294
90Darren Till2,294Nov 20196–32,212
91Mark Munoz2,291Jul 20132–42,212
92Jason Butcher2,290Sep 20137–32,056
93Anthony Rocco Martin2,290May 20221–02,290
94Chris Curtis●2,289Dec 202213–42,237
95Albert Duraev2,288Oct 20218–42,191
96Tom Breese●2,288May 20186–32,243
97James Nakashima●2,286Apr 20192–32,178
98Leo Leite2,286Nov 20164–12,213
99Rafael Carvalho●2,281Dec 201716–52,081
100Aliaskhab Khizriev2,280Mar 20222–02,280

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
8Brendan Allen●2,425Oct 202628–72,425
9Sean Strickland●2,417May 202631–72,417
10Robert Whittaker●2,416Jul 202627–92,429
11Sharabutdin Magomedov●2,405Jun 202617–12,424
12Johnny Eblen●2,401Jul 202618–12,401
13Paulo Costa●2,396Apr 202616–42,396
14Nassourdine Imavov●2,387Sep 202517–42,387
15Anvarbek Daniyalbekov●2,386May 202613–02,386
16Gregory Rodrigues●2,376Aug 202620–62,376
17Caio Borralho●2,375Mar 202618–22,375
18Abubakar Vagaev●2,370Oct 202626–42,370
19Costello van Steenis●2,357Mar 202617–32,357
20Vladimir Mineev2,353Oct 202116–1–12,353
21Pawel Pawlak●2,350Apr 202626–4–12,350
22Vladislav Kovalev●2,346Jul 20266–12,346
23Anthony Hernandez●2,346Aug 202615–42,419
24Ikram Aliskerov●2,342Jun 202618–22,342
25Christian Leroy Duncan●2,341Oct 202615–32,373
26Krzysztof Jotko●2,339Jul 202630–62,339
27Derek Brunson2,338Nov 202324–92,390
28Israel Adesanya●2,334Mar 202624–62,528
29Anatoly Tokov2,332Dec 202430–42,365
30Baisangur Susurkaev●2,332May 202612–02,332
31Bo Nickal●2,331Jun 20269–12,331
32Shamil Magomedov●2,327Jul 202614–02,327
33Michael Bisping2,325Nov 201730–92,383
34Mamed Khalidov●2,324Apr 202638–9–22,380
35Piotr Kuberski●2,317May 202618–12,317
36Joe Pyfer●2,317Mar 202616–32,317
37Ramazan Emeev●2,315Jan 202623–62,318
38Damian Pinas●2,312Oct 202611–02,312
39Fabian Edwards●2,312Mar 202616–52,350
40Ronaldo Souza2,309May 202126–102,479
41Elias Theodorou2,307Dec 202119–32,307
42Douglas Lima2,306Sep 202433–122,433
43Luke Rockhold2,305Aug 202216–62,444
44Roman Kopylov●2,305Oct 202616–52,316
45Abus Magomedov●2,305Oct 202630–7–12,305
46Dan Henderson2,304Oct 201632–152,366
47Magomed Ismailov2,302Dec 202218–3–12,315
48Ruslan Shamilov●2,297Jun 202618–52,297
49Cezary Oleksiejczuk●2,296Dec 202517–32,296
50Vitor Belfort2,295May 201826–142,381
51Lyoto Machida2,295May 202226–122,463
52Anthony Rocco Martin2,290May 202218–62,317
53Aliaskhab Khizriev2,280Feb 202412–02,280
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
59Tim Kennedy2,255Dec 201618–62,324
60Louis Taylor2,250Dec 201819–4–12,250
61Anderson SilvaGOAT — 365+ cumulative days at world no.12,250Oct 202034–102,532
62Rich FranklinBronze reign badge — 2+ years active at №1 Middleweight2,249Nov 201229–72,330
63Edmen Shahbazyan●2,247Sep 202617–62,261
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
69Vicente Luque●2,238Aug 202624–13–12,358
70Ibragim Magomedov●2,237May 202614–42,314
71Chris WeidmanSilver reign badge — 3+ years active at №1 Middleweight2,236Dec 202416–82,533
72Kelvin Gastelum●2,234Apr 202620–112,379
73Kerim Engizek●2,233Jul 202624–62,298
74Joshua Silveira●2,232Aug 202615–62,266
75Johny Hendricks2,229Nov 201718–82,401
76Nick Diaz2,228Sep 202126–102,325
77Giva Santana2,226Sep 201318–32,307
78Yousri Belgaroui●2,224Sep 202611–32,224
79David Rickels2,220Apr 202322–62,241
80Gadzhimurad Abdullaev2,217Aug 20229–02,217
81Sergey Martynov2,217May 202418–52,229
82Costas Philippou2,216May 201513–52,277
83Jun Yong Park●2,215Oct 202519–72,236
84Boris Mbarga Atangana●2,215May 20269–02,215
85Khaibula Musalov●2,213Jul 20262–02,213
86Ismail Naurdiev●2,212Oct 202626–82,212
87Darren Till2,212Dec 202218–5–12,351
88Mark Munoz2,212May 201514–62,302
89Jacob Malkoun●2,211Oct 202610–32,231
90Brunno Ferreira●2,211Sep 202615–52,292
91Derek Anderson2,210Sep 202318–42,233
92Saygid Guseyn Arslanaliev2,209Feb 20259–22,263
93Eryk Anders●2,208Mar 202618–92,249
94Abdulsupyan Alikhanov2,206Nov 202113–32,233
95Hector Lombard2,203Nov 202334–9–12,396
96Norbert Novenyi Jr●2,203Mar 202610–12,203
97Bryan Battle●2,202Aug 202613–32,226
98Sergey Romanov●2,201Oct 202524–62,209
99Cosmo Alexandre2,200May 20198–12,200
100Marvin Vettori●2,200Oct 202619–11–12,332

● = 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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