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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.

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

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
4Magomedrasul Gasanov2,428Feb 202623–22,428
5Sean Strickland2,417May 202631–72,417
6Sharabutdin Magomedov2,405Jun 202617–12,424
7Johnny Eblen2,401Jul 202618–12,401
8Brendan Allen2,396Jun 202627–72,396
9Nassourdine Imavov2,387Sep 202517–42,387
10Anvarbek Daniyalbekov2,386May 202613–02,386
11Anthony Hernandez2,377Feb 202615–32,419
12Caio Borralho2,375Mar 202618–22,375
13Christian Leroy Duncan2,373Jul 202615–22,373
14Costello van Steenis2,357Mar 202617–32,357
15Reinier de Ridder2,357Mar 202621–42,427
16Pawel Pawlak2,350Apr 202626–4–12,350
17Gregory Rodrigues2,348Mar 202619–62,348
18Vladislav Kovalev2,346Jul 20266–12,346
19Ikram Aliskerov2,342Jun 202618–22,342
20Krzysztof Jotko2,339Jul 202630–62,339
21Israel Adesanya2,334Mar 202624–62,528
22Baisangur Susurkaev2,332May 202612–02,332
23Bo Nickal2,331Jun 20269–12,331
24Shamil Magomedov2,327Jul 202614–02,327
25Mamed Khalidov2,324Apr 202638–9–22,380

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 202224–52,334
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 201722–82,309
10Michael Page●2,449Mar 20264–02,449
11Kamaru Usman●2,446Jul 20260–12,446
12Luke Rockhold2,444Dec 20159–42,305
13Robert Whittaker●2,429Jun 202414–52,391
14Rafael Lovato Jr2,429Dec 202211–02,429
15Magomedrasul Gasanov●2,428Feb 202622–22,428
16Reinier de Ridder●2,427Jul 20258–22,357
17Sharabutdin Magomedov●2,424Oct 202411–12,405
18Anthony Hernandez●2,419Aug 202515–32,377
19Lyoto Machida2,418Feb 20146–62,295
20Sean Strickland●2,417May 202614–52,417
21Douglas Lima2,412Oct 20201–22,306
22Johnny Eblen●2,401Jul 20261–02,401
23Alex Pereira●2,399Nov 20227–12,355
24Brendan Allen●2,396Jun 202625–72,396
25Derek Brunson2,390Sep 202115–92,338
26Demian Maia2,390Feb 200910–42,294
27Paulo Costa●2,389Aug 201912–32,348
28Nassourdine Imavov●2,387Sep 202510–12,387
29Anvarbek Daniyalbekov●2,386May 20267–02,386
30Michael Bisping2,383Oct 20168–62,325
31Vitor Belfort2,381Nov 20159–52,295
32Mamed Khalidov●2,380May 201717–6–12,324
33Abdoul Abdouraguimov●2,379Sep 20232–02,379
34Kelvin Gastelum●2,379May 201810–82,234
35Caio Borralho●2,375Mar 202616–12,375
36Hector Lombard2,374Dec 201212–62,203
37Christian Leroy Duncan●2,373Jul 20261–02,373
38David Branch2,369Dec 201610–52,240
39Anatoly Tokov2,365Oct 201924–42,332
40Alexander Shlemenko●2,361Jun 201732–10–12,266
41Jack Hermansson●2,361Apr 201919–92,280
42Rory MacDonald2,357Sep 20180–12,357
43Costello van Steenis●2,357Mar 202616–32,357
44Roman Dolidze●2,356Mar 20256–52,298
45Thales Leites2,354Jan 201525–92,271
46Vladimir Mineev2,353Oct 202112–1–12,353
47Roberto Soldic●2,352Dec 20213–12,332
48Fabian Edwards●2,350Aug 202516–52,312
49Pawel Pawlak●2,350Apr 202611–0–12,350
50Gregory Rodrigues●2,348Mar 202619–62,348
51Vladislav Kovalev●2,346Jul 20264–02,346
52Ikram Aliskerov●2,342Jun 202618–12,342
53Krzysztof Jotko●2,339Jul 202620–62,339
54Andre Muniz●2,338Jul 202217–62,185
55Marvin Vettori●2,332Mar 20239–8–12,232
56Baisangur Susurkaev●2,332May 202610–02,332
57Bo Nickal●2,331Jun 20269–12,331
58Rich FranklinBronze reign badge — 2+ years active at №1 Middleweight2,330Mar 200610–52,249
59Shamil Magomedov●2,327Jul 202613–02,327
60Dan Henderson2,325Jun 20165–42,304
61Tim Kennedy2,324Apr 20146–42,255
62Christian Lee●2,322Nov 20221–02,322
63Vyacheslav Vasilevsky●2,318Sep 201414–92,096
64Piotr Kuberski●2,317May 202618–12,317
65Roger Gracie2,317Jan 20132–12,259
66Joe Pyfer●2,317Mar 202614–32,317
67Roman Kopylov●2,316Sep 202314–52,278
68Ramazan Emeev●2,315Jan 202611–12,315
69Edil Esengulov●2,315Jul 20261–02,315
70Amir Sadollah2,314Jun 20088–32,156
71Ibragim Magomedov●2,314Nov 202314–42,237
72Paulo Filho2,313Dec 20079–6–22,074
73John Salter2,312Aug 202011–32,275
74Uriah Hall2,312Apr 202110–92,259
75Giva Santana2,307Oct 20119–32,226
76Elias Theodorou2,307Dec 202116–32,307
77Adrian Bartosinski●2,305Nov 20248–12,305
78Azamat Bekoev●2,305May 202519–52,180
79Jake Shields2,304Oct 201013–02,304
80Johny Hendricks2,304Feb 20171–22,229
81Sultan Aliev2,303Feb 20135–02,297
82Magomed Ismailov2,302Dec 202211–3–12,302
83Chael Sonnen2,300Jan 20127–42,284
84Rashad Evans2,300Mar 20170–22,285
85Jarrah AlSilawi●2,299Feb 20225–12,082
86Artem Frolov●2,298Jun 202419–72,293
87Markus Perez●2,298Sep 201710–52,116
88Kerim Engizek●2,298Oct 202514–32,233
89Scott Askham2,298Dec 201915–72,194
90Shamil Abdulaev●2,297Feb 202414–22,270
91Ruslan Shamilov●2,297Jun 202616–42,297
92Cezary Oleksiejczuk●2,296Dec 20254–02,296
93Kevin Holland●2,295Jun 202420–72,245
94Robbie Lawler2,294Sep 202112–72,294
95Darren Till2,294Nov 20196–32,212
96Damian Pinas●2,293Jul 20269–02,293
97Brunno Ferreira●2,292Dec 202515–42,238
98Abus Magomedov●2,291Apr 202515–5–12,282
99Mark Munoz2,291Jul 20132–42,212
100Jason Butcher2,290Sep 20137–32,056

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
4Michael Page●2,449Mar 202625–32,449
5Kamaru Usman●2,446Jul 202621–52,531
6Gegard MousasiSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Middleweight2,442May 202349–9–22,546
7Rafael Lovato Jr2,429Dec 202211–02,429
8Magomedrasul Gasanov●2,428Feb 202623–22,428
9Sean Strickland●2,417May 202631–72,417
10Sharabutdin Magomedov●2,405Jun 202617–12,424
11Johnny Eblen●2,401Jul 202618–12,401
12Brendan Allen●2,396Jun 202627–72,396
13Nassourdine Imavov●2,387Sep 202517–42,387
14Anvarbek Daniyalbekov●2,386May 202613–02,386
15Anthony Hernandez●2,377Feb 202615–32,419
16Caio Borralho●2,375Mar 202618–22,375
17Christian Leroy Duncan●2,373Jul 202615–22,373
18Costello van Steenis●2,357Mar 202617–32,357
19Reinier de Ridder●2,357Mar 202621–42,427
20Vladimir Mineev2,353Oct 202116–1–12,353
21Pawel Pawlak●2,350Apr 202626–4–12,350
22Gregory Rodrigues●2,348Mar 202619–62,348
23Vladislav Kovalev●2,346Jul 20266–12,346
24Ikram Aliskerov●2,342Jun 202618–22,342
25Krzysztof Jotko●2,339Jul 202630–62,339
26Derek Brunson2,338Nov 202324–92,390
27Israel Adesanya●2,334Mar 202624–62,528
28Anatoly Tokov2,332Dec 202430–42,365
29Roberto Soldic●2,332Feb 202521–42,352
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 202623–62,317
38Edil Esengulov●2,315Jul 202626–6–12,315
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
44Dan Henderson2,304Oct 201632–152,366
45Magomed Ismailov2,302Dec 202218–3–12,315
46Roman Dolidze●2,298Mar 202615–52,356
47Ruslan Shamilov●2,297Jun 202618–52,297
48Cezary Oleksiejczuk●2,296Dec 202517–32,296
49Vitor Belfort2,295May 201826–142,381
50Lyoto Machida2,295May 202226–122,463
51Damian Pinas●2,293Jul 202610–02,293
52Artem Frolov●2,293Jun 202621–72,298
53Anthony Rocco Martin2,290May 202218–62,317
54Jared Cannonier●2,283Jul 202618–102,364
55Abus Magomedov●2,282Jun 202629–7–12,291
56Aliaskhab Khizriev2,280Feb 202412–02,280
57Vicente Luque●2,279Apr 202624–12–12,358
58Roman Kopylov●2,278May 202615–52,316
59John Salter2,275Mar 202319–62,312
60Thales Leites2,271Sep 201828–92,354
61Impa Kasanganay●2,267Jul 202620–72,313
62Makhmud Muradov●2,266Jun 202529–82,266
63Alexander Shlemenko●2,266Jun 202668–17–12,361
64Joshua Silveira●2,263Aug 202515–52,266
65Uriah Hall2,259Jul 202217–112,312
66Sharaf Davlatmurodov●2,259Aug 202521–5–12,259
67Tim Kennedy2,255Dec 201618–62,324
68Louis Taylor2,250Dec 201819–4–12,250
69Anderson SilvaGOAT — 365+ cumulative days at world no.12,250Oct 202034–102,532
70Rich FranklinBronze reign badge — 2+ years active at №1 Middleweight2,249Nov 201229–72,330
71Virgil Augen●2,245Jan 20269–02,245
72Nursulton Ruziboev●2,244Jun 202637–9–22,244
73Mikhail Ragozin●2,243Jul 202625–72,276
74David Branch2,240Dec 201922–72,369
75Brunno Ferreira●2,238Jun 202615–42,292
76Ibragim Magomedov●2,237May 202614–42,314
77Chris WeidmanSilver reign badge — 3+ years active at №1 Middleweight2,236Dec 202416–82,533
78Kelvin Gastelum●2,234Apr 202620–112,379
79Kerim Engizek●2,233Jul 202624–62,298
80Marvin Vettori●2,232Dec 202519–10–12,332
81Patrik Kincl●2,232Jul 202630–122,264
82Jacob Malkoun●2,231May 202610–22,231
83Johny Hendricks2,229Nov 201718–82,401
84Nick Diaz2,228Sep 202126–102,325
85Giva Santana2,226Sep 201318–32,307
86David Rickels2,220Apr 202322–62,241
87Kyle Daukaus●2,219Jun 202617–52,250
88Edmen Shahbazyan●2,218Jun 202616–62,261
89Gadzhimurad Abdullaev2,217Aug 20229–02,217
90Sergey Martynov2,217May 202418–52,229
91Costas Philippou2,216May 201513–52,277
92Jun Yong Park●2,215Oct 202519–72,236
93Boris Mbarga Atangana●2,215May 20269–02,215
94Abdul-Rahman Dzhanaev●2,215Jul 202620–62,251
95Khaibula Musalov●2,214Jul 20262–02,214
96Aaron Jeffery●2,212Jun 202516–62,221
97Darren Till2,212Dec 202218–5–12,351
98Mark Munoz2,212May 201514–62,302
99Shamil Ramazanov●2,211Oct 202511–02,211
100Derek Anderson2,210Sep 202318–42,233

● = 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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