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Super Heavyweight,
by the numbers

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

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TOP 25 Current super heavyweights by ratingeligible = a bout at super heavyweight within 12 months

RkAthleteRatingLast fightRecordPeak
1Darko Stosic2,186May 202623–82,191
2Greg Hardy2,108May 20268–52,305
3Elielson Correia Serrao1,965Mar 20262–01,965
4Ji Won Kang1,952May 20268–42,143
5Alboury Domou Deke Bi1,944Jun 20262–01,944
6Jun Hyeop Sung1,812May 20262–11,885
7Seok Joo Han1,810May 20261–01,810
8Atsuki Okuno1,673Sep 20261–01,673
9Anderson Silva1,648Jun 20263–41,879
10Yoon Jae Shim1,627May 20266–81,816
11Jae Hyeok Heo1,620Mar 20264–51,695
12Vinicios da Silva Machado1,543Mar 20262–31,763
13Dong Wan Go1,487Feb 20261–11,717
14Kai Oya1,374Sep 20260–21,424
15Hyun Woo Sung1,348Nov 20250–21,437
16Nam Shin Kim1,324Dec 20250–11,324

Anyone who fought at super heavyweight 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 super heavyweights everpeak rating reached while a member of the division

RkAthletePeakPeak dateRecordCurrent
1Chris Barnett●2,243Sep 20147–32,032
2Satoshi Ishii2,205Jul 20135–02,205
3Gilbert YvelSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Super Heavyweight2,198May 20181–02,198
4Denis Smoldarev●2,198Jul 20161–02,198
5Leonardo Limberger2,188Sep 20181–02,188
6Darko Stosic●2,186May 20261–02,186
7Tim Sylvia2,176Dec 20120–12,176
8Pouya Rahmani●2,170Sep 20241–02,170
9Aleksander Emelianenko2,161Jan 20140–12,161
10Jorge GonzalezSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Super Heavyweight2,152Jun 20122–02,152
11SialaMou Siliga2,152Jul 20175–22,110
12Paul Buentello2,149May 20161–12,119
13Salimgerey Rasulov●2,133Sep 20240–22,104
14Alex Nicholson●2,118Oct 20171–02,118
15Dmitriy Sosnovskiy2,118Jan 20143–02,118
16Greg Hardy●2,108May 20260–12,108
17Sean McCorkle2,103Mar 20122–21,909
18Tony Lopez●2,087Jun 20171–12,087
19Ronny Markes●2,084Feb 20171–02,084
20Brett Martin●2,083Oct 20253–02,083
21Alexandru Lungu2,068Dec 20128–31,965
22Tsuyoshi Kosaka2,068Dec 20151–02,068
23Kenny Garner2,067Jul 20160–12,067
24Juan Espino2,061Oct 20171–02,061
25Dave Huckaba2,050Dec 20141–02,050
26Mariusz Pudzianowski2,047Oct 20214–12,047
27Dillon Cleckler2,045Sep 20141–02,045
28Travis Wiuff2,041Apr 20191–02,041
29Hyun Man Myung2,041Aug 20173–12,041
30Brett Murphy2,030Jan 20131–12,000
31Nick Rossborough2,029Nov 20161–02,029
32Admir Bogucanin2,028Mar 20172–02,028
33Roy Boughton2,027Apr 20161–02,027
34Geronimo dos Santos2,024Dec 20201–02,024
35Gheorghe Ignat2,022Jun 20122–02,022
36Juan Adams2,003May 20211–02,003
37Szymon Bajor●2,003Aug 20171–02,003
38Oli Thompson●2,003May 20181–02,003
39Lee Beane2,003Jun 20121–02,003
40Kora Maea2,002Mar 20172–11,819
41Fabricio Jonas da Silva Martins●1,998Sep 20180–11,998
42Karl Etherington1,994Sep 20121–01,994
43Dakota Palmer1,991May 20152–01,991
44Mu Bae Choi1,991Dec 20150–11,991
45Tyler King1,982Feb 20131–01,982
46Carl Seumanutafa1,978Feb 20131–01,978
47Chaz Morgan1,978May 20143–01,978
48Tilek Zheenbekov1,975Jan 20152–01,924
49William Richey1,975Jan 20131–01,975
50Justin Frazier●1,967Dec 20171–01,967
51Elielson Correia Serrao●1,965Mar 20261–01,965
52Josue Lugo1,955Apr 20190–11,955
53James Thompson1,954Dec 20150–11,954
54Chris Lokteff1,954May 20131–01,954
55Dale Sopi1,953Nov 20160–11,953
56Pawel Nastula1,952Dec 20140–11,952
57Ji Won Kang●1,952May 20261–01,952
58Eddie Lewis1,951Feb 20131–01,951
59Jesse Hernandez1,951Dec 20161–01,951
60Brian Heden1,948Jan 20131–11,948
61Alboury Domou Deke Bi●1,944Jun 20261–01,944
62Iago Costa●1,941Jul 20211–01,941
63Lolohea Mahe1,937Jun 20173–01,937
64Eric Prindle1,937May 20161–21,927
65Cristian Torres●1,935Jul 20131–01,935
66Myung Hwan Kim●1,926Oct 20233–01,926
67Kelvin FitialBronze reign badge — 2+ years active at №1 Super Heavyweight1,926Jun 201110–4–11,926
68Alexander Stolyarov1,924Aug 20170–11,924
69Dustin Clements1,922Aug 20162–11,767
70Rudy Schaffroth1,921Aug 20171–01,921
71Akhmed Sultanov1,920Nov 20111–01,920
72Shawn Teed1,919Aug 20190–0–11,919
73Yusup Shuaev1,918Feb 20211–01,918
74Josh Parisian●1,914Oct 20192–01,914
75Denis Gorniak●1,912Sep 20231–01,912
76Muslim Makhmudov1,911May 20201–01,911
77Phillip Pease1,910Apr 20132–01,910
78Joe Kielur1,909Jul 20142–01,909
79Enrique Lara1,909Jul 20151–01,909
80Sebastian Nowak1,908Mar 20241–01,908
81Hideki Sekine1,901Apr 20222–21,830
82Goran Zeljezic1,895May 20132–11,692
83Kevin Ray Sears Jr.1,894Dec 20161–01,894
84Douglas Humberto Queiroz Silva1,893Jun 20191–01,893
85Tipo Lafaele1,890Jun 20170–21,783
86Maxim Novoselov●1,889Apr 20172–01,889
87Lajos Papp●1,889Oct 20231–01,889
88Wilian Roberto Alves1,888Oct 20211–01,888
89Serigne Ousmane Dia1,887Oct 20234–11,887
90Demoreo Dennis●1,886Feb 20140–31,886
91Brandon Sayles1,886Feb 20171–01,886
92Jun Hyeop Sung●1,885Jun 20252–11,812
93Marko Vrcic1,884Jun 20121–01,884
94Jon Hill1,882Sep 20140–11,882
95Rob Mitchell1,880Nov 20153–01,880
96Sasa Milinkovic1,877Nov 20132–01,877
97John Hernholm1,877Jan 20192–01,877
98Keigo TakamoriBronze reign badge — 2+ years active at №1 Super Heavyweight1,876Sep 20045–51,741
99Aorigele1,875May 20197–11,875
100Amiran Severnii1,871May 20181–01,871

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 super heavyweight

RkAthleteRatingLast fightRecordPeak
1Gilbert YvelSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Super Heavyweight2,198May 201840–13–12,198
2Darko Stosic●2,186May 202623–82,191
3Paul Buentello2,119Jul 201634–172,149
4SialaMou Siliga2,110May 201812–62,168
5Greg Hardy●2,108May 20268–52,305
6Salimgerey Rasulov●2,104Aug 202524–122,226
7Brett Martin●2,083Oct 202511–12,083
8Hyun Man Myung2,041Aug 20175–32,041
9Lee Beane2,003Jun 20129–22,013
10Dakota Palmer1,991May 20155–01,991
11Elielson Correia Serrao●1,965Mar 20262–01,965
12Josue Lugo1,955Apr 20198–42,037
13Pawel Nastula1,952Dec 20145–62,052
14Ji Won Kang●1,952May 20268–42,143
15Alboury Domou Deke Bi●1,944Jun 20262–01,944
16Lolohea Mahe1,937Jun 201710–4–11,973
17Eric Prindle1,927Sep 201812–82,121
18Phillip Pease1,910Apr 20133–01,910
19Sean McCorkle1,909Sep 201417–72,111
20Douglas Humberto Queiroz Silva1,893Jun 201912–81,919
21Serigne Ousmane Dia1,887Oct 20235–11,887
22Marko Vrcic1,884Jun 20122–01,884
23John Hernholm1,877Jan 20193–01,877
24Aorigele1,875May 20198–31,875
25Grayson Janis1,843Apr 20161–01,843
26Dave Bautista1,835Oct 20121–01,835
27Anatoliy Pupkov1,823Apr 20214–11,911
28Yordany Hernandez Figueroa1,820May 20142–11,820
29Irman Smajic1,820Dec 20234–11,901
30Kora Maea1,819Nov 20173–12,002
31Jun Hyeop Sung●1,812May 20262–11,885
32Seok Joo Han●1,810May 20261–01,810
33Wes Anderson1,810Aug 20153–11,810
34Mac Papalii●1,809Apr 20262–01,809
35Adenilson Clementino1,805Dec 20166–51,836
36Jeremy Hardy1,800May 20216–51,968
37Xiaolong Deng1,798May 20187–51,851
38Shinichi Suzukawa1,798Dec 20152–41,828
39Chinto Mordillo1,794Nov 20164–21,794
40Zeljko Martinovic1,794Dec 20131–01,794
41Robert Duke1,791Feb 20201–01,791
42Ryan McGowan1,787Nov 20196–31,872
43Phillip Garreau1,787Dec 20161–01,787
44Miles Dakota Merritt1,784Nov 20163–31,784
45Savio Gomes1,784Dec 20172–01,784
46Tipo Lafaele1,783Aug 20172–21,940
47Noriki Miyashita1,781Jul 20052–21,803
48Piotr Piechowiak1,780Mar 20243–11,901
49Jun Ishii1,776Feb 20058–61,968
50Raymond Lopez1,774Jun 20174–21,890
51Nicholas Brashear1,772Aug 20181–01,772
52Sanjack Ji1,771Mar 20153–11,771
53Hong Man Choi1,770Sep 20164–51,878
54Nikolajs Mihels1,769Nov 20161–01,769
55John Lopez1,769Oct 20152–01,769
56Steven Banks1,767Dec 20126–81,941
57Raoul Romero1,767Dec 20113–31,878
58Dustin Clements1,767Jan 20226–41,922
59Rafael Menezes1,763Aug 20151–01,763
60Johnny Brooks1,763Apr 20181–01,763
61Kevin Sheridan1,763Mar 20251–01,763
62Matt Uhde1,757Aug 20187–71,930
63Enoka Sautia1,754Jun 20214–11,875
64Jimmy Ambriz1,749Apr 201717–19–12,153
65Keigo TakamoriBronze reign badge — 2+ years active at №1 Super Heavyweight1,741Aug 20076–61,876
66Plinio Cruz1,739Jun 20198–91,823
67CJ Leveque1,738Jul 201811–111,771
68Zhenlin Hou1,734Nov 20164–21,910
69Wagner da Conceicao Martins1,729Sep 202212–122,025
70Jonathan Martin1,724Nov 20242–21,875
71Dan Hoogerhyde1,723Jun 20161–01,723
72Tapha Tine1,723Apr 20251–01,723
73Courtney Thomas1,720Jul 20153–21,877
74Marquis Johnson1,719Apr 20162–11,851
75Ryan Wyant1,717Jun 20151–01,717
76Kory Pena1,717Aug 20161–01,717
77Heath Soderstrom1,716Nov 20173–31,722
78Yusuke Kawaguchi1,710Jun 201818–131,940
79Mindaugas Mizgaitis1,704May 20181–01,704
80Joseph Woods1,701May 20151–01,701
81Alexey Bukarev1,693Dec 20241–11,857
82Goran Zeljezic1,692Nov 20133–11,895
83Leremy Johnson1,684Sep 20143–21,903
84Ludwik Avetisyan1,683Dec 20232–31,918
85Evaggelos Moumtzis1,675May 20182–11,824
86Paulo da Costa1,675Aug 20224–31,747
87Zachary Simpson1,674Nov 20161–01,674
88Atsuki Okuno●1,673Sep 20261–01,673
89Domingo Cuero III1,670Sep 20195–21,813
90Richard White1,665Aug 201616–201,971
91Jeffrey Blachly1,661Apr 20183–31,890
92Dragoljub Joksovic1,654Oct 20165–41,918
93Erfan Khorasani1,653Jan 20171–01,653
94Anderson Silva●1,648Jun 20263–41,879
95Josh Lanier1,647Sep 20179–101,787
96Eddie Castillo1,639May 20172–31,651
97Josip Ivanisic1,633May 20131–11,763
98Joe Stripling1,630Apr 20188–101,825
99Yoon Jae Shim●1,627May 20266–81,816
100Joshua Strodtbeck1,624Feb 20141–01,624

● = 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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