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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
3Brett Martin2,083Oct 202511–12,083
4Elielson Correia Serrao1,965Mar 20262–01,965
5Ji Won Kang1,951May 20268–42,143
6Alboury Domou Deke Bi1,944Jun 20262–01,944
7Jun Hyeop Sung1,812May 20262–11,885
8Seok Joo Han1,810May 20261–01,810
9Odiney Costa1,726Jun 20262–01,726
10Anderson Silva1,648Jun 20263–41,879
11Yoon Jae Shim1,627May 20266–81,816
12Jae Hyeok Heo1,620Mar 20264–51,695
13Luis Cortez1,617Oct 20257–111,802
14Vinicios da Silva Machado1,543Mar 20262–31,763
15Dong Wan Go1,487Feb 20261–11,717
16Hyun Woo Sung1,348Nov 20250–21,437
17Nam Shin Kim1,324Dec 20250–11,324
18Thalys Silva1,230Jan 20260–41,368

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 Barnett2,243Sep 20147–32,032
2Evgeny Erokhin●2,217Dec 20160–12,217
3Satoshi Ishii2,205Jul 20135–02,205
4Gilbert YvelSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Super Heavyweight2,198May 20181–02,198
5Denis Smoldarev●2,198Jul 20161–02,198
6Leonardo Limberger●2,188Sep 20181–02,188
7Darko Stosic●2,186May 20261–02,186
8Tim Sylvia2,176Dec 20120–12,176
9Pouya Rahmani●2,170Sep 20241–02,170
10Aleksander Emelianenko2,161Jan 20140–12,161
11Jorge GonzalezSteel reign badge — 1+ year active at №1 Super Heavyweight2,152Jun 20122–02,152
12SialaMou Siliga2,152Jul 20175–22,110
13Paul Buentello2,149May 20161–12,119
14Salimgerey Rasulov●2,133Sep 20240–22,104
15Alex Nicholson●2,118Oct 20171–02,118
16Dmitriy Sosnovskiy2,118Jan 20143–02,118
17Greg Hardy●2,108May 20260–12,108
18Sean McCorkle2,103Mar 20122–21,909
19Geronimo dos Santos2,100Dec 20162–12,024
20Tony Lopez●2,087Jun 20171–12,087
21Ronny Markes●2,084Feb 20171–02,084
22Brett Martin●2,083Oct 20253–02,083
23Alexandru Lungu2,068Dec 20128–31,965
24Tsuyoshi Kosaka2,068Dec 20151–02,068
25Kenny Garner2,067Jul 20160–12,067
26Juan Espino2,061Oct 20171–02,061
27Dave Huckaba2,050Dec 20141–02,050
28Mariusz Pudzianowski2,047Oct 20214–12,047
29Dillon Cleckler2,045Sep 20141–02,045
30Travis Wiuff2,041Apr 20191–02,041
31Hyun Man Myung2,041Aug 20173–12,041
32Brett Murphy2,030Jan 20131–12,000
33Nick Rossborough2,029Nov 20161–02,029
34Admir Bogucanin2,028Mar 20172–02,028
35Roy Boughton2,027Apr 20161–02,027
36Hidetaka Arato●2,024Feb 20253–02,024
37Gheorghe Ignat2,022Jun 20122–02,022
38Juan Adams2,003May 20211–02,003
39Szymon Bajor●2,003Aug 20171–02,003
40Oli Thompson●2,003May 20181–02,003
41Lee Beane2,003Jun 20121–02,003
42Kora Maea2,002Mar 20172–11,819
43Fabricio Jonas da Silva Martins●1,998Sep 20180–11,998
44Karl Etherington1,994Sep 20121–01,994
45Dakota Palmer1,991May 20152–01,991
46Mu Bae Choi1,991Dec 20150–11,991
47Tyler King1,982Feb 20131–01,982
48Carl Seumanutafa1,978Feb 20131–01,978
49Chaz Morgan1,978May 20143–01,978
50Tilek Zheenbekov1,975Jan 20152–01,924
51William Richey1,975Jan 20131–01,975
52Justin Frazier●1,967Dec 20171–01,967
53Elielson Correia Serrao●1,965Mar 20261–01,965
54Josue Lugo1,955Apr 20190–11,955
55James Thompson1,954Dec 20150–11,954
56Chris Lokteff1,954May 20131–01,954
57Dale Sopi1,953Nov 20160–11,953
58Pawel Nastula1,952Dec 20140–11,952
59Ji Won Kang●1,951May 20261–01,951
60Eddie Lewis1,951Feb 20131–01,951
61Jesse Hernandez1,951Dec 20161–01,951
62Brian Heden1,948Jan 20131–11,948
63Alboury Domou Deke Bi●1,944Jun 20261–01,944
64Iago Costa●1,941Jul 20211–01,941
65Lolohea Mahe1,937Jun 20173–01,937
66Eric Prindle1,937May 20160–11,937
67Cristian Torres●1,935Jul 20131–01,935
68Myung Hwan Kim●1,926Oct 20233–01,926
69Kelvin FitialBronze reign badge — 2+ years active at №1 Super Heavyweight1,926Jun 201110–4–11,926
70Alexander Stolyarov1,924Aug 20170–11,924
71Dustin Clements1,922Aug 20162–01,812
72Rudy Schaffroth1,921Aug 20171–01,921
73Akhmed Sultanov1,920Nov 20111–01,920
74Shawn Teed1,919Aug 20190–0–11,919
75Yusup Shuaev1,918Feb 20211–01,918
76Josh Parisian●1,914Oct 20192–01,914
77Denis Gorniak●1,912Sep 20231–01,912
78Muslim Makhmudov1,911May 20201–01,911
79Phillip Pease1,910Apr 20132–01,910
80Joe Kielur1,909Jul 20142–01,909
81Enrique Lara1,909Jul 20151–01,909
82Sebastian Nowak1,908Mar 20241–01,908
83Hideki Sekine●1,901Apr 20222–21,830
84Goran Zeljezic1,895May 20132–11,692
85Kevin Ray Sears Jr.1,894Dec 20161–01,894
86Douglas Humberto Queiroz Silva1,893Jun 20191–01,893
87Tipo Lafaele1,890Jun 20170–21,783
88Maxim Novoselov●1,889Apr 20172–01,889
89Lajos Papp●1,889Oct 20231–01,889
90Wilian Roberto Alves1,888Oct 20211–01,888
91Serigne Ousmane Dia1,887Oct 20234–11,887
92Demoreo Dennis●1,886Feb 20140–31,886
93Brandon Sayles1,886Feb 20171–01,886
94Jun Hyeop Sung●1,885Jun 20252–11,812
95Marko Vrcic1,884Jun 20121–01,884
96Jon Hill1,882Sep 20140–11,882
97Rob Mitchell1,880Nov 20153–01,880
98Sasa Milinkovic1,877Nov 20132–01,877
99John Hernholm1,877Jan 20192–01,877
100Keigo TakamoriBronze reign badge — 2+ years active at №1 Super Heavyweight1,876Sep 20045–51,741

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●1,951May 20268–42,143
15Alboury Domou Deke Bi●1,944Jun 20262–01,944
16Lolohea Mahe1,937Jun 201710–4–11,973
17Phillip Pease1,910Apr 20133–01,910
18Sean McCorkle1,909Sep 201417–72,111
19Douglas Humberto Queiroz Silva1,893Jun 201912–81,919
20Serigne Ousmane Dia1,887Oct 20235–11,887
21Marko Vrcic1,884Jun 20122–01,884
22John Hernholm1,877Jan 20193–01,877
23Aorigele1,875May 20198–31,875
24Grayson Janis1,843Apr 20161–01,843
25Dave Bautista1,835Oct 20121–01,835
26Anatoliy Pupkov1,823Apr 20214–11,911
27Yordany Hernandez Figueroa1,820May 20142–11,820
28Irman Smajic1,820Dec 20234–11,901
29Kora Maea1,819Nov 20173–12,002
30Jun Hyeop Sung●1,812May 20262–11,885
31Seok Joo Han●1,810May 20261–01,810
32Wes Anderson1,810Aug 20153–11,810
33Mac Papalii●1,809Apr 20262–01,809
34Adenilson Clementino1,805Dec 20166–51,836
35Jeremy Hardy1,800May 20216–51,968
36Xiaolong Deng1,798May 20187–51,851
37Shinichi Suzukawa1,798Dec 20152–41,828
38Chinto Mordillo1,794Nov 20164–21,794
39Zeljko Martinovic1,794Dec 20131–01,794
40Robert Duke1,791Feb 20201–01,791
41Ryan McGowan1,787Nov 20196–31,872
42Phillip Garreau1,787Dec 20161–01,787
43Miles Dakota Merritt1,784Nov 20163–31,784
44Savio Gomes1,784Dec 20172–01,784
45Tipo Lafaele1,783Aug 20172–21,940
46Noriki Miyashita1,781Jul 20052–21,803
47Piotr Piechowiak1,780Mar 20243–11,901
48Jun Ishii1,776Feb 20058–61,968
49Raymond Lopez1,774Jun 20174–21,890
50Nicholas Brashear1,772Aug 20181–01,772
51Sanjack Ji1,771Mar 20153–11,771
52Hong Man Choi1,770Sep 20164–51,878
53Nikolajs Mihels1,769Nov 20161–01,769
54John Lopez1,769Oct 20152–01,769
55Steven Banks1,767Dec 20126–81,941
56Raoul Romero1,767Dec 20113–31,878
57Rafael Menezes1,763Aug 20151–01,763
58Johnny Brooks1,763Apr 20181–01,763
59Kevin Sheridan●1,763Mar 20251–01,763
60Matt Uhde1,757Aug 20187–71,930
61Enoka Sautia1,754Jun 20214–11,875
62Jimmy Ambriz1,749Apr 201717–19–12,153
63Keigo TakamoriBronze reign badge — 2+ years active at №1 Super Heavyweight1,741Aug 20076–61,876
64Plinio Cruz1,739Jun 20198–91,823
65CJ Leveque1,738Jul 201811–111,771
66Zhenlin Hou1,734Nov 20164–21,910
67Wagner da Conceicao Martins1,729Sep 202212–122,025
68Dan Hoogerhyde1,723Jun 20161–01,723
69Tapha Tine●1,723Apr 20251–01,723
70Courtney Thomas1,720Jul 20153–21,877
71Marquis Johnson1,719Apr 20162–11,851
72Ryan Wyant1,717Jun 20151–01,717
73Kory Pena1,717Aug 20161–01,717
74Heath Soderstrom1,716Nov 20173–31,722
75Yusuke Kawaguchi1,710Jun 201818–131,940
76Mindaugas Mizgaitis1,704May 20181–01,704
77Joseph Woods1,701May 20151–01,701
78Goran Zeljezic1,692Nov 20133–11,895
79Leremy Johnson1,684Sep 20143–21,903
80Ludwik Avetisyan1,683Dec 20232–31,918
81Evaggelos Moumtzis1,675May 20182–11,824
82Paulo da Costa1,675Aug 20224–31,747
83Zachary Simpson1,674Nov 20161–01,674
84Domingo Cuero III1,670Sep 20195–21,813
85Richard White1,665Aug 201616–201,971
86Jeffrey Blachly1,661Apr 20183–31,890
87Dragoljub Joksovic1,654Oct 20165–41,918
88Erfan Khorasani1,653Jan 20171–01,653
89Anderson Silva●1,648Jun 20263–41,879
90Josh Lanier1,647Sep 20179–101,787
91Eddie Castillo1,639May 20172–31,651
92Josip Ivanisic1,633May 20131–11,763
93Joe Stripling1,630Apr 20188–101,825
94Yoon Jae Shim●1,627May 20266–81,816
95Joshua Strodtbeck1,624Feb 20141–01,624
96Luis Cortez●1,617Oct 20257–111,802
97Brian Vaughn1,616Jul 20150–11,616
98Dong Gook Kang1,616Jul 20170–21,651
99Dion Mooney1,609Jun 20241–31,609
100Bobby Favors1,602Feb 201310–151,729

● = 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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