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Heavyweight,
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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 — aheavyweight's number is earned against everyone they ever fought, in any division.
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TOP 25 Current heavyweights by ratingeligible = a bout at heavyweight within 12 months
| Rk | Athlete | Rating | Last fight | Record | Peak |
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Anyone who fought at 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 22 The greatest heavyweights everpeak rating reached while a member of the division
| Rk | Athlete | Peak | Peak date | Record | Current |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virna Jandiroba● | 2,078 | Jul 2016 | 2–0 | 2,078 |
| 2 | Gabrielle Garcia | 2,055 | Dec 2018 | 5–0 | 2,055 |
| 3 | Destanie Yarbrough | 1,865 | Nov 2024 | 4–1 | 1,865 |
| 4 | Amanda Lucas | 1,833 | Feb 2012 | 2–0 | 1,799 |
| 5 | Elizabeth Faumuina | 1,787 | Dec 2023 | 2–0 | 1,787 |
| 6 | Faith McMah | 1,778 | Dec 2023 | 0–1 | 1,778 |
| 7 | Kendra Wilczynski | 1,763 | Jan 2018 | 1–0–1 | 1,724 |
| 8 | Anna Malyukova | 1,727 | Sep 2015 | 1–1 | 1,606 |
| 9 | Yumiko Hotta | 1,679 | Feb 2012 | 0–2 | 1,643 |
| 10 | Erica Grover | 1,675 | Mar 2015 | 1–0 | 1,675 |
| 11 | Melanie Jacquerez | 1,658 | Mar 2018 | 0–0–1 | 1,658 |
| 12 | Begimzhan Kasymova | 1,626 | Dec 2017 | 0–1 | 1,626 |
| 13 | Anne Karoline Nascimento | 1,611 | Apr 2016 | 0–2 | 1,600 |
| 14 | Yukiko Kawakami | 1,544 | Dec 2012 | 0–1 | 1,544 |
| 15 | Veronika Futina | 1,543 | May 2018 | 0–1 | 1,543 |
| 16 | Heather Martin | 1,511 | Jul 2015 | 1–0 | 1,511 |
| 17 | Brittney HooverSpinks | 1,485 | Nov 2023 | 0–2 | 1,435 |
| 18 | Tatiana Portnova | 1,473 | Sep 2015 | 0–1 | 1,473 |
| 19 | Virtue Maea | 1,473 | Sep 2023 | 0–1 | 1,473 |
| 20 | Crystal Parson | 1,437 | Apr 2016 | 0–1 | 1,437 |
| 21 | Sarah Petzold | 1,437 | Jan 2018 | 0–1 | 1,437 |
| 22 | Jenna Bernick | 1,228 | Mar 2015 | 0–2 | 1,199 |
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 14 Every member, by rating todaymembership = last real-division bout was at heavyweight
| Rk | Athlete | Rating | Last fight | Record | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabrielle Garcia | 2,055 | Dec 2018 | 6–0 | 2,055 |
| 2 | Destanie Yarbrough | 1,865 | Nov 2024 | 4–1 | 1,865 |
| 3 | Amanda Lucas | 1,799 | Dec 2012 | 5–1 | 1,833 |
| 4 | Elizabeth Faumuina | 1,787 | Dec 2023 | 2–0 | 1,787 |
| 5 | Faith McMah | 1,778 | Dec 2023 | 6–5 | 1,919 |
| 6 | Yumiko Hotta | 1,643 | Dec 2016 | 5–5 | 1,857 |
| 7 | Begimzhan Kasymova | 1,626 | Dec 2017 | 1–1 | 1,763 |
| 8 | Anna Malyukova | 1,606 | Apr 2016 | 1–1 | 1,727 |
| 9 | Veronika Futina | 1,543 | May 2018 | 0–1 | 1,543 |
| 10 | Heather Martin | 1,511 | Jul 2015 | 1–1 | 1,511 |
| 11 | Virtue Maea | 1,473 | Sep 2023 | 0–1 | 1,473 |
| 12 | Crystal Parson | 1,437 | Apr 2016 | 0–1 | 1,437 |
| 13 | Brittney HooverSpinks | 1,435 | Nov 2024 | 0–2 | 1,485 |
| 14 | Jenna Bernick | 1,199 | Jul 2015 | 0–5 | 1,437 |
● = 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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