Pound-for-pound top 20

The best fighters in the UFC regardless of weight class, ordered by OctagonStats Elo rating. Pools: current champions and top-15 ranked fighters with at least 3 UFC bouts. This is a stats model, not a panel vote — for the official list see UFC rankings. Full divisional lists live on the ratings page.

Men

#	Fighter	Rating	Division	UFC record	Best win	vs Top 15	Form
1	Islam Makhachev	1755	Welterweight	18-1	Alexander Volkanovski (C)	8-0	WWWWW
2	Charles Oliveira	1701	Lightweight	25-11	Justin Gaethje (C)	4-4	LWLWW
3	Max Holloway	1697	Lightweight	24-9	Justin Gaethje (C)	5-5	WLWLW
4	Alexander Volkanovski	1696	Featherweight	16-3	Movsar Evloev (#1)	8-3	LLWWW
5	Aljamain Sterling	1684	Featherweight	18-5	Petr Yan (C)	5-2	LWLWW
6	Brendan Allen	1671	Middleweight	16-4	Christian Leroy Duncan (#10)	2-3	LWWWW
7	Kamaru Usman	1668	Welterweight	16-4	Sean Strickland (C)	3-4	LLLWL
8	Alexander Volkov	1662	Heavyweight	15-5	Sergei Pavlovich (#3)	3-5	WLWWW
9	Dricus Du Plessis	1659	Middleweight	10-1	Sean Strickland (C)	5-1	WWWLW
10	Petr Yan	1658	Bantamweight	13-4	Merab Dvalishvili (#1)	6-4	WWWWW
11	Magomed Ankalaev	1658	Light Heavyweight	13-2	Alex Pereira (#3)	4-1	WWWLW
12	Ciryl Gane	1656	Heavyweight	11-2	Alexander Volkov (#2)	5-0	LWWDW
13	Merab Dvalishvili	1656	Bantamweight	14-4	Petr Yan (C)	5-2	WWWLL
14	Sean Strickland	1653	Middleweight	18-7	Khamzat Chimaev (#1)	7-5	LWLWW
15	Carlos Ulberg	1652	Light Heavyweight	10-1	Jiri Prochazka (#2)	4-0	WWWWW
16	Arman Tsarukyan	1652	Lightweight	11-2	Charles Oliveira (#3)	4-2	WWWWW
17	Joshua Van	1649	Flyweight	11-1	Alexandre Pantoja (#1)	4-0	WWWWW
18	Sean O'Malley	1649	Bantamweight	12-3	Petr Yan (C)	5-3	WLLWW
19	Robert Whittaker	1647	Light Heavyweight	18-7	Paulo Costa (#6)	4-5	WWLLW
20	Justin Gaethje	1646	Lightweight	11-5	Ilia Topuria (#1)	4-2	WLWWW

Women

#	Fighter	Rating	Division	UFC record	Best win	vs Top 15	Form
1	Valentina Shevchenko	1676	Women's Flyweight	15-3	Julianna Pena (#1)	5-1	LDWWW
2	Natalia Silva	1638	Women's Flyweight	9-0	Alexa Grasso (#2)	5-0	WWWWW
3	Tatiana Suarez	1620	Women's Strawweight	9-1	Alexa Grasso (#2)	4-1	WWLWW
4	Zhang Weili	1619	Women's Strawweight	10-3	Tatiana Suarez (#2)	4-3	WWWWL
5	Jasmine Jasudavicius	1617	Women's Flyweight	10-3	Erin Blanchfield (#5)	6-3	WWLWW
6	Maycee Barber	1609	Women's Flyweight	10-3	Gillian Robertson (#5)	4-2	WWWWL
7	Mackenzie Dern	1602	Women's Strawweight	12-5	Virna Jandiroba (#3)	6-4	LWWWW
8	Raquel Pennington	1602	Women's Bantamweight	13-6	Macy Chiasson (#9)	2-2	WWWWL
9	Erin Blanchfield	1598	Women's Flyweight	8-2	Rose Namajunas (#6)	4-2	WLWWL
10	Manon Fiorot	1597	Women's Flyweight	8-2	Jasmine Jasudavicius (#4)	4-2	WWLWL
11	Alexa Grasso	1594	Women's Flyweight	10-5	Valentina Shevchenko (#1)	4-3	DLLWW
12	Ailin Perez	1593	Women's Bantamweight	7-1	Joselyne Edwards (#2)	4-0	WWWWW
13	Denise Gomes	1593	Women's Strawweight	7-2	Yan Xiaonan (#6)	2-1	WWWWW
14	Gillian Robertson	1589	Women's Strawweight	14-7	Amanda Lemos (#12)	1-4	WWWWL
15	Rose Namajunas	1589	Women's Flyweight	12-7	Zhang Weili (#1)	7-4	WWLWL
16	Virna Jandiroba	1588	Women's Strawweight	9-4	Yan Xiaonan (#6)	5-3	WWWLW
17	Alexia Thainara	1578	Women's Strawweight	4-0	Amanda Lemos (#12)	1-0	WWWW
18	Norma Dumont	1577	Women's Bantamweight	9-4	Karol Rosa (#10)	2-3	WWWLL
19	Joselyne Edwards	1575	Women's Bantamweight	9-4	Norma Dumont (#4)	3-3	WWWWW
20	Luana Santos	1574	Women's Bantamweight	6-1	Karol Rosa (#10)	1-1	LWWWD

Combined

#	Fighter	Rating	Division	UFC record	Best win	vs Top 15	Form
1	Islam Makhachev	1755	Welterweight	18-1	Alexander Volkanovski (C)	8-0	WWWWW
2	Charles Oliveira	1701	Lightweight	25-11	Justin Gaethje (C)	4-4	LWLWW
3	Max Holloway	1697	Lightweight	24-9	Justin Gaethje (C)	5-5	WLWLW
4	Alexander Volkanovski	1696	Featherweight	16-3	Movsar Evloev (#1)	8-3	LLWWW
5	Aljamain Sterling	1684	Featherweight	18-5	Petr Yan (C)	5-2	LWLWW
6	Valentina Shevchenko	1676	Women's Flyweight	15-3	Julianna Pena (#1)	5-1	LDWWW
7	Brendan Allen	1671	Middleweight	16-4	Christian Leroy Duncan (#10)	2-3	LWWWW
8	Kamaru Usman	1668	Welterweight	16-4	Sean Strickland (C)	3-4	LLLWL
9	Alexander Volkov	1662	Heavyweight	15-5	Sergei Pavlovich (#3)	3-5	WLWWW
10	Dricus Du Plessis	1659	Middleweight	10-1	Sean Strickland (C)	5-1	WWWLW
11	Petr Yan	1658	Bantamweight	13-4	Merab Dvalishvili (#1)	6-4	WWWWW
12	Magomed Ankalaev	1658	Light Heavyweight	13-2	Alex Pereira (#3)	4-1	WWWLW
13	Ciryl Gane	1656	Heavyweight	11-2	Alexander Volkov (#2)	5-0	LWWDW
14	Merab Dvalishvili	1656	Bantamweight	14-4	Petr Yan (C)	5-2	WWWLL
15	Sean Strickland	1653	Middleweight	18-7	Khamzat Chimaev (#1)	7-5	LWLWW
16	Carlos Ulberg	1652	Light Heavyweight	10-1	Jiri Prochazka (#2)	4-0	WWWWW
17	Arman Tsarukyan	1652	Lightweight	11-2	Charles Oliveira (#3)	4-2	WWWWW
18	Joshua Van	1649	Flyweight	11-1	Alexandre Pantoja (#1)	4-0	WWWWW
19	Sean O'Malley	1649	Bantamweight	12-3	Petr Yan (C)	5-3	WLLWW
20	Robert Whittaker	1647	Light Heavyweight	18-7	Paulo Costa (#6)	4-5	WWLLW

Fight data compiled from public statistical sources (ufcstats.com) and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). OctagonStats is an independent database, not affiliated with UFC / TKO Group.