Elo All-Time Highest peak Elo ratings
The 100 highest Elo ratings ever recorded in MMA, powered by Combat Edge's proprietary rating system. Peak Elo captures a fighter's absolute ceiling — the single best moment in their career.
# Fighter Peak Elo Current Division Status
1 Islam Makhachev vs Jack Della Maddalena · 2025-11-15 1923 1923 Welterweight Title Active 2 Fedor Emelianenko 1922 1861 -61 Heavyweight Inactive 3 Jon Jones vs Stipe Miocic · 2024-11-16 1917 1917 Heavyweight Title Active 4 Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira vs Randy Couture · 2009-08-29 1892 1800 -92 Heavyweight Inactive 5 Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Justin Gaethje · 2020-10-24 1891 1891 Lightweight Title Inactive 6 Gegard Mousasi vs Austin Vanderford · 2022-02-25 1891 1856 -35 Middleweight Inactive 7 Alexander Volkanovski vs Max Holloway · 2022-07-03 1881 1865 -16 Featherweight Title Active 8 Travis Fulton 1873 1725 -148 Heavyweight Inactive 9 Justin Gaethje vs Ilia Topuria · 2026-06-14 1870 1870 Lightweight Title Active 10 Daniel Cormier vs Derrick Lewis · 2018-11-04 1867 1823 -44 Heavyweight Title Inactive 11 Shinya Aoki 1866 1809 -57 Lightweight Inactive 12 Chuck Liddell vs Maurício Rua · 2009-04-18 1866 1827 -39 Light Heavyweight Inactive 13 José Aldo 1864 1781 -83 Bantamweight Active 14 Kamaru Usman vs Colby Covington · 2021-11-07 1863 1822 -41 Welterweight Active 15 Demetrious Johnson vs Ray Borg · 2017-10-07 1862 1844 -18 Flyweight Title Inactive 16 Aljamain Sterling vs Henry Cejudo · 2023-05-07 1861 1856 -5 Featherweight Active 17 Merab Dvalishvili vs Cory Sandhagen · 2025-10-04 1858 1844 -14 Bantamweight Title Active 18 Magomed Ankalaev vs Alex Pereira · 2025-03-08 1858 1835 -23 Light Heavyweight Title Active 19 Alexander Shlemenko 1856 1749 -107 Middleweight Active 20 Cris Cyborg vs Sara Collins · 2025-12-13 1855 1855 Women's Featherweight Active 21 Movsar Evloev vs Lerone Murphy · 2026-03-21 1855 1855 Featherweight Active 22 Dricus Du Plessis vs Sean Strickland · 2025-02-08 1855 1842 -13 Middleweight Title Active 23 Eddie Alvarez vs Rafael dos Anjos · 2016-07-07 1853 1792 -61 Lightweight Inactive 24 Israel Adesanya vs Jared Cannonier · 2022-07-03 1850 1761 -89 Middleweight Active 25 Matt Hughes vs Ricardo Almeida · 2010-08-07 1849 1807 -42 Welterweight Inactive 26 Shavkat Rakhmonov vs Ian Machado Garry · 2024-12-07 1848 1848 Welterweight Active 27 Ilia Topuria vs Charles Oliveira · 2025-06-28 1848 1829 -19 Lightweight Title Active 28 Ryan Bader vs Fedor Emelianenko · 2019-01-26 1847 1823 -24 Light Heavyweight Inactive 29 Tyron Woodley vs Darren Till · 2018-09-08 1845 1774 -71 Welterweight Inactive 30 Dustin Poirier vs Conor McGregor · 2021-07-10 1844 1813 -31 Lightweight Active 31 Belal Muhammad vs Leon Edwards · 2024-07-27 1844 1805 -39 Welterweight Active 32 Khamzat Chimaev vs Dricus Du Plessis · 2025-08-16 1843 1828 -15 Middleweight Title Active 33 Charles Oliveira vs Justin Gaethje · 2022-05-07 1842 1812 -30 Lightweight Active 34 Glover Teixeira vs Jan Błachowicz · 2021-10-30 1842 1811 -31 Light Heavyweight Title Inactive 35 Leon Edwards vs Colby Covington · 2023-12-17 1841 1796 -45 Welterweight Active 36 Henry Cejudo vs Dominick Cruz · 2020-05-09 1840 1770 -70 Bantamweight Active 37 Francis Ngannou vs Philipe Lins · 2026-05-16 1839 1839 Heavyweight Title Active 38 Michael Morales vs Sean Brady · 2025-11-15 1839 1839 Welterweight Active 39 Arman Tsarukyan vs Dan Hooker · 2025-11-22 1838 1838 Lightweight Active 40 Anthony Johnson vs Glover Teixeira · 2016-08-21 1838 1832 -6 Light Heavyweight Title Inactive 41 AJ McKee Jr. vs Clay Collard · 2024-02-24 1837 1831 -6 Lightweight Active 42 Jeremy Horn vs Brian Warren · 2010-07-24 1837 1801 -36 Middleweight Inactive 43 Ben Askren vs Robbie Lawler · 2019-03-02 1836 1792 -44 Welterweight Inactive 44 Igor Vovchanchyn 1836 1759 -77 Light Heavyweight Inactive 45 Anderson Silva 1836 1718 -118 Middleweight Inactive 46 Valentina Shevchenko vs Weili Zhang · 2025-11-15 1834 1834 Women's Flyweight Title Active 47 Max Holloway vs Justin Gaethje · 2024-04-14 1833 1817 -16 Lightweight Active 48 Mateusz Gamrot vs Rafael dos Anjos · 2024-03-10 1832 1824 -8 Lightweight Active 49 Joseph Benavidez vs Jussier Formiga · 2019-06-29 1832 1783 -49 Flyweight Inactive 50 Usman Nurmagomedov vs Alfie Davis · 2026-02-07 1831 1831 Lightweight Active 51 Alexander Volkov vs Waldo Cortes-Acosta · 2026-05-09 1830 1830 Heavyweight Active 52 Jiří Procházka vs Glover Teixeira · 2022-06-11 1830 1805 -25 Light Heavyweight Title Active 53 Conor McGregor vs Donald Cerrone · 2020-01-18 1830 1792 -38 Lightweight Inactive 54 Wanderlei Silva 1830 1751 -79 Light Heavyweight Inactive 55 Ciryl Gane vs Alex Pereira · 2026-06-14 1829 1829 Heavyweight Interim Title Active 56 Michael Page vs Sam Patterson · 2026-03-21 1829 1829 Welterweight Active 57 Robbie Lawler 1829 1788 -41 Welterweight Inactive 58 Yaroslav Amosov vs Joel Alvarez · 2026-05-09 1828 1828 Welterweight Active 59 Tito Ortiz 1828 1789 -39 Light Heavyweight Inactive 60 Ian Machado Garry vs Belal Muhammad · 2025-11-22 1826 1826 Welterweight Active 61 Alexandre Pantoja vs Kai Kara-France · 2025-06-28 1825 1808 -17 Flyweight Title Active 62 Michel Prazeres vs Bartosz Fabinski · 2018-11-17 1825 1755 -70 Welterweight Inactive 63 Dominick Cruz vs Urijah Faber · 2016-06-05 1824 1788 -36 Bantamweight Inactive 64 Nick Diaz vs BJ Penn · 2011-10-29 1824 1759 -65 Middleweight Bout Inactive 65 Sean Strickland vs Khamzat Chimaev · 2026-05-09 1823 1823 Middleweight Title Active 66 Patchy Mix vs Magomed Magomedov · 2024-05-17 1823 1785 -38 Bantamweight Active 67 Tony Ferguson vs Donald Cerrone · 2019-06-08 1823 1659 -164 Welterweight Active 68 Umar Nurmagomedov vs Deiveson Figueiredo · 2026-01-24 1822 1822 Bantamweight Active 69 Carlos Condit 1822 1730 -92 Welterweight Inactive 70 David Branch vs Krzysztof Jotko · 2017-05-14 1821 1759 -62 Middleweight Inactive 71 Paulo Filho 1821 1731 -90 Middleweight Inactive 72 Takanori Gomi 1821 1665 -156 Lightweight Inactive 73 Patricio Pitbull vs Kleber Koike Erbst · 2022-12-31 1820 1774 -46 Featherweight Active 74 Chris Weidman 1820 1705 -115 Catchweight Active 75 Sean O'Malley vs Marlon Vera · 2024-03-10 1819 1815 -4 Bantamweight Interim Title Active 76 Deiveson Figueiredo vs Marlon Vera · 2024-08-03 1819 1764 -55 Bantamweight Active 77 Fabrício Werdum vs Marcin Tybura · 2017-11-18 1819 1803 -16 Heavyweight Inactive 78 Ronaldo Souza vs Tim Boetsch · 2017-02-12 1819 1749 -70 Middleweight Inactive 79 Brendan Allen vs Edmen Shahbazyan · 2026-06-06 1818 1818 Middleweight Active 80 Carlos Ulberg vs Jiří Procházka · 2026-04-11 1818 1818 Light Heavyweight Title Active 81 Kyoji Horiguchi vs Amir Albazi · 2026-02-07 1818 1800 -18 Flyweight Active 82 Mirko Filipović 1818 1809 -9 Heavyweight Inactive 83 Aleksei Oleinik 1818 1723 -95 Heavyweight Inactive 84 Petr Yan vs Merab Dvalishvili · 2025-12-06 1817 1817 Bantamweight Title Active 85 Gilbert Melendez vs Josh Thomson · 2012-05-20 1817 1740 -77 Featherweight Inactive 86 Vadim Nemkov vs Renan Ferreira · 2025-12-13 1816 1816 Heavyweight Active 87 Grant Dawson vs Diego Ferreira · 2025-01-18 1814 1802 -12 Lightweight Active 88 Gilbert Burns vs Jorge Masvidal · 2023-04-09 1812 1744 -68 Welterweight Active 89 Donald Cerrone 1812 1710 -102 Welterweight Inactive 90 Rinat Fakhretdinov vs Andreas Gustafsson · 2025-09-06 1811 1811 Welterweight Active 91 Sean Brady vs Leon Edwards · 2025-03-22 1811 1807 -4 Welterweight Active 92 Tatsuro Taira vs Brandon Moreno · 2025-12-06 1811 1790 -21 Flyweight Title Active 93 Weili Zhang vs Tatiana Suarez · 2025-02-08 1810 1798 -12 Women's Flyweight Title Active 94 Jack Della Maddalena vs Belal Muhammad · 2025-05-10 1810 1777 -33 Welterweight Active 95 Derrick Lewis 1810 1744 -66 Heavyweight Active 96 Gabriel Bonfim vs Belal Muhammad · 2026-06-06 1809 1809 Welterweight Active 97 Sergei Pavlovich vs Tallison Teixeira · 2026-05-30 1809 1809 Heavyweight Active 98 Dan Severn 1808 1715 -93 Heavyweight Inactive 99 Miguel Torres 1808 1689 -119 Bantamweight Inactive 100 Luke Rockhold vs Chris Weidman · 2015-12-12 1807 1742 -65 Middleweight Inactive