Elo Combat Edge IntelligenceMMA strength of schedule rankings
Who has faced the toughest recent competition? We average each opponent's Elo immediately before the bout, so every score reflects what was known at fight time—not hindsight.
Updated August 22, 2026 · Active fighters · Minimum 5 counted opponents
Qualified fighters100
Schedule windowLatest 10
Minimum sample5
Published rowsTop 100
How to read it
Schedule strength without hindsight bias
A higher number means a fighter's recent opponents were stronger when the fights happened. The measure is descriptive, not a pound-for-pound ranking: it scores schedule difficulty, while Combat Edge Elo scores the fighter's results.
- Point in time
- Every opponent rating is frozen immediately before that bout.
- Recent window
- Up to the latest 10 counted professional MMA opponents are averaged.
- Meaningful sample
- Fighters need at least 5 rated opponents to appear.
Live dataset
The toughest schedules in MMA
Current through August 22, 2026
| Rank | Fighter | Opponent quality | Current Elo | Division | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dustin Poirier30 / 10 / 0 | 1814pre-fight Elo | 1812 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 2 | Justin Gaethje28 / 5 / 0 | 1808pre-fight Elo | 1869 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 3 | Alex Pereira13 / 4 / 0 | 1804pre-fight Elo | 1787 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 4 | Stipe Miocic20 / 5 / 0 | 1802pre-fight Elo | 1765 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 5 | Kamaru Usman21 / 5 / 0 | 1799pre-fight Elo | 1810 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 6 | Islam Makhachev29 / 1 / 0 | 1796pre-fight Elo | 1931 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 7 | Max Holloway28 / 9 / 0 | 1791pre-fight Elo | 1830 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 8 | Merab Dvalishvili21 / 5 / 0 | 1788pre-fight Elo | 1843 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 9 | Alexander Volkanovski28 / 4 / 0 | 1785pre-fight Elo | 1865 | Featherweight | 10 fights |
| 10 | Henry Cejudo16 / 6 / 0 | 1781pre-fight Elo | 1770 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 11 | Aljamain Sterling26 / 5 / 0 | 1780pre-fight Elo | 1856 | Featherweight | 10 fights |
| 12 | Ciryl Gane14 / 2 / 0 | 1780pre-fight Elo | 1832 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 13 | Leon Edwards22 / 6 / 0 | 1780pre-fight Elo | 1796 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 14 | Dricus Du Plessis24 / 3 / 0 | 1779pre-fight Elo | 1853 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 15 | Petr Yan20 / 5 / 0 | 1778pre-fight Elo | 1817 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 16 | Gilbert Burns22 / 10 / 0 | 1777pre-fight Elo | 1745 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 17 | Colby Covington17 / 5 / 0 | 1776pre-fight Elo | 1765 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 18 | Brian Ortega16 / 5 / 0 | 1776pre-fight Elo | 1716 | Featherweight | 10 fights |
| 19 | Ian Machado Garry17 / 2 / 0 | 1775pre-fight Elo | 1815 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 20 | Cory Sandhagen18 / 7 / 0 | 1775pre-fight Elo | 1753 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 21 | Jon Jones28 / 1 / 0 | 1773pre-fight Elo | 1917 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 22 | Michael Chandler23 / 11 / 0 | 1772pre-fight Elo | 1732 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 23 | Belal Muhammad24 / 6 / 0 | 1769pre-fight Elo | 1805 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 24 | Charles Oliveira37 / 11 / 0 | 1767pre-fight Elo | 1812 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 25 | Beneil Dariush23 / 8 / 1 | 1764pre-fight Elo | 1746 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 26 | Dan Hooker24 / 14 / 0 | 1762pre-fight Elo | 1725 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 27 | Jared Cannonier18 / 10 / 0 | 1762pre-fight Elo | 1693 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 28 | Jan Błachowicz29 / 12 / 2 | 1759pre-fight Elo | 1733 | Light Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 29 | Ilia Topuria17 / 1 / 0 | 1758pre-fight Elo | 1829 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 30 | Diego Lopes28 / 8 / 0 | 1755pre-fight Elo | 1781 | Featherweight | 10 fights |
| 31 | Deiveson Figueiredo25 / 7 / 1 | 1755pre-fight Elo | 1764 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 32 | Josh Emmett19 / 7 / 0 | 1754pre-fight Elo | 1712 | Featherweight | 10 fights |
| 33 | Robert Whittaker27 / 9 / 0 | 1753pre-fight Elo | 1752 | Light Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 34 | Yadong Song23 / 9 / 1 | 1753pre-fight Elo | 1750 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 35 | Douglas Lima33 / 12 / 0 | 1753pre-fight Elo | 1748 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 36 | Marvin Vettori19 / 10 / 1 | 1753pre-fight Elo | 1688 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 37 | Mateusz Gamrot26 / 5 / 0 | 1752pre-fight Elo | 1810 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 38 | Conor McGregor22 / 7 / 0 | 1751pre-fight Elo | 1774 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 39 | Khamzat Chimaev15 / 1 / 0 | 1750pre-fight Elo | 1827 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 40 | Sean O'Malley20 / 3 / 0 | 1750pre-fight Elo | 1815 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 41 | Sean Brady19 / 2 / 0 | 1750pre-fight Elo | 1807 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 42 | Stephen Thompson17 / 9 / 1 | 1750pre-fight Elo | 1702 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 43 | Marlon Vera23 / 12 / 1 | 1749pre-fight Elo | 1710 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 44 | Alexander Volkov40 / 11 / 0 | 1748pre-fight Elo | 1830 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 45 | José Aldo32 / 10 / 0 | 1747pre-fight Elo | 1782 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 46 | Paulo Costa16 / 4 / 0 | 1747pre-fight Elo | 1754 | Light Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 47 | Francis Ngannou18 / 3 / 0 | 1746pre-fight Elo | 1839 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 48 | Rafael Fiziev14 / 5 / 0 | 1745pre-fight Elo | 1731 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 49 | Pedro Munhoz20 / 10 / 0 | 1745pre-fight Elo | 1696 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 50 | Dominick Reyes16 / 5 / 0 | 1744pre-fight Elo | 1749 | Light Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 51 | Rob Font22 / 10 / 0 | 1744pre-fight Elo | 1731 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 52 | Geoff Neal16 / 8 / 0 | 1744pre-fight Elo | 1693 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 53 | Jack Della Maddalena18 / 4 / 0 | 1743pre-fight Elo | 1777 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 54 | Israel Adesanya24 / 6 / 0 | 1743pre-fight Elo | 1761 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 55 | Calvin Kattar23 / 10 / 0 | 1743pre-fight Elo | 1697 | Featherweight | 10 fights |
| 56 | Sean Strickland31 / 7 / 0 | 1741pre-fight Elo | 1823 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 57 | Brandon Moreno23 / 10 / 2 | 1741pre-fight Elo | 1748 | Flyweight | 10 fights |
| 58 | Kevin Holland29 / 15 / 0 | 1740pre-fight Elo | 1736 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 59 | Aleksandar Rakić15 / 6 / 0 | 1740pre-fight Elo | 1694 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 60 | Nassourdine Imavov17 / 4 / 0 | 1738pre-fight Elo | 1788 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 61 | Curtis Blaydes19 / 6 / 0 | 1737pre-fight Elo | 1768 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 62 | Joaquin Buckley21 / 8 / 0 | 1737pre-fight Elo | 1755 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 63 | Renato Moicano21 / 7 / 1 | 1737pre-fight Elo | 1743 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 64 | Rafael dos Anjos32 / 17 / 0 | 1737pre-fight Elo | 1714 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 65 | Yair Rodriguez20 / 5 / 0 | 1736pre-fight Elo | 1751 | Featherweight | 10 fights |
| 66 | Brendan Allen27 / 7 / 0 | 1735pre-fight Elo | 1818 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 67 | Arnold Allen21 / 4 / 0 | 1735pre-fight Elo | 1781 | Featherweight | 10 fights |
| 68 | Diego Ferreira20 / 7 / 0 | 1735pre-fight Elo | 1737 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 69 | Dan Ige19 / 11 / 0 | 1735pre-fight Elo | 1696 | Featherweight | 10 fights |
| 70 | Neil Magny32 / 14 / 0 | 1734pre-fight Elo | 1768 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 71 | Chris Weidman16 / 8 / 0 | 1734pre-fight Elo | 1705 | Catchweight | 10 fights |
| 72 | Benoit Saint-Denis17 / 4 / 0 | 1733pre-fight Elo | 1767 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 73 | Magomed Ankalaev21 / 2 / 1 | 1731pre-fight Elo | 1848 | Light Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 74 | Sergei Pavlovich21 / 3 / 0 | 1730pre-fight Elo | 1809 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 75 | Jiří Procházka32 / 6 / 1 | 1730pre-fight Elo | 1805 | Light Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 76 | Arman Tsarukyan23 / 3 / 0 | 1728pre-fight Elo | 1838 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 77 | Mario Bautista18 / 3 / 0 | 1728pre-fight Elo | 1790 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 78 | Fabian Edwards16 / 4 / 0 | 1728pre-fight Elo | 1732 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 79 | Nate Diaz21 / 14 / 0 | 1728pre-fight Elo | 1674 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 80 | Randy Brown20 / 8 / 0 | 1727pre-fight Elo | 1742 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 81 | Anthony Hernandez15 / 4 / 0 | 1727pre-fight Elo | 1724 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 82 | Jairzinho Rozenstruik15 / 6 / 0 | 1727pre-fight Elo | 1704 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 83 | Nicolas Dalby24 / 6 / 1 | 1726pre-fight Elo | 1729 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 84 | Brandon Royval18 / 9 / 0 | 1726pre-fight Elo | 1711 | Flyweight | 10 fights |
| 85 | Alex Perez26 / 10 / 0 | 1726pre-fight Elo | 1707 | Flyweight | 10 fights |
| 86 | Thiago Santos22 / 13 / 0 | 1726pre-fight Elo | 1674 | Light Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 87 | Serghei Spivac18 / 7 / 0 | 1725pre-fight Elo | 1709 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 88 | Roman Dolidze15 / 6 / 0 | 1725pre-fight Elo | 1708 | Light Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 89 | Edson Barboza24 / 15 / 0 | 1725pre-fight Elo | 1669 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 90 | Grant Dawson24 / 3 / 1 | 1723pre-fight Elo | 1802 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 91 | Reinier de Ridder22 / 4 / 0 | 1722pre-fight Elo | 1770 | Light Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 92 | Daniel Rodriguez20 / 6 / 0 | 1722pre-fight Elo | 1731 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 93 | Johnny Walker22 / 10 / 0 | 1720pre-fight Elo | 1641 | Light Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 94 | Santiago Ponzinibbio30 / 10 / 0 | 1719pre-fight Elo | 1698 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 95 | Umar Nurmagomedov20 / 1 / 0 | 1718pre-fight Elo | 1822 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 96 | Johnny Eblen18 / 1 / 0 | 1718pre-fight Elo | 1812 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 97 | Weili Zhang26 / 4 / 0 | 1718pre-fight Elo | 1799 | Women Flyweight | 10 fights |
| 98 | Derrick Lewis29 / 14 / 0 | 1718pre-fight Elo | 1745 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 99 | Rose Namajunas14 / 8 / 0 | 1718pre-fight Elo | 1695 | Women Flyweight | 10 fights |
| 100 | Jailton Almeida22 / 5 / 0 | 1717pre-fight Elo | 1771 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |