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 June 27, 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 June 27, 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 | 1806pre-fight Elo | 1787 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 4 | Stipe Miocic20 / 5 / 0 | 1802pre-fight Elo | 1765 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 5 | Kamaru Usman21 / 4 / 0 | 1799pre-fight Elo | 1822 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 6 | Max Holloway27 / 9 / 0 | 1794pre-fight Elo | 1817 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 7 | Merab Dvalishvili21 / 5 / 0 | 1789pre-fight Elo | 1843 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 8 | Islam Makhachev28 / 1 / 0 | 1785pre-fight Elo | 1922 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 9 | Alexander Volkanovski28 / 4 / 0 | 1785pre-fight Elo | 1865 | Featherweight | 10 fights |
| 10 | Henry Cejudo16 / 6 / 0 | 1782pre-fight Elo | 1770 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 11 | Ciryl Gane14 / 2 / 0 | 1780pre-fight Elo | 1829 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 12 | Leon Edwards22 / 6 / 0 | 1780pre-fight Elo | 1796 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 13 | Aljamain Sterling26 / 5 / 0 | 1779pre-fight Elo | 1856 | Featherweight | 10 fights |
| 14 | Petr Yan20 / 5 / 0 | 1777pre-fight Elo | 1817 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 15 | Gilbert Burns22 / 10 / 0 | 1777pre-fight Elo | 1744 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 16 | Colby Covington17 / 5 / 0 | 1776pre-fight Elo | 1765 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 17 | Brian Ortega16 / 5 / 0 | 1776pre-fight Elo | 1716 | Featherweight | 10 fights |
| 18 | Jon Jones28 / 1 / 0 | 1773pre-fight Elo | 1917 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 19 | Michael Chandler23 / 11 / 0 | 1772pre-fight Elo | 1732 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 20 | Cory Sandhagen18 / 6 / 0 | 1771pre-fight Elo | 1765 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 21 | Belal Muhammad24 / 6 / 0 | 1769pre-fight Elo | 1805 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 22 | Charles Oliveira37 / 11 / 0 | 1766pre-fight Elo | 1812 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 23 | Jan Błachowicz29 / 11 / 0 | 1765pre-fight Elo | 1748 | Light Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 24 | Beneil Dariush23 / 8 / 1 | 1764pre-fight Elo | 1745 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 25 | Dricus Du Plessis23 / 3 / 0 | 1763pre-fight Elo | 1842 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 26 | Dan Hooker24 / 14 / 0 | 1762pre-fight Elo | 1725 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 27 | Jared Cannonier18 / 9 / 0 | 1758pre-fight Elo | 1707 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 28 | Ilia Topuria17 / 1 / 0 | 1757pre-fight Elo | 1829 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 29 | Deiveson Figueiredo25 / 7 / 1 | 1755pre-fight Elo | 1764 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 30 | Robert Whittaker26 / 9 / 0 | 1755pre-fight Elo | 1739 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 31 | Diego Lopes28 / 8 / 0 | 1754pre-fight Elo | 1781 | Featherweight | 10 fights |
| 32 | Yadong Song23 / 9 / 1 | 1753pre-fight Elo | 1751 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 33 | Josh Emmett19 / 7 / 0 | 1753pre-fight Elo | 1712 | Featherweight | 10 fights |
| 34 | Marvin Vettori19 / 10 / 1 | 1753pre-fight Elo | 1688 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 35 | Douglas Lima33 / 12 / 0 | 1752pre-fight Elo | 1747 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 36 | Mateusz Gamrot26 / 4 / 0 | 1751pre-fight Elo | 1824 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 37 | Khamzat Chimaev15 / 1 / 0 | 1750pre-fight Elo | 1828 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 38 | Sean O'Malley20 / 3 / 0 | 1750pre-fight Elo | 1815 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 39 | Sean Brady19 / 2 / 0 | 1750pre-fight Elo | 1807 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 40 | Marlon Vera23 / 12 / 1 | 1749pre-fight Elo | 1710 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 41 | Stephen Thompson17 / 9 / 1 | 1749pre-fight Elo | 1702 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 42 | Alexander Volkov40 / 11 / 0 | 1748pre-fight Elo | 1830 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 43 | José Aldo32 / 10 / 0 | 1747pre-fight Elo | 1781 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 44 | Paulo Costa16 / 4 / 0 | 1747pre-fight Elo | 1754 | Light Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 45 | Francis Ngannou18 / 3 / 0 | 1745pre-fight Elo | 1839 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 46 | Neil Magny31 / 14 / 0 | 1745pre-fight Elo | 1758 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 47 | Diego Ferreira19 / 7 / 0 | 1745pre-fight Elo | 1726 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 48 | Pedro Munhoz20 / 10 / 0 | 1745pre-fight Elo | 1696 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 49 | Dominick Reyes16 / 5 / 0 | 1744pre-fight Elo | 1749 | Light Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 50 | Rafael Fiziev14 / 5 / 0 | 1744pre-fight Elo | 1730 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 51 | Tony Ferguson25 / 11 / 0 | 1744pre-fight Elo | 1659 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 52 | Jack Della Maddalena18 / 4 / 0 | 1743pre-fight Elo | 1777 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 53 | Israel Adesanya24 / 6 / 0 | 1743pre-fight Elo | 1761 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 54 | Rob Font22 / 10 / 0 | 1743pre-fight Elo | 1731 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 55 | Calvin Kattar23 / 10 / 0 | 1743pre-fight Elo | 1697 | Featherweight | 10 fights |
| 56 | Geoff Neal16 / 8 / 0 | 1743pre-fight Elo | 1692 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 57 | Sean Strickland31 / 7 / 0 | 1742pre-fight Elo | 1823 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 58 | Ian Machado Garry17 / 1 / 0 | 1741pre-fight Elo | 1826 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 59 | Brandon Moreno23 / 10 / 2 | 1741pre-fight Elo | 1748 | Flyweight | 10 fights |
| 60 | Kevin Holland29 / 15 / 0 | 1740pre-fight Elo | 1736 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 61 | Aleksandar Rakić14 / 6 / 0 | 1739pre-fight Elo | 1676 | Light Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 62 | Nassourdine Imavov17 / 4 / 0 | 1738pre-fight Elo | 1788 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 63 | Joaquin Buckley21 / 8 / 0 | 1737pre-fight Elo | 1755 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 64 | Rafael dos Anjos32 / 17 / 0 | 1737pre-fight Elo | 1713 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 65 | Curtis Blaydes19 / 6 / 0 | 1736pre-fight Elo | 1768 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 66 | Renato Moicano21 / 7 / 1 | 1736pre-fight Elo | 1743 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 67 | Arnold Allen21 / 4 / 0 | 1735pre-fight Elo | 1781 | Featherweight | 10 fights |
| 68 | Yair Rodriguez20 / 5 / 0 | 1735pre-fight Elo | 1751 | Featherweight | 10 fights |
| 69 | Brendan Allen27 / 7 / 0 | 1734pre-fight Elo | 1818 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 70 | Chris Weidman16 / 8 / 0 | 1734pre-fight Elo | 1705 | Catchweight | 10 fights |
| 71 | Dan Ige19 / 11 / 0 | 1733pre-fight Elo | 1695 | Featherweight | 10 fights |
| 72 | Jiří Procházka32 / 6 / 1 | 1732pre-fight Elo | 1805 | Light Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 73 | Vicente Luque24 / 12 / 1 | 1731pre-fight Elo | 1723 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 74 | Sergei Pavlovich21 / 3 / 0 | 1730pre-fight Elo | 1809 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 75 | Brandon Royval17 / 9 / 0 | 1729pre-fight Elo | 1697 | Flyweight | 10 fights |
| 76 | Randy Brown20 / 8 / 0 | 1728pre-fight Elo | 1742 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 77 | Nate Diaz21 / 14 / 0 | 1728pre-fight Elo | 1674 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 78 | Fabian Edwards16 / 4 / 0 | 1727pre-fight Elo | 1731 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 79 | Nicolas Dalby24 / 6 / 1 | 1727pre-fight Elo | 1729 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 80 | Arman Tsarukyan23 / 3 / 0 | 1726pre-fight Elo | 1838 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 81 | Alex Perez26 / 10 / 0 | 1726pre-fight Elo | 1707 | Flyweight | 10 fights |
| 82 | Jairzinho Rozenstruik15 / 6 / 0 | 1726pre-fight Elo | 1703 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 83 | Serghei Spivac18 / 6 / 0 | 1724pre-fight Elo | 1723 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 84 | Edson Barboza24 / 14 / 0 | 1724pre-fight Elo | 1682 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 85 | Magomed Ankalaev20 / 2 / 1 | 1723pre-fight Elo | 1835 | Light Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 86 | Grant Dawson24 / 3 / 1 | 1723pre-fight Elo | 1802 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 87 | Santiago Ponzinibbio30 / 9 / 0 | 1721pre-fight Elo | 1712 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 88 | Daniel Rodriguez20 / 5 / 0 | 1720pre-fight Elo | 1747 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 89 | Marcin Tybura27 / 11 / 0 | 1720pre-fight Elo | 1721 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 90 | Johnny Walker22 / 10 / 0 | 1720pre-fight Elo | 1641 | Light Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 91 | Anthony Hernandez15 / 3 / 0 | 1719pre-fight Elo | 1738 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 92 | Roman Dolidze15 / 5 / 0 | 1719pre-fight Elo | 1725 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 93 | Weili Zhang26 / 4 / 0 | 1718pre-fight Elo | 1798 | Women Flyweight | 10 fights |
| 94 | Jamahal Hill12 / 4 / 0 | 1718pre-fight Elo | 1704 | Light Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 95 | Rose Namajunas14 / 8 / 0 | 1718pre-fight Elo | 1695 | Women Flyweight | 10 fights |
| 96 | Umar Nurmagomedov20 / 1 / 0 | 1717pre-fight Elo | 1822 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 97 | Jailton Almeida22 / 5 / 0 | 1717pre-fight Elo | 1771 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 98 | Sergio Pettis25 / 8 / 0 | 1717pre-fight Elo | 1752 | Flyweight | 10 fights |
| 99 | Derrick Lewis29 / 14 / 0 | 1717pre-fight Elo | 1744 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 100 | Volkan Oezdemir21 / 8 / 0 | 1716pre-fight Elo | 1719 | Light Heavyweight | 10 fights |