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 October 3, 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 October 3, 2026
| Rank | Fighter | Opponent quality | Current Elo | Division | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dustin Poirier30 / 10 / 0 | 1813pre-fight Elo | 1812 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 2 | Justin Gaethje28 / 5 / 0 | 1808pre-fight Elo | 1869 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 3 | Alex Pereira13 / 4 / 0 | 1805pre-fight Elo | 1787 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 4 | Stipe Miocic20 / 5 / 0 | 1805pre-fight Elo | 1766 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 5 | Kamaru Usman21 / 5 / 0 | 1800pre-fight Elo | 1811 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 6 | Islam Makhachev29 / 1 / 0 | 1796pre-fight Elo | 1930 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 7 | Max Holloway28 / 9 / 0 | 1791pre-fight Elo | 1830 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 8 | Merab Dvalishvili21 / 5 / 0 | 1789pre-fight Elo | 1844 | Bantamweight | 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 | Aljamain Sterling26 / 5 / 0 | 1781pre-fight Elo | 1856 | Featherweight | 10 fights |
| 12 | Leon Edwards22 / 6 / 0 | 1780pre-fight Elo | 1796 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 13 | Dricus Du Plessis24 / 3 / 0 | 1779pre-fight Elo | 1862 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 14 | Ciryl Gane14 / 2 / 0 | 1779pre-fight Elo | 1831 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 15 | Petr Yan20 / 5 / 0 | 1778pre-fight Elo | 1820 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 16 | Cory Sandhagen18 / 7 / 0 | 1777pre-fight Elo | 1754 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 17 | Gilbert Burns22 / 10 / 0 | 1777pre-fight Elo | 1746 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 18 | Colby Covington17 / 5 / 0 | 1776pre-fight Elo | 1765 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 19 | Brian Ortega16 / 5 / 0 | 1776pre-fight Elo | 1715 | Featherweight | 10 fights |
| 20 | Ian Machado Garry17 / 2 / 0 | 1775pre-fight Elo | 1815 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 21 | Michael Chandler23 / 11 / 0 | 1771pre-fight Elo | 1732 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 22 | Belal Muhammad24 / 6 / 0 | 1769pre-fight Elo | 1805 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 23 | Charles Oliveira37 / 11 / 0 | 1767pre-fight Elo | 1812 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 24 | Beneil Dariush23 / 8 / 1 | 1764pre-fight Elo | 1746 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 25 | Dan Hooker24 / 15 / 0 | 1764pre-fight Elo | 1713 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 26 | Jared Cannonier18 / 10 / 0 | 1763pre-fight Elo | 1693 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 27 | Jon Jones28 / 1 / 0 | 1762pre-fight Elo | 1906 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 28 | Yadong Song24 / 9 / 1 | 1762pre-fight Elo | 1772 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 29 | Jan Błachowicz29 / 12 / 2 | 1761pre-fight Elo | 1733 | Light Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 30 | Ilia Topuria17 / 1 / 0 | 1758pre-fight Elo | 1829 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 31 | Marlon Vera24 / 12 / 1 | 1757pre-fight Elo | 1724 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 32 | Diego Lopes28 / 8 / 0 | 1755pre-fight Elo | 1782 | Featherweight | 10 fights |
| 33 | Robert Whittaker27 / 9 / 0 | 1755pre-fight Elo | 1753 | Light Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 34 | Deiveson Figueiredo25 / 8 / 1 | 1754pre-fight Elo | 1749 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 35 | Josh Emmett19 / 7 / 0 | 1754pre-fight Elo | 1712 | Featherweight | 10 fights |
| 36 | Mateusz Gamrot26 / 5 / 0 | 1752pre-fight Elo | 1814 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 37 | Khamzat Chimaev15 / 1 / 0 | 1751pre-fight Elo | 1828 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 38 | Sean Brady19 / 2 / 0 | 1751pre-fight Elo | 1808 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 39 | Sean O'Malley20 / 3 / 0 | 1750pre-fight Elo | 1815 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 40 | Conor McGregor22 / 7 / 0 | 1750pre-fight Elo | 1773 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 41 | Stephen Thompson17 / 9 / 1 | 1750pre-fight Elo | 1702 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 42 | Alexander Volkov40 / 11 / 0 | 1748pre-fight Elo | 1829 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 43 | Paulo Costa16 / 4 / 0 | 1747pre-fight Elo | 1754 | Light Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 44 | Francis Ngannou18 / 3 / 0 | 1746pre-fight Elo | 1840 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 45 | José Aldo32 / 10 / 0 | 1746pre-fight Elo | 1782 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 46 | Rafael Fiziev14 / 5 / 0 | 1745pre-fight Elo | 1731 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 47 | Sean Strickland31 / 7 / 0 | 1744pre-fight Elo | 1824 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 48 | Umar Nurmagomedov20 / 2 / 0 | 1744pre-fight Elo | 1802 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 49 | Israel Adesanya24 / 6 / 0 | 1744pre-fight Elo | 1761 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 50 | Rob Font22 / 10 / 0 | 1744pre-fight Elo | 1731 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 51 | Geoff Neal16 / 8 / 0 | 1744pre-fight Elo | 1693 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 52 | Pedro Munhoz20 / 10 / 0 | 1744pre-fight Elo | 1683 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 53 | Marvin Vettori19 / 11 / 1 | 1744pre-fight Elo | 1676 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 54 | Jack Della Maddalena18 / 4 / 0 | 1743pre-fight Elo | 1777 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 55 | Dominick Reyes16 / 5 / 0 | 1743pre-fight Elo | 1748 | Light Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 56 | Calvin Kattar23 / 10 / 0 | 1743pre-fight Elo | 1697 | Featherweight | 10 fights |
| 57 | Aleksandar Rakić15 / 6 / 0 | 1741pre-fight Elo | 1697 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 58 | Kevin Holland29 / 15 / 0 | 1740pre-fight Elo | 1736 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 59 | Nassourdine Imavov17 / 4 / 0 | 1738pre-fight Elo | 1790 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 60 | Arman Tsarukyan24 / 3 / 0 | 1737pre-fight Elo | 1848 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 61 | Joaquin Buckley21 / 8 / 0 | 1737pre-fight Elo | 1755 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 62 | Brendan Allen27 / 7 / 0 | 1736pre-fight Elo | 1819 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 63 | Curtis Blaydes20 / 6 / 0 | 1736pre-fight Elo | 1781 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 64 | Arnold Allen21 / 4 / 0 | 1736pre-fight Elo | 1780 | Featherweight | 10 fights |
| 65 | Yair Rodriguez20 / 5 / 0 | 1736pre-fight Elo | 1752 | Featherweight | 10 fights |
| 66 | Renato Moicano21 / 7 / 1 | 1736pre-fight Elo | 1743 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 67 | Diego Ferreira20 / 7 / 0 | 1736pre-fight Elo | 1738 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 68 | Neil Magny32 / 14 / 0 | 1735pre-fight Elo | 1769 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 69 | Waldo Cortes-Acosta17 / 4 / 0 | 1735pre-fight Elo | 1762 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 70 | Rafael dos Anjos32 / 18 / 0 | 1735pre-fight Elo | 1698 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 71 | Dan Ige19 / 12 / 0 | 1735pre-fight Elo | 1687 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 72 | Jailton Almeida22 / 6 / 0 | 1734pre-fight Elo | 1755 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 73 | Chris Weidman16 / 8 / 0 | 1734pre-fight Elo | 1705 | Catchweight | 10 fights |
| 74 | Benoit Saint-Denis17 / 4 / 0 | 1733pre-fight Elo | 1766 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 75 | Brandon Moreno24 / 10 / 2 | 1732pre-fight Elo | 1757 | Flyweight | 10 fights |
| 76 | Magomed Ankalaev21 / 2 / 1 | 1731pre-fight Elo | 1853 | Light Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 77 | Sergei Pavlovich21 / 3 / 0 | 1730pre-fight Elo | 1809 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 78 | Jiří Procházka32 / 6 / 1 | 1730pre-fight Elo | 1804 | Light Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 79 | Fabian Edwards16 / 5 / 0 | 1730pre-fight Elo | 1732 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 80 | Alexa Grasso18 / 5 / 1 | 1729pre-fight Elo | 1732 | Women Flyweight | 10 fights |
| 81 | Mario Bautista18 / 3 / 0 | 1728pre-fight Elo | 1791 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 82 | Magomed Magomedov22 / 6 / 0 | 1728pre-fight Elo | 1670 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |
| 83 | Randy Brown20 / 8 / 0 | 1727pre-fight Elo | 1742 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 84 | Anthony Hernandez15 / 4 / 0 | 1727pre-fight Elo | 1724 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 85 | Roman Dolidze15 / 6 / 0 | 1727pre-fight Elo | 1707 | Light Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 86 | Jairzinho Rozenstruik15 / 6 / 0 | 1727pre-fight Elo | 1704 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 87 | Nate Diaz21 / 14 / 0 | 1727pre-fight Elo | 1673 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 88 | Nicolas Dalby24 / 6 / 1 | 1726pre-fight Elo | 1729 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 89 | Brandon Royval18 / 9 / 0 | 1726pre-fight Elo | 1711 | Flyweight | 10 fights |
| 90 | Alex Perez26 / 11 / 0 | 1726pre-fight Elo | 1694 | Flyweight | 10 fights |
| 91 | Thiago Santos22 / 13 / 0 | 1726pre-fight Elo | 1674 | Light Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 92 | Edson Barboza24 / 15 / 0 | 1726pre-fight Elo | 1669 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 93 | Serghei Spivac18 / 7 / 0 | 1725pre-fight Elo | 1709 | Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 94 | Reinier de Ridder22 / 4 / 0 | 1724pre-fight Elo | 1774 | Light Heavyweight | 10 fights |
| 95 | Johnny Eblen18 / 1 / 0 | 1723pre-fight Elo | 1814 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 96 | Grant Dawson24 / 3 / 1 | 1723pre-fight Elo | 1801 | Lightweight | 10 fights |
| 97 | Alexandre Pantoja30 / 7 / 0 | 1722pre-fight Elo | 1796 | Flyweight | 10 fights |
| 98 | Daniel Rodriguez20 / 6 / 0 | 1722pre-fight Elo | 1731 | Welterweight | 10 fights |
| 99 | Michael Page26 / 3 / 0 | 1720pre-fight Elo | 1836 | Middleweight | 10 fights |
| 100 | Ricky Simón22 / 8 / 1 | 1719pre-fight Elo | 1721 | Bantamweight | 10 fights |