Our sources are cited at the bottom of this post.
| Rank | Fighter | Points | Promotion | Last Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jose Aldo | 250 | UFC | 1 |
| 2 | Chad Mendes | 233 | UFC | 2 |
| 3 | Ricardo Lamas | 217 | UFC | 4 |
| 4 | Frankie Edgar | 213 | UFC | 5 |
| 5 | Pat Curran | 210 | Bellator | 3 |
| 6 | Chan Sung Jung | 188 | UFC | 6 |
| 7 | Cub Swanson | 186 | UFC | 7 |
| 8 | Dennis Siver | 165 | UFC | 8 |
| 9 | Clay Guida | 163 | UFC | 9 |
| 10 | Dustin Poirier | 123 | UFC | 10 |
| 11 | Nik Lentz | 116 | UFC | 12 |
| 12 | Tatsuya Kawajiri | 105 | DREAM | 11 |
| 13 | Hatsu Hioki | 100 | UFC | 13 |
| 14 | Erik Koch | 96 | UFC | 14 |
| 15 | Daniel Straus | 74 | Bellator | 15 |
| 16 | Patricio Freire | 70 | Bellator | 16 |
| 17 | Diego Nunes | 67 | UFC | 17 |
| 18 | Rani Yahya | 60 | UFC | 19 |
| 19 | Magomedrasul Khasbulaev | 58 | Bellator | 18 |
| 20 | Darren Elkins | 58 | UFC | 20 |
| 21 | Jeremy Stephens | 52 | UFC | NR |
| 22 | Conor McGregor | 52 | UFC | 20 |
| 23 | Manny Gamburyan | 49 | UFC | 22 |
| 24 | Hacran Dias | 49 | UFC | 23 |
| 25 | Charles Oliveira | 43 | UFC | 26 |
Based on the premise that all MMA rankings are subjective but that it’s still useful and informative to know who the online MMA community as a whole ranks as the best fighters in MMA, we collect and average the rankings of the top MMA websites to produce our consensus rankings. We compile the top MMA rankings from each of our sources and award 25 points for a first place ranking, 16 for a 10th place ranking, 1 for a 25th place ranking. A formula is used to “normalize” the data so all fighters are awarded points from those lists that do not include a full 25 fighters. This formula ensures that each ranking site awards the same number of total points regardless of how many fighters they choose to rank. Each fighter’s total is divided by the number of possible points to determine their standing in the Meta-Rankings.
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