UFC rankings: Full pound-for-pound list including lightweight and heavyweight stars

The UFC ranking system is ever-evolving.

From the men’s and women’s pound-for-pound (P4P) rankings to all 11 divisions in Dana White‘s promotion, 165 fighters have a top 15 rank.

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UFC welterweight champion Islam Makhachev finished 2025 as the men’s P4P No. 1 fighter, while women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko remains at the summit of the women’s P4P rankings.

Alex Pereira and Alexander Volkanovski reclaimed their thrones at light heavyweight and featherweight, respectively, and Joshua Van, Khamzat Chimaev, Mackenzie Dern, and Kayla Harrison all became first-time champions.

With all that said, here’s the entire list of every ranking in the UFC as a hectic 2026 schedule approaches.

Final UFC rankings of 2025

Men’s pound-for-pound

1. Islam Makhachev
2. Ilia Topuria
3. Khamzat Chimaev
4. Alex Pereira
5. Alexander Volkanovski
6. Petr Yan
7. Merab Dvalishvili
8. Tom Aspinall
9. Alexandre Pantoja
10. Max Holloway
11. Dricus du Plessis
12. Joshua Van
13. Magomed Ankalaev
14. Jack Della Maddalena
15. Arman Tsarukyan

Heavyweight

Champion: Tom Aspinall

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1. Ciryl Gane
2. Alexander Volkov
3. Sergei Pavlovich
4. Curtis Blaydes
5. Waldo Cortes-Acosta
6. Jailton Almeida
7. Serghei Spivac
8. Derrick Lewis
9. Ante Delija
10. Marcin Tybura
11. Shamil Gaziev
12. Tai Tuivasa
13. Mick Parkin
14. Valter Walker
15. Tallison Teixeira

Light Heavyweight

Champion: Alex Pereira

1. Jiri Prochazka
2. Magomed Ankalaev
3. Carlos Ulberg
4. Khalil Rountree Jr.
5. Jan Blachowicz
6. Azamat Murzakanov
7. Jamahal Hill
8. Volkan Oezdemir
9. Dominick Reyes
10. Bogdan Guskov
11. Aleksandar Rakić
12. Johnny Walker
13. Nikita Krylov
14. Zhang Mingyang
15. Alonzo Menifield

Middleweight

Champion: Khamzat Chimaev

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1. Dricus du Plessis
2. Nassourdine Imavov
3. Sean Strickland
4. Anthony Hernandez
5. Brendan Allen
6. Israel Adesanya
7. Caio Borralho
8. Reinier de Ridder
9. Robert Whittaker
10. Jared Cannonier
11. Michael Page
12. Roman Dolidze
13. Paulo Costa
14. Gregory Rodrigues
15. Joe Pyfer

Welterweight

Champion: Islam Makhachev

1. Jack Della Maddalena
2. Shavkat Rakhmonov
3. Ian Machado Garry
4. Michael Morales
5. Belal Muhammad
6. Carlos Prates
7. Sean Brady
8. Kamaru Usman
9. Leon Edwards
10. Joaquin Buckley
11. Gabriel Bonfim
12. Gilbert Burns
13. Geoff Neal
14. Colby Covington
15. Daniel Rodriguez

Lightweight

Champion: Ilia Topuria

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1. Arman Tsarukyan
2. Charles Oliveira
3. Max Holloway
4. Justin Gaethje
5. Paddy Pimblett
6. Dan Hooker
7. Mateusz Gamrot
8. Benoit Saint Denis
9. Rafael Fiziev
10. Renato Moicano
11. Beneil Dariush
12. Michael Chandler
13. Manuel Torres
14. Mauricio Ruffy
15. Fares Ziam

Featherweight

Champion: Alexander Volkanovski

1. Movsar Evloev
2. Diego Lopes
3. Yair Rodriguez
4. Lerone Murphy
5. Aljamain Sterling
6. Arnold Allen
7. Youssef Zalal
8. Steve Garcia
9. Brian Ortega
10. Jean Silva
11. Josh Emmett
12. Patricio Pitbull
13. Kevin Vallejos
14. Dan Ige
15. David Onama

Bantamweight

Champion: Petr Yan

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1. Merab Dvalishvili
2. Umar Nurmagomedov
3. Sean O’Malley
4. Cory Sandhagen
5. Song Yadong
6. Deiveson Figueiredo
7. Aiemann Zahabi
8. Marlon Vera
9. Mario Bautista
10. David Martinez
11. Payton Talbott
12. Rob Font
13. Vinicius Oliveira
14. Kyler Phillips
15. Montel Jackson

Flyweight

Champion: Joshua Van

1. Alexandre Pantoja
2. Manel Kape
3. Tatsuro Taira
4. Brandon Royval
5. Brandon Moreno
6. Amir Albazi
7. Asu Almabayev
8. Kyoji Horiguchi
9. Tim Elliott
10. Steve Erceg
11. Alex Perez
12. Tagir Ulanbekov
13. Charles Johnson
14. Bruno Silva
15. Lone’er Kavanagh

Women’s Pound-for-Pound

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1. Valentina Shevchenko
2. Kayla Harrison
3. Zhang Weili
4. Natalia Silva
5. Mackenzie Dern
6. Manon Fiorot
7. Erin Blanchfield
8. Julianna Peña
9. Alexa Grasso
10. Virna Jandiroba
11. Raquel Pennington
12. Tatiana Suarez
13. Rose Namajunas
14. Yan Xiaonan
15. Maycee Barber

Women’s Bantamweight

Champion: Kayla Harrison

1. Julianna Pena
2. Raquel Pennington
3. Norma Dumont
4. Ketlen Vieira
5. Yana Santos
6. Irene Aldana
7. Macy Chiasson
8. Ailin Perez
9. Karol Rosa
10. Jacqueline Cavalcanti
11. Mayra Bueno Silva
12. Nora Cornolle
13. Miesha Tate
14. Joselyne Edwards
15. Luana Santos

Women’s Flyweight

Champion: Valentina Shevchenko

1. Manon Fiorot
2. Natalia Silva
3. Erin Blanchfield
4. Alexa Grasso
5. Maycee Barber
6. Rose Namajunas
7. Jasmine Jasudavicius
8. Tracy Cortez
9. Karine Silva
10. Miranda Maverick
11. Casey O’Neill
12. Wang Cong
13. Eduarda Moura
14. JJ Aldrich
15. Gabriella Fernandes

Women’s Strawweight

Champion: Mackenzie Dern

1. Zhang Weili
2. Tatiana Suarez
3. Virna Jandiroba
4. Yan Xiaonan
5. Amanda Lemos
6. Loopy Godinez
7. Iasmin Lucindo
8. Tabatha Ricci
9. Jéssica Andrade
10. Gillian Robertson
11. Amanda Ribas
12. Fatima Kline
13. Denise Gomes
14. Angela Hill
15. Alexia Thainara

The UFC moves exclusively to Paramount+ for fans in the United States from January 2026 as part of a $7.7billion broadcast deal.

Justin Gaethje fights Paddy Pimblett for the interim UFC lightweight title in the main event of UFC 324 – the first card of 2026.