UFC Lightweight Rankings

Last Updated: Sunday September 14, 2025

RankFighterRatingWLPrevChngPwrOffDef
1
Islam Makhachev 16-1
Pwr: 1 | Off: 2 | Def: 2
2.4011611122
2
Ilia Topuria 9-0
Pwr: 2 | Off: 3 | Def: 1
2.355902231
3
Grant Dawson 11-1
Pwr: 9 | Off: 6 | Def: 16
1.53711139616
4
Paddy Pimblett 7-0
Pwr: 6 | Off: 7 | Def: 7
1.462704677
5
Arman Tsarukyan 8-2
Pwr: 4 | Off: 4 | Def: 8
1.343825448
6
Nazim Sadykhov 4-0
Pwr: 3 | Off: 5 | Def: 5
1.22406355
7
Fares Ziam 7-2
Pwr: 23 | Off: 14 | Def: 37
1.132727231437
8
Joel Alvarez 7-2
Pwr: 5 | Off: 12 | Def: 4
1.1037285124
9
Chris Duncan 5-1
Pwr: 21 | Off: 31 | Def: 20
1.016519213120
10
Mateusz Gamrot 8-3
Pwr: 10 | Off: 9 | Def: 10
0.976831010910
11
Nasrat Haqparast 10-4
Pwr: 33 | Off: 27 | Def: 36
0.95710411332736
12
Max Holloway 23-8
Pwr: 8 | Off: 1 | Def: 58
0.94238128158
13
Charles Oliveira 23-11
Pwr: 7 | Off: 10 | Def: 6
0.9322311137106
14
2
Drakkar Klose 10-3
Pwr: 20 | Off: 16 | Def: 27
0.901103162201627
15
Mairon Santos 3-0
Pwr: 25 | Off: 21 | Def: 30
0.8893015252130
16
2
Chris Padilla 3-0
Pwr: 22 | Off: 46 | Def: 12
0.87130142224612
17
MarQuel Mederos 3-0
Pwr: 45 | Off: 39 | Def: 50
0.8263017453950
18
Beneil Dariush 17-6
Pwr: 14 | Off: 23 | Def: 13
0.79617618142313
19
Ludovit Klein 7-3
Pwr: 36 | Off: 19 | Def: 48
0.7787319361948
20
2
Chase Hooper 8-4
Pwr: 30 | Off: 42 | Def: 24
0.76884222304224
21
1
Manuel Torres 4-1
Pwr: 11 | Off: 44 | Def: 3
0.7674120111443
22
1
Benoit Saint Denis 7-3
Pwr: 16 | Off: 30 | Def: 14
0.7673211163014
23
Ignacio Bahamondes 6-3
Pwr: 12 | Off: 11 | Def: 11
0.7116323121111
24
Quillan Salkilld 2-0
Pwr: 15 | Off: 24 | Def: 15
0.6972024152415
25
Dan Hooker 14-8
Pwr: 26 | Off: 36 | Def: 23
0.68714825263623
26
Mike Davis 5-2
Pwr: 27 | Off: 22 | Def: 32
0.6585226272232
27
1
Esteban Ribovics 4-2
Pwr: 31 | Off: 33 | Def: 29
0.61442281313329
28
1
Justin Gaethje 9-5
Pwr: 19 | Off: 25 | Def: 19
0.61295271192519
29
Terrance McKinney 7-4
Pwr: 37 | Off: 77 | Def: 9
0.611742937779
30
1
Nurullo Aliev 2-0
Pwr: 40 | Off: 48 | Def: 31
0.620311404831
31
1
Renato Moicano 12-7
Pwr: 17 | Off: 26 | Def: 18
0.598127321172618
32
2
Bobby Green 13-9
Pwr: 24 | Off: 29 | Def: 26
0.587139302242926
33
1
Charlie Campbell 2-0
Pwr: 29 | Off: 37 | Def: 25
0.58120341293725
34
1
Kaue Fernandes 3-1
Pwr: 34 | Off: 53 | Def: 21
0.57431351345321
35
1
Mason Jones 3-2
Pwr: 32 | Off: 15 | Def: 49
0.57232361321549
36
1
Mauricio Ruffy 3-1
Pwr: 48 | Off: 61 | Def: 40
0.56331371486140
37
11
Alexander Hernandez 10-7
Pwr: 44 | Off: 51 | Def: 33
0.5311074811445133
38
13
Rafa Garcia 5-4
Pwr: 41 | Off: 20 | Def: 55
0.528545113412055
39
Tom Nolan 3-1
Pwr: 62 | Off: 66 | Def: 56
0.5173139626656
40
2
Mateusz Rebecki 4-2
Pwr: 46 | Off: 45 | Def: 47
0.50942382464547
41
1
Jordan Leavitt 5-3
Pwr: 47 | Off: 73 | Def: 22
0.48853401477322
42
1
Rafael Fiziev 7-4
Pwr: 18 | Off: 13 | Def: 28
0.46874411181328
43
Dustin Poirier 22-9
Pwr: 13 | Off: 8 | Def: 39
0.4462294313839
44
2
Thiago Moises 8-7
Pwr: 42 | Off: 35 | Def: 45
0.44487422423545
45
Evan Elder 3-2
Pwr: 54 | Off: 34 | Def: 64
0.433245543464
46
Rongzhu 2-1
Pwr: 65 | Off: 49 | Def: 73
0.4182146654973
47
14
Jared Gordon 9-7
Pwr: 51 | Off: 56 | Def: 44
0.407973314515644
48
1
Gabe Green 3-3
Pwr: 38 | Off: 38 | Def: 35
0.38533471383835
49
Michael Johnson 16-15
Pwr: 59 | Off: 63 | Def: 57
0.369161549596357
50
17
Joaquim Silva 7-5
Pwr: 64 | Off: 62 | Def: 63
0.336756717646263
51
1
Jim Miller 27-18
Pwr: 43 | Off: 43 | Def: 41
0.3362718521434341
52
1
Nikolas Motta 3-3
Pwr: 57 | Off: 69 | Def: 42
0.31433531576942
53
1
Damon Jackson 6-6
Pwr: 66 | Off: 72 | Def: 53
0.30566541667253
54
1
Jalin Turner 7-6
Pwr: 28 | Off: 60 | Def: 17
0.27376551286017
55
1
Yanal Ashmouz 2-2
Pwr: 39 | Off: 18 | Def: 54
0.25822561391854
56
1
Marc Diakiese 8-7
Pwr: 70 | Off: 59 | Def: 76
0.25687571705976
57
13
Diego Ferreira 10-7
Pwr: 35 | Off: 32 | Def: 34
0.2561074413353234
58
Mark Madsen 4-2
Pwr: 72 | Off: 75 | Def: 59
0.2464258727559
59
Ismael Bonfim 2-2
Pwr: 52 | Off: 67 | Def: 38
0.2422259526738
60
Trey Ogden 3-3
Pwr: 53 | Off: 28 | Def: 66
0.2353360532866
61
Matt Frevola 5-5
Pwr: 68 | Off: 76 | Def: 43
0.2175561687643
62
Loik Radzhabov 2-2
Pwr: 67 | Off: 55 | Def: 68
0.2062262675568
63
1
Bolaji Oki 2-2
Pwr: 81 | Off: 92 | Def: 69
0.18422641819269
64
1
Gauge Young 1-1
Pwr: 71 | Off: 64 | Def: 78
0.17811651716478
65
2
Drew Dober 12-11
Pwr: 55 | Off: 58 | Def: 52
0.1731211632555852
66
Elves Brener 3-3
Pwr: 63 | Off: 47 | Def: 71
0.1663366634771
67
17
Claudio Puelles 5-4
Pwr: 49 | Off: 50 | Def: 46
0.158545017495046
68
1
Natan Levy 2-2
Pwr: 77 | Off: 70 | Def: 82
0.15422691777082
69
1
Edson Barboza 18-13
Pwr: 50 | Off: 17 | Def: 70
0.1421813701501770
70
3
Sodiq Yusuff 6-4
Pwr: 58 | Off: 52 | Def: 61
0.1464733585261
71
Jai Herbert 3-5
Pwr: 60 | Off: 57 | Def: 62
0.1373571605762
72
4
Jamie Mullarkey 5-6
Pwr: 76 | Off: 83 | Def: 67
0.13156684768367
73
1
Joe Solecki 5-4
Pwr: 61 | Off: 71 | Def: 51
0.12954721617151
74
Daniel Zellhuber 3-3
Pwr: 56 | Off: 41 | Def: 65
0.123374564165
75
3
Trevor Peek 2-3
Pwr: 74 | Off: 65 | Def: 80
0.04623783746580
76
Guram Kutateladze 2-3
Pwr: 75 | Off: 68 | Def: 81
0.0292376756881
77
Christos Giagos 6-8
Pwr: 80 | Off: 93 | Def: 60
0.0246877809360
78
1
Mike Breeden 1-3
Pwr: 85 | Off: 87 | Def: 84
-0.01813791858784
79
2
Vinc Pichel 7-5
Pwr: 73 | Off: 54 | Def: 86
-0.04275812735486
80
Maheshate 2-3
Pwr: 82 | Off: 79 | Def: 88
-0.0532380827988
81
2
Clay Guida 18-19
Pwr: 79 | Off: 84 | Def: 72
-0.0641819832798472
82
Anshul Jubli 1-2
Pwr: 94 | Off: 96 | Def: 92
-0.0751282949692
83
1
Damir Hadzovic 4-6
Pwr: 88 | Off: 88 | Def: 90
-0.08246841888890
84
1
Landon Quinones 0-2
Pwr: 83 | Off: 74 | Def: 96
-0.09402851837496
85
1
Viacheslav Borshchev 3-5
Pwr: 89 | Off: 89 | Def: 87
-0.1235861898987
86
1
Michal Figlak 0-2
Pwr: 93 | Off: 85 | Def: 99
-0.14602871938599
87
1
Dennis Buzukja 1-3
Pwr: 87 | Off: 80 | Def: 93
-0.14913881878093
88
7
Kyle Prepolec 0-3
Pwr: 95 | Off: 90 | Def: 101
-0.152039579590101
89
Michael Chandler 2-5
Pwr: 69 | Off: 40 | Def: 83
-0.1542589694083
90
6
Roosevelt Roberts 4-6
Pwr: 92 | Off: 95 | Def: 85
-0.15546966929585
91
1
King Green 0-2
Pwr: 96 | Off: 100 | Def: 75
-0.159029019610075
92
1
Victor Martinez 0-2
Pwr: 101 | Off: 102 | Def: 89
-0.1620291110110289
93
1
Kurt Holobaugh 2-7
Pwr: 90 | Off: 86 | Def: 94
-0.16527941908694
94
2
Gabriel Benitez 7-8
Pwr: 86 | Off: 91 | Def: 77
-0.16978922869177
95
2
Jeremy Stephens 15-19
Pwr: 78 | Off: 78 | Def: 74
-0.1781519932787874
96
1
Mitch Ramirez 0-2
Pwr: 100 | Off: 97 | Def: 102
-0.2080297110097102
97
1
Jordan Vucenic 0-2
Pwr: 97 | Off: 94 | Def: 100
-0.208029819794100
98
2
Alex Reyes 0-3
Pwr: 98 | Off: 98 | Def: 95
-0.221031002989895
99
Ottman Azaitar 2-3
Pwr: 99 | Off: 101 | Def: 79
-0.23723999910179
100
1
Kaynan Kruschewsky 0-2
Pwr: 102 | Off: 99 | Def: 98
-0.260210111029998
101
1
Austin Hubbard 4-8
Pwr: 84 | Off: 82 | Def: 91
-0.335481021848291
102
1
Rolando Bedoya 0-3
Pwr: 91 | Off: 81 | Def: 97
-0.355031031918197
*NR = Not Previously Ranked
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