UFC Welterweight Rankings

Last Updated: Sunday April 19, 2026

RankFighterRatingWLPrevChngPwrOffDef
1
Islam Makhachev 17-1
Pwr: 1 | Off: 1 | Def: 3
2.4851711113
2
Ian Machado Garry 10-1
Pwr: 5 | Off: 2 | Def: 15
1.97310125215
3
Michael Morales 7-0
Pwr: 4 | Off: 11 | Def: 1
1.8157034111
4
1
Shavkat Rakhmonov 7-0
Pwr: 2 | Off: 3 | Def: 4
1.4767051234
5
1
Jack Della Maddalena 8-1
Pwr: 7 | Off: 8 | Def: 12
1.46381417812
6
Bryan Battle 7-0
Pwr: 8 | Off: 17 | Def: 5
1.4457068175
7
Carlos Prates 6-1
Pwr: 3 | Off: 7 | Def: 2
1.441617372
8
3
Mike Malott 7-1
Pwr: 11 | Off: 10 | Def: 14
1.37871113111014
9
1
Joel Alvarez 8-2
Pwr: 9 | Off: 16 | Def: 7
1.31582819167
10
1
Rinat Fakhretdinov 5-0
Pwr: 13 | Off: 20 | Def: 11
1.3035091132011
11
1
Gabriel Bonfim 6-1
Pwr: 14 | Off: 25 | Def: 9
1.236110114259
12
Myktybek Orolbai 5-1
Pwr: 6 | Off: 14 | Def: 6
1.1351126146
13
Michael Page 4-1
Pwr: 10 | Off: 6 | Def: 17
1.069411310617
14
Belal Muhammad 15-5
Pwr: 17 | Off: 4 | Def: 42
0.9021551417442
15
Joaquin Buckley 11-5
Pwr: 18 | Off: 15 | Def: 21
0.89511515181521
16
Uros Medic 7-3
Pwr: 20 | Off: 38 | Def: 10
0.8817316203810
17
Sean Brady 8-2
Pwr: 15 | Off: 9 | Def: 22
0.867821715922
18
Jacobe Smith 3-0
Pwr: 16 | Off: 29 | Def: 8
0.856301816298
19
Daniel Rodriguez 10-4
Pwr: 23 | Off: 27 | Def: 27
0.78610419232727
20
Jake Matthews 15-7
Pwr: 30 | Off: 26 | Def: 35
0.69115720302635
21
Punahele Soriano 7-4
Pwr: 28 | Off: 28 | Def: 30
0.6877421282830
22
1
Seokhyeon Ko 2-0
Pwr: 22 | Off: 18 | Def: 31
0.67720231221831
23
1
Jonathan Micallef 2-0
Pwr: 19 | Off: 19 | Def: 16
0.67620241191916
24
2
Kamaru Usman 16-3
Pwr: 12 | Off: 5 | Def: 24
0.67416322212524
25
Charles Radtke 5-2
Pwr: 35 | Off: 42 | Def: 29
0.6645225354229
26
Randy Brown 14-8
Pwr: 27 | Off: 30 | Def: 28
0.62514826273028
27
Sam Patterson 4-2
Pwr: 25 | Off: 55 | Def: 13
0.5814227255513
28
Neil Magny 24-13
Pwr: 26 | Off: 31 | Def: 25
0.549241328263125
29
Kevin Holland 16-12
Pwr: 21 | Off: 22 | Def: 18
0.535161229212218
30
Nicolas Dalby 8-6
Pwr: 41 | Off: 37 | Def: 45
0.5168630413745
31
1
Jeremiah Wells 5-2
Pwr: 37 | Off: 43 | Def: 32
0.48752321374332
32
1
Michael Chiesa 14-7
Pwr: 31 | Off: 39 | Def: 19
0.481147311313919
33
Muslim Salikhov 9-5
Pwr: 42 | Off: 59 | Def: 26
0.4739533425926
34
Leon Edwards 14-5
Pwr: 24 | Off: 13 | Def: 50
0.44214534241350
35
Ramiz Brahimaj 5-4
Pwr: 40 | Off: 48 | Def: 33
0.3595435404833
36
Chris Curtis 6-5
Pwr: 29 | Off: 23 | Def: 37
0.3426536292337
37
2
Themba Gorimbo 4-3
Pwr: 57 | Off: 47 | Def: 59
0.27843392574759
38
Oban Elliott 3-2
Pwr: 46 | Off: 35 | Def: 55
0.2773238463555
39
1
Trey Waters 2-1
Pwr: 62 | Off: 61 | Def: 66
0.26421401626166
40
1
Jack Hermansson 11-8
Pwr: 32 | Off: 33 | Def: 34
0.26118411323334
41
1
Khaos Williams 6-4
Pwr: 43 | Off: 44 | Def: 39
0.25764421434439
42
1
Andreas Gustafsson 1-1
Pwr: 51 | Off: 57 | Def: 44
0.25411431515744
43
1
Carlos Leal 2-2
Pwr: 47 | Off: 52 | Def: 41
0.24522441475241
44
1
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos 11-6
Pwr: 48 | Off: 50 | Def: 43
0.219116451485043
45
1
Carlston Harris 4-3
Pwr: 49 | Off: 60 | Def: 38
0.21643461496038
46
3
Ange Loosa 2-2
Pwr: 56 | Off: 36 | Def: 68
0.222493563668
47
Kevin Jousset 2-2
Pwr: 54 | Off: 49 | Def: 53
0.1842247544953
48
Geoff Neal 8-6
Pwr: 33 | Off: 45 | Def: 20
0.1828648334520
49
12
Gilbert Burns 15-10
Pwr: 36 | Off: 24 | Def: 47
0.18115103712362447
50
Trevin Giles 7-7
Pwr: 55 | Off: 54 | Def: 48
0.1657750555448
51
Gunnar Nelson 10-6
Pwr: 38 | Off: 40 | Def: 36
0.14810651384036
52
Li Jingliang 2-3
Pwr: 34 | Off: 46 | Def: 23
0.1472352344623
53
Chidi Njokuani 5-5
Pwr: 53 | Off: 63 | Def: 40
0.1455553536340
54
Austin Vanderford 1-1
Pwr: 60 | Off: 62 | Def: 52
0.141154606252
55
Colby Covington 12-5
Pwr: 44 | Off: 12 | Def: 77
0.10612555441277
56
Max Griffin 8-10
Pwr: 52 | Off: 51 | Def: 49
0.07481056525149
57
Bassil Hafez 1-2
Pwr: 61 | Off: 56 | Def: 63
0.0731257615663
58
Song Kenan 4-5
Pwr: 70 | Off: 70 | Def: 70
0.0364558707070
59
Santiago Ponzinibbio 12-8
Pwr: 39 | Off: 34 | Def: 46
0.02512859393446
60
Court McGee 11-12
Pwr: 63 | Off: 66 | Def: 60
0.017111260636660
61
Nikolay Veretennikov 2-3
Pwr: 68 | Off: 71 | Def: 56
-0.0042361687156
62
Alex Morono 13-10
Pwr: 59 | Off: 53 | Def: 62
-0.01131062595362
63
Gilbert Urbina 1-3
Pwr: 72 | Off: 77 | Def: 58
-0.0321363727758
64
Preston Parsons 2-4
Pwr: 64 | Off: 68 | Def: 61
-0.0532464646861
65
4
Miguel Baeza 3-4
Pwr: 66 | Off: 65 | Def: 67
-0.07234694666567
66
1
Adam Fugitt 2-4
Pwr: 75 | Off: 78 | Def: 65
-0.07624671757865
67
2
Stephen Thompson 12-9
Pwr: 45 | Off: 32 | Def: 57
-0.088129652453257
68
Rafael Dos Anjos 21-15
Pwr: 58 | Off: 21 | Def: 80
-0.088211568582180
69
3
Tim Means 15-14
Pwr: 67 | Off: 72 | Def: 54
-0.0881514663677254
70
Jared Gooden 2-5
Pwr: 65 | Off: 58 | Def: 72
-0.1012570655872
71
Phil Rowe 3-4
Pwr: 50 | Off: 41 | Def: 51
-0.1433471504151
72
2
Mickey Gall 6-7
Pwr: 69 | Off: 74 | Def: 64
-0.267742697464
73
Matthew Semelsberger 4-6
Pwr: 71 | Off: 67 | Def: 74
-0.2044673716774
74
2
Josh Quinlan 1-3
Pwr: 78 | Off: 73 | Def: 79
-0.20513722787379
75
Ricky Glenn 1-3
Pwr: 79 | Off: 80 | Def: 73
-0.221375798073
76
Billy Ray Goff 0-2
Pwr: 80 | Off: 79 | Def: 78
-0.250276807978
77
Rhys McKee 1-5
Pwr: 74 | Off: 75 | Def: 69
-0.2551577747569
78
Daniel Frunza 0-2
Pwr: 82 | Off: 81 | Def: 82
-0.2690278828182
79
Kiefer Crosbie 0-3
Pwr: 81 | Off: 82 | Def: 75
-0.4030379818275
80
Tony Ferguson 15-9
Pwr: 73 | Off: 64 | Def: 76
-0.4315980736476
81
Niko Price 8-11
Pwr: 77 | Off: 76 | Def: 71
-0.44481181777671
82
Francisco Prado 1-5
Pwr: 76 | Off: 69 | Def: 81
-0.4941582766981
*NR = Not Previously Ranked
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