UFC Welterweight Rankings

Last Updated: Sunday February 8, 2026

RankFighterRatingWLPrevChngPwrOffDef
1
Islam Makhachev 17-1
Pwr: 1 | Off: 1 | Def: 3
2.5971711113
2
Ian Machado Garry 10-1
Pwr: 5 | Off: 2 | Def: 14
2.05910125214
3
Michael Morales 7-0
Pwr: 4 | Off: 9 | Def: 1
1.864703491
4
1
Jack Della Maddalena 8-1
Pwr: 6 | Off: 7 | Def: 9
1.5678151679
5
1
Shavkat Rakhmonov 7-0
Pwr: 2 | Off: 3 | Def: 4
1.5447041234
6
Carlos Prates 6-1
Pwr: 3 | Off: 6 | Def: 2
1.497616362
7
Bryan Battle 7-0
Pwr: 7 | Off: 14 | Def: 5
1.4467077145
8
Gabriel Bonfim 6-1
Pwr: 11 | Off: 22 | Def: 8
1.28761811228
9
Rinat Fakhretdinov 5-0
Pwr: 12 | Off: 19 | Def: 10
1.285509121910
10
Joel Alvarez 8-2
Pwr: 8 | Off: 15 | Def: 6
1.25182108156
11
Mike Malott 6-1
Pwr: 13 | Off: 13 | Def: 15
1.1746111131315
12
Belal Muhammad 15-5
Pwr: 14 | Off: 4 | Def: 43
0.9881551214443
13
Sean Brady 8-2
Pwr: 9 | Off: 8 | Def: 18
0.97982139818
14
Joaquin Buckley 11-5
Pwr: 16 | Off: 12 | Def: 19
0.93711514161219
15
Myktybek Orolbai 4-1
Pwr: 15 | Off: 21 | Def: 11
0.8444115152111
16
Daniel Rodriguez 10-4
Pwr: 23 | Off: 26 | Def: 25
0.82610416232625
17
Sam Patterson 4-1
Pwr: 21 | Off: 58 | Def: 7
0.81411721587
18
Randy Brown 14-7
Pwr: 24 | Off: 28 | Def: 22
0.77814718242822
19
Jake Matthews 15-7
Pwr: 30 | Off: 25 | Def: 38
0.74915719302538
20
Jonathan Micallef 2-0
Pwr: 17 | Off: 17 | Def: 16
0.722020171716
21
Kamaru Usman 16-3
Pwr: 10 | Off: 5 | Def: 23
0.7041632110523
22
Seokhyeon Ko 2-0
Pwr: 19 | Off: 16 | Def: 30
0.6992022191630
23
Uros Medic 6-3
Pwr: 28 | Off: 48 | Def: 13
0.6766323284813
24
Jacobe Smith 2-0
Pwr: 18 | Off: 32 | Def: 12
0.6052024183212
25
Neil Magny 24-13
Pwr: 26 | Off: 27 | Def: 26
0.601241325262726
26
Ramiz Brahimaj 5-3
Pwr: 33 | Off: 45 | Def: 20
0.5585326334520
27
1
Nicolas Dalby 8-6
Pwr: 42 | Off: 37 | Def: 46
0.5286281423746
28
1
Charles Radtke 4-2
Pwr: 39 | Off: 52 | Def: 28
0.50442271395228
29
Leon Edwards 14-5
Pwr: 25 | Off: 11 | Def: 48
0.49814529251148
30
2
Punahele Soriano 6-4
Pwr: 35 | Off: 38 | Def: 34
0.4964322353834
31
1
Jeremiah Wells 5-2
Pwr: 38 | Off: 42 | Def: 33
0.47752301384233
32
1
Muslim Salikhov 9-5
Pwr: 45 | Off: 61 | Def: 32
0.46995331456132
33
2
Chris Curtis 6-4
Pwr: 27 | Off: 23 | Def: 35
0.44964312272335
34
Kevin Holland 15-12
Pwr: 20 | Off: 24 | Def: 21
0.428151234202421
35
1
Michael Chiesa 13-7
Pwr: 36 | Off: 41 | Def: 31
0.346137361364131
36
1
Chidi Njokuani 5-4
Pwr: 47 | Off: 62 | Def: 29
0.33354351476229
37
Vicente Luque 16-8
Pwr: 29 | Off: 31 | Def: 27
0.32416837293127
38
Geoff Neal 8-5
Pwr: 22 | Off: 36 | Def: 17
0.3118538223617
39
Oban Elliott 3-2
Pwr: 46 | Off: 34 | Def: 54
0.3043239463454
40
Gilbert Burns 15-9
Pwr: 31 | Off: 18 | Def: 42
0.29715940311842
41
1
Trey Waters 2-1
Pwr: 62 | Off: 60 | Def: 65
0.28221421626065
42
2
Jack Hermansson 11-8
Pwr: 32 | Off: 30 | Def: 37
0.271118442323037
43
2
Themba Gorimbo 4-3
Pwr: 58 | Off: 50 | Def: 58
0.26143412585058
44
1
Andreas Gustafsson 1-1
Pwr: 52 | Off: 56 | Def: 45
0.25211451525645
45
1
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos 11-6
Pwr: 49 | Off: 46 | Def: 44
0.243116461494644
46
3
Khaos Williams 6-4
Pwr: 43 | Off: 43 | Def: 40
0.24264433434340
47
Carlston Harris 4-3
Pwr: 50 | Off: 59 | Def: 39
0.244347505939
48
Trevin Giles 7-7
Pwr: 53 | Off: 53 | Def: 51
0.1937748535351
49
1
Austin Vanderford 1-1
Pwr: 57 | Off: 57 | Def: 50
0.18911501575750
50
1
Ange Loosa 2-2
Pwr: 55 | Off: 35 | Def: 71
0.18322491553571
51
Gunnar Nelson 10-6
Pwr: 37 | Off: 40 | Def: 36
0.16310651374036
52
Kevin Jousset 2-2
Pwr: 54 | Off: 47 | Def: 55
0.1592252544755
53
Li Jingliang 2-3
Pwr: 34 | Off: 44 | Def: 24
0.1542353344424
54
Colby Covington 12-5
Pwr: 41 | Off: 10 | Def: 80
0.13212554411080
55
1
Max Griffin 8-10
Pwr: 51 | Off: 49 | Def: 49
0.111810561514949
56
1
Bassil Hafez 1-2
Pwr: 61 | Off: 54 | Def: 63
0.0812571615463
57
1
Carlos Leal 1-2
Pwr: 59 | Off: 67 | Def: 41
0.07312581596741
58
2
Phil Rowe 3-3
Pwr: 48 | Off: 39 | Def: 52
0.02833602483952
59
2
Santiago Ponzinibbio 12-8
Pwr: 40 | Off: 33 | Def: 47
0.028128612403347
60
5
Alex Morono 13-10
Pwr: 60 | Off: 51 | Def: 59
0.011310555605159
61
1
Song Kenan 4-5
Pwr: 72 | Off: 70 | Def: 72
0.00745621727072
62
1
Court McGee 11-12
Pwr: 63 | Off: 64 | Def: 60
-0.0091112631636460
63
14
Nikolay Veretennikov 2-3
Pwr: 66 | Off: 72 | Def: 57
-0.025237714667257
64
1
Gilbert Urbina 1-3
Pwr: 76 | Off: 78 | Def: 62
-0.05313651767862
65
1
Adam Fugitt 2-4
Pwr: 78 | Off: 79 | Def: 66
-0.08424641787966
66
1
Preston Parsons 2-4
Pwr: 65 | Off: 69 | Def: 61
-0.08724671656961
67
1
Rafael Dos Anjos 21-15
Pwr: 56 | Off: 20 | Def: 81
-0.0892115681562081
68
2
Stephen Thompson 12-9
Pwr: 44 | Off: 29 | Def: 53
-0.093129662442953
69
Miguel Baeza 3-4
Pwr: 68 | Off: 66 | Def: 68
-0.1093469686668
70
Tim Means 15-14
Pwr: 67 | Off: 73 | Def: 56
-0.12151470677356
71
Jared Gooden 2-5
Pwr: 64 | Off: 55 | Def: 74
-0.1242571645574
72
1
Val Woodburn 0-2
Pwr: 77 | Off: 77 | Def: 69
-0.14602731777769
73
1
Matthew Semelsberger 4-6
Pwr: 70 | Off: 65 | Def: 75
-0.17946741706575
74
1
Mickey Gall 6-7
Pwr: 71 | Off: 76 | Def: 64
-0.2267751717664
75
1
Rhys McKee 1-5
Pwr: 69 | Off: 71 | Def: 67
-0.22215761697167
76
2
Ricky Glenn 1-3
Pwr: 81 | Off: 82 | Def: 73
-0.22913782818273
77
2
Billy Ray Goff 0-2
Pwr: 80 | Off: 80 | Def: 78
-0.23102792808078
78
2
Josh Quinlan 1-3
Pwr: 79 | Off: 74 | Def: 82
-0.23513802797482
79
7
Niko Price 8-10
Pwr: 74 | Off: 75 | Def: 70
-0.309810727747570
80
1
Daniel Frunza 0-2
Pwr: 84 | Off: 83 | Def: 84
-0.32202811848384
81
1
Darrius Flowers 0-3
Pwr: 82 | Off: 81 | Def: 83
-0.32403821828183
82
1
Kiefer Crosbie 0-3
Pwr: 83 | Off: 84 | Def: 76
-0.38603831838476
83
1
Francisco Prado 1-4
Pwr: 75 | Off: 68 | Def: 77
-0.39514841756877
84
1
Tony Ferguson 15-9
Pwr: 73 | Off: 63 | Def: 79
-0.429159851736379
*NR = Not Previously Ranked
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