-
1
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider"
- 34-11-0, 1 NC
-
2
- Mirko Filipović
- "Cro Cop"
- 38-11-2, 1 NC
-
3
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman"
- 21-9-0
-
4
- José Aldo
- "Junior"
- 32-8-0
-
5
- Anthony Pettis
- "Showtime"
- 25-14-0
-
6
- Wanderlei Silva
- "The Axe Murderer"
- 35-14-1, 1 NC
-
7
- Vitor Belfort
- "The Phenom"
- 26-14-0, 1 NC
-
8
- Lyoto Machida
- "The Dragon"
- 26-12-0
-
9
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun"
- 27-14-1
-
10
- Bas Rutten
- "El Guapo"
- 28-4-1
-
11
- Junior dos Santos
- "Cigano" | 21-10-0
-
12
- Alistair Overeem
- "The Demolition Man" | 47-19-0, 1 NC
-
13
- Carlos Condit
- "The Natural Born Killer" | 32-14-0
-
14
- Thiago Alves
- "Pitbull" | 23-15-0
-
15
- Rich Franklin
- "Ace" | 29-7-0, 1 NC
-
16
- Donald Cerrone
- "Cowboy" | 36-17-0, 2 NC
-
17
- Mark Hominick
- "The Machine" | 20-12-0
-
18
- Igor Vovchanchyn
- "Ice Cold" | 55-10-1, 1 NC
-
19
- Mark Hunt
- "Super Samoan" | 13-14-1, 1 NC
-
20
- Georges St-Pierre
- "Rush" | 26-2-0
-
21
- Melvin Manhoef
- "No Mercy" | 32-17-1, 2 NC
-
22
- Cung Le
- 9-3-0
-
23
- Robbie Lawler
- "Ruthless" | 30-16-0, 1 NC
-
24
- Quinton Jackson
- "Rampage" | 37-14-0
-
25
- Alexander Shlemenko
- "Storm" | 64-15-1, 1 NC
-
26
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy" | 16-14-2
-
27
- Nick Diaz
- 26-10-0, 2 NC
-
28
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor" | 40-7-0, 1 NC
-
29
- Gegard Mousasi
- "The Dreamcatcher" | 49-9-2
-
30
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo" | 32-15-0
-
31
- Conor McGregor
- "The Notorious" | 22-6-0