Longest Tenured UFC Fighters

I've finally tabulated the master list. Here it is, the 100 (and one since there was a tie at the end) longest Tenured fighters in the UFC. Pitbull Bless.

#1 Andrei Arlovski. Debut: 11/17/2000

#2 Robbie Lawler.  Debut: 5/10/2002
#3 Diego Sanchez. Debut: 4/9/2005

#4 Ed Herman. Debut: 6/24/2006

#5 Joe Lauzon. Debut: 9/23/2006
#6 Clay Guida. Debut: 10/14/2006

#7 Frankie Edgar. Debut: 2/3/2007

#8 Jeremy Stephens. Debut: 5/26/2007

#9 Nate Diaz. Debut: 6/23/2007

#10 Shogun Rua. Debut: 9/22/2007

#11 Demian Maia. Debut: 10/20/2007

#12 Matt Brown. Debut: 6/20/2008

#13 Jon Jones. Debut: 8/9/2008
#14 Junior dos Santos. Debut: 10/25/2008

#15 Rafael dos Anjos. Debut: 11/15/2008

#16 Stefan Struve. Debut: 2/21/2009

#17 Carlos Condit. Debut: 4/1/2009

#18 Nik Lentz. Debut: 9/19/2009
#19 Ben Rothwelli. Debut: 10/24/2009
#20 Alexander Gustafsson. Debut: 11/14/2009

#21 Darren Elkins. Debut: 3/21/2010

#22 TIE Brad Tavares and Court McGee. Debuts: 6/19/2010

#24 Charles Oliveira. Debut: 8/1/2010

#25 Tim Boetsch. Debut: 8/7/2010
#26 Edson Barboza. Debut: 11/20/2010
#27 Michael Johnson. Debut: 12/4/2010
#28 John Makdessi. Debut: 12/11/2010

#29 Dustin Poirier. Debut: 1/1/2011
#30 Rani Yahya. Debut: 1/22/2011

#31 Chris Weidman. Debut: 3/3/2011

#32 FOUR WAY TIE Joseph Benavidez, Urijah Faber, Eddie Wineland, and Raphael Assuncao. Debuts: 3/19/2011

#36 TIE Korean Zombie and Alex Caceres. Debuts: 3/26/2011
#37 Jose Aldo. Debut: 4/30/2011

#38 Tony Ferguson. Debut: 6/4/2011
#39 Dominick Cruz. Debut: 7/2/2011

#40 Stipe Miocic. Debut: 10/8/2011
#41 Cub Swanson. Debut: 11/12/2011
#42 Alistair Overeem. Debut: 12/30/2011

#43 Max Holloway. Debut: 2/4/2012

#44 Tim Means. Debut: 2/15/2012
#45 Daniel Pineda. Debut: 3/2/2012

#46 Siyar Bahadurzada. Debut: 4/14/2012

#47 Tim Elliott. Debut: 5/5/2012
#48 Glover Teixeira. Debut: 5/26/2012
#49 TIE (They even debuted against one another) Michael Chiesa and Al Iaquinta. Debuts: 6/1/2012

#51 Francisco Trinaldo. Debut: 6/23/2012

#52 Mitch Gagnon. Debut: 7/21/2012

#53 Gunnar Nelson. Debut: 9/29/2012

#54 Robert Whittaker. Debut: 12/14/2012
#55 Derek Brunson. Debut: 12/29/2012

#56 TIE Bobby Green and Tyron Woodley. Debuts: 2/2/2013 
#58 Neil Magny. Debut: 2/23/2013

#59 TIE Conor McGregor and Ilir Latifi. Debuts: 4/6/2013

#61 TIE (they even debuted against each other) Uriah Hall and Kelvin Gastelum  Debuts: 4/13/2013

#63 Jorge Masvidal. Debut: 4/20/2013

#64 THREE WAY TIE Ovince St. Preux, Gian Villante, and Yancy Medeiros Debuts: 4/27/2013
#67 TIE Luke Rockhold and Jacare Souza. Debuts: 5/18/2013

#69 Sara McMann. Debut: 5/27/2013

#70 TIE (they even debuted against one another) Anthony Smith and Antonio Braga Neto. Debuts: 6/8/2013

#72 Leonardo Santos. Debut: 6/8/2013

#73 TIE James Krause and Alexis Davis. Debuts: 6/15/2013

#75 THREE WAY TIE Germaine De Ramdomie, Jessica Andrade, and Trevor Smith. Debuts: 7/27/2013
#78 TIE Amanda Nunes and Thiago Santos. Debuts: 8/3/2013

#80 Zak Cummings. Debut: 8/28/2013
#81 Nikita Krylov. Debut: 8/31/2013

#82 Bethe Correia. Debut: 10/7/2013
#83 Alan Patrick. Debut: 10/9/2013
#84 TIE Jessica Eye and Andre Fili. Debuts: 10/19/2013

#86 Omari Akhmedov. Debut: 11/09/2013

#87 FOUR WAY TIE Julianna Pena, Raquel Pennington, Roxanne Modafferi, and Ryan Benoit. Debuts: 11/30/2013
#91 Krzysztof Jotko. Debut: 12/06/2013
#92 Louis Smolka. Debut: 1/15/2014
#93 TIE (they even debuted against one another) Zubaira Tukhugov and Douglas Andrade. Debuts: 2/15/2014

#95 TIE Aljamain Sterling and Pedro Munhoz. Debuts: 2/22/2014
#97 Sean Strickland. Debut: 3/15/2014
#98 THREE WAY TIE Mirsad Bektic, Chas Skelly, and Ray Borg. Debuts: 4/19/2014

* Edited at 01.15.2021, 10:49 AM ET *

#1 Andrei Arlovski. Debut: 11/17/2000
#2 Robbie Lawler.  Debut: 5/10/2002
#3 Ed Herman. Debut: 6/24/2006
#4 Joe Lauzon. Debut: 9/23/2006
#5 Clay Guida. Debut: 10/14/2006
#6 Frankie Edgar. Debut: 2/3/2007
#7 Jeremy Stephens. Debut: 5/26/2007
#8 Nate Diaz. Debut: 6/23/2007
#9 Shogun Rua. Debut: 9/22/2007
#10 Matt Brown. Debut: 6/20/2008
#11 Jon Jones. Debut: 8/9/2008
#12 Jim Miller. Debut: 10/18/2008
#13 Rafael dos Anjos. Debut: 11/15/2008
#14 Ben Rothwell. Debut: 10/24/2009
#15 Alexander Gustafsson. Debut: 11/14/2009
#16 Darren Elkins. Debut: 3/21/2010
#17 TIE Brad Tavares and Court McGee. Debuts: 6/19/2010
#19 Charles Oliveira. Debut: 8/1/2010
#20 Edson Barboza. Debut: 11/20/2010
#21 John Makdessi. Debut: 12/11/2010
#22 Dustin Poirier. Debut: 1/1/2011
#23 Rani Yahya. Debut: 1/22/2011
#24 Chris Weidman. Debut: 3/3/2011
#25 THREE WAY TIE Urijah Faber, Eddie Wineland, and Raphael Assuncao. Debuts: 3/19/2011
#28 TIE Korean Zombie and Alex Caceres. Debuts: 3/26/2011
#30 Jose Aldo. Debut: 4/30/2011
#31 Tony Ferguson. Debut: 6/4/2011
#32 Dominick Cruz. Debut: 7/2/2011
#33 TJ Dillashaw Debut: 10/3/2011
#34 Stipe Miocic. Debut: 10/8/2011
#35 Cub Swanson. Debut: 11/12/2011
#36 TIE Max Holloway and Stephen Thompson. Debuts: 2/4/2012
#38 Tim Means. Debut: 2/15/2012
#39 Daniel Pineda. Debut: 3/2/201
#40 Tim Elliott. Debut: 5/5/2012
#41 Glover Teixeira. Debut: 5/26/2012
#42 Michael Chiesa Debut: 6/1/2012
#43 Francisco Trinaldo. Debut: 6/23/2012
#44 Robert Whittaker. Debut: 12/14/2012
#45 Vinc Pichel. Debut: 12/15/2012
#46 Derek Brunson. Debut: 12/29/2012
#47 Bobby Green Debut: 2/2/2013 
#48 Neil Magny. Debut: 2/23/2013
#49 TIE Conor McGregor and Ilir Latifi. Debuts: 4/6/2013
#51 THREE WAY TIE Miesha Tate, Uriah Hall, and Kelvin Gastelum  Debuts: 4/13/2013
#54 Jorge Masvidal. Debut: 4/20/2013
#55 Ovince St. Preux Debut: 4/27/2013
#56 Luke Rockhold Debut: 5/18/2013
#57 Sara McMann. Debut: 5/27/2013
#58 Anthony Smith. Debut: 6/8/2013
#59 Leonardo Santos. Debut: 6/8/2013
#60 TIE James Krause and Alexis Davis. Debuts: 6/15/2013
#62 TIE Germaine de Randamie and Jessica Andrade. Debuts: 7/27/2013
#64 TIE Amanda Nunes and Thiago Santos. Debuts: 8/3/2013
#66 Nikita Krylov. Debut: 8/31/2013
#67 Alan Patrick. Debut: 10/9/2013
#68 TIE Jessica Eye and Andre Fili. Debuts: 10/19/2013
#70 Santiago Ponzinibbio. Debut: 11/9/2013
#71 FIVE WAY TIE Julianna Pena, Raquel Pennington, Roxanne Modafferi, Drew Dober, and Walt Harris. Debuts: 11/30/2013
#76 Krzysztof Jotko. Debut: 12/06/2013
#77 TIE Beneil Dariush and Louis Smolka Debuts: 1/15/2014
#79 TIE (they even debuted against one another) Zubaira Tukhugov and Douglas Andrade. Debuts: 2/15/2014
#81 TIE Aljamain Sterling and Pedro Munhoz. Debuts: 2/22/2014
#83 Sean Strickland. Debut: 3/15/2014
#84 TIE Derrick Lewis, and Chas Skelly. Debuts: 4/19/2014
#86 Li Jingliang. Debut: 5/24/2014 
#87 TIE Warlley Alves, Marcos Rogerio de Lima Debuts: 5/31/2014 
#89 TIE Dan Hooker and Jake Matthews. Debuts: 6/28/2014
#91 TIE Aleksei Oleinik and Carlos Diego Ferreira. Debuts: 6/28/2014
#93 Rob Font. Debut: 7/5/2014
#94 Dhiego Lima. Debut: 7/6/2014
#95 THREE WAY TIE Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Gilbert Burns, and Brian Ortega. Debuts: 7/26/2014
#98 Colby Covington. Debut: 8/24/2014
#99 TIE Jan Blachowitz and Charles Rosa. Debuts: 10/4/2014

Arlovski is the only one left of the Pre-Zuffa era.

The fact that Andre Arlovski has been fighting in the UFC for over 2 decades is insane! I'm sure that's also got to be the longest ever UFC tenure as well right?

@Stephen Terry

He was on and off in being in the UFC, though.

@rappinpapsoda

I forgot about that lol! His last fight was in the UFC and he hasn't been cut at the moment so I think it's still OK to count it. I'd personally love to see more fighters fighting in the other promotions and hate that the UFC have fighters down on exclusive contracts. I'd love to see fighters try and climb up the UFC ladder while still being able to make money and gain experience by fighting in other promotions on the side!

What about Dustin Jacoby?

@Bronco

You're right, I missed him. 

#7 Jeremy Stephens and #60 Tie Alexis Davis were released, #71 Tie Roxanne Modafferi, # 84 Tie Chas Skelly, and #94 Dhiego Lima retired, so everyone below them moves up spots corresponding to the # of them they were behind. Per Bronco's addition, Dustin Jacoby rightfully joins the list at #34. #97 is Christos Giagos with a debut of 10/25/2014. #98 is a three-way tie between Marlon Vera, Alejandro Perez, and Gabriel Benitez, each with a debut of 11/15/2014

Whoops, looks like I missed Yair Rodriguez who is also tied with those 3 for #98

#13 Rothwell, #73 Tie Smolka, and #90 Tie Joanna Jedrzejczyk are all gone now. Everyone below em moves up a spot, and Doo Ho Choi debuts at #99 with a debut of 11/22/2014. #100 is now a SIX WAY TIE of Rose Namajunas, Carla Esparza, Tecia Torres, Joanne Wood, Angela Hill, and Jessica Penne with debuts on 12/12/14. Guess I wont need to update this list for a while!

* Edited at 06.12.2022, 6:30 PM ET *

#1 Andrei Arlovski. Debut: 11/17/2000
#2 Robbie Lawler.  Debut: 5/10/2002
#3 Ed Herman. Debut: 6/24/2006
#4 Joe Lauzon. Debut: 9/23/2006
#5 Clay Guida. Debut: 10/14/2006
#6 Matt Brown. Debut: 6/20/2008
#7 Jon Jones. Debut: 8/9/2008
#8 Jim Miller. Debut: 10/18/2008
#9 Rafael dos Anjos. Debut: 11/15/2008
UFC 100
#10 Alexander Gustafsson. Debut: 11/14/2009
#11 Darren Elkins. Debut: 3/21/2010
#12 TIE Brad Tavares and Court McGee. Debuts: 6/19/2010
#14 Charles Oliveira. Debut: 8/1/2010
#15 Edson Barboza. Debut: 11/20/2010
#16 John Makdessi. Debut: 12/11/2010
#17 Dustin Poirier. Debut: 1/1/2011
#18 Rani Yahya. Debut: 1/22/2011
#19 Chris Weidman. Debut: 3/3/2011
#20 Raphael Assuncao. Debut: 3/19/2011
#21 TIE Korean Zombie and Alex Caceres. Debuts: 3/26/2011
#23 Tony Ferguson. Debut: 6/4/2011
#24 Dominick Cruz. Debut: 7/2/2011
#25 Stipe Miocic. Debut: 10/8/2011
#26 Dustin Jacoby. Debut: 10/29/2011
#27 Cub Swanson. Debut: 11/12/2011
#28 TIE Max Holloway and Stephen Thompson. Debuts: 2/4/2012
#30 Tim Means. Debut: 2/15/2012
#31 Daniel Pineda. Debut: 3/2/2012
#32 Tim Elliott. Debut: 5/5/2012
#33 Michael Chiesa Debut: 6/1/2012
UFC 150
#34 Robert Whittaker. Debut: 12/14/2012
#35 Vinc Pichel. Debut: 12/15/2012
#36 Derek Brunson. Debut: 12/29/2012
#37 Bobby Green Debut: 2/2/2013 
#38 Neil Magny. Debut: 2/23/2013
#39 Conor McGregor Debut: 4/6/2013
#40 TIE Miesha Tate, and Kelvin Gastelum Debuts: 4/13/2013
#42 Jorge Masvidal. Debut: 4/20/2013
#43 Ovince St. Preux Debut: 4/27/2013
#44 Anthony Smith. Debut: 6/8/2013
#45 Jessica Andrade. Debut: 7/27/2013
#46 Amanda Nunes Debut: 8/3/2013
#47 Nikita Krylov. Debut: 8/31/2013
#48 Andre Fili. Debut: 10/19/2013
#49 Santiago Ponzinibbio. Debut: 11/9/2013
#50 FOUR WAY TIE Julianna Pena, Raquel Pennington, Drew Dober, Davey Grant, Debuts: 11/30/2013
#54 Beneil Dariush Debut: 1/15/2014
#55 TIE (they even debuted against one another) Zubaira Tukhugov and Douglas Andrade. Debuts: 2/15/2014
#57 TIE Aljamain Sterling and Pedro Munhoz. Debuts: 2/22/2014
#59 Sean Strickland. Debut: 3/15/2014
#60 Derrick Lewis. Debuts: 4/19/2014
#61 Li Jingliang. Debut: 5/24/2014 
#62 TIE Warlley Alves, Marcos Rogerio de Lima Debuts: 5/31/2014 
#64 TIE Dan Hooker and Jake Matthews. Debuts: 6/28/2014
#66 Carlos Diego Ferreira. Debut: 6/28/2014
#67 Rob Font. Debut: 7/5/2014
#68 TIE Gilbert Burns, and Brian Ortega. Debuts: 7/26/2014
#70 TIE Lauren Murphy, and Frankie Saenz. Debuts: 8/16/2014. 
#72 Colby Covington. Debut: 8/24/2014
#73 Damon Jackson. Debut: 8/30/2014. 
#74 TIE Jan Blachowicz and Charles Rosa. Debuts: 10/4/2014
#76 Guido Canetti. Debut: 11/15/2014
#77 Christos Giagos. Debut: 10/25/2014
#78 Leon Edwards. Debut: 11/8/2014
#79 THREE WAY TIE Marlon Vera, Yair Rodriguez, and Gabriel Benitez. Debuts: 11/15/2014
#82 FIVE WAY TIE Rose Namajunas, Carla Esparza, Tecia Torres, Angela Hill, and Jessica Penne. Debuts: 12/12/2014
#87 TIE Henry Cejudo and Bryan Barberena Debuts:12/13/2014
#89 Tie Renato Moicano and Jake Collier. Debuts: 12/20/2014
#91 TIE Cody Garbrandt and Jared Cannonier. Debuts: 1/3/2015
#93 Makwan Amirkhani. Debut: 1/24/2015
#94 Holly Holm. Debut: 2/28/2015
#95 Islam Makhachev. Debut: 5/23/2015
#96 THREE WAY TIE Darren Till, Elizieu Zaleski dos Santos, and Nicholas Dalby. Debuts: 5/30/2015
#99 Arnold Allen Debut: 6/20/2015
#100 THREE WAY TIE Kamaru Usman, Vicente Luque, and Michelle Waterson. Debuts: 7/12/2015

* Edited at 02.22.2023, 11:37 PM ET *

 #1 Andrei Arlovski. Debut: 11/17/2000
 #2 Joe Lauzon. Debut: 9/23/2006
 #3 Clay Guida. Debut: 10/14/2006
 #4 Matt Brown. Debut: 6/20/2008
 #5 Jon Jones. Debut: 8/9/2008
 #6 Jim Miller. Debut: 10/18/2008
 #7 Rafael dos Anjos. Debut: 11/15/2008
 UFC 100
 #8 Alexander Gustafsson. Debut: 11/14/2009
 #9 Darren Elkins. Debut: 3/21/2010
 #10 TIE Brad Tavares and Court McGee. Debuts: 6/19/2010
 #12 Charles Oliveira. Debut: 8/1/2010
 #13 Edson Barboza. Debut: 11/20/2010
 #14 Dustin Poirier. Debut: 1/1/2011
 #15 Rani Yahya. Debut: 1/22/2011
 #16 Chris Weidman. Debut: 3/3/2011
 #17 Alex Caceres. Debut: 3/26/2011
 #18 Tony Ferguson. Debut: 6/4/2011
 #19 Dominick Cruz. Debut: 7/2/2011
 #20 Stipe Miocic. Debut: 10/8/2011
 #21 Dustin Jacoby. Debut: 10/29/2011
 #22 Cub Swanson. Debut: 11/12/2011
 #23 TIE Max Holloway and Stephen Thompson. Debuts: 2/4/2012
 #25 Tim Means. Debut: 2/15/2012
 #26 Daniel Pineda. Debut: 3/2/2012
 #27 Tim Elliott. Debut: 5/5/2012
 #28 Michael Chiesa Debut: 6/1/2012
 UFC 150
 #29 Robert Whittaker. Debut: 12/14/2012
 #30 Vinc Pichel. Debut: 12/15/2012
 #31 Bobby Green Debut: 2/2/2013 
 #32 Neil Magny. Debut: 2/23/2013
 #33 Conor McGregor Debut: 4/6/2013
 #34 TIE Miesha Tate, and Kelvin Gastelum Debuts: 4/13/2013
 #36 Ovince St. Preux Debut: 4/27/2013
 #37 Anthony Smith. Debut: 6/8/2013
 #38 Jessica Andrade. Debut: 7/27/2013
 #39 Nikita Krylov. Debut: 8/31/2013
 #40 Andre Fili. Debut: 10/19/2013
 #41 Santiago Ponzinibbio. Debut: 11/9/2013
 #42 FOUR WAY TIE Julianna Pena, Raquel Pennington, Drew Dober, Davey Grant, Debuts: 11/30/2013
 #46 Beneil Dariush Debut: 1/15/2014
 #47 Douglas Andrade. Debut: 2/15/2014
 #48 TIE Aljamain Sterling and Pedro Munhoz. Debuts: 2/22/2014
 #50 Sean Strickland. Debut: 3/15/2014
 #51 Derrick Lewis. Debut: 4/19/2014
 #52 Li Jingliang. Debut: 5/24/2014 
 #53 TIE Warlley Alves and Marcos Rogerio de Lima Debuts: 5/31/2014 
 #55 TIE Dan Hooker and Jake Matthews. Debuts: 6/28/2014
 #57 Carlos Diego Ferreira. Debut: 6/28/2014
 #58 Rob Font. Debut: 7/5/2014
 #59 TIE Gilbert Burns, and Brian Ortega. Debuts: 7/26/2014
 #61 Lauren Murphy. Debut: 8/16/2014. 
 #62 Colby Covington. Debut: 8/24/2014
 #63 Damon Jackson. Debut: 8/30/2014. 
 #64 Jan Blachowicz. Debut: 10/4/2014
 #65 Christos Giagos. Debut: 10/25/2014
 #66 Leon Edwards. Debut: 11/8/2014
 #67 THREE WAY TIE Marlon Vera, Yair Rodriguez, and Gabriel Benitez. Debuts: 11/15/2014
 #70 FIVE WAY TIE Rose Namajunas, Carla Esparza, Tecia Torres, Angela Hill, and Jessica Penne. Debuts: 12/12/2014
 #75 TIE Henry Cejudo and Bryan Barberena Debuts:12/13/2014
 #77 Renato Moicano. Debut: 12/20/2014
 #78 TIE Cody Garbrandt and Jared Cannonier. Debuts: 1/3/2015
 #80 Holly Holm. Debut: 2/28/2015
 #81 Islam Makhachev. Debut: 5/23/2015
 #82 TIE Elizieu Zaleski dos Santos, and Nicholas Dalby. Debuts: 5/30/2015
 #84 Arnold Allen Debut: 6/20/2015
 #85 THREE WAY TIE Kamaru Usman, Vicente Luque, and Michelle Waterson. Debuts: 7/12/2015 
#88 Matheus Nicolau. Debut: 11/7/2015 
#89 Danny Roberts. Debut: 12/10/2015 
#90 THREE WAY TIE Julian Erosa, Ryan Hall, and Chris Guetzemacher. Debuts: 12/11/2015 
#93 TIE Valentina Schevchenko and Karolina Kowalkiewicz. Debuts: 12/19/2015 
#95 Alex Morono. Debut: 1/2/2016 #96 Randy Brown. Debut: 1/30/2016 
#97 THREE WAY TIE Curtis Blaydes, Marcin Tybura, and Mayrna Moroz. Debut: 4/10/2016 
#100 Belal Muhammad. Debut: 7/7/2016

* Edited at 02.19.2024, 10:57 PM ET *

Ed Herman is no longer in the ufc?


 Edit - **** forgot about that Cummings fight 


Thank you for doing this list, very good work

* Edited at 02.20.2024, 9:08 AM ET *

I was curious so I calculated the only male fighters on the current list to have never been KOed. Legendary longstanding chins: 
Jon Jones
Max Holloway
Kelvin Gastelum
Davey Grant
Pedro Munhoz
Li Jingliang
Leon Edwards
Marlon Vera
Nicolas Dalby
Arnold Allen