-
1
- Vitor Belfort
- "The Phenom"
- 26-14-0, 1 NC
-
2
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider"
- 34-11-0, 1 NC
-
3
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman"
- 21-9-0
-
4
- Andrei Arlovski
- "The Pitbull"
- 34-23-0, 2 NC
-
5
- Mirko Filipović
- "Cro Cop"
- 38-11-2, 1 NC
-
6
- Wanderlei Silva
- "The Axe Murderer"
- 35-14-1, 1 NC
-
7
- Lyoto Machida
- "The Dragon"
- 26-12-0
-
8
- Junior dos Santos
- "Cigano"
- 21-10-0
-
9
- Mark Hunt
- "Super Samoan"
- 13-14-1, 1 NC
-
10
- Anthony Johnson
- "Rumble"
- 23-6-0
-
11
- Roy Nelson
- "Big Country" | 23-19-0
-
12
- Jon Jones
- "Bones" | 27-1-0, 1 NC
-
13
- José Aldo
- "Junior" | 31-8-0
-
14
- Bas Rutten
- "El Guapo" | 28-4-1
-
15
- Cain Velasquez
- 14-3-0
-
16
- Alistair Overeem
- "The Demolition Man" | 47-19-0, 1 NC
-
17
- Robbie Lawler
- "Ruthless" | 30-16-0, 1 NC
-
18
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo" | 32-15-0
-
19
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun" | 27-14-1
-
20
- Georges St-Pierre
- "Rush" | 26-2-0