Consensus Rankings:   Official  |  Member Designed  |  This Ranking Updated 12 years, 2 months ago  |  All By Dannotheman

1. 1

   

   Ricardo Arona

   "The Brazilian Tiger"

   14-5-0

   What can I say, the man never had a single point scored on him in ADCC.
   

2. 2

   

   Ronaldo Souza

   "Jacaré"

   26-10-0, 1 NC

   One of the best pure BJJ guys ever and he's transitioned into a lot of success in MMA.
   

3. 3

   

   Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira

   "Minotauro"

   34-10-1, 1 NC

   His Pride fights were legendary.
   

4. 4

   

   Shinya Aoki

   "Tobikan Judan"

   48-11-0, 1 NC

   Submission machine
   

5. 5

   

   Rousimar Palhares

   "Toquinho"

   19-13-1

   Flat out relentless attacking on the ground. 2nd at ADCC with barely any jiu-jitsu specific training.
   

6. 6

   

   Demian Maia

   28-11-0

7. 7

   

   Fabrício Werdum

   "Vai Cavalo"

   24-9-1, 1 NC

8. 8

   

   Royce Gracie

   15-2-3

   Brought jiu-jitsu mainstream.
   

9. 9

   

   Kazushi Sakuraba

   "The Gracie Hunter"

   26-17-1, 2 NC

   The legend
   

10. 10

    

    Jake Shields

    33-11-1, 1 NC

11+

11. 11

    

    Vinny Magalhães

    "Pezão"  |  19-12-0, 2 NC

12. 12

    

    Paulo Filho

    "Ely"  |  24-6-3

    When he's not on drugs this guy is probably one of the best grapplers ever.
    

13. 13

    

    BJ Penn

    "The Prodigy"  |  16-14-2

14. 14

    

    Josh Barnett

    "The Warmaster"  |  35-8-0

15. 15

    

    Hatsu Hioki

    29-12-2

16. 16

    

    Ken Shamrock

    "The World's Most Dangerous Man"  |  28-17-3

17. 17

    

    Anderson Silva

    "The Spider"  |  34-11-0, 1 NC

18. 18

    

    Carlos Newton

    "The Ronin"  |  16-14-0

19. 19

    

    Georges St-Pierre

    "Rush"  |  26-2-0

    His wrestling is ridiculous for having no background and his top control may be the best in the game.
    

20. 20

    

    Roger Gracie

    8-2-0

    No doubt great BJJ, he'll move up with some quality MMA wins.
    

21. 21

    

    Miguel Torres

    44-9-0

    Such an active guard, always fishing for sweeps or subs, fun to watch.
    

22. 22

    

    Mark Bocek

    12-5-0

23. 23

    

    Karo Parisyan

    "The Heat"  |  24-12-0, 1 NC

24. 24

    

    Rickson Gracie

    9-0-0

25. 25

    

    Fedor Emelianenko

    "The Last Emperor"  |  40-7-0, 1 NC

26. 26

    

    Renato Sobral

    "Babalu"  |  37-12-0

27. 27

    

    Matt Hughes

    45-9-0

28. 28

    

    Frank Mir

    19-13-0

29. 29

    

    Randy Couture

    "The Natural"  |  19-11-0

30. 30

    

    Jon Fitch

    32-8-2, 1 NC

31. 31

    

    Renzo Gracie

    14-7-1, 1 NC

32. 32

    

    Robert Drysdale

    7-0-0, 1 NC

33. 33

    

    Nick Diaz

    26-10-0, 2 NC

34. 34

    

    George Sotiropoulos

    14-7-0, 1 NC

35. 35

    

    Masakazu Imanari

    "Ashikan Judan"  |  40-22-2

36. 36

    

    Ricardo Almeida

    "Cachorrão"  |  13-5-0

37. 37

    

    Rani Yahya

    28-11-1, 1 NC

38. 38

    

    Alexandre Bezerra

    "Popo"  |  22-7-0