-
1
- Lyoto Machida
- "The Dragon"
- 26-12-0
-
2
- Stephen Thompson
- "Wonderboy"
- 17-7-1
-
3
- Robert Whittaker
- "The Reaper"
- 25-7-0
-
4
- Georges St-Pierre
- "Rush"
- 26-2-0
-
5
- Kyoji Horiguchi
- 32-5-0, 1 NC
-
6
- Gunnar Nelson
- "Gunni"
- 19-5-1
-
7
- Nikita Krylov
- "The Miner"
- 30-9-0
-
8
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman"
- 21-9-0
-
9
- Bas Rutten
- "El Guapo"
- 28-4-1
-
10
- Guy Mezger
- "The Sandman"
- 30-14-2
-
11
- Raymond Daniels
- "The Real Deal" | 3-1-0, 1 NC
-
12
- Giga Chikadze
- "Ninja" | 15-3-0
-
13
- Conor McGregor
- "The Notorious" | 22-6-0
-
14
- Takanori Gomi
- "The Fireball Kid" | 35-15-0, 1 NC
-
15
- John Makdessi
- "The Bull" | 18-9-0