Consensus Rankings:   Official  |  Member Designed  |  This Ranking Updated 9 years, 11 months ago  |  All By Kalibo

1. 1

   

   Rani Yahya

   28-12-1, 1 NC

   He gets zero credit from the community.
   

2. 2

   

   Shinya Aoki

   "Tobikan Judan"

   48-11-0, 1 NC

3. 3

   

   Frank Mir

   19-13-0

4. 4

   

   Ronaldo Souza

   "Jacaré"

   26-10-0, 1 NC

5. 5

   

   Jake Shields

   33-11-1, 1 NC

   Just grapple ****** Maia... moved up to my top5 and Maia drops from my top spot.
   

6. 6

   

   Demian Maia

   28-11-0

7. 7

   

   Royce Gracie

   15-2-3

8. 8

   

   Fabrício Werdum

   "Vai Cavalo"

   24-9-1, 1 NC

9. 9

   

   BJ Penn

   "The Prodigy"

   16-14-2

10. 10

    

    Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira

    "Minotauro"

    34-10-1, 1 NC

11+

11. 11

    

    Rousimar Palhares

    "Toquinho"  |  19-13-1

12. 12

    

    Georges St-Pierre

    "Rush"  |  26-2-0

13. 13

    

    Kazushi Sakuraba

    "The Gracie Hunter"  |  26-17-1, 2 NC

14. 14

    

    Vinny Magalhães

    "Pezão"  |  19-12-0, 2 NC

    Top 15 due to his performance at ADCC.
    

15. 15

    

    Matt Hughes

    45-9-0

16. 16

    

    Nick Diaz

    26-10-0, 2 NC

17. 17

    

    Rickson Gracie

    9-0-0

18. 18

    

    Ricardo Arona

    "The Brazilian Tiger"  |  14-5-0

19. 19

    

    Roger Gracie

    8-2-0

20. 20

    

    Antônio Rogério Nogueira

    "Minotouro"  |  23-10-0

21. 21

    

    Randy Couture

    "The Natural"  |  19-11-0

22. 22

    

    Robert Drysdale

    7-0-0, 1 NC

23. 23

    

    Fedor Emelianenko

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

24. 24

    

    Renan Barão

    "The Baron"  |  34-10-0, 1 NC

25. 25

    

    Josh Barnett

    "The Warmaster"  |  35-8-0

26. 26

    

    Hatsu Hioki

    29-12-2

27. 27

    

    Renzo Gracie

    14-7-1, 1 NC

28. 28

    

    Dan Henderson

    "Hendo"  |  32-15-0

29. 29

    

    Paulo Filho

    "Ely"  |  24-6-3

30. 30

    

    Mark Bocek

    12-5-0

31. 31

    

    Paulo Thiago

    "Caveira"  |  19-11-0

32. 32

    

    George Sotiropoulos

    14-7-0, 1 NC

33. 33

    

    Chris Weidman

    "The All-American"  |  16-7-0

34. 34

    

    Demetrious Johnson

    "Mighty Mouse"  |  25-4-1

35. 35

    

    Gleison Tibau

    37-19-0

36. 36

    

    Rich Franklin

    "Ace"  |  29-7-0, 1 NC

    Sorry.. gotta put Ace in all my rankings :).
    

37. 37

    

    Benson Henderson

    "Smooth"  |  30-12-0

38. 38

    

    Clay Guida

    "The Carpenter"  |  38-24-0

    His wrestling skils have to be acknowledged..
    

39. 39

    

    Jim Miller

    "A-10"  |  37-18-0, 1 NC

40. 40

    

    Tim Kennedy

    18-6-0

    Why not?
    

41. 41

    

    Ronda Rousey

    "Rowdy"  |  12-2-0

42. 42

    

    Gunnar Nelson

    "Gunni"  |  19-5-1

43. 43

    

    Genki Sudo

    "Neo-Samurai"  |  16-4-1

44. 44

    

    Gray Maynard

    "The Bully"  |  13-7-1, 1 NC

45. 45

    

    Erick Silva

    "The Tiger"  |  20-11-0, 1 NC

46. 46

    

    Dong Hyun Kim

    "Stun Gun"  |  22-4-1, 1 NC

47. 47

    

    Jason Butcher

    15-5-0