Consensus Rankings:   Official  |  Member Designed  |  This Ranking Updated 13 years ago  |  All By Steven_Abootman

1. 1

   

   Royce Gracie

   15-2-3

   Brought Gracie Jiu Jitsu to America.
   

2. 2

   

   Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira

   "Minotauro"

   34-10-1, 1 NC

3. 3

   

   Ronaldo Souza

   "Jacaré"

   26-10-0, 1 NC

   ADCC + Strikeforce Champion
   

4. 4

   

   Demian Maia

   28-11-0

   ADCC Champion
   

5. 5

   

   Shinya Aoki

   "Tobikan Judan"

   48-11-0, 1 NC

   Crazy Submissions with a memorable highlight reel.
   

6. 6

   

   Jake Shields

   33-11-1, 1 NC

   ADCC Bronze with American Jiu Jitsu
   

7. 7

   

   Georges St-Pierre

   "Rush"

   26-2-0

   Devoloped great MMA wrestling, has highest Takedown Ratio in the UFC
   

8. 8

   

   BJ Penn

   "The Prodigy"

   16-14-2

   In the early days BJ Penn was known as "The Prodigy" because of his BJJ background that he uses well in MMA
   

9. 9

   

   Kazushi Sakuraba

   "The Gracie Hunter"

   26-17-1, 2 NC

   Outwrestled the Gracies.
   

10. 10

    

    Fabrício Werdum

    "Vai Cavalo"

    24-9-1, 1 NC

    Submitted Fedor.
    

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11. 11

    

    Rickson Gracie

    9-0-0

    Armbar master. 400-0
    

12. 12

    

    Matt Hughes

    45-9-0

    Early UFC Champion, used wrestling as a huge advantage
    

13. 13

    

    Randy Couture

    "The Natural"  |  19-11-0

    Early UFC Champion that used wall n stall as an advantage.
    

14. 14

    

    Roger Gracie

    8-2-0

    Still early in his career but probably the best Jiu Jitsu in the business.
    

15. 15

    

    Jon Fitch

    32-8-2, 1 NC

    No one's really got a solution to his grinding.
    

16. 16

    

    Frank Mir

    19-13-0

    Great Heavyweight grappler, which is pretty uncommon
    

17. 17

    

    Nick Diaz

    26-10-0, 2 NC

18. 18

    

    Rousimar Palhares

    "Toquinho"  |  19-13-1

    Heel Hook signature.
    

19. 19

    

    Ken Shamrock

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

    Very early wrestler.
    

20. 20

    

    Ricardo Arona

    "The Brazilian Tiger"  |  14-5-0

    ADCC
    

21. 21

    

    Masakazu Imanari

    "Ashikan Judan"  |  40-22-2

    Great bantamweight submission artist.
    

22. 22

    

    Caol Uno

    "Shoten"  |  34-23-5

    Early japanese wrestler.
    

23. 23

    

    Rumina Sato

    "Moon Wolf"  |  26-17-2

    Master of flying submissions.
    

24. 24

    

    Kazuyuki Miyata

    "Little Hercules"  |  16-9-0

    GREAT pure wrestling.
    

25. 25

    

    Anderson Silva

    "The Spider"  |  34-11-0, 1 NC

    Showed a great comeback against Chael Sonnen with a triangle.