-
1
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider"
- 34-11-0, 1 NC
-
2
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor"
- 40-7-0, 1 NC
-
3
- Mirko Filipović
- "Cro Cop"
- 38-11-2, 1 NC
-
4
- José Aldo
- "Junior"
- 32-8-0
-
5
- Nick Diaz
- 26-10-0, 2 NC
-
6
- Lyoto Machida
- "The Dragon"
- 26-12-0
-
7
- Junior dos Santos
- "Cigano"
- 21-10-0
-
8
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman"
- 21-9-0
-
9
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy"
- 16-14-2
-
10
- Vitor Belfort
- "The Phenom"
- 26-14-0, 1 NC
-
11
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun" | 27-14-1
-
12
- Alistair Overeem
- "The Demolition Man" | 47-19-0, 1 NC
-
13
- Wanderlei Silva
- "The Axe Murderer" | 35-14-1, 1 NC
-
14
- Carlos Condit
- "The Natural Born Killer" | 32-14-0
-
15
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo" | 32-15-0
-
16
- Takanori Gomi
- "The Fireball Kid" | 35-15-0, 1 NC
-
17
- Frankie Edgar
- "The Answer" | 24-11-1
-
18
- Quinton Jackson
- "Rampage" | 37-14-0
-
19
- Anthony Pettis
- "Showtime" | 25-14-0
-
20
- Georges St-Pierre
- "Rush" | 26-2-0
-
21
- Dominick Cruz
- "The Dominator" | 24-4-0
-
22
- Thiago Alves
- "Pitbull" | 23-15-0
-
23
- Paul Daley
- "Semtex" | 44-18-2
-
24
- Cain Velasquez
- 14-3-0
-
25
- Donald Cerrone
- "Cowboy" | 36-17-0, 2 NC