The bracketed number to the right of the fighter indicates the fighters prior ranking. These rankings are unofficial as North Star Sports is not affiliated with, sponsored, or endorsed by the UFC.

Heavyweight Division

Champion: Francis Ngannou

  1. Stipe Miocic
  2. Derrick Lewis
  3. Curtis Blaydes
  4. Cyril Gane
  5. Alexander Volkov              
  6. Jairzinho Rozenstruik
  7. Marcin Tybura
  8. Chris Daukaus
  9. Walt Harris
  10. Alexei Oleinik
  11. Augusto Sakai
  12. Shamil Abdurakhimov
  13. Tom Aspinall
  14. Blagoy Ivanov
  15. Alexander Romanov

Light Heavyweight Division                 

Champion: Jan Błachowicz

  1. Glover Teixeira
  2. Jiří Procházka
  3. Aleksandar Rakić
  4. Dominick Reyes
  5. Thiago Santos
  6. Volkan Oezdemir              
  7. Anthony Smith
  8. Magomed Ankalaev
  9. Nikita Krylov
  10. Johnny Walker
  11. Ryan Spann
  12. Paul Craig (14) +2
  13. Misha Cirkunov (12) -1
  14. Jimmy Crute (13) -1
  15. Mauricio Rua

Middleweight Division      

Champion: Israel Adesanya

  1. Robert Whittaker
  2. Jared Cannonier
  3. Paulo Costa (4) +1
  4. Marvin Vettori (3) -1
  5. Jack Hermansson
  6. Derek Brunson
  7. Darren Till
  8. Uriah Hall            
  9. Chris Weidman
  10. Omari Akhmedov
  11. Kelvin Gastelum
  12. Edmen Shahbazyan
  13. Sean Strickland
  14. Kevin Holland
  15. Brendan Allen

Welterweight Division       

Champion: Kamaru Usman                           

  1. Colby Covington                
  2. Leon Edwards (3) +1
  3. Gilbert Burns (2) -1
  4. Stephen Thompson
  5. Jorge Masvidal
  6. Michael Chiesa
  7. Vincente Luque (8) +1
  8. Belal Muhammad (11) +3
  9. Demian Maia (7) -2
  10. Neil Magny (9) -1
  11. Tyron Woodley (10) -1
  12. Sean Brady
  13. Geoff Neal                          
  14. Li Jingliang
  15. Muslim Salikhov

Lightweight Division 

Champion: Charles Oliveira

  1. Dustin Poirier
  2. Justin Gaethje
  3. Michael Chandler
  4. Beneil Dariush
  5. Conor McGregor
  6. Dan Hooker
  7. Rafael dos Anjos
  8. Tony Ferguson
  9. Islam Makhachev
  10. Kevin Lee
  11. Gregor Gillespie
  12. Grant Dawson
  13. Diego Ferreira
  14. Brad Riddell (NR) +2
  15. Drew Dober (14) -1

Thiago Moises (15) to NR

Featherweight Division      

Champion: Alexander Volkanovski

  1. Max Holloway
  2. Brian Ortega
  3. Zabit Magomedsharipov
  4. Chan Sung Jung
  5. Yair Rodríguez
  6. Calvin Kattar
  7. Josh Emmett
  8. Dan Ige
  9. Arnold Allen
  10. Edson Barboza
  11. Giga Chikadze                   
  12. Movsar Evloev (15) +3
  13. Shane Burgos (12) -1
  14. Bryce Mitchell (13) -1
  15. Sodiq Yusuff (NR) +1

Ryan Hall (14) to NR

Bantamweight Division        

Champion: Aljamain Sterling

  1. Petr Yan
  2. Cory Sandhagen
  3. Rob Font
  4. Cody Garbrandt
  5. José Aldo
  6. Pedro Munhoz
  7. Frankie Edgar
  8. Marlon Moraes
  9. Jimmie Rivera
  10. Dominick Cruz
  11. Cody Stamann
  12. Kyler Phillips
  13. Merab Dvalishvili
  14. Raphael Assunção
  15. Song Yadong

Flyweight Division

Champion: Brandon Moreno (1) +1

  1. Deiveson Figueiredo (C) -1
  2. Askar Askarov
  3. Joseph Benavidez
  4. Alexandre Pantoja
  5. Alex Perez
  6. Brandon Royval
  7. Kai Kara-France
  8. Rogério Bontorin

Women’s Bantamweight Division

Champion: Amanda Nunes

  1. Germaine de Randamie
  2. Holly Holm
  3. Julianna Peña
  4. Aspen Ladd
  5. Raquel Pennington
  6. Irene Aldana                                      
  7. Yana Kunitskaya
  8. Ketlen Vieira
  9. Lina Länsberg                    
  10. Sara McMann
  11. Macy Chiasson
  12. Pannie Kianzad
  13. Julia Avila
  14. Karol Rosa
  15. Marion Reneau

Women’s Flyweight Division

Champion: Valentina Shevchenko

  1. Jéssica Andrade
  2. Katlyn Chookagian
  3. Lauren Murphy
  4. Jennifer Maia
  5. Cynthia Calvillo
  6. Joanne Calderwood
  7. Jessica Eye         
  8. Viviane Araújo
  9. Alexa Grasso
  10. Roxanne Modafferi
  11. Maycee Barber
  12. Talia Santos
  13. Miranda Maverick
  14. Andrea Lee
  15. Gillian Robertson

Women’s Strawweight Division          

Champion: Rose Namajunas

  1. Weili Zhang
  2. Carla Esparza
  3. Tatiana Suarez
  4. Joanna Jędrzejczyk
  5. Marina Rodriguez
  6. Yan Xiaonan
  7. Mackenzie Dern
  8. Cláudia Gadelha
  9. Michelle Waterson                                           
  10. Amanda Ribas
  11. Nina Nunes
  12. Angela Hill
  13. Tecia Torres
  14. Amanda Lemos
  15. Virna Jandiroba

Pound-for-Pound Rankings

  1. Jon Jones
  2. Kamaru Usman
  3. Francis Ngannou
  4. Jan Blachowicz
  5. Israel Adesanya
  6. Stipe Miocic
  7. Alexander Volkanovski
  8. Charles Oliveira
  9. Dustin Poirier
  10. Brandon Moreno (NR) +6
  11. Petr Yan
  12. Robert Whittaker
  13. Colby Covington
  14. Justin Gaethje
  15. Aljamain Sterling

Deiveson Figueiredo (10) to NR

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