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. Cyril Gane (4) +1
  4. Curtis Blaydes (3) -1
  5. Alexander Volkov              
  6. Jairzinho Rozenstruik
  7. Marcin Tybura
  8. Chris Daukaus
  9. Walt Harris
  10. Sergey Spivak
  11. Augusto Sakai                   
  12. Alexei Oleinik
  13. Shamil Abdurakhimov
  14. Tom Aspinall
  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
  13. Misha Cirkunov
  14. Jimmy Crute
  15. Mauricio Rua

Middleweight Division      

Champion: Israel Adesanya

  1. Robert Whittaker
  2. Jared Cannonier
  3. Paulo Costa
  4. Marvin Vettori
  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. Gilbert Burns
  4. Stephen Thompson
  5. Jorge Masvidal
  6. Michael Chiesa
  7. Vincente Luque
  8. Belal Muhammad
  9. Demian Maia
  10. Neil Magny
  11. Tyron Woodley
  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
  15. Drew Dober

Featherweight Division              

Champion: Alexander Volkanovski

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

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. Deiveson Figueiredo
  2. Askar Askarov
  3. Joseph Benavidez
  4. Alexandre Pantoja
  5. Alex Perez
  6. Brandon Royval
  7. Kai Kara-France
  8. Rogerio Bontorin
  9. Matt Schnell
  10. Tim Elliott
  11. David Dvorak
  12. Raulian Paiva
  13. Su Mudaerji
  14. Amir Albazi
  15. Bruno Silva

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. Virna Jandiroba
  15. Amanda Lemos

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
  11. Petr Yan
  12. Robert Whittaker
  13. Colby Covington
  14. Justin Gaethje
  15. Aljamain Sterling
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