Tapology Annual Ranking
MMA's Fighter of the Year 2023
About Annual Rankings
Annual Rankings are for the best fighters in a given year. Tapology users submit their own lists which are combined into consensus rankings. Learn More.
Annual Rankings are for the best fighters in a given year. Tapology users submit their own lists which are combined into consensus rankings. Learn More.
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Rankings
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1
Sean "Tarzan" Strickland
28-6-0
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Islam Makhachev
25-1-0
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Leon "Rocky" Edwards
22-3-0, 1 NC
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4
Tom Aspinall
14-3-0
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5
Alexa Grasso
16-3-1
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Jon "Bones" Jones
27-1-0, 1 NC
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Alex "Poatan" Pereira
10-2-0
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11
"Suga" Sean O'Malley
18-1-0, 1 NC
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12
Shavkat "Nomad" Rakhmonov
18-0-0
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13
Jailton "Malhadinho" Almeida
20-3-0
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Jamahal "Sweet Dreams" Hill
12-2-0, 1 NC
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Benoit "God of War" Saint-Denis
13-2-0, 1 NC
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16
Brendan "All In" Allen
24-5-0
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Max "Blessed" Holloway
26-7-0
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Cory "Sandman" Sandhagen
17-4-0
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Jack Della Maddalena
17-2-0
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Tatiana Suarez
10-0-0
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25
Mateusz "Gamer" Gamrot
24-2-0, 1 NC
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26
Yadong "Kung Fu Kid" Song
21-8-1, 1 NC
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27
Johnny Walker
21-8-0, 1 NC
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Ilia "El Matador" Topuria
15-0-0
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Amanda "The Lioness" Nunes
23-5-0
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30
Charles "do Bronx" Oliveira
34-10-0, 1 NC
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Alexander "Drago" Volkov
37-10-0
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Belal "Remember the Name" Muhammad
23-3-0, 1 NC
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34
Lupita "Loopy" Godinez
12-4-0
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35
Khalil "The War Horse" Rountree Jr.
13-5-0, 1 NC
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Nicolas "Danish Dynamite" Dalby
23-4-1, 2 NC
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Edson "Junior" Barboza
24-11-0
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Maycee "The Future" Barber
14-2-0
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Roman Kopylov
12-3-0
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"Magnum" Weili Zhang
25-3-0
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Jonathan "Dragon" Martinez
19-5-0
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43
Elves Brener
16-4-0
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Khamzat "Borz" Chimaev
13-0-0
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Gilbert "Durinho" Burns
22-7-0
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Yair "El Pantera" Rodriguez
18-5-0, 1 NC
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48
Alonzo "Atomic" Menifield
15-4-1
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Mike "Proper" Malott
10-2-1
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Mateusz "Rebeasti" Rębecki
19-2-0
Ranking Contributors
As Tapology users create their own lists, the consensus rankings will update in real-time. For 2023 Fighter of the Year, the 150 most-recently updated member lists will be included.