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The Top Ranked MMA Fighters of the 1990s
Notes: Ranking Explanations
| Rnk | Athlete | Weight Class |
| 1 | Bas Rutten | Heavyweight |
| 2 | Royce Gracie | Heavyweight |
| 3 | Masakatsu Funaki | Heavyweight |
| 4 | Dan Severn | Heavyweight |
| 5 | Guy Mezger | Heavyweight |
| 6 | Yuki Kondo | Heavyweight |
| 7 | Frank Shamrock | Light Heavyweight |
| 8 | Ken Shamrock | Heavyweight |
| 9 | Semmy Schilt | Heavyweight |
| 10 | Mark Coleman | Heavyweight |
| 11 | Manabu Yamada | Middleweight |
| 12 | Noboru Asahi | Featherweight |
| 13 | Jason DeLucia | Heavyweight |
| 14 | Oleg Taktarov | Heavyweight |
| 15 | Kiuma Kunioku | Heavyweight |
| 16 | Don Frye | Heavyweight |
| 17 | Kazuhiro Sakamoto | Bantamweight |
| 18 | Randy Couture | Heavyweight |
| 19 | Minoru Suzuki | Heavyweight |
| 20 | Pat Miletich | Middleweight |
| 21 | Maurice Smith | Heavyweight |
| 22 | Igor Vovchanchyn | Heavyweight |
| 23 | Ryushi Yanagisawa | Heavyweight |
| 24 | Naoki Sakurada | Middleweight |
| 25 | Tank Abbott | Heavyweight |
| 26 | Kenichi Tanaka | Bantamweight |
| 27 | Kiyoshi Tamura | Heavyweight |
| 28 | Mark Kerr | Heavyweight |
| 29 | Erik Paulson | Middleweight |
| 30 | Renzo Gracie | Heavyweight |
| 31 | Kevin Randleman | Heavyweight |
| 32 | Pedro Rizzo | Heavyweight |
| 33 | Kenji Kawaguchi | Middleweight |
| 34 | Pete Williams | Heavyweight |
| 35 | Enson Inoue | Heavyweight |
| 36 | Marco Ruas | Heavyweight |
| 37 | Kimo Leopoldo | Heavyweight |
| 38 | Kazuo Takahashi | Heavyweight |
| 39 | Tito Ortiz | Light Heavyweight |
| 40 | Ricardo Morais | Heavyweight |
| 41 | Osami Shibuya | Heavyweight |
| 42 | Jeremy Horn | Light Heavyweight |
| 43 | Tsuyoshi Kosaka | Heavyweight |
| 44 | Keiichiro Yamamiya | Heavyweight |
| 45 | Gerard Gordeau | Heavyweight |
| 46 | Yoshimasa Ishikawa | Middleweight |
| 47 | Vitor Belfort | Light Heavyweight |
| 48 | Rumina Sato | Lightweight |
| 49 | Rickson Gracie | Middleweight |
| 50 | Dan Henderson | Heavyweight |
| 51 | Mikhail Ilyukhin | Heavyweight |
| 52 | Kazuhiro Kusayanagi | Welterweight |
| 53 | Scott Ferrozzo | Heavyweight |
| 54 | Jerry Bohlander | Light Heavyweight |
| 55 | Hayato Sakurai | Welterweight |
| 56 | Kevin Jackson | Light Heavyweight |
| 57 | Carlos Barreto | Heavyweight |
| 58 | Allan Goes | Heavyweight |
| 59 | Kazushi Sakuraba | Middleweight |
| 60 | Wander Braga | Lightweight |
| 61 | Takafumi Ito | Heavyweight |
| 62 | Satoshi Honma | Middleweight |
| 63 | Dave Beneteau | Heavyweight |
| 64 | Gilbert Yvel | Heavyweight |
| 65 | Marcus Silveira | Heavyweight |
| 66 | Tomonori Ohara | Lightweight |
| 67 | Yuki Nakai | Lightweight |
| 68 | Vladimir Matyushenko | Middleweight |
| 69 | Igor Zinoviev | Heavyweight |
| 70 | Hiroyuki Kanno | Featherweight |
| 71 | Karimula Barkalaev | Heavyweight |
| 72 | Jorge Patino | Middleweight |
| 73 | Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov | Heavyweight |
| 74 | Tom Erikson | Heavyweight |
| 75 | Steve Jennum | Heavyweight |
| 76 | Yasuto Sekishima | Middleweight |
| 77 | Evan Tanner | Heavyweight |
| 78 | Patrick Smith | Heavyweight |
| 79 | Tariel Bitsadze | Heavyweight |
| 80 | Mamoru Okochi | Flyweight |
| 81 | Gary Goodridge | Heavyweight |
| 82 | Leon van Dijk | Heavyweight |
| 83 | Jan Lomulder | Middleweight |
| 84 | John Lober | Heavyweight |
| 85 | Ikuhisa Minowa | Middleweight |
| 86 | Takaku Fuke | Heavyweight |
| 87 | Josh Barnett | Heavyweight |
| 88 | Joe Slick | Light Heavyweight |
| 89 | Kenichi Yamamoto | Heavyweight |
| 90 | Zaza Tkeshelashvili | Heavyweight |
| 91 | Marcelo Giudici | Bantamweight |
| 92 | Ali Elias | Welterweight |
| 93 | Chris Brennan | Heavyweight |
| 94 | Dwayne Cason | Heavyweight |
| 95 | Harold Howard | Heavyweight |
| 96 | Katsuhisa Fujii | Heavyweight |
| 97 | Nick Sanzo | Heavyweight |
| 98 | Steven Graham | Heavyweight |
| 99 | Tony Fryklund | Heavyweight |
| 100 | Sidney Goncalves | Heavyweight |
| 101 | Akira Shoji | Heavyweight |
| 102 | Uchu Tatsumi | Featherweight |
| 103 | Maxim Tarasov | Light Heavyweight |
| 104 | Jason Godsey | Heavyweight |
| 105 | Murilo Bustamante | Light Heavyweight |
| 106 | Eugene Jackson | Light Heavyweight |
| 107 | Mikey Burnett | Welterweight |
| 108 | Tra Telligman | Heavyweight |
| 109 | Erik Meaders | Welterweight |
| 110 | Yuichi Watanabe | Welterweight |
| 111 | Jose Landi-Jons | Middleweight |
| 112 | Caol Uno | Lightweight |
| 113 | Paul Varelans | Heavyweight |
| 114 | Sanae Kikuta | Heavyweight |
| 115 | David Paaluhi | Light Heavyweight |
| 116 | Takeshi Miyanaga | Bantamweight |
| 117 | Jeremy Williams | Welterweight |
| 118 | Naoyuki Taira | Middleweight |
| 119 | Matt Hume | Middleweight |
| 120 | Johil de Oliveira | Lightweight |
| 121 | Manuel Garcia | Middleweight |
| 122 | Kyuhei Ueno | Welterweight |
| 123 | Ed de Kruijf | Heavyweight |
| 124 | Matt Hughes | Welterweight |
| 125 | Carlos Newton | Middleweight |
| 126 | Danny Bennett | Welterweight |
| 127 | Victor Yerohin | Heavyweight |
| 128 | Jorge Pereira | Light Heavyweight |
| 129 | Renato Sobral | Heavyweight |
| 130 | Masanori Suda | Middleweight |
| 131 | Akira Maeda | Heavyweight |
| 132 | Bob Stines | Heavyweight |
| 133 | Chris Lytle | Middleweight |
| 134 | Dennis Hallman | Welterweight |
| 135 | Vanderci Garcia | Bantamweight |
| 136 | Vernon White | Heavyweight |
| 137 | Dave Menne | Welterweight |
| 138 | Mikhail Avetisyan | Heavyweight |
| 139 | Jean Riviere | Heavyweight |
| 140 | Jay R. Palmer | Welterweight |
| 141 | Sergey Haritonov | Heavyweight |
| 142 | Tyrone Roberts | Middleweight |
| 143 | Henry Matamoros | Welterweight |
| 144 | Tetsuji Kato | Welterweight |
| 145 | Alex Andrade | Heavyweight |
| 146 | Alexandre Franca Nogueira | Featherweight |
| 147 | Luiz Fraga | Lightweight |
| 148 | Jong-Wang Kim | Heavyweight |
| 149 | Wanderlei Silva | Light Heavyweight |
| 150 | Joe Estes | Heavyweight |
| 151 | Andre Pederneiras | Lightweight |
| 152 | Jutaro Nakao | Welterweight |
| 153 | Paul Jones | Heavyweight |
| 154 | Dave Strasser | Middleweight |
| 155 | Remco Pardoel | Heavyweight |
| 156 | Larry Papadopoulos | Heavyweight |
| 157 | Brian Gassaway | Light Heavyweight |
| 158 | Carl Franks | Heavyweight |
| 159 | Dan Bobish | Heavyweight |
| 160 | Joao Bosco | Welterweight |
| 161 | Akhmed Sagidguseinov | Heavyweight |
| 162 | Chuck Liddell | Light Heavyweight |
| 163 | Joe Charles | Heavyweight |
| 164 | Roberto Godoi | Light Heavyweight |
| 165 | Richard Heard | Heavyweight |
| 166 | Anthony Macias | Light Heavyweight |
| 167 | Todd Bjornethun | Heavyweight |
| 168 | Yoshinori Nishi | Light Heavyweight |
| 169 | Adilson Lima | Heavyweight |
| 170 | Katsuomi Inagaki | Heavyweight |
| 171 | Mario Sperry | Heavyweight |
| 172 | Naoya Uematsu | Featherweight |
| 173 | Matt Lindland | Light Heavyweight |
| 174 | John Renken | Middleweight |
| 175 | Satoshi Hasegawa | Heavyweight |
| 176 | Ebenezer Fontes Braga | Light Heavyweight |
| 177 | Hiromitsu Kanehara | Heavyweight |
| 178 | Rene Rooze | Heavyweight |
| 179 | Daisuke Ishii | Heavyweight |
| 180 | Mike Van Arsdale | Light Heavyweight |
| 181 | Ralph Gracie | Lightweight |
| 182 | Crezio de Souza | Middleweight |
| 183 | Joao Marcos Pierini | Lightweight |
| 184 | Leonid Efremov | Heavyweight |
| 185 | Roberto Traven | Heavyweight |
| 186 | Vitaly Tkachenko | Heavyweight |
| 187 | Hugo Duarte | Heavyweight |
| 188 | Shonie Carter | Welterweight |
| 189 | Wallid Ismail | Middleweight |
| 190 | Yoshihisa Yamamoto | Heavyweight |
| 191 | Paulo Alfonso | Welterweight |
| 192 | Brian Dunn | Light Heavyweight |
| 193 | Dario Amorim | Heavyweight |
| 194 | Adrian Serrano | Middleweight |
| 195 | Ismael Souza | Light Heavyweight |
| 196 | Akihiro Gono | Middleweight |
| 197 | Alexander Otsuka | Light Heavyweight |
| 198 | Yuriy Kochkine | Heavyweight |
| 199 | John Dixson | Heavyweight |
| 200 | Sergei Belov | Welterweight |
| 201 | Kosei Kubota | Heavyweight |
| 202 | Pedro Palm | Heavyweight |
| 203 | Takanori Gomi | Lightweight |
| 204 | Mitsuya Nagai | Heavyweight |
| 205 | Bart Guyer | Light Heavyweight |
| 206 | Jesse Jones | Welterweight |
| 207 | Ray Cooper | Welterweight |
| 208 | Bobby Hoffman | Heavyweight |
| 209 | Wayne Fisher | Heavyweight |
| 210 | Ricardas Jancevicius | Heavyweight |
| 211 | Artur Mariano | Light Heavyweight |
| 212 | Eduard Vdovenko | Middleweight |
| 213 | Mario Neto | Heavyweight |
| 214 | Mario Roberto | Light Heavyweight |
| 215 | Hisao Ikeda | Featherweight |
| 216 | Yves Edwards | Welterweight |
| 217 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira | Heavyweight |
| 218 | Oriovaldo da Silva | Bantamweight |
| 219 | Troy Pacenka | Middleweight |
| 220 | Alexandre Ferreira | Heavyweight |
| 221 | Kavkaz Sultanmagomedov | Heavyweight |
| 222 | Shawn Peters | Middleweight |
| 223 | Brad Kohler | Heavyweight |
| 224 | Igor Gerus | Heavyweight |
| 225 | Rick Graveson | Middleweight |
| 226 | Wes Gassaway | Light Heavyweight |
| 227 | Heath Herring | Heavyweight |
| 228 | Kuban Erkynbekov | Welterweight |
| 229 | Andrius Krishtopaitis | Middleweight |
| 230 | Rafael Cordeiro | Middleweight |
| 231 | Frank Trigg | Welterweight |
| 232 | Chris Haseman | Heavyweight |
| 233 | Francisco Bueno | Heavyweight |
| 234 | Rogerio Dionisio | Middleweight |
| 235 | Pedro Otavio | Heavyweight |
| 236 | Mark Schultz | Heavyweight |
| 237 | Michael Buell | Featherweight |
| 238 | Christophe Leninger | Light Heavyweight |
| 239 | Joop Kasteel | Heavyweight |
| 240 | Magomed Mirzagomedov | Light Heavyweight |
| 241 | Valentin Golubovskij | Light Heavyweight |
| 242 | Joe Geromiller | Light Heavyweight |
| 243 | Phil Johns | Lightweight |
| 244 | Tengiz Tedoradze | Light Heavyweight |
| 245 | Mark Hanssen | Heavyweight |
| 246 | David Davis | Welterweight |
| 247 | Fabiano Iha | Welterweight |
| 248 | Martin Malkhasyan | Heavyweight |
| 249 | Tom Schmitz | Welterweight |
| 250 | Din Thomas | Lightweight |
| 251 | Marcelo Aguiar | Welterweight |
| 252 | Austin Long | Light Heavyweight |
| 253 | Genki Sudo | Heavyweight |
| 254 | Mathieu Nicourt | Welterweight |
| 255 | Bakouri Gogitidze | Heavyweight |
| 256 | John Lewis | Middleweight |
| 257 | Alex Cook | Welterweight |
| 258 | Scott Adams | Light Heavyweight |
| 259 | Michael Sa Jin Kwak | Lightweight |
| 260 | Andrey Rudakov | Middleweight |
| 261 | Rafael Carino | Heavyweight |
| 262 | Samuel Gaskins | Light Heavyweight |
| 263 | Kazunari Murakami | Heavyweight |
| 264 | Ryan Bow | Welterweight |
| 265 | Valentijn Overeem | Heavyweight |
| 266 | Jim Axtell | Heavyweight |
| 267 | Kimihito Nonaka | Bantamweight |
| 268 | Todd Broadaway | Heavyweight |
| 269 | Masato Fujiwara | Middleweight |
| 270 | Naoya Ogawa | Heavyweight |
| 271 | Andre Roberts | Heavyweight |
| 272 | Yuki Sasaki | Middleweight |
| 273 | Hans Nijman | Heavyweight |
| 274 | Roman Roytberg | Light Heavyweight |
| 275 | Cristiano Marcello | Welterweight |
| 276 | David Velasquez | Lightweight |
| 277 | Mark Jacquith | Middleweight |
| 278 | Ryan Jensen | Middleweight |
| 279 | Branden Lee Hinkle | Middleweight |
| 280 | Joao Roque | Featherweight |
| 281 | Tedd Williams | Heavyweight |
| 282 | Dennis Reed | Light Heavyweight |
| 283 | Adam Guerra | Heavyweight |
| 284 | Adam Ryan | Light Heavyweight |
| 285 | Jason Walls | Welterweight |
| 286 | Artur Taymaskhanov | Welterweight |
| 287 | Dennis Deryabkin | Light Heavyweight |
| 288 | Keith Wisniewski | Middleweight |
| 289 | Stephen Palling | Welterweight |
| 290 | Steve Berger | Welterweight |
| 291 | Joe Doerksen | Welterweight |
| 292 | LaVerne Clark | Welterweight |
| 293 | Ian Freeman | Heavyweight |
| 294 | Masahiro Oishi | Featherweight |
| 295 | Jason Medina | Middleweight |
| 296 | Adriano de Souza | Middleweight |
| 297 | Jason Von Flue | Light Heavyweight |
| 298 | Mario Borzic | Middleweight |
| 299 | Larry Parker | Light Heavyweight |
| 300 | Eric Davila | Middleweight |
| 301 | Harri Niva | Middleweight |
| 302 | Rasul Uzdenov | Middleweight |
| 303 | Ben Earwood | Welterweight |
| 304 | Andrei Semenov | Welterweight |
| 305 | Lee Hasdell | Heavyweight |
| 306 | Assuerio Silva | Heavyweight |
| 307 | Nobuhiko Takada | Heavyweight |
| 308 | Vepcho Bardanashvili | Heavyweight |
| 309 | Alexandre Barros | Middleweight |
| 310 | Sean Sherk | Welterweight |
| 311 | Bob Cook | Welterweight |
| 312 | Eric Payne | Lightweight |
| 313 | Nikolai Kudryashov | Middleweight |
| 314 | Scott Henze | Middleweight |
| 315 | Luke Pedigo | Welterweight |
| 316 | Jordan Damon | Welterweight |
| 317 | Antonio McKee | Welterweight |
| 318 | Marcos da Silva | Middleweight |
| 319 | Falaniko Vitale | Middleweight |
| 320 | Ronald Jhun | Middleweight |
| 321 | Michele Verginelli | Middleweight |
| 322 | James Zikic | Middleweight |
| 323 | Marty Armendarez | Middleweight |
| 324 | Patrick Fortrie | Middleweight |
| 325 | Steve Heath | Middleweight |
| 326 | Toby Imada | Middleweight |
| 327 | Jeff Curran | Lightweight |
| 328 | Drew Irion | Lightweight |
| 329 | Anthony Hamlett | Featherweight |
| 330 | Jens Pulver | Lightweight |
| 331 | Mamoru Yamaguchi | Bantamweight |
| 332 | Luis Guerrero | Featherweight |
| 333 | Jin Akimoto | Flyweight |
| 334 | Takeyasu Hirono | Flyweight |
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