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The Top Ranked MMA Fighters of All-Time from Brazil
Notes: This is a list of the greatest fighters born in this country.
Where a fighter grew up does not factor in to this list.
| Rnk | Athlete | Weight Class | Rookie Yr | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Anderson Silva | Middleweight | 1997 | 3 |
| 2 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira | Heavyweight | 1999 | 6 |
| 3 | Royce Gracie | Heavyweight | 1993 | 12 |
| 4 | Wanderlei Silva | Light Heavyweight | 1996 | 13 |
| 5 | Lyoto Machida | Light Heavyweight | 2003 | 20 |
| 6 | Mauricio Rua | Light Heavyweight | 2002 | 24 |
| 7 | Vitor Belfort | Middleweight | 1996 | 29 |
| 8 | Junior dos Santos | Heavyweight | 2006 | 37 |
| 9 | Jose Aldo | Featherweight | 2004 | 42 |
| 10 | Fabricio Werdum | Heavyweight | 2002 | 47 |
| 11 | Murilo Bustamante | Middleweight | 1991 | 61 |
| 12 | Ricardo Arona | Light Heavyweight | 2000 | 62 |
| 13 | Paulo Filho | Light Heavyweight | 2000 | 65 |
| 14 | Charles Oliveira | Lightweight | 2008 | 67 |
| 15 | Rafael dos Anjos | Lightweight | 2004 | 72 |
| 16 | Glover Teixeira | Light Heavyweight | 2002 | 80 |
| 17 | Ronaldo Souza | Middleweight | 2003 | 84 |
| 18 | Pedro Rizzo | Heavyweight | 1996 | 91 |
| 19 | Renato Sobral | Light Heavyweight | 1997 | 92 |
| 20 | Antonio Rogerio Nogueira | Light Heavyweight | 2000 | 103 |
| 21 | Demian Maia | Welterweight | 2001 | 111 |
| 22 | Patricio Freire | Featherweight | 2004 | 118 |
| 23 | Douglas Lima | Welterweight | 2006 | 122 |
| 24 | Antonio Silva | Heavyweight | 2005 | 125 |
| 25 | Jorge Santiago | Middleweight | 2002 | 127 |
| 26 | Renzo Gracie | Heavyweight | 1992 | 150 |
| 27 | Bibiano Fernandes | Bantamweight | 2004 | 161 |
| 28 | Vitor Ribeiro | Lightweight | 2001 | 166 |
| 29 | Paulo Costa | Middleweight | 2012 | 175 |
| 30 | Gilbert Burns | Welterweight | 2012 | 181 |
| 31 | Murilo Rua | Light Heavyweight | 2000 | 184 |
| 32 | Thiago Alves | Welterweight | 2001 | 196 |
| 33 | Alexandre Franca Nogueira | Lightweight | 1998 | 200 |
| 34 | Renan Barao | Bantamweight | 2005 | 201 |
| 35 | Thales Leites | Middleweight | 2003 | 202 |
| 36 | Marlon Moraes | Bantamweight | 2007 | 206 |
| 37 | Rousimar Palhares | Middleweight | 2006 | 208 |
| 38 | Thiago Silva | Light Heavyweight | 2005 | 215 |
| 39 | Deiveson Figueiredo | Flyweight | 2012 | 221 |
| 40 | Thiago Santos | Light Heavyweight | 2010 | 227 |
| 41 | Edson Barboza | Lightweight | 2009 | 235 |
| 42 | Alex Pereira | Middleweight | 2015 | 238 |
| 43 | Allan Goes | Light Heavyweight | 1995 | 241 |
| 44 | Mario Sperry | Heavyweight | 1995 | 249 |
| 45 | Hermes Franca | Lightweight | 2001 | 252 |
| 46 | Marco Ruas | Heavyweight | 1984 | 262 |
| 47 | Gabriel Gonzaga | Heavyweight | 2003 | 280 |
| 48 | Vicente Luque | Welterweight | 2009 | 282 |
| 49 | Patricky Freire | Lightweight | 2005 | 285 |
| 50 | John Lineker | Bantamweight | 2008 | 293 |
| 51 | Assuerio Silva | Heavyweight | 1997 | 298 |
| 52 | Ricardo Morais | Heavyweight | 1995 | 299 |
| 53 | Gustavo Machado | Light Heavyweight | 2000 | 305 |
| 54 | Marcus Aurelio | Lightweight | 2002 | 311 |
| 55 | Eduardo Dantas | Bantamweight | 2007 | 312 |
| 56 | Rodrigo Gracie | Middleweight | 2000 | 317 |
| 57 | Carlos Barreto | Heavyweight | 1996 | 353 |
| 58 | Rickson Gracie | Light Heavyweight | 1980 | 361 |
| 59 | Rafael Cavalcante | Light Heavyweight | 2006 | 368 |
| 60 | Jose Landi-Jons | Middleweight | 1993 | 371 |
| 61 | Ebenezer Fontes Braga | Light Heavyweight | 1995 | 372 |
| 62 | Alexandre Pantoja | Flyweight | 2007 | 382 |
| 63 | Wander Braga | Lightweight | 1994 | 384 |
| 64 | Jean Silva | Lightweight | 2002 | 388 |
| 65 | Marcos Galvao | Bantamweight | 2003 | 393 |
| 66 | Marcus Silveira | Heavyweight | 1995 | 396 |
| 67 | Jorge Patino | Middleweight | 1995 | 399 |
| 68 | Roger Gracie | Middleweight | 2006 | 404 |
| 69 | Francisco Trinaldo | Lightweight | 2006 | 426 |
| 70 | Gesias Cavalcante | Lightweight | 2003 | 430 |
| 71 | Luiz Firmino | Lightweight | 2000 | 493 |
| 72 | Fabiano Scherner | Heavyweight | 2003 | 506 |
| 73 | Pedro Munhoz | Bantamweight | 2009 | 520 |
| 74 | Marcelo Giudici | Bantamweight | 1995 | 532 |
| 75 | Gleison Tibau | Lightweight | 1999 | 533 |
| 76 | Sidney Goncalves | Heavyweight | 1995 | 550 |
| 77 | Marlon Sandro | Featherweight | 2006 | 554 |
| 78 | Glaico Franca | Welterweight | 2012 | 599 |
| 79 | Alex Silva | Strawweight | 2011 | 604 |
| 80 | Joao Batista Yoshimura | Middleweight | 2004 | 665 |
| 81 | Luis Ramos | Middleweight | 2001 | 679 |
| 82 | Natan Schulte | Lightweight | 2011 | 693 |
| 83 | Tom Santos | Lightweight | 2011 | 764 |
| 84 | Josenaldo Silva | Bantamweight | 2008 | 812 |
| 85 | Leandro Ataides | Middleweight | 2008 | 817 |
| 86 | Roberto Neves | Welterweight | 2008 | 823 |
| 87 | Zorobabel Moreira | Lightweight | 2008 | 830 |
| 88 | Alexandre Machado | Light Heavyweight | 2007 | 831 |
| 89 | Igor Fernandes | Middleweight | 2007 | 841 |
| 90 | Carlos Toyota | Heavyweight | 2006 | 865 |
| 91 | Leandro Issa | Bantamweight | 2006 | 872 |
| 92 | Giovani Diniz | Welterweight | 2005 | 882 |
| 93 | Carlos Pereira | Light Heavyweight | 2002 | 922 |
| 94 | Antoine Jaoude | Heavyweight | 2001 | 945 |
| 95 | Fabio Piamonte | Light Heavyweight | 1993 | 991 |
| 96 | Rafael Carvalho | Middleweight | 2011 | 992 |
| 97 | Johil de Oliveira | Middleweight | 1995 | 1004 |
| 98 | Jorge Pereira | Light Heavyweight | 1995 | 1018 |
| 99 | Rafael Silva | Bantamweight | 2005 | 1021 |
| 100 | Dustin Denes | Middleweight | 2001 | 1024 |
| 101 | Raphael Assuncao | Bantamweight | 2004 | 1028 |
| 102 | Vanderci Garcia | Bantamweight | 1995 | 1033 |
| 103 | Ralph Gracie | Lightweight | 1992 | 1037 |
| 104 | Evangelista Santos | Welterweight | 1997 | 1045 |
| 105 | Diego Ferreira | Lightweight | 2012 | 1048 |
| 106 | Luiz Fraga | Lightweight | 1995 | 1065 |
| 107 | Andre Pederneiras | Welterweight | 1998 | 1068 |
| 108 | Renato Verissimo | Welterweight | 2002 | 1071 |
| 109 | Rafael Carino | Heavyweight | 1996 | 1093 |
| 110 | Joao Bosco | Welterweight | 1996 | 1095 |
| 111 | Erick Silva | Welterweight | 2005 | 1104 |
| 112 | Carlo Prater | Welterweight | 2002 | 1105 |
| 113 | Wilson Reis | Flyweight | 2007 | 1106 |
| 114 | Roberto Godoi | Light Heavyweight | 1995 | 1110 |
| 115 | Rani Yahya | Bantamweight | 2002 | 1121 |
| 116 | Adilson Lima | Heavyweight | 1995 | 1130 |
| 117 | Jussier Formiga | Flyweight | 2005 | 1144 |
| 118 | Alex Oliveira | Welterweight | 2011 | 1145 |
| 119 | Thiago Tavares | Featherweight | 2003 | 1148 |
| 120 | Renato Carneiro | Featherweight | 2010 | 1151 |
| 121 | Crezio de Souza | Middleweight | 1995 | 1154 |
| 122 | Luiz Cane | Light Heavyweight | 2005 | 1174 |
| 123 | Roberto Traven | Heavyweight | 1996 | 1181 |
| 124 | Hugo Duarte | Heavyweight | 1995 | 1183 |
| 125 | Adriano Moraes | Flyweight | 2011 | 1193 |
| 126 | Fabricio Andrade | Featherweight | 2014 | 1199 |
| 127 | Wallid Ismail | Middleweight | 1991 | 1200 |
| 128 | Wagnney Fabiano | Featherweight | 2000 | 1201 |
| 129 | Roan Carneiro | Middleweight | 2000 | 1206 |
| 130 | Paulo Thiago | Welterweight | 2005 | 1208 |
| 131 | Paulo Alfonso | Welterweight | 1997 | 1211 |
| 132 | Delson Heleno | Welterweight | 2001 | 1220 |
| 133 | Dario Amorim | Heavyweight | 1998 | 1222 |
| 134 | Ismael Souza | Light Heavyweight | 1997 | 1231 |
| 135 | Elizeu Zaleski | Welterweight | 2009 | 1235 |
| 136 | Leandro Higo | Bantamweight | 2006 | 1241 |
| 137 | Diego Nunes | Featherweight | 2004 | 1246 |
| 138 | Raush Manfio | Lightweight | 2011 | 1247 |
| 139 | Andre Muniz | Middleweight | 2009 | 1259 |
| 140 | Antonio Carlos Jr. | Middleweight | 2013 | 1268 |
| 141 | Johnny Walker | Light Heavyweight | 2013 | 1274 |
| 142 | Marcio Cruz | Heavyweight | 2005 | 1275 |
| 143 | Artur Mariano | Light Heavyweight | 1997 | 1287 |
| 144 | Carlos Leal | Welterweight | 2012 | 1288 |
| 145 | Joao Zeferino | Lightweight | 2005 | 1293 |
| 146 | Mario Roberto | Light Heavyweight | 1997 | 1295 |
| 147 | Mario Neto | Heavyweight | 1996 | 1296 |
| 148 | Oriovaldo da Silva | Bantamweight | 1996 | 1301 |
| 149 | Vinny Magalhaes | Light Heavyweight | 2006 | 1309 |
| 150 | Iuri Alcantara | Bantamweight | 2003 | 1313 |
| 151 | Willamy Freire | Bantamweight | 2002 | 1322 |
| 152 | Leandro Silva | Lightweight | 2008 | 1332 |
| 153 | Robson Moura | Flyweight | 2002 | 1342 |
| 154 | Rafael Cordeiro | Middleweight | 1993 | 1344 |
| 155 | Michel Prazeres | Welterweight | 2000 | 1345 |
| 156 | Fabricio Nascimento | Welterweight | 2002 | 1347 |
| 157 | Francisco Bueno | Heavyweight | 1999 | 1356 |
| 158 | Rogerio Dionisio | Middleweight | 1996 | 1357 |
| 159 | Pedro Otavio | Heavyweight | 1995 | 1363 |
| 160 | Maiquel Falcao | Middleweight | 2004 | 1364 |
| 161 | Leonardo Santos | Lightweight | 2002 | 1368 |
| 162 | Bruno Silva | Middleweight | 2015 | 1375 |
| 163 | Marcio Ramos Barbosa | Lightweight | 2000 | 1390 |
| 164 | Ronny Markes | Middleweight | 2007 | 1405 |
| 165 | Marcelo Aguiar | Welterweight | 1997 | 1408 |
| 166 | Rodrigo Damm | Lightweight | 2004 | 1412 |
| 167 | Hernani Perpetuo | Welterweight | 2005 | 1427 |
| 168 | Wilson Gouveia | Light Heavyweight | 2001 | 1433 |
| 169 | Marcos Rogerio de Lima | Light Heavyweight | 2009 | 1443 |
| 170 | Goiti Yamauchi | Lightweight | 2010 | 1461 |
| 171 | Cristiano Marcello | Welterweight | 1997 | 1500 |
| 172 | Flavio Luiz Moura | Middleweight | 1999 | 1501 |
| 173 | Caio Alencar | Heavyweight | 2011 | 1505 |
| 174 | Andrews Nakahara | Middleweight | 2004 | 1510 |
| 175 | Hacran Dias | Featherweight | 2005 | 1513 |
| 176 | Michel Pereira | Welterweight | 2011 | 1523 |
| 177 | Sergio Moraes | Welterweight | 2006 | 1534 |
| 178 | Adriano Martins | Lightweight | 2004 | 1535 |
| 179 | Nilson de Castro | Light Heavyweight | 1993 | 1538 |
| 180 | Alexandre Barros | Welterweight | 1999 | 1544 |
| 181 | Roberto de Souza | Lightweight | 2013 | 1559 |
| 182 | Thiago Moises | Lightweight | 2012 | 1564 |
| 183 | Warlley Alves | Welterweight | 2011 | 1577 |
| 184 | Adriano de Souza | Middleweight | 1998 | 1580 |
| 185 | Luiz Azeredo | Lightweight | 1997 | 1596 |
| 186 | Raoni Barcelos | Bantamweight | 2012 | 1606 |
| 187 | Marcelo Dantas | Heavyweight | 1997 | 1608 |
| 188 | Alexandre Almeida | Featherweight | 2007 | 1614 |
| 189 | Luis Santos | Middleweight | 2000 | 1625 |
| 190 | Fabio Leopoldo | Middleweight | 2004 | 1643 |
| 191 | Gabriel Vella | Light Heavyweight | 2003 | 1647 |
| 192 | Augusto Sakai | Heavyweight | 2011 | 1649 |
| 193 | Eduardo Pamplona | Welterweight | 2002 | 1656 |
| 194 | Carlos Diego Ferreira | Lightweight | 2011 | 1661 |
| 195 | Sheymon Moraes | Featherweight | 2012 | 1670 |
| 196 | Fabricio Camoes | Lightweight | 1997 | 1682 |
| 197 | Daniel Acacio | Middleweight | 2000 | 1684 |
| 198 | Lauro Figueiroa | Lightweight | 2000 | 1690 |
| 199 | Rafael Natal | Middleweight | 2005 | 1692 |
| 200 | Elias Silverio | Welterweight | 2011 | 1696 |
| 201 | Evandro Oliveira | Featherweight | 2001 | 1728 |
| 202 | Marcos da Silva | Middleweight | 1999 | 1736 |
| 203 | Fabricio Monteiro | Welterweight | 2004 | 1740 |
| 204 | Rafael Addario Bastos | Lightweight | 2001 | 1742 |
| 205 | Andre Amado | Lightweight | 2004 | 1752 |
| 206 | Alexandre Ferreira | Heavyweight | 2012 | 1755 |
| 207 | Edson Diniz | Lightweight | 2001 | 1762 |
| 208 | Fredson Paixao | Lightweight | 2004 | 1764 |
| 209 | Cezar Ferreira | Middleweight | 2007 | 1772 |
| 210 | Claudio Silva | Welterweight | 2007 | 1787 |
| 211 | Alberto Mina | Welterweight | 2005 | 1792 |
| 212 | Antonio Schembri | Light Heavyweight | 2001 | 1839 |
| 213 | Philipe Lins | Heavyweight | 2005 | 1843 |
| 214 | Caio Borralho | Middleweight | 2014 | 1857 |
| 215 | Felipe Froes | Featherweight | 2011 | 1860 |
| 216 | Ronys Torres | Lightweight | 2006 | 1862 |
| 217 | Matheus Nicolau | Flyweight | 2010 | 1864 |
| 218 | Ryan Gracie | Heavyweight | 2000 | 1870 |
| 219 | Cassiano de Freitas | Welterweight | 2006 | 1885 |
| 220 | Kron Gracie | Featherweight | 2014 | 1889 |
| 221 | Jailton Almeida | Light Heavyweight | 2012 | 1890 |
| 222 | Giva Santana | Middleweight | 2005 | 1891 |
| 223 | John Teixeira | Featherweight | 2007 | 1916 |
| 224 | Jorge Oliveira | Light Heavyweight | 2005 | 1926 |
| 225 | Antonio Braga Neto | Middleweight | 2006 | 1927 |
| 226 | Gregory Rodrigues | Middleweight | 2008 | 1928 |
| 227 | Joanderson Brito | Featherweight | 2013 | 1949 |
| 228 | Rafael Dias | Lightweight | 2011 | 1961 |
| 229 | Fabio Mello | Featherweight | 2001 | 1965 |
| 230 | Andre Gusmao | Light Heavyweight | 2006 | 1969 |
| 231 | Herdeson Batista | Lightweight | 2009 | 1978 |
| 232 | Bruno Santos | Middleweight | 2007 | 1984 |
| 233 | Diego Brandao | Featherweight | 2005 | 1991 |
| 234 | Vitor Vianna | Middleweight | 2004 | 1993 |
| 235 | Andre Santos | Welterweight | 2006 | 1995 |
| 236 | Alan Patrick | Lightweight | 2008 | 2005 |
| 237 | Caio Magalhaes | Middleweight | 2009 | 2009 |
| 238 | Kleber Koike Erbst | Featherweight | 2008 | 2014 |
| 239 | Fabio Maldonado | Light Heavyweight | 2000 | 2020 |
| 240 | Thomas Almeida | Bantamweight | 2011 | 2024 |
| 241 | Renan Ferreira | Heavyweight | 2013 | 2029 |
| 242 | Gil de Freitas | Welterweight | 2006 | 2038 |
| 243 | Rodrigo Nascimento | Heavyweight | 2012 | 2043 |
| 244 | Johnny Eduardo | Bantamweight | 1996 | 2073 |
| 245 | Bruno Miranda | Lightweight | 2011 | 2086 |
| 246 | Geronimo dos Santos | Heavyweight | 2006 | 2112 |
| 247 | Leo Leite | Middleweight | 2013 | 2117 |
| 248 | Elves Brener | Lightweight | 2016 | 2126 |
| 249 | Fabio Silva | Light Heavyweight | 2003 | 2130 |
| 250 | Rony Mariano Bezerra | Featherweight | 2006 | 2131 |
| 251 | Felipe Arantes | Bantamweight | 2008 | 2136 |
| 252 | Danillo Villefort | Middleweight | 2005 | 2144 |
| 253 | Gilberto Dias | Strawweight | 2007 | 2155 |
| 254 | Daniel Oliveira | Bantamweight | 2007 | 2156 |
| 255 | Lucas Martins | Featherweight | 2011 | 2157 |
| 256 | Marcus Paulo Amaral | Strawweight | 2013 | 2162 |
| 257 | Raymison Bruno | Strawweight | 2013 | 2166 |
| 258 | Marcelo Nunes | Heavyweight | 2013 | 2174 |
| 259 | Carlos Eduardo | Light Heavyweight | 2003 | 2176 |
| 260 | Alexandre Bezerra | Featherweight | 2008 | 2184 |
| 261 | Godofredo Castro | Featherweight | 2003 | 2190 |
| 262 | Fabricio Guerreiro | Featherweight | 2009 | 2204 |
| 263 | Gabriel Braga | Featherweight | 2018 | 2218 |
| 264 | Diego Lopes | Featherweight | 2012 | 2224 |
| 265 | Luis Alberto Nogueira | Bantamweight | 2008 | 2231 |
| 266 | Francisco France | Middleweight | 2008 | 2239 |
| 267 | Ednaldo Oliveira | Heavyweight | 2005 | 2243 |
| 268 | Danilo Marques | Heavyweight | 2014 | 2246 |
| 269 | Rafael de Freitas | Flyweight | 2007 | 2254 |
| 270 | Klidson Abreu | Light Heavyweight | 2011 | 2255 |
| 271 | Vitor Petrino | Light Heavyweight | 2019 | 2265 |
| 272 | Francimar Barroso | Heavyweight | 2005 | 2269 |
| 273 | Matheus da Silva | Strawweight | 2015 | 2278 |
| 274 | Daniel Lima de Carvalho | Strawweight | 2010 | 2279 |
| 275 | Herbert Burns | Featherweight | 2012 | 2288 |
| 276 | Rogerio Bontorin | Flyweight | 2013 | 2303 |
| 277 | Douglas Cunha | Strawweight | 2016 | 2304 |
| 278 | Bruno Cappelozza | Heavyweight | 2010 | 2305 |
| 279 | Raulian Paiva | Flyweight | 2013 | 2319 |
| 280 | Charles Henrique | Flyweight | 2015 | 2326 |
| 281 | Yan Teixeira | Strawweight | 2016 | 2331 |
| 282 | Lincoln de Sa | Strawweight | 2009 | 2336 |
| 283 | Frank Bispo | Strawweight | 2012 | 2341 |
| 284 | Wellington Souza | Strawweight | 2015 | 2344 |
| 285 | Wendell Silva | Strawweight | 2013 | 2345 |
| 286 | Vinicius Ferreira | Strawweight | 2015 | 2348 |
| 287 | Junior Assis | Strawweight | 2018 | 2350 |
| 288 | Railson Paixao | Strawweight | 2018 | 2352 |
| 289 | Romulo Brito | Strawweight | 2012 | 2360 |
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