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The Top Ranked MMA Fighters by Rookie Year-1996
Notes: This is a list of the greatest fighters to start their pro career in the year listed.
| Rnk | Athlete | Weight Class | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Wanderlei Silva | Light Heavyweight | 13 |
| 2 | Mark Coleman | Heavyweight | 22 |
| 3 | Yuki Kondo | Light Heavyweight | 28 |
| 4 | Vitor Belfort | Middleweight | 29 |
| 5 | Semmy Schilt | Heavyweight | 39 |
| 6 | Mirko Filipovic | Heavyweight | 40 |
| 7 | Kiuma Kunioku | Middleweight | 50 |
| 8 | Keiichiro Yamamiya | Heavyweight | 75 |
| 9 | Kevin Randleman | Light Heavyweight | 76 |
| 10 | Kazushi Sakuraba | Light Heavyweight | 82 |
| 11 | Don Frye | Heavyweight | 90 |
| 12 | Pedro Rizzo | Heavyweight | 91 |
| 13 | Hayato Sakurai | Welterweight | 115 |
| 14 | Jeremy Horn | Heavyweight | 123 |
| 15 | Sanae Kikuta | Light Heavyweight | 131 |
| 16 | Gary Goodridge | Heavyweight | 133 |
| 17 | Ikuhisa Minowa | Middleweight | 134 |
| 18 | Pete Williams | Heavyweight | 158 |
| 19 | Caol Uno | Lightweight | 165 |
| 20 | Carlos Newton | Welterweight | 169 |
| 21 | Masanori Suda | Middleweight | 245 |
| 22 | Dennis Hallman | Welterweight | 253 |
| 23 | Jutaro Nakao | Welterweight | 259 |
| 24 | Akira Shoji | Light Heavyweight | 346 |
| 25 | Carlos Barreto | Heavyweight | 353 |
| 26 | Scott Ferrozzo | Heavyweight | 364 |
| 27 | Jason Godsey | Heavyweight | 365 |
| 28 | Tom Erikson | Heavyweight | 432 |
| 29 | Joao Roque | Featherweight | 492 |
| 30 | John Lober | Heavyweight | 523 |
| 31 | Dan Bobish | Heavyweight | 527 |
| 32 | Steven Graham | Heavyweight | 548 |
| 33 | Mikey Burnett | Welterweight | 558 |
| 34 | Hisao Ikeda | Featherweight | 568 |
| 35 | Kestutis Arbocius | Heavyweight | 690 |
| 36 | David Paaluhi | Light Heavyweight | 704 |
| 37 | Dave Strasser | Middleweight | 712 |
| 38 | Valentijn Overeem | Heavyweight | 713 |
| 39 | Shamoji Fujii | Heavyweight | 990 |
| 40 | Jay R. Palmer | Welterweight | 1043 |
| 41 | Tyrone Roberts | Middleweight | 1049 |
| 42 | Chris Haseman | Heavyweight | 1052 |
| 43 | Chris Brennan | Lightweight | 1062 |
| 44 | Jong-Wang Kim | Heavyweight | 1066 |
| 45 | Joe Estes | Heavyweight | 1067 |
| 46 | Katsuhisa Fujii | Heavyweight | 1069 |
| 47 | Brian Dunn | Middleweight | 1091 |
| 48 | Rafael Carino | Heavyweight | 1093 |
| 49 | Joao Bosco | Welterweight | 1095 |
| 50 | Richard Heard | Heavyweight | 1115 |
| 51 | Satoshi Hasegawa | Heavyweight | 1138 |
| 52 | Joao Marcos Pierini | Lightweight | 1153 |
| 53 | Roberto Traven | Heavyweight | 1181 |
| 54 | Vitaly Tkachenko | Heavyweight | 1182 |
| 55 | Adrian Serrano | Middleweight | 1229 |
| 56 | Ryuta Sakurai | Middleweight | 1233 |
| 57 | John Dixson | Heavyweight | 1252 |
| 58 | Bart Guyer | Middleweight | 1269 |
| 59 | Wayne Fisher | Heavyweight | 1273 |
| 60 | Mario Neto | Heavyweight | 1296 |
| 61 | Oriovaldo da Silva | Bantamweight | 1301 |
| 62 | Igor Gerus | Heavyweight | 1326 |
| 63 | Rick Graveson | Middleweight | 1328 |
| 64 | Brian Gassaway | Light Heavyweight | 1333 |
| 65 | Wes Gassaway | Light Heavyweight | 1334 |
| 66 | Rogerio Dionisio | Middleweight | 1357 |
| 67 | Rodney Glunder | Heavyweight | 1360 |
| 68 | Chris Munsen | Light Heavyweight | 1371 |
| 69 | Mark Schultz | Heavyweight | 1372 |
| 70 | Joop Kasteel | Heavyweight | 1379 |
| 71 | Mark Hanssen | Heavyweight | 1398 |
| 72 | Austin Long | Light Heavyweight | 1416 |
| 73 | Travis Fulton | Heavyweight | 1463 |
| 74 | Jim Axtell | Heavyweight | 1470 |
| 75 | Masato Fujiwara | Middleweight | 1475 |
| 76 | Dennis Reed | Light Heavyweight | 1522 |
| 77 | Saburo Kawakatsu | Welterweight | 1551 |
| 78 | Lee Hasdell | Heavyweight | 1633 |
| 79 | Johnny Eduardo | Bantamweight | 2073 |
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