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The Top Ranked MMA Fighters by Rookie Year-1998
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 | Chuck Liddell | Light Heavyweight | 15 |
| 2 | Matt Hughes | Welterweight | 31 |
| 3 | Takanori Gomi | Lightweight | 63 |
| 4 | Bobby Hoffman | Heavyweight | 178 |
| 5 | John Alessio | Welterweight | 190 |
| 6 | Alexandre Franca Nogueira | Lightweight | 200 |
| 7 | Hiroyuki Abe | Featherweight | 216 |
| 8 | Dokonjonosuke Mishima | Lightweight | 219 |
| 9 | Denis Kang | Middleweight | 229 |
| 10 | Hiromitsu Kanehara | Heavyweight | 248 |
| 11 | Gil Castillo | Welterweight | 266 |
| 12 | Jim Theobald | Light Heavyweight | 271 |
| 13 | Charlie Kohler | Lightweight | 343 |
| 14 | Mike Swick | Middleweight | 345 |
| 15 | Kenichi Yamamoto | Middleweight | 385 |
| 16 | James Zikic | Middleweight | 435 |
| 17 | Eugene Jackson | Light Heavyweight | 522 |
| 18 | Ryuki Ueyama | Middleweight | 555 |
| 19 | Din Thomas | Lightweight | 565 |
| 20 | Jeff Curran | Featherweight | 699 |
| 21 | Yuki Sasaki | Middleweight | 702 |
| 22 | Andrei Semenov | Middleweight | 710 |
| 23 | Daijiro Matsui | Light Heavyweight | 979 |
| 24 | Jonathan Ivey | Heavyweight | 980 |
| 25 | Joshua Taibl | Middleweight | 981 |
| 26 | Kevin Hogan | Middleweight | 982 |
| 27 | Orlando Ruiz | Lightweight | 983 |
| 28 | Sean Wilmot | Lightweight | 984 |
| 29 | Thomas Kenney | Welterweight | 985 |
| 30 | Travis Lutter | Middleweight | 997 |
| 31 | Stephen Palling | Welterweight | 1036 |
| 32 | Steve Berger | Welterweight | 1039 |
| 33 | Ronald Jhun | Middleweight | 1054 |
| 34 | Keith Wisniewski | Welterweight | 1059 |
| 35 | Andre Pederneiras | Welterweight | 1068 |
| 36 | Daisuke Ishii | Heavyweight | 1074 |
| 37 | Mike Rogers | Light Heavyweight | 1101 |
| 38 | Martin Malkhasyan | Heavyweight | 1140 |
| 39 | Jermaine Andre | Middleweight | 1146 |
| 40 | Mike Van Arsdale | Heavyweight | 1171 |
| 41 | Javier Vazquez | Lightweight | 1187 |
| 42 | Daiju Takase | Welterweight | 1192 |
| 43 | Dario Amorim | Heavyweight | 1222 |
| 44 | Fabiano Iha | Welterweight | 1232 |
| 45 | Ben Earwood | Welterweight | 1250 |
| 46 | Sergei Belov | Welterweight | 1251 |
| 47 | David Velasquez | Bantamweight | 1265 |
| 48 | Ricardas Jancevicius | Heavyweight | 1279 |
| 49 | Kavkaz Sultanmagomedov | Heavyweight | 1311 |
| 50 | Katsuya Toida | Featherweight | 1346 |
| 51 | Toby Imada | Middleweight | 1352 |
| 52 | Tim Lajcik | Heavyweight | 1378 |
| 53 | Damien Riccio | Middleweight | 1406 |
| 54 | Scott Adams | Light Heavyweight | 1438 |
| 55 | Brian Fulton | Welterweight | 1449 |
| 56 | Todd Broadaway | Heavyweight | 1469 |
| 57 | Mike Russow | Heavyweight | 1485 |
| 58 | Paul Rodriguez | Lightweight | 1514 |
| 59 | Adam Guerra | Heavyweight | 1526 |
| 60 | Artur Taymaskhanov | Welterweight | 1532 |
| 61 | Aaron Brink | Heavyweight | 1536 |
| 62 | Kalib Starnes | Middleweight | 1546 |
| 63 | Victor Hunsaker | Lightweight | 1547 |
| 64 | Branden Lee Hinkle | Middleweight | 1552 |
| 65 | Jason Medina | Middleweight | 1567 |
| 66 | Michele Verginelli | Middleweight | 1573 |
| 67 | Adriano de Souza | Middleweight | 1580 |
| 68 | Larry Parker | Light Heavyweight | 1588 |
| 69 | Eric Payne | Lightweight | 1591 |
| 70 | Eric Davila | Middleweight | 1595 |
| 71 | Rasul Uzdenov | Middleweight | 1603 |
| 72 | Bruce Nelson | Light Heavyweight | 1664 |
| 73 | Bob Cook | Welterweight | 1693 |
| 74 | Ian James Schaffa | Lightweight | 1694 |
| 75 | Hiroshi Tsuruya | Lightweight | 1707 |
| 76 | Daisuke Watanabe | Light Heavyweight | 1783 |
| 77 | Masaki Nishizawa | Flyweight | 1784 |
| 78 | Steve Heath | Middleweight | 1785 |
| 79 | Matt Hamilton | Bantamweight | 1795 |
| 80 | Drew Irion | Lightweight | 1797 |
| 81 | Takeyasu Hirono | Flyweight | 1825 |
| 82 | Takaharu Murahama | Lightweight | 1853 |
| 83 | Hiroaki Yoshioka | Flyweight | 1971 |
| 84 | Tommy Sauer | Light Heavyweight | 2077 |
| 85 | Masatoshi Abe | Flyweight | 2244 |
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