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The Top Ranked MMA Fighters by Rookie Year-1999
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 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira | Heavyweight | 6 |
| 2 | Quinton Jackson | Light Heavyweight | 19 |
| 3 | Alistair Overeem | Heavyweight | 58 |
| 4 | Rich Franklin | Middleweight | 64 |
| 5 | Jake Shields | Welterweight | 69 |
| 6 | Nate Marquardt | Middleweight | 70 |
| 7 | Andrei Arlovski | Heavyweight | 74 |
| 8 | Ricco Rodriguez | Heavyweight | 106 |
| 9 | Sean Sherk | Welterweight | 114 |
| 10 | Joachim Hansen | Lightweight | 135 |
| 11 | Joe Stevenson | Lightweight | 182 |
| 12 | Jens Pulver | Lightweight | 193 |
| 13 | Karo Parisyan | Welterweight | 198 |
| 14 | Matt Serra | Welterweight | 199 |
| 15 | Mamoru Yamaguchi | Flyweight | 204 |
| 16 | Chris Lytle | Welterweight | 213 |
| 17 | Mike Pyle | Welterweight | 268 |
| 18 | Joe Doerksen | Middleweight | 269 |
| 19 | Joey Villasenor | Middleweight | 276 |
| 20 | Ron Waterman | Heavyweight | 279 |
| 21 | Brad Burrick | Middleweight | 342 |
| 22 | Gan McGee | Heavyweight | 347 |
| 23 | Ian Freeman | Heavyweight | 362 |
| 24 | Amar Suloev | Middleweight | 400 |
| 25 | David Terrell | Middleweight | 409 |
| 26 | Thomas Denny | Welterweight | 410 |
| 27 | Drew Fickett | Welterweight | 425 |
| 28 | Dion Staring | Heavyweight | 482 |
| 29 | Hideki Kadowaki | Lightweight | 483 |
| 30 | Buddy Clinton | Welterweight | 510 |
| 31 | Seichi Ikemoto | Welterweight | 529 |
| 32 | Gleison Tibau | Lightweight | 533 |
| 33 | James Lee | Light Heavyweight | 538 |
| 34 | Bob Stines | Heavyweight | 543 |
| 35 | Manny Gamburyan | Featherweight | 564 |
| 36 | David Step | Bantamweight | 684 |
| 37 | Erik Meaders | Welterweight | 685 |
| 38 | Joe Camacho | Welterweight | 686 |
| 39 | Lodune Sincaid | Light Heavyweight | 687 |
| 40 | Shiko Yamashita | Light Heavyweight | 688 |
| 41 | Takuya Wada | Welterweight | 689 |
| 42 | Angelo Popofski | Middleweight | 967 |
| 43 | Gaz Roriston | Middleweight | 968 |
| 44 | Hiroshi Umemura | Bantamweight | 969 |
| 45 | Jason Maxwell | Lightweight | 970 |
| 46 | Jason Meaders | Lightweight | 971 |
| 47 | Jeff Cahill | Bantamweight | 972 |
| 48 | Jeremy Williams | Welterweight | 973 |
| 49 | Jerry Vrbanovic | Heavyweight | 974 |
| 50 | Kauai Kupihea | Heavyweight | 975 |
| 51 | Kit Cope | Lightweight | 976 |
| 52 | Lee Murray | Middleweight | 977 |
| 53 | Mike Bourke | Light Heavyweight | 978 |
| 54 | Ivan Salaverry | Middleweight | 1006 |
| 55 | Philip Perez | Lightweight | 1014 |
| 56 | Ryan Bow | Lightweight | 1015 |
| 57 | Antonio McKee | Lightweight | 1038 |
| 58 | Genki Sudo | Lightweight | 1041 |
| 59 | Falaniko Vitale | Middleweight | 1072 |
| 60 | Rich Clementi | Welterweight | 1079 |
| 61 | Leonard Garcia | Featherweight | 1160 |
| 62 | Alex Stiebling | Light Heavyweight | 1166 |
| 63 | Jason MacDonald | Middleweight | 1175 |
| 64 | Eduard Vdovenko | Middleweight | 1184 |
| 65 | Charles Bennett | Bantamweight | 1203 |
| 66 | Tetsuo Katsuta | Featherweight | 1249 |
| 67 | Mitsuya Nagai | Heavyweight | 1267 |
| 68 | Anthony Hamlett | Featherweight | 1277 |
| 69 | Michael Guymon | Welterweight | 1284 |
| 70 | Andrius Krishtopaitis | Middleweight | 1317 |
| 71 | Rich Crunkilton | Lightweight | 1341 |
| 72 | Francisco Bueno | Heavyweight | 1356 |
| 73 | Stephan Potvin | Middleweight | 1397 |
| 74 | Furdjel de Windt | Lightweight | 1410 |
| 75 | Stanislav Nuschik | Welterweight | 1423 |
| 76 | Samuel Gaskins | Light Heavyweight | 1446 |
| 77 | David Baron | Lightweight | 1456 |
| 78 | Homer Moore | Heavyweight | 1466 |
| 79 | Brad Gumm | Welterweight | 1484 |
| 80 | Bobby Southworth | Light Heavyweight | 1493 |
| 81 | Chad W. Saunders | Welterweight | 1495 |
| 82 | Flavio Luiz Moura | Middleweight | 1501 |
| 83 | Andrey Rudakov | Light Heavyweight | 1512 |
| 84 | Tedd Williams | Heavyweight | 1519 |
| 85 | Alexandre Barros | Welterweight | 1544 |
| 86 | Ryan Diaz | Featherweight | 1569 |
| 87 | C.J. Fernandes | Welterweight | 1578 |
| 88 | Jason Von Flue | Light Heavyweight | 1579 |
| 89 | Bill Mahood | Light Heavyweight | 1582 |
| 90 | Harri Niva | Middleweight | 1601 |
| 91 | James O'Connor | Middleweight | 1602 |
| 92 | Marty Armendarez | Middleweight | 1604 |
| 93 | Viktoras Kontrimas | Welterweight | 1642 |
| 94 | Vepcho Bardanashvili | Heavyweight | 1660 |
| 95 | Makoto Ishikawa | Featherweight | 1665 |
| 96 | Scott Henze | Middleweight | 1706 |
| 97 | Luke Pedigo | Welterweight | 1713 |
| 98 | Jordan Damon | Welterweight | 1716 |
| 99 | Farrell Frisby | Lightweight | 1724 |
| 100 | Marcos da Silva | Middleweight | 1736 |
| 101 | Kohei Yasumi | Lightweight | 1743 |
| 102 | Greg Wikan | Heavyweight | 1753 |
| 103 | Yoshinobu Ota | Flyweight | 1758 |
| 104 | Patrick Fortrie | Middleweight | 1779 |
| 105 | Baret Yoshida | Bantamweight | 1812 |
| 106 | Luis Guerrero | Featherweight | 1813 |
| 107 | Nick Agallar | Lightweight | 1840 |
| 108 | Danny Higgins | Middleweight | 1855 |
| 109 | Fatih Kocamis | Light Heavyweight | 1911 |
| 110 | Jeremy Bolt | Flyweight | 1934 |
| 111 | Kazuhiro Inoue | Featherweight | 1943 |
| 112 | Matt Shaw | Welterweight | 2019 |
| 113 | Mikko Rupponen | Light Heavyweight | 2032 |
| 114 | Sergey Kaznovsky | Heavyweight | 2121 |
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