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The Top Ranked MMA Fighters by Rookie Year-2000
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 | Fedor Emelianenko | Heavyweight | 1 |
| 2 | Ricardo Arona | Light Heavyweight | 62 |
| 3 | Paulo Filho | Light Heavyweight | 65 |
| 4 | Antonio Rogerio Nogueira | Light Heavyweight | 103 |
| 5 | Tatsuya Kawajiri | Lightweight | 142 |
| 6 | Satoru Kitaoka | Lightweight | 146 |
| 7 | Ricardo Almeida | Middleweight | 155 |
| 8 | Murilo Rua | Light Heavyweight | 184 |
| 9 | Masakazu Imanari | Featherweight | 205 |
| 10 | Phil Baroni | Middleweight | 251 |
| 11 | Miguel Torres | Bantamweight | 263 |
| 12 | David Loiseau | Middleweight | 274 |
| 13 | Sergei Kharitonov | Heavyweight | 288 |
| 14 | Gustavo Machado | Light Heavyweight | 305 |
| 15 | Marvin Eastman | Light Heavyweight | 307 |
| 16 | Rodrigo Gracie | Middleweight | 317 |
| 17 | Dean Lister | Middleweight | 328 |
| 18 | Jason Black | Welterweight | 332 |
| 19 | K.J. Noons | Lightweight | 360 |
| 20 | Kazuyuki Fujita | Heavyweight | 369 |
| 21 | Ibragim Magomedov | Heavyweight | 424 |
| 22 | Young Choi | Middleweight | 481 |
| 23 | Koji Oishi | Welterweight | 491 |
| 24 | Luiz Firmino | Lightweight | 493 |
| 25 | Yuji Sakuragi | Light Heavyweight | 509 |
| 26 | Marius Zaromskis | Welterweight | 514 |
| 27 | Eiji Ishikawa | Middleweight | 534 |
| 28 | Brian Sesma | Heavyweight | 682 |
| 29 | Paul Jenkins | Middleweight | 683 |
| 30 | Mark Weir | Middleweight | 705 |
| 31 | Brendan Seguin | Middleweight | 956 |
| 32 | Brian Hawkins | Light Heavyweight | 957 |
| 33 | Brian Sleeman | Middleweight | 958 |
| 34 | Gabe Lemley | Lightweight | 959 |
| 35 | Ioka Tianuu | Heavyweight | 960 |
| 36 | Samy Schiavo | Lightweight | 962 |
| 37 | Sean Loeffler | Middleweight | 963 |
| 38 | Shigetoshi Iwase | Welterweight | 964 |
| 39 | Tashiro Nishiuichi | Bantamweight | 965 |
| 40 | Vince Lucero | Heavyweight | 966 |
| 41 | Yuji Hisamatsu | Middleweight | 1046 |
| 42 | Jason Ireland | Lightweight | 1100 |
| 43 | Takumi Nakayama | Lightweight | 1118 |
| 44 | Eric Pele | Heavyweight | 1129 |
| 45 | Curtis Stout | Middleweight | 1139 |
| 46 | Charlie Valencia | Bantamweight | 1142 |
| 47 | Naoyuki Kotani | Lightweight | 1173 |
| 48 | Phillip Miller | Middleweight | 1180 |
| 49 | Romie Aram | Welterweight | 1189 |
| 50 | Wagnney Fabiano | Featherweight | 1201 |
| 51 | Mitsuyoshi Sato | Light Heavyweight | 1204 |
| 52 | Roan Carneiro | Middleweight | 1206 |
| 53 | Bozigit Ataev | Heavyweight | 1227 |
| 54 | Mike Whitehead | Heavyweight | 1228 |
| 55 | Yuji Hoshino | Featherweight | 1238 |
| 56 | Brian Ebersole | Welterweight | 1253 |
| 57 | Del Hawkins | Flyweight | 1272 |
| 58 | Brad Blackburn | Welterweight | 1283 |
| 59 | Shawn Ramage | Featherweight | 1323 |
| 60 | Ryota Matsune | Bantamweight | 1324 |
| 61 | Kentaro Imaizumi | Bantamweight | 1337 |
| 62 | Sam Nest | Light Heavyweight | 1343 |
| 63 | Michel Prazeres | Welterweight | 1345 |
| 64 | Jason Brilz | Light Heavyweight | 1349 |
| 65 | Marcio Ramos Barbosa | Lightweight | 1390 |
| 66 | Chalid Arrab | Light Heavyweight | 1391 |
| 67 | Jonathan Wiezorek | Heavyweight | 1441 |
| 68 | Wesley Correira | Heavyweight | 1465 |
| 69 | Duane Ludwig | Lightweight | 1472 |
| 70 | Tony DeSouza | Welterweight | 1486 |
| 71 | Roman Zentsov | Heavyweight | 1520 |
| 72 | Moise Rimbon | Light Heavyweight | 1549 |
| 73 | Hirotaka Yokoi | Light Heavyweight | 1558 |
| 74 | Tengiz Tedoradze | Light Heavyweight | 1561 |
| 75 | Aaron Simpson | Middleweight | 1610 |
| 76 | Danny Batten | Featherweight | 1613 |
| 77 | Jason Reinhardt | Bantamweight | 1616 |
| 78 | Luis Santos | Middleweight | 1625 |
| 79 | Hideo Tokoro | Lightweight | 1672 |
| 80 | Daniel Acacio | Middleweight | 1684 |
| 81 | Lauro Figueiroa | Lightweight | 1690 |
| 82 | Arman Gambaryan | Light Heavyweight | 1695 |
| 83 | Luciano Correa | Lightweight | 1701 |
| 84 | Ryan Ackerman | Bantamweight | 1712 |
| 85 | Eddie Yagin | Featherweight | 1723 |
| 86 | Steve Reyna | Lightweight | 1735 |
| 87 | Derrick Noble | Welterweight | 1738 |
| 88 | Daniel Lima | Bantamweight | 1770 |
| 89 | Edwin Dewees | Light Heavyweight | 1777 |
| 90 | Itchaku Murata | Flyweight | 1778 |
| 91 | Gideon Ray | Welterweight | 1817 |
| 92 | Donald Ouimet | Lightweight | 1824 |
| 93 | Ryan Gracie | Heavyweight | 1870 |
| 94 | Erik Oganov | Welterweight | 1872 |
| 95 | Anthony Torres | Welterweight | 1882 |
| 96 | Jess Liaudin | Welterweight | 1888 |
| 97 | Seth Petruzelli | Heavyweight | 1903 |
| 98 | John Olav Einemo | Heavyweight | 1935 |
| 99 | Valda Pocevicius | Middleweight | 1970 |
| 100 | Aziz Karaoglu | Middleweight | 1980 |
| 101 | Fabio Maldonado | Light Heavyweight | 2020 |
| 102 | Dave Dalgliesh | Heavyweight | 2025 |
| 103 | Nathan Schouteren | Middleweight | 2045 |
| 104 | Sauli Heilimo | Welterweight | 2053 |
| 105 | Donny Raines | Lightweight | 2065 |
| 106 | Kevin Jordan | Heavyweight | 2072 |
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