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The Top Ranked MMA Fighters by Rookie Year-2001
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 | B.J. Penn | Welterweight | 36 |
| 2 | Tim Sylvia | Heavyweight | 49 |
| 3 | Frank Mir | Heavyweight | 51 |
| 4 | Robbie Lawler | Welterweight | 54 |
| 5 | Forrest Griffin | Light Heavyweight | 57 |
| 6 | Nick Diaz | Welterweight | 85 |
| 7 | Demian Maia | Welterweight | 111 |
| 8 | Kazuo Misaki | Middleweight | 121 |
| 9 | Vitor Ribeiro | Lightweight | 166 |
| 10 | Keith Jardine | Light Heavyweight | 176 |
| 11 | Thiago Alves | Welterweight | 196 |
| 12 | Ryo Chonan | Middleweight | 209 |
| 13 | Josh Thomson | Lightweight | 225 |
| 14 | Cheick Kongo | Heavyweight | 237 |
| 15 | Tim Kennedy | Middleweight | 239 |
| 16 | Hermes Franca | Lightweight | 252 |
| 17 | Trevor Prangley | Light Heavyweight | 287 |
| 18 | Ben Rothwell | Heavyweight | 310 |
| 19 | Mike Kyle | Heavyweight | 313 |
| 20 | Jason Lambert | Light Heavyweight | 350 |
| 21 | Joe Riggs | Welterweight | 355 |
| 22 | Scott Smith | Middleweight | 402 |
| 23 | Jimmy Ambriz | Heavyweight | 423 |
| 24 | Norifumi Yamamoto | Featherweight | 427 |
| 25 | Jorge Rivera | Middleweight | 485 |
| 26 | Mitsuhiro Ishida | Lightweight | 490 |
| 27 | Mike Thomas Brown | Featherweight | 524 |
| 28 | Mitsuhisa Sunabe | Flyweight | 561 |
| 29 | Siyar Bahadurzada | Welterweight | 676 |
| 30 | Aaron Williams | Bantamweight | 677 |
| 31 | Gerald Strebendt | Lightweight | 678 |
| 32 | Luis Ramos | Middleweight | 679 |
| 33 | Nam Phan | Featherweight | 680 |
| 34 | Thomas Schulte | Lightweight | 681 |
| 35 | Akira Kibe | Flyweight | 944 |
| 36 | Antoine Jaoude | Heavyweight | 945 |
| 37 | Hiroki Nagaoka | Welterweight | 946 |
| 38 | J.T. Taylor | Welterweight | 947 |
| 39 | Jerry Gummo | Welterweight | 948 |
| 40 | Kenichi Serizawa | Welterweight | 949 |
| 41 | Kenichiro Togashi | Welterweight | 950 |
| 42 | Kenji Arai | Welterweight | 951 |
| 43 | Masaya Takita | Featherweight | 952 |
| 44 | Seiji Ozuka | Flyweight | 953 |
| 45 | Suley Mahmoud | Middleweight | 954 |
| 46 | Victor Hernandez | Flyweight | 955 |
| 47 | Kotetsu Boku | Lightweight | 996 |
| 48 | Dustin Denes | Middleweight | 1024 |
| 49 | Travis Wiuff | Heavyweight | 1053 |
| 50 | Mac Danzig | Lightweight | 1055 |
| 51 | Nate Quarry | Middleweight | 1064 |
| 52 | Benji Radach | Middleweight | 1094 |
| 53 | Stephan Bonnar | Light Heavyweight | 1111 |
| 54 | Shamil Abramov | Middleweight | 1158 |
| 55 | Tony Bonello | Light Heavyweight | 1207 |
| 56 | Hidetaka Monma | Welterweight | 1217 |
| 57 | Delson Heleno | Welterweight | 1220 |
| 58 | Yasuhiro Urushitani | Flyweight | 1223 |
| 59 | Sergey Golyaev | Lightweight | 1230 |
| 60 | Pat Healy | Lightweight | 1261 |
| 61 | Kuniyoshi Hironaka | Welterweight | 1280 |
| 62 | Jeremy Jackson | Welterweight | 1289 |
| 63 | Cole Escovedo | Featherweight | 1298 |
| 64 | Eiji Mitsuoka | Lightweight | 1302 |
| 65 | Jonathan Goulet | Welterweight | 1305 |
| 66 | Antonio Banuelos | Bantamweight | 1327 |
| 67 | Shungo Oyama | Middleweight | 1355 |
| 68 | Rokas Stambrauskas | Heavyweight | 1369 |
| 69 | Rob McCullough | Lightweight | 1394 |
| 70 | Wilson Gouveia | Light Heavyweight | 1433 |
| 71 | John Strawn | Welterweight | 1460 |
| 72 | Akitoshi Tamura | Lightweight | 1473 |
| 73 | Antoni Hardonk | Heavyweight | 1497 |
| 74 | Dan Christison | Heavyweight | 1502 |
| 75 | Islam Dadalov | Heavyweight | 1521 |
| 76 | Alex Schoenauer | Light Heavyweight | 1531 |
| 77 | Rambaa Somdet | Strawweight | 1570 |
| 78 | Ivan Menjivar | Featherweight | 1676 |
| 79 | Nikolai Kudryashov | Middleweight | 1699 |
| 80 | Viktor Mileshkin | Middleweight | 1700 |
| 81 | Houston Alexander | Light Heavyweight | 1714 |
| 82 | Evandro Oliveira | Featherweight | 1728 |
| 83 | Rafael Addario Bastos | Lightweight | 1742 |
| 84 | Karim Sorensen | Lightweight | 1757 |
| 85 | Edson Diniz | Lightweight | 1762 |
| 86 | Takeshi Yamazaki | Lightweight | 1763 |
| 87 | Pavel Kuchumov | Lightweight | 1782 |
| 88 | Junji Ikoma | Strawweight | 1788 |
| 89 | Kevin English | Featherweight | 1823 |
| 90 | Masato Shiozawa | Bantamweight | 1837 |
| 91 | Antonio Schembri | Light Heavyweight | 1839 |
| 92 | Dan Swift | Bantamweight | 1869 |
| 93 | Victor Valimaki | Light Heavyweight | 1906 |
| 94 | Sam Morgan | Welterweight | 1914 |
| 95 | Vladimir Zenin | Lightweight | 1919 |
| 96 | Drew McFedries | Middleweight | 1950 |
| 97 | Kyotaro Nakao | Featherweight | 1951 |
| 98 | Bao Quach | Featherweight | 1954 |
| 99 | Fabio Mello | Featherweight | 1965 |
| 100 | Michael Patt | Light Heavyweight | 1990 |
| 101 | Bendy Casimir | Lightweight | 2093 |
| 102 | Wade Shipp | Heavyweight | 2113 |
| 103 | Kassim Annan | Light Heavyweight | 2125 |
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