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The Top Ranked MMA Fighters by Rookie Year-2002
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 | Georges St. Pierre | Welterweight | 4 |
| 2 | Mauricio Rua | Light Heavyweight | 24 |
| 3 | Fabricio Werdum | Heavyweight | 47 |
| 4 | Glover Teixeira | Light Heavyweight | 80 |
| 5 | Jon Fitch | Welterweight | 83 |
| 6 | Gilbert Melendez | Lightweight | 94 |
| 7 | Carlos Condit | Welterweight | 100 |
| 8 | Jorge Santiago | Middleweight | 127 |
| 9 | Yushin Okami | Middleweight | 128 |
| 10 | Donald Cerrone | Lightweight | 130 |
| 11 | Diego Sanchez | Welterweight | 140 |
| 12 | Yoshiro Maeda | Featherweight | 236 |
| 13 | Brandon Vera | Heavyweight | 240 |
| 14 | Hatsu Hioki | Featherweight | 278 |
| 15 | Patrick Cote | Middleweight | 294 |
| 16 | Akira Kikuchi | Middleweight | 309 |
| 17 | Marcus Aurelio | Lightweight | 311 |
| 18 | Daniel Tabera | Light Heavyweight | 315 |
| 19 | Daisuke Nakamura | Lightweight | 329 |
| 20 | Chris Leben | Middleweight | 376 |
| 21 | Jean Silva | Lightweight | 388 |
| 22 | Yuichi Nakanishi | Middleweight | 422 |
| 23 | Wes Combs | Heavyweight | 480 |
| 24 | Ryuta Noji | Heavyweight | 508 |
| 25 | Daniel Weichel | Featherweight | 515 |
| 26 | Akitoshi Hokazono | Featherweight | 672 |
| 27 | Frankie Bollinger | Bantamweight | 673 |
| 28 | Gabe Ruediger | Lightweight | 674 |
| 29 | Matt Stansell | Welterweight | 675 |
| 30 | Justin Eilers | Heavyweight | 697 |
| 31 | Spencer Fisher | Lightweight | 701 |
| 32 | John Dodson | Bantamweight | 703 |
| 33 | Hidehiko Yoshida | Heavyweight | 708 |
| 34 | Brock Larson | Welterweight | 709 |
| 35 | Akbarh Arreola | Lightweight | 919 |
| 36 | Brandon Olsen | Lightweight | 920 |
| 37 | Bryan Pardoe | Light Heavyweight | 921 |
| 38 | Carlos Pereira | Light Heavyweight | 922 |
| 39 | Eben Kaneshiro | Bantamweight | 923 |
| 40 | Ed Newalu | Flyweight | 924 |
| 41 | Edwin Aguilar | Light Heavyweight | 925 |
| 42 | Gabe Rivas | Welterweight | 926 |
| 43 | Garett Davis | Welterweight | 927 |
| 44 | Glen Appleby | Light Heavyweight | 928 |
| 45 | Hirohide Fujinuma | Heavyweight | 929 |
| 46 | Ichiro Kanai | Middleweight | 930 |
| 47 | Joe Pearson | Featherweight | 931 |
| 48 | Jorge Ortiz | Middleweight | 932 |
| 49 | Lance King | Heavyweight | 933 |
| 50 | Marcus Hicks | Lightweight | 934 |
| 51 | Olaf Alfonso | Lightweight | 935 |
| 52 | Oliver Ellis | Lightweight | 936 |
| 53 | Ross Mason | Welterweight | 937 |
| 54 | Ryan Robinson | Heavyweight | 938 |
| 55 | Tomohiko Hori | Bantamweight | 939 |
| 56 | Tomoya Miyashita | Bantamweight | 940 |
| 57 | William Hill | Light Heavyweight | 941 |
| 58 | Yahir Reyes | Featherweight | 942 |
| 59 | Yukiya Naito | Light Heavyweight | 943 |
| 60 | Ed Herman | Middleweight | 1058 |
| 61 | Mark Hominick | Featherweight | 1061 |
| 62 | Renato Verissimo | Welterweight | 1071 |
| 63 | Yoshinori Momose | Light Heavyweight | 1077 |
| 64 | Terry Martin | Middleweight | 1089 |
| 65 | Carlo Prater | Welterweight | 1105 |
| 66 | Rani Yahya | Bantamweight | 1121 |
| 67 | John Mahlow | Lightweight | 1132 |
| 68 | Alessio Sakara | Middleweight | 1134 |
| 69 | Bret Bergmark | Welterweight | 1170 |
| 70 | Hidehiko Hasegawa | Welterweight | 1177 |
| 71 | Takashi Nakakura | Lightweight | 1191 |
| 72 | Tsuyoshi Ozawa | Heavyweight | 1216 |
| 73 | Chris Wilson | Welterweight | 1218 |
| 74 | Tomomi Iwama | Lightweight | 1256 |
| 75 | Melvin Guillard | Lightweight | 1258 |
| 76 | Mark Miller | Welterweight | 1262 |
| 77 | Murad Chunkaiev | Heavyweight | 1271 |
| 78 | Bob Sapp | Heavyweight | 1286 |
| 79 | Nobuhiro Obiya | Welterweight | 1292 |
| 80 | Willamy Freire | Bantamweight | 1322 |
| 81 | David Gardner | Lightweight | 1340 |
| 82 | Robson Moura | Flyweight | 1342 |
| 83 | Fabricio Nascimento | Welterweight | 1347 |
| 84 | Deividas Taurosevicius | Lightweight | 1354 |
| 85 | James Fanshier | Welterweight | 1367 |
| 86 | Leonardo Santos | Lightweight | 1368 |
| 87 | Alberto Crane | Lightweight | 1389 |
| 88 | John Gunderson | Lightweight | 1440 |
| 89 | Tomonari Kanomata | Lightweight | 1457 |
| 90 | Bart Palaszewski | Lightweight | 1458 |
| 91 | Kurt Pellegrino | Lightweight | 1494 |
| 92 | Robbie Oliver | Featherweight | 1508 |
| 93 | Heath Sims | Welterweight | 1509 |
| 94 | Antonio Carvalho | Lightweight | 1524 |
| 95 | Eduardo Pamplona | Welterweight | 1656 |
| 96 | Kyle Noke | Middleweight | 1667 |
| 97 | Kyle Jensen | Middleweight | 1673 |
| 98 | Linson Simanjuntak | Welterweight | 1710 |
| 99 | Jason Day | Middleweight | 1726 |
| 100 | Per Eklund | Lightweight | 1741 |
| 101 | Steve Conkel | Heavyweight | 1781 |
| 102 | Jordan Radev | Light Heavyweight | 1793 |
| 103 | Xavier Foupa-Pokam | Middleweight | 1804 |
| 104 | Adam Lynn | Lightweight | 1811 |
| 105 | Roli Delgado | Featherweight | 1833 |
| 106 | Nick Ring | Middleweight | 1834 |
| 107 | Pete Sell | Welterweight | 1836 |
| 108 | Ian McCall | Flyweight | 1844 |
| 109 | Tom Niinimaki | Featherweight | 1902 |
| 110 | Dave Rivas | Featherweight | 1921 |
| 111 | Miodrag Petkovic | Heavyweight | 1931 |
| 112 | Yohan Mulia Legowo | Bantamweight | 1933 |
| 113 | Forrest Petz | Welterweight | 1947 |
| 114 | Robert Emerson | Lightweight | 1985 |
| 115 | Miki Shida | Featherweight | 1989 |
| 116 | Jaime Jara | Light Heavyweight | 2031 |
| 117 | Marcel Ferreira | Middleweight | 2039 |
| 118 | Jeff Bedard | Featherweight | 2041 |
| 119 | Alex Owen | Featherweight | 2080 |
| 120 | Jorge Gurgel | Lightweight | 2102 |
| 121 | Kajan Johnson | Lightweight | 2103 |
| 122 | Darren Uyenoyama | Flyweight | 2188 |
| 123 | Jesse Taitano | Flyweight | 2199 |
| 124 | Josh Hendricks | Heavyweight | 2213 |
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