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The Top Ranked MMA Fighters by Rookie Year-2003
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 | Rashad Evans | Light Heavyweight | 18 |
| 2 | Lyoto Machida | Light Heavyweight | 20 |
| 3 | Gegard Mousasi | Middleweight | 53 |
| 4 | Ronaldo Souza | Middleweight | 84 |
| 5 | Shinya Aoki | Lightweight | 87 |
| 6 | Urijah Faber | Bantamweight | 99 |
| 7 | Eddie Alvarez | Lightweight | 102 |
| 8 | Jorge Masvidal | Welterweight | 107 |
| 9 | Kazuhiro Nakamura | Light Heavyweight | 171 |
| 10 | Kenny Florian | Lightweight | 174 |
| 11 | Paul Daley | Welterweight | 185 |
| 12 | Thales Leites | Middleweight | 202 |
| 13 | Jay Hieron | Welterweight | 230 |
| 14 | Clay Guida | Lightweight | 254 |
| 15 | Martin Kampmann | Welterweight | 260 |
| 16 | Gabriel Gonzaga | Heavyweight | 280 |
| 17 | Aleksander Emelianenko | Heavyweight | 291 |
| 18 | Katsuya Inoue | Welterweight | 318 |
| 19 | Mark Epstein | Light Heavyweight | 327 |
| 20 | Ansar Chalangov | Welterweight | 349 |
| 21 | Hiroyuki Takaya | Featherweight | 359 |
| 22 | Josh Burkman | Welterweight | 374 |
| 23 | Marcos Galvao | Bantamweight | 393 |
| 24 | Nick Thompson | Welterweight | 401 |
| 25 | Gesias Cavalcante | Lightweight | 430 |
| 26 | Emanuel Newton | Light Heavyweight | 434 |
| 27 | Aaron Wetherspoon | Welterweight | 478 |
| 28 | Akihiro Murayama | Welterweight | 479 |
| 29 | Fabiano Scherner | Heavyweight | 506 |
| 30 | Kenji Osawa | Featherweight | 507 |
| 31 | Roger Huerta | Lightweight | 553 |
| 32 | Billy Ayash | Middleweight | 669 |
| 33 | Kengo Ura | Welterweight | 670 |
| 34 | Lloyd Marshbanks | Heavyweight | 671 |
| 35 | Matt Horwich | Middleweight | 694 |
| 36 | Alex Garcia | Bantamweight | 905 |
| 37 | Atshushi Yamamoto | Flyweight | 906 |
| 38 | Bo Cantrell | Heavyweight | 907 |
| 39 | Bryson Kamaka | Welterweight | 908 |
| 40 | Ed West | Bantamweight | 909 |
| 41 | Ganjo Tentsuku | Welterweight | 910 |
| 42 | Ian Pyatt | Middleweight | 911 |
| 43 | James Nevarez | Heavyweight | 912 |
| 44 | James Warfield-Lane | Welterweight | 913 |
| 45 | Kevin Alliva | Flyweight | 914 |
| 46 | Kyacey Uscola | Middleweight | 915 |
| 47 | Richard Montoya | Light Heavyweight | 916 |
| 48 | So Tazawa | Featherweight | 917 |
| 49 | Tait Fletcher | Light Heavyweight | 918 |
| 50 | Michal Materla | Middleweight | 993 |
| 51 | Doug Marshall | Middleweight | 1022 |
| 52 | Takeshi Inoue | Featherweight | 1035 |
| 53 | Eddie Wineland | Bantamweight | 1075 |
| 54 | Ryan Schultz | Lightweight | 1108 |
| 55 | Jamie Varner | Lightweight | 1128 |
| 56 | Thiago Tavares | Featherweight | 1148 |
| 57 | Kendall Grove | Middleweight | 1156 |
| 58 | Crosley Gracie | Middleweight | 1185 |
| 59 | Keita Nakamura | Welterweight | 1186 |
| 60 | James Irvin | Light Heavyweight | 1224 |
| 61 | Sam Stout | Lightweight | 1255 |
| 62 | Manny Tapia | Bantamweight | 1278 |
| 63 | Shinichi Kojima | Flyweight | 1291 |
| 64 | Iuri Alcantara | Bantamweight | 1313 |
| 65 | Marcus Davis | Welterweight | 1348 |
| 66 | Josh Neer | Welterweight | 1351 |
| 67 | Yusuke Endo | Lightweight | 1362 |
| 68 | Fransino Tirta | Lightweight | 1388 |
| 69 | James Te Huna | Light Heavyweight | 1395 |
| 70 | Yuya Shirai | Welterweight | 1414 |
| 71 | Fernando Gonzalez | Welterweight | 1430 |
| 72 | James Thompson | Heavyweight | 1445 |
| 73 | Abdul Mohamed | Lightweight | 1467 |
| 74 | Daisuke Hanazawa | Lightweight | 1481 |
| 75 | Masanori Kanehara | Featherweight | 1503 |
| 76 | Rob Kimmons | Welterweight | 1511 |
| 77 | Eun-Soo Lee | Heavyweight | 1543 |
| 78 | Jong-Man Kim | Featherweight | 1566 |
| 79 | Rory Markham | Welterweight | 1599 |
| 80 | Dae-Won Kim | Light Heavyweight | 1627 |
| 81 | Atte Backman | Heavyweight | 1632 |
| 82 | Anthony Ruiz | Light Heavyweight | 1635 |
| 83 | Gabriel Vella | Light Heavyweight | 1647 |
| 84 | Yoshihiro Nakao | Heavyweight | 1703 |
| 85 | Keith Wilson | Lightweight | 1810 |
| 86 | Brandon Melendez | Welterweight | 1847 |
| 87 | Gregory Bouchelaghem | Middleweight | 1848 |
| 88 | Anthony Perosh | Light Heavyweight | 1854 |
| 89 | Krzysztof Soszynski | Light Heavyweight | 1859 |
| 90 | David Heath | Light Heavyweight | 1894 |
| 91 | Isaac Vallie-Flagg | Lightweight | 1908 |
| 92 | Hideki Maeda | Featherweight | 1964 |
| 93 | Alex Serdyukov | Welterweight | 2058 |
| 94 | Cam Ward | Lightweight | 2079 |
| 95 | Emmanuel Fernandez | Featherweight | 2088 |
| 96 | Igor Pokrajac | Light Heavyweight | 2110 |
| 97 | Fabio Silva | Light Heavyweight | 2130 |
| 98 | Mike Ciesnolevicz | Light Heavyweight | 2148 |
| 99 | Carlos Eduardo | Light Heavyweight | 2176 |
| 100 | Godofredo Castro | Featherweight | 2190 |
| 101 | Takehiro Harusaki | Strawweight | 2210 |
| 102 | Cory Devela | Middleweight | 2221 |
| 103 | Setsu Iguchi | Flyweight | 2250 |
| 104 | Takeshi Sato | Strawweight | 2281 |
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