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The Top Ranked MMA Fighters by Rookie Year-2005
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 | Frankie Edgar | Lightweight | 45 |
| 2 | Rory MacDonald | Welterweight | 86 |
| 3 | Dominick Cruz | Bantamweight | 98 |
| 4 | Antonio Silva | Heavyweight | 125 |
| 5 | Renan Barao | Bantamweight | 201 |
| 6 | Thiago Silva | Light Heavyweight | 215 |
| 7 | Jake Ellenberger | Welterweight | 232 |
| 8 | Uriah Hall | Middleweight | 261 |
| 9 | Patricky Freire | Lightweight | 285 |
| 10 | Jeremy Stephens | Featherweight | 320 |
| 11 | Abel Cullum | Flyweight | 339 |
| 12 | Donald Sanchez | Bantamweight | 340 |
| 13 | Shane Carwin | Heavyweight | 380 |
| 14 | Mizuto Hirota | Lightweight | 390 |
| 15 | Keith Berry | Middleweight | 471 |
| 16 | Masaaki Sugawara | Bantamweight | 472 |
| 17 | Roque Martinez | Heavyweight | 473 |
| 18 | Richard Montano | Bantamweight | 502 |
| 19 | Taisuke Okuno | Middleweight | 503 |
| 20 | Yo Saito | Bantamweight | 504 |
| 21 | Aung La N Sang | Light Heavyweight | 516 |
| 22 | Matt Hamill | Light Heavyweight | 572 |
| 23 | Chance Williams | Heavyweight | 661 |
| 24 | Matt Jaggers | Bantamweight | 662 |
| 25 | Nobutatsu Suzuki | Welterweight | 663 |
| 26 | Shoji Maruyama | Lightweight | 664 |
| 27 | Ryo Kawamura | Light Heavyweight | 711 |
| 28 | Andreas Kraniotakes | Heavyweight | 879 |
| 29 | Ariel Gandulla | Light Heavyweight | 880 |
| 30 | Chance Farrar | Featherweight | 881 |
| 31 | Giovani Diniz | Welterweight | 882 |
| 32 | Gregory Vivian | Flyweight | 883 |
| 33 | Hiroshi Nakamura | Bantamweight | 884 |
| 34 | Jamie Steichen | Bantamweight | 885 |
| 35 | Justin McElfresh | Light Heavyweight | 886 |
| 36 | Justin Robbins | Flyweight | 887 |
| 37 | Makoto Kamaya | Bantamweight | 888 |
| 38 | Omar de la Cruz | Welterweight | 889 |
| 39 | Shawn Bias | Bantamweight | 890 |
| 40 | Sojiro Orui | Welterweight | 891 |
| 41 | Tomoyoshi Iwamiya | Welterweight | 892 |
| 42 | Toshiaki Kitada | Bantamweight | 893 |
| 43 | Yoshihiro Koyama | Welterweight | 894 |
| 44 | Yusuke Sakashita | Middleweight | 895 |
| 45 | Myles Jury | Featherweight | 998 |
| 46 | Tony Lopez | Heavyweight | 1010 |
| 47 | Nik Lentz | Lightweight | 1011 |
| 48 | Dan Miller | Middleweight | 1012 |
| 49 | Rafael Silva | Bantamweight | 1021 |
| 50 | Brett Rogers | Heavyweight | 1032 |
| 51 | Masakatsu Ueda | Bantamweight | 1050 |
| 52 | Brett Cooper | Middleweight | 1090 |
| 53 | Erick Silva | Welterweight | 1104 |
| 54 | Ryuichi Miki | Flyweight | 1123 |
| 55 | Jussier Formiga | Flyweight | 1144 |
| 56 | Lyman Good | Welterweight | 1152 |
| 57 | Stefan Struve | Heavyweight | 1162 |
| 58 | Steve Carl | Welterweight | 1169 |
| 59 | Luiz Cane | Light Heavyweight | 1174 |
| 60 | Yoshiyuki Yoshida | Welterweight | 1195 |
| 61 | Jason High | Welterweight | 1196 |
| 62 | Paulo Thiago | Welterweight | 1208 |
| 63 | Michihiro Omigawa | Featherweight | 1210 |
| 64 | Jim Wallhead | Welterweight | 1219 |
| 65 | Chris Horodecki | Lightweight | 1226 |
| 66 | Marcio Cruz | Heavyweight | 1275 |
| 67 | Joao Zeferino | Lightweight | 1293 |
| 68 | Takeya Mizugaki | Bantamweight | 1383 |
| 69 | Eric Schambari | Middleweight | 1407 |
| 70 | Hernani Perpetuo | Welterweight | 1427 |
| 71 | Steve Cantwell | Light Heavyweight | 1435 |
| 72 | Dong-Sik Yoon | Middleweight | 1452 |
| 73 | Michiro Omigawa | Featherweight | 1488 |
| 74 | Hacran Dias | Featherweight | 1513 |
| 75 | Katsunori Kikuno | Lightweight | 1550 |
| 76 | Poai Suganuma | Light Heavyweight | 1556 |
| 77 | Maro Perak | Light Heavyweight | 1607 |
| 78 | Terry Etim | Lightweight | 1663 |
| 79 | Rafael Natal | Middleweight | 1692 |
| 80 | Brent Weedman | Welterweight | 1746 |
| 81 | Jesse Lennox | Welterweight | 1749 |
| 82 | Jake O'Brien | Heavyweight | 1767 |
| 83 | Alberto Mina | Welterweight | 1792 |
| 84 | Bryan Caraway | Bantamweight | 1808 |
| 85 | Chad Reiner | Welterweight | 1830 |
| 86 | Philipe Lins | Heavyweight | 1843 |
| 87 | Cole Miller | Featherweight | 1851 |
| 88 | Jung-Hwan Cha | Welterweight | 1868 |
| 89 | T.J. Waldburger | Welterweight | 1873 |
| 90 | Olly Bradstreet | Lightweight | 1874 |
| 91 | Giva Santana | Middleweight | 1891 |
| 92 | Reese Andy | Heavyweight | 1896 |
| 93 | Steven Siler | Featherweight | 1904 |
| 94 | Jorge Oliveira | Light Heavyweight | 1926 |
| 95 | Robert Jocz | Light Heavyweight | 1952 |
| 96 | Alvin Robinson | Lightweight | 1956 |
| 97 | Justin Buchholz | Lightweight | 1957 |
| 98 | Diego Brandao | Featherweight | 1991 |
| 99 | Bryan Travers | Lightweight | 2007 |
| 100 | Julio Paulino | Light Heavyweight | 2012 |
| 101 | Mario Rinaldi | Heavyweight | 2013 |
| 102 | Alejandro Perez | Bantamweight | 2054 |
| 103 | Michail Tsarev | Middleweight | 2067 |
| 104 | Bubba McDaniel | Middleweight | 2078 |
| 105 | Donnie Liles | Welterweight | 2087 |
| 106 | Aaron Rosa | Light Heavyweight | 2105 |
| 107 | Danillo Villefort | Middleweight | 2144 |
| 108 | Martin Desilets | Light Heavyweight | 2154 |
| 109 | Pawel Nastula | Heavyweight | 2175 |
| 110 | Marcus Sursa | Light Heavyweight | 2186 |
| 111 | Chad Griggs | Heavyweight | 2236 |
| 112 | Ednaldo Oliveira | Heavyweight | 2243 |
| 113 | Jim Miller | Lightweight | 2256 |
| 114 | Francimar Barroso | Heavyweight | 2269 |
| 115 | Satoshi Shinbori | Strawweight | 2286 |
| 116 | Yunus Evloev | Flyweight | 2314 |
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