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The Top Ranked MMA Fighters by Rookie Year-2006
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 | Cain Velasquez | Heavyweight | 11 |
| 2 | Junior dos Santos | Heavyweight | 37 |
| 3 | Ben Henderson | Lightweight | 77 |
| 4 | Douglas Lima | Welterweight | 122 |
| 5 | Anthony Johnson | Light Heavyweight | 147 |
| 6 | Gray Maynard | Lightweight | 173 |
| 7 | Rousimar Palhares | Middleweight | 208 |
| 8 | Joseph Benavidez | Flyweight | 224 |
| 9 | Tim Boetsch | Middleweight | 292 |
| 10 | Brian Foster | Welterweight | 319 |
| 11 | Takafumi Otsuka | Featherweight | 325 |
| 12 | Tony Hervey | Welterweight | 326 |
| 13 | Esteves Jones | Heavyweight | 338 |
| 14 | Rafael Cavalcante | Light Heavyweight | 368 |
| 15 | Roger Gracie | Middleweight | 404 |
| 16 | Cung Le | Middleweight | 405 |
| 17 | Reuben Duran | Flyweight | 421 |
| 18 | Francisco Trinaldo | Lightweight | 426 |
| 19 | Anthony Lapsley | Welterweight | 468 |
| 20 | Koichiro Matsumoto | Featherweight | 469 |
| 21 | Sam Liera | Welterweight | 470 |
| 22 | Brian Stann | Light Heavyweight | 489 |
| 23 | Jordan Mein | Welterweight | 513 |
| 24 | Marlon Sandro | Featherweight | 554 |
| 25 | Chris Cariaso | Flyweight | 557 |
| 26 | Tatsuya Mizuno | Light Heavyweight | 562 |
| 27 | Anthony Figueroa | Flyweight | 657 |
| 28 | Daniel Madrid | Middleweight | 658 |
| 29 | David Mitchell | Middleweight | 659 |
| 30 | Rikuhei Fujii | Middleweight | 660 |
| 31 | Boban Simic | Heavyweight | 863 |
| 32 | Brendan Tierney | Welterweight | 864 |
| 33 | Carlos Toyota | Heavyweight | 865 |
| 34 | Derrick Mehmen | Heavyweight | 866 |
| 35 | Ivan Gluhak | Welterweight | 867 |
| 36 | Jason Palacios | Welterweight | 868 |
| 37 | Joshua Montoya | Flyweight | 869 |
| 38 | Kiichi Kunimoto | Welterweight | 870 |
| 39 | L.C. Davis | Featherweight | 871 |
| 40 | Leandro Issa | Bantamweight | 872 |
| 41 | Richard Blake | Light Heavyweight | 873 |
| 42 | Seigo Mizuguchi | Heavyweight | 874 |
| 43 | Seth Dikun | Bantamweight | 875 |
| 44 | Tommy De Pret | Middleweight | 876 |
| 45 | Tsuyoshi Yamazaki | Featherweight | 877 |
| 46 | Waachiim Spiritwolf | Welterweight | 878 |
| 47 | Brian Bowles | Bantamweight | 1030 |
| 48 | C.B. Dollaway | Middleweight | 1034 |
| 49 | Joe Soto | Featherweight | 1099 |
| 50 | Georgi Karakhanyan | Featherweight | 1112 |
| 51 | Chase Beebe | Bantamweight | 1120 |
| 52 | Jesse Taylor | Middleweight | 1122 |
| 53 | Dan Hornbuckle | Welterweight | 1143 |
| 54 | Scott Jorgensen | Bantamweight | 1168 |
| 55 | Rich Hale | Heavyweight | 1197 |
| 56 | T.J. Grant | Welterweight | 1213 |
| 57 | Zach Makovsky | Bantamweight | 1237 |
| 58 | Leandro Higo | Bantamweight | 1241 |
| 59 | Vinny Magalhaes | Light Heavyweight | 1309 |
| 60 | Karl Amoussou | Welterweight | 1330 |
| 61 | Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou | Light Heavyweight | 1336 |
| 62 | Luis Palomino | Lightweight | 1359 |
| 63 | Shinya Murofushi | Strawweight | 1401 |
| 64 | Noboru Tahara | Strawweight | 1409 |
| 65 | Yasubey Enomoto | Welterweight | 1417 |
| 66 | John Hathaway | Welterweight | 1418 |
| 67 | Jonathan Brookins | Lightweight | 1462 |
| 68 | Hiromasa Ogikubo | Bantamweight | 1496 |
| 69 | Sergio Moraes | Welterweight | 1534 |
| 70 | Shintaro Ishiwatari | Bantamweight | 1548 |
| 71 | Jamal Patterson | Light Heavyweight | 1605 |
| 72 | Daniel Kelly | Middleweight | 1611 |
| 73 | James Head | Welterweight | 1619 |
| 74 | Isao Hirose | Flyweight | 1624 |
| 75 | Stanislav Nedkov | Light Heavyweight | 1648 |
| 76 | Tamdan McCrory | Middleweight | 1657 |
| 77 | Neil Grove | Heavyweight | 1659 |
| 78 | Chris Camozzi | Middleweight | 1677 |
| 79 | Dave Herman | Heavyweight | 1678 |
| 80 | Rick Glenn | Featherweight | 1688 |
| 81 | Mikhail Zayats | Light Heavyweight | 1718 |
| 82 | Ryan Hall | Featherweight | 1759 |
| 83 | Gerald Harris | Welterweight | 1761 |
| 84 | Josh Grispi | Featherweight | 1798 |
| 85 | Paul Bradley | Welterweight | 1803 |
| 86 | Tom Watson | Middleweight | 1849 |
| 87 | Ronys Torres | Lightweight | 1862 |
| 88 | Raphael Davis | Light Heavyweight | 1867 |
| 89 | Tyson Nam | Bantamweight | 1876 |
| 90 | Cassiano de Freitas | Welterweight | 1885 |
| 91 | Tyler Stinson | Welterweight | 1900 |
| 92 | Justin Wilcox | Lightweight | 1912 |
| 93 | Antonio Braga Neto | Middleweight | 1927 |
| 94 | Jared Hamman | Light Heavyweight | 1959 |
| 95 | Andre Gusmao | Light Heavyweight | 1969 |
| 96 | Reza Madadi | Lightweight | 1987 |
| 97 | Andre Santos | Welterweight | 1995 |
| 98 | George Sullivan | Welterweight | 1996 |
| 99 | Anton Kuivanen | Lightweight | 1998 |
| 100 | Rey Docyogen | Strawweight | 1999 |
| 101 | Tim Hague | Heavyweight | 2023 |
| 102 | Jake Hecht | Welterweight | 2035 |
| 103 | Michal Kita | Heavyweight | 2036 |
| 104 | Gil de Freitas | Welterweight | 2038 |
| 105 | Ben Nguyen | Flyweight | 2052 |
| 106 | Kevin Burns | Welterweight | 2107 |
| 107 | Geronimo dos Santos | Heavyweight | 2112 |
| 108 | Micah Miller | Featherweight | 2120 |
| 109 | Rony Mariano Bezerra | Featherweight | 2131 |
| 110 | Saad Awad | Lightweight | 2147 |
| 111 | Martin Thompson | Heavyweight | 2153 |
| 112 | Matt Fiordirosa | Featherweight | 2177 |
| 113 | Eliot Marshall | Light Heavyweight | 2205 |
| 114 | Jessie Gibbs | Heavyweight | 2219 |
| 115 | Shane del Rosario | Heavyweight | 2220 |
| 116 | Abe Wagner | Heavyweight | 2223 |
| 117 | Rogent Lloret | Heavyweight | 2226 |
| 118 | Ayumu Shioda | Flyweight | 2262 |
| 119 | Keisuke Tamaru | Strawweight | 2275 |
| 120 | Yoshihiro Matsunaga | Strawweight | 2280 |
| 121 | Tatsuya So | Strawweight | 2292 |
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