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The Top Ranked MMA Fighters by Rookie Year-2012
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 | Kamaru Usman | Welterweight | 16 |
| 2 | Alexander Volkanovski | Featherweight | 30 |
| 3 | Colby Covington | Welterweight | 52 |
| 4 | Jiri Prochazka | Light Heavyweight | 160 |
| 5 | Paulo Costa | Middleweight | 175 |
| 6 | Gilbert Burns | Welterweight | 181 |
| 7 | Deiveson Figueiredo | Flyweight | 221 |
| 8 | Cody Garbrandt | Bantamweight | 247 |
| 9 | Kevin Lee | Lightweight | 250 |
| 10 | Marvin Vettori | Middleweight | 275 |
| 11 | Belal Muhammad | Welterweight | 284 |
| 12 | Jairzinho Rozenstruik | Heavyweight | 314 |
| 13 | Mateusz Gamrot | Featherweight | 358 |
| 14 | Martin Nguyen | Welterweight | 373 |
| 15 | Geoff Neal | Welterweight | 428 |
| 16 | Genpei Hayashi | Lightweight | 443 |
| 17 | Jesse Murray | Light Heavyweight | 444 |
| 18 | Juntaro Ushiku | Featherweight | 445 |
| 19 | Vitaly Bigdash | Middleweight | 446 |
| 20 | Donavon Frelow | Bantamweight | 497 |
| 21 | Kevin Holland | Middleweight | 525 |
| 22 | Darrion Caldwell | Bantamweight | 537 |
| 23 | Ahmed Vila | Featherweight | 596 |
| 24 | Daichi Takenaka | Featherweight | 597 |
| 25 | Darko Stosic | Heavyweight | 598 |
| 26 | Glaico Franca | Welterweight | 599 |
| 27 | Hiroyuki Tetsuka | Welterweight | 600 |
| 28 | Laszlo Senyei | Welterweight | 601 |
| 29 | Piankhi Zimmerman | Lightweight | 602 |
| 30 | Smealinho Rama | Heavyweight | 603 |
| 31 | Amir Khan | Lightweight | 739 |
| 32 | Anthony McDonald | Heavyweight | 740 |
| 33 | Eduardo Torres | Flyweight | 741 |
| 34 | George Clynes | Middleweight | 742 |
| 35 | Georgiy Kichigin | Welterweight | 743 |
| 36 | Imani Jackson | Flyweight | 744 |
| 37 | Johnny Guillen | Flyweight | 745 |
| 38 | Mauro Cerilli | Heavyweight | 746 |
| 39 | Michal Pasternak | Light Heavyweight | 747 |
| 40 | Mohammad Karaki | Middleweight | 748 |
| 41 | Rentsen Otgontulga | Flyweight | 749 |
| 42 | Tilek Batyrov | Flyweight | 750 |
| 43 | Tyler McGuire | Welterweight | 751 |
| 44 | Yaroslav Amosov | Welterweight | 994 |
| 45 | Michael Page | Welterweight | 995 |
| 46 | Nikita Krylov | Light Heavyweight | 1001 |
| 47 | Diego Ferreira | Lightweight | 1048 |
| 48 | Ray Cooper III | Welterweight | 1051 |
| 49 | Brandon Halsey | Middleweight | 1060 |
| 50 | Arnold Allen | Featherweight | 1070 |
| 51 | Anthony Rocco Martin | Welterweight | 1107 |
| 52 | Tai Tuivasa | Heavyweight | 1225 |
| 53 | Carlos Leal | Welterweight | 1288 |
| 54 | Pedro Carvalho | Featherweight | 1306 |
| 55 | Zabit Magomedsharipov | Featherweight | 1310 |
| 56 | Shawn Bunch | Bantamweight | 1319 |
| 57 | Justin Willis | Heavyweight | 1426 |
| 58 | Yoshitaka Naito | Strawweight | 1451 |
| 59 | Grant Dawson | Featherweight | 1482 |
| 60 | Ray Borg | Flyweight | 1491 |
| 61 | Abubakar Vagaev | Welterweight | 1498 |
| 62 | Manel Kape | Bantamweight | 1537 |
| 63 | Thiago Moises | Lightweight | 1564 |
| 64 | Evgeniy Goncharov | Heavyweight | 1565 |
| 65 | Rustam Kerimov | Bantamweight | 1586 |
| 66 | Raoni Barcelos | Bantamweight | 1606 |
| 67 | Kanta Sato | Strawweight | 1628 |
| 68 | Salman Zhamaldaev | Featherweight | 1634 |
| 69 | Yukitaka Musashi | Strawweight | 1644 |
| 70 | Peter Queally | Lightweight | 1650 |
| 71 | Sheymon Moraes | Featherweight | 1670 |
| 72 | Magomed Idrisov | Featherweight | 1689 |
| 73 | Brandon Royval | Flyweight | 1715 |
| 74 | Brett Johns | Bantamweight | 1744 |
| 75 | Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov | Light Heavyweight | 1747 |
| 76 | Alexandre Ferreira | Heavyweight | 1755 |
| 77 | Jarrah Al-Silawi | Welterweight | 1766 |
| 78 | Bill Algeo | Featherweight | 1769 |
| 79 | Paddy Pimblett | Lightweight | 1780 |
| 80 | Ismail Naurdiev | Welterweight | 1791 |
| 81 | Loik Radzhabov | Lightweight | 1801 |
| 82 | Jake Matthews | Welterweight | 1806 |
| 83 | Kai Asakura | Bantamweight | 1818 |
| 84 | Scott Holtzman | Lightweight | 1856 |
| 85 | Niko Price | Welterweight | 1884 |
| 86 | Nathaniel Wood | Bantamweight | 1886 |
| 87 | Jailton Almeida | Light Heavyweight | 1890 |
| 88 | Ryohei Kurosawa | Strawweight | 1893 |
| 89 | Nate Landwehr | Featherweight | 1909 |
| 90 | Damon Jackson | Featherweight | 1913 |
| 91 | Rashid Yusupov | Light Heavyweight | 1924 |
| 92 | Vinc Pichel | Lightweight | 1936 |
| 93 | Stephan Puetz | Light Heavyweight | 1940 |
| 94 | Abdul-Rakhman Dudaev | Bantamweight | 1941 |
| 95 | Shamil Gamzatov | Middleweight | 1944 |
| 96 | Louis Smolka | Flyweight | 1968 |
| 97 | Desmond Green | Featherweight | 2001 |
| 98 | Ion Cutelaba | Light Heavyweight | 2022 |
| 99 | Konstantin Erokhin | Heavyweight | 2030 |
| 100 | Rodrigo Nascimento | Heavyweight | 2043 |
| 101 | Amirkhan Adaev | Lightweight | 2047 |
| 102 | Ibragim Chuzhigaev | Light Heavyweight | 2059 |
| 103 | Enrique Barzola | Featherweight | 2074 |
| 104 | Makhmud Muradov | Middleweight | 2089 |
| 105 | Andrew Sanchez | Middleweight | 2104 |
| 106 | Nasrat Haqparast | Lightweight | 2106 |
| 107 | Trevin Giles | Middleweight | 2118 |
| 108 | Mikuru Asakura | Featherweight | 2127 |
| 109 | Nate Andrews | Lightweight | 2128 |
| 110 | Tanner Boser | Heavyweight | 2133 |
| 111 | Tom Duquesnoy | Bantamweight | 2159 |
| 112 | Marc-Andre Barriault | Middleweight | 2168 |
| 113 | Stephen Loman | Bantamweight | 2200 |
| 114 | Diego Lopes | Featherweight | 2224 |
| 115 | Karl Albrektsson | Light Heavyweight | 2241 |
| 116 | Ikram Aliskerov | Middleweight | 2252 |
| 117 | Herbert Burns | Featherweight | 2288 |
| 118 | Taylor Lapilus | Bantamweight | 2290 |
| 119 | Cory Hendricks | Light Heavyweight | 2298 |
| 120 | Matt Schnell | Flyweight | 2315 |
| 121 | Tateo Iino | Strawweight | 2337 |
| 122 | Frank Bispo | Strawweight | 2341 |
| 123 | Romulo Brito | Strawweight | 2360 |
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