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The Top 5 Ranked Featherweight MMA Fighters of the Year
| Rnk | 1993 |
| 1 | Noboru Asahi |
| 2 | Hiroyuki Kanno |
| Rnk | 1994 |
| 1 | Noboru Asahi |
| 2 | Kazuhiro Sakamoto |
| Rnk | 1995 |
| 1 | Kenichi Tanaka |
| Rnk | 1996 |
| 1 | Noboru Asahi |
| Rnk | 1997 |
| 1 | Michael Buell |
| 2 | Uchu Tatsumi |
| 3 | Joao Roque |
| Rnk | 1998 |
| 1 | Uchu Tatsumi |
| 2 | Hisao Ikeda |
| 3 | Naoya Uematsu |
| 4 | Masahiro Oishi |
| Rnk | 1999 |
| 1 | Naoya Uematsu |
| 2 | Alexandre Franca Nogueira |
| 3 | Uchu Tatsumi |
| 4 | Hisao Ikeda |
| 5 | Anthony Hamlett |
| Rnk | 2000 |
| 1 | Alexandre Franca Nogueira |
| 2 | Naoya Uematsu |
| 3 | Stephen Palling |
| 4 | Leonard Garcia |
| 5 | Hisao Ikeda |
| Rnk | 2001 |
| 1 | Alexandre Franca Nogueira |
| 2 | Tetsuo Katsuta |
| 3 | Naoya Uematsu |
| 4 | Joao Roque |
| 5 | Eddie Yagin |
| Rnk | 2002 |
| 1 | Alexandre Franca Nogueira |
| 2 | Stephen Palling |
| 3 | Hiroyuki Abe |
| 4 | Jeff Curran |
| 5 | Ivan Menjivar |
| Rnk | 2003 |
| 1 | Alexandre Franca Nogueira |
| 2 | Joao Roque |
| 3 | Jens Pulver |
| 4 | Gilbert Melendez |
| 5 | Norifumi Yamamoto |
| Rnk | 2004 |
| 1 | Alexandre Franca Nogueira |
| 2 | Gilbert Melendez |
| 3 | Joao Roque |
| 4 | Jeff Curran |
| 5 | Rumina Sato |
| Rnk | 2005 |
| 1 | Gilbert Melendez |
| 2 | Masakazu Imanari |
| 3 | Jeff Curran |
| 4 | Ivan Menjivar |
| 5 | Mark Hominick |
| Rnk | 2006 |
| 1 | Hatsu Hioki |
| 2 | Urijah Faber |
| 3 | Mark Hominick |
| 4 | Masakazu Imanari |
| 5 | Takeshi Inoue |
| Rnk | 2007 |
| 1 | Urijah Faber |
| 2 | Masakazu Imanari |
| 3 | Jong-Man Kim |
| 4 | Hatsu Hioki |
| 5 | Hiroyuki Takaya |
| Rnk | 2008 |
| 1 | Mike Thomas Brown |
| 2 | Urijah Faber |
| 3 | Wagnney Fabiano |
| 4 | Yuji Hoshino |
| 5 | Leonard Garcia |
| Rnk | 2009 |
| 1 | Jose Aldo |
| 2 | Mike Thomas Brown |
| 3 | Urijah Faber |
| 4 | Michiro Omigawa |
| 5 | Marlon Sandro |
| Rnk | 2010 |
| 1 | Jose Aldo |
| 2 | Hiroyuki Takaya |
| 3 | Joe Warren |
| 4 | Chad Mendes |
| 5 | Bibiano Fernandes |
| Rnk | 2011 |
| 1 | Jose Aldo |
| 2 | Tatsuya Kawajiri |
| 3 | Pat Curran |
| 4 | Chad Mendes |
| 5 | Hiroyuki Takaya |
| Rnk | 2012 |
| 1 | Jose Aldo |
| 2 | Pat Curran |
| 3 | Dennis Siver |
| 4 | Tatsuya Kawajiri |
| 5 | Chad Mendes |
| Rnk | 2013 |
| 1 | Jose Aldo |
| 2 | Chad Mendes |
| 3 | Frankie Edgar |
| 4 | Cub Swanson |
| 5 | Ricardo Lamas |
| Rnk | 2014 |
| 1 | Jose Aldo |
| 2 | Frankie Edgar |
| 3 | Chad Mendes |
| 4 | Patricio Freire |
| 5 | Ricardo Lamas |
| Rnk | 2015 |
| 1 | Conor McGregor |
| 2 | Frankie Edgar |
| 3 | Jose Aldo |
| 4 | Max Holloway |
| 5 | Daniel Straus |
| Rnk | 2016 |
| 1 | Max Holloway |
| 2 | Jose Aldo |
| 3 | Frankie Edgar |
| 4 | Anthony Pettis |
| 5 | Ricardo Lamas |
| Rnk | 2017 |
| 1 | Max Holloway |
| 2 | Frankie Edgar |
| 3 | Jose Aldo |
| 4 | Brian Ortega |
| 5 | Patricio Freire |
| Rnk | 2018 |
| 1 | Max Holloway |
| 2 | Jose Aldo |
| 3 | Brian Ortega |
| 4 | Frankie Edgar |
| 5 | Alexander Volkanovski |
| Rnk | 2019 |
| 1 | Alexander Volkanovski |
| 2 | Max Holloway |
| 3 | Patricio Freire |
| 4 | Brian Ortega |
| 5 | Chan-Sung Jung |
| Rnk | 2020 |
| 1 | Alexander Volkanovski |
| 2 | Max Holloway |
| 3 | Brian Ortega |
| 4 | Patricio Freire |
| 5 | Calvin Kattar |
| Rnk | 2021 |
| 1 | Alexander Volkanovski |
| 2 | Max Holloway |
| 3 | A.J. McKee |
| 4 | Brian Ortega |
| 5 | Josh Emmett |
| Rnk | 2022 |
| 1 | Alexander Volkanovski |
| 2 | Max Holloway |
| 3 | Patricio Freire |
| 4 | Arnold Allen |
| 5 | Josh Emmett |
| Rnk | 2023 |
| 1 | Alexander Volkanovski |
| 2 | Max Holloway |
| 3 | Yair Rodriguez |
| 4 | Ilia Topuria |
| 5 | Arnold Allen |
| Rnk | 2024 |
| 1 | Ilia Topuria |
| 2 | Alexander Volkanovski |
| 3 | Movsar Evloev |
| 4 | Aljamain Sterling |
| 5 | Diego Lopes |
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