Top 10 UFC Fighters of all time as of 2024

 This list does not take into account any events of 2025

10. Daniel Cormier 

DC only has lost to two men, Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic. In spite of his title loss to Jones, he still would go on to win the vacant title against Anthony Johnson and defend it three times. At heavyweight, he beat Miocic to become a two division champion and defend it once more. 

#3 heavyweight 2013

#2 light heavyweight 2015-2016

#1 light heavyweight 2017 

#2 light heavyweight 2018

#1 heavyweight 2018 

#2 heavyweight 2019

#3 heavyweight 2020

9. Jose Aldo 

Not even taking his WEC run into account, Aldo has defended the featherweight title nine times, all against ranked opponents. He'd regain the title once more against Frankie Edgar and close out his career a top ten bantamweight with three ranked wins at 135. 

#3 featherweight 2012

#1 featherweight 2013-2014

#2 featherweight 2015 

#1 featherweight 2016 

#2 featherweight 2017

#3 featherweight 2018-2019

#4 bantamweight 2021

8. Demetrious Johnson 

DJ is flyweight royalty with a record setting 11 title defenses. A six year reign that included 10 ranked wins. You can't even list the whole resume because it's unreal. 

#1 flyweight 2012-2017 

#2 flyweight 2018 

7. Max Holloway 

He went on a 13 fight winning streak at featherweight beating Aldo to win the title and defend it twice. His only two losses at 145 are to Ilia Topuria and Alexander Volkanovski. Every single opponent he's fought since Cub Swanson in 2015 have been ranked opponents. 

#2 featherweight 2016

#1 featherweight 2017-2018

#2 featherweight 2019-2023

#4 featherweight 2024 

#4 lightweight 2024 

6. Matt Hughes 

29-3 Matt Hughes returned to the UFC to win the welterweight title and defend it five times by straight up manhandling his opponents. After his upset loss to BJ Penn, he'd go on another six fight winning streak, regaining and defending the welterweight title two more times with wins over BJ Penn and Georges St. Pierre. 

#5 welterweight 1999

#1 welterweight 2001-2003

#4 welterweight 2004

#1 welterweight 2005 

#2 welterweight 2006 

#3 welterweight 2007-2008

#2 welterweight 2009

#3 welterweight 2010

5. BJ Penn 

After going a respectable 5-1-1 at lightweight only losing to the champion Jens Pulver, Penn would move up to welterweight and upset Hughes for the title at 170. Upon returning from K-1, he'd go on to win the UFC lightweight title and defend it three times before his unfortunate decline. 

#2 lightweight 2001-2002

#1 lightweight 2003 

#3 welterweight 2004 and 2006

#3 lightweight 2007

#1 lightweight 2008-2009

#5 welterweight 2009

#3 lightweight 2010

#2 welterweight 2010

4. Georges St. Pierre 

GSP avenged his only two losses two times over, won the UFC welterweight title twice and defended it nine times. He would go one to never lose the title in his second reign and closed out his career winning the UFC middleweight title too. 

#2 welterweight 2005 

#1 welterweight 2006 

#2 welterweight 2007

#1 welterweight 2008-2011

#4 welterweight 2012

#1 welterweight 2013

#3 middleweight 2017 

3. Anderson Silva 

He went 16-0 in the UFC defending the middleweight title 10 times and he finished 14 of his 16 opponents at middleweight and light heavyweight. 

#1 middleweight 2006-2012

#2 light heavyweight 2008

#2 middleweight 2013

#5 middleweight 2015 

2. Randy Couture 

He is a former three time heavyweight champion and two time light heavyweight champion. He was the first two division champion beating Kevin Randleman, Maurice Smith, Tim Sylvia, Tito Ortiz and Vitor Belfort to win those titles. He defended those titles a total of three times and beat seven former UFC champions in his career. 

#1 heavyweight 1997 and 2000-2001

#3 heavyweight 2002

#1 light heavyweight 2003-2004 

#2 light heavyweight 2005-2006

#1 heavyweight 2007 

#3 heavyweight 2008 

#4 heavyweight 2009 

1. Jon Jones 

The man who never lost with eleven light heavyweight title defenses and one at heavyweight as well. Eight of his wins are over former UFC champions. There is no one who can match his resume. 

#1 light heavyweight 2011-2016 and 2018-2020

#4 heavyweight 2023

#2 heavyweight 2024