Tapology All Time Ranking
The Greatest MMA Grapplers of All Time
All-Time Rankings are for the best fighters in MMA history. Tapology users submit their own lists which are combined into consensus rankings. Learn More.
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Royce Gracie started it all, and submission fighting is still alive and well in top-flight MMA today. But who's the best of all time? Here are the consensus all-time greatest MMA grapplers, according to our members. Create YOUR own ranking today.
Rankings
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Georges "Rush" St-Pierre
26-2-0
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3
Charles "do Bronx" Oliveira
34-10-0, 1 NC
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4
Demian Maia
28-11-0
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5
Daniel "DC" Cormier
22-3-0, 1 NC
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6
Royce Gracie
15-2-3
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7
Jon "Bones" Jones
27-1-0, 1 NC
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8
Fabrício "Vai Cavalo" Werdum
24-9-1, 1 NC
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10
"The Prodigy" BJ Penn
16-14-2
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Islam Makhachev
25-1-0
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"The Gracie Hunter" Kazushi Sakuraba
26-17-1, 2 NC
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13
Ronaldo "Jacaré" Souza
26-10-0, 1 NC
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14
Henry "Triple C" Cejudo
16-4-0
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15
Frank Mir
19-13-0
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16
Antônio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira
34-10-1, 1 NC
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17
Matt Hughes
45-9-0
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18
"Rowdy" Ronda Rousey
12-2-0
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"The Last Emperor" Fedor Emelianenko
40-7-0, 1 NC
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Rickson Gracie
9-0-0
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Brian "T-City" Ortega
16-3-0, 1 NC
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Khamzat "Borz" Chimaev
13-0-0
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Randy "The Natural" Couture
19-11-0
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25
Shinya "Tobikan Judan" Aoki
48-11-0, 1 NC
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26
"Funky" Ben Askren
19-2-0, 1 NC
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27
Jake Shields
33-11-1, 1 NC
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28
Nate Diaz
21-13-0
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29
Chael Sonnen
30-17-1
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Gilbert "Durinho" Burns
22-7-0
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Cain Velasquez
14-3-0
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34
Colby "Chaos" Covington
17-4-0
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35
Nick Diaz
26-10-0, 2 NC
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"The Warmaster" Josh Barnett
35-8-0
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Frankie "The Answer" Edgar
24-11-1
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Rousimar "Toquinho" Palhares
19-13-1
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40
Helio Gracie
0-0-0
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Jon Fitch
32-8-2, 1 NC
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42
Glover Teixeira
33-9-0
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Luke Rockhold
16-6-0
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Yoel "Soldier of God" Romero
16-7-0
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45
Ryan "The Wizard" Hall
9-2-0
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46
Brock Lesnar
5-3-0, 1 NC
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47
Jim "A-10" Miller
37-18-0, 1 NC
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48
Renzo Gracie
14-7-1, 1 NC
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49
Royler Gracie
5-5-1
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50
Joe "J-Lau" Lauzon
28-15-0
Ranking Contributors
As Tapology users create their own lists, the consensus rankings will update in real-time. For All-Time Greatest Grapplers, the 200 most-recently updated member lists will be included.