The UFC ranking system is ever-evolving.From the men’s and women’s pound-for-pound (P4P) rankings to all 11 divisions in Dana White‘s promotion, 165 fighters have a top 15 rank.Islam Makhachev claimed his second UFC championship belt in 2025, having now won gold at both lightweight and welterweightGettyUFC welterweight champion Islam Makhachev finished 2025 as the men’s P4P No. 1 fighter, while women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko remains at the summit of the women’s P4P rankings.Alex Pereira and Alexander Volkanovski reclaimed their thrones at light heavyweight and featherweight, respectively, and Joshua Van, Khamzat Chimaev, Mackenzie Dern, and Kayla Harrison all became first-time champions.With all that said, here’s the entire list of every ranking in the UFC as a hectic 2026 schedule approaches.Final UFC rankings of 2025Men’s pound-for-pound Islam MakhachevIlia TopuriaKhamzat ChimaevAlex PereiraAlexander VolkanovskiPetr YanMerab DvalishviliTom AspinallAlexandre PantojaMax HollowayDricus du PlessisJoshua VanMagomed AnkalaevJack Della MaddalenaArman TsarukyanHeavyweightChampion: Tom AspinallAlthough his first undisputed title defence ended in a no-contest, Tom Aspinall remains the UFC heavyweight championAFPCiryl GaneAlexander VolkovSergei PavlovichCurtis BlaydesWaldo Cortes-AcostaJailton AlmeidaSerghei SpivacDerrick LewisAnte DelijaMarcin TyburaShamil GazievTai TuivasaMick ParkinValter WalkerTallison TeixeiraLight HeavyweightChampion: Alex PereiraJiri ProchazkaMagomed AnkalaevCarlos UlbergKhalil Rountree Jr.Jan BlachowiczAzamat MurzakanovJamahal HillVolkan OezdemirDominick ReyesBogdan GuskovAleksandar RakićJohnny WalkerNikita KrylovZhang MingyangAlonzo MenifieldMiddleweightChampion: Khamzat ChimaevKhamzat Chimaev bullied Dricus du Plessis at UFC 319 to win the middleweight titleGettyDricus du PlessisNassourdine ImavovSean StricklandAnthony HernandezBrendan AllenIsrael AdesanyaCaio BorralhoReinier de RidderRobert WhittakerJared CannonierMichael PageRoman DolidzePaulo CostaGregory RodriguesJoe PyferWelterweightChampion: Islam MakhachevJack Della MaddalenaShavkat RakhmonovIan Machado GarryMichael MoralesBelal MuhammadCarlos PratesSean BradyKamaru UsmanLeon EdwardsJoaquin BuckleyGabriel BonfimGilbert BurnsGeoff NealColby CovingtonDaniel RodriguezLightweightChampion: Ilia TopuriaFormer featherweight titleholder Topuria won the UFC lightweight title by knocking out Charles Oliveira in JuneGettyThe victory for ‘El Matador’ cemented his place as a two-division UFC champion in 2025GettyArman TsarukyanCharles OliveiraMax HollowayJustin GaethjePaddy PimblettDan HookerMateusz GamrotBenoit Saint DenisRafael FizievRenato MoicanoBeneil DariushMichael ChandlerManuel TorresMauricio RuffyFares ZiamFeatherweightChampion: Alexander VolkanovskiMovsar EvloevDiego LopesYair RodriguezLerone MurphyAljamain SterlingArnold AllenYoussef ZalalSteve GarciaBrian OrtegaJean SilvaJosh EmmettPatricio PitbullKevin VallejosDan IgeDavid OnamaBantamweightChampion: Petr YanPetr Yan put on the performance of a lifetime to dethrone Merab Dvalishvili in the UFC’s final pay-per-view of 2025GettyMerab DvalishviliUmar NurmagomedovSean O’MalleyCory SandhagenSong YadongDeiveson FigueiredoAiemann ZahabiMarlon VeraMario BautistaDavid MartinezPayton TalbottRob FontVinicius OliveiraKyler PhillipsMontel JacksonFlyweightChampion: Joshua VanAlexandre PantojaManel KapeTatsuro TairaBrandon RoyvalBrandon MorenoAmir AlbaziAsu AlmabayevKyoji HoriguchiTim ElliottSteve ErcegAlex PerezTagir UlanbekovCharles JohnsonBruno SilvaLone’er KavanaghWomen’s Pound-for-PoundValentina Shevchenko held her spot as the No. 1 P4P women’s fighter in 2025, defending her belt twiceGettyValentina ShevchenkoKayla HarrisonZhang WeiliNatalia SilvaMackenzie DernManon FiorotErin BlanchfieldJulianna PeñaAlexa GrassoVirna JandirobaRaquel PenningtonTatiana SuarezRose NamajunasYan XiaonanMaycee BarberWomen’s BantamweightChampion: Kayla HarrisonJulianna PenaRaquel PenningtonNorma DumontKetlen VieiraYana SantosIrene AldanaMacy ChiassonAilin PerezKarol RosaJacqueline CavalcantiMayra Bueno SilvaNora CornolleMiesha TateJoselyne EdwardsLuana SantosWomen’s FlyweightChampion: Valentina ShevchenkoManon FiorotNatalia SilvaErin BlanchfieldAlexa GrassoMaycee BarberRose NamajunasJasmine JasudaviciusTracy CortezKarine SilvaMiranda MaverickCasey O’NeillWang CongEduarda MouraJJ AldrichGabriella FernandesWomen’s StrawweightChampion: Mackenzie DernZhang WeiliTatiana SuarezVirna JandirobaYan XiaonanAmanda LemosLoopy GodinezIasmin LucindoTabatha RicciJéssica AndradeGillian RobertsonAmanda RibasFatima KlineDenise GomesAngela HillAlexia ThainaraThe UFC moves exclusively to Paramount+ for fans in the United States from January 2026 as part of a $7.7billion broadcast deal.Justin Gaethje fights Paddy Pimblett for the interim UFC lightweight title in the main event of UFC 324 – the first card of 2026.