Unofficial Bellator rankings. The rankings are compiled by MMAtion staff, basing on the latest World MMA rankings. Currently, we rank the top 10 Bellator MMA fighters in 7 weight classes and the top 20 pound-for-pound fighters.
Fighters not having a single fight in the promotion during the last 18 months or having less than 2 bouts under the Bellator banner (for newly signed fighters there has to be at least one bout) are not included in the lists.
Last Updated: March 4, 2020
| Vacant (Champion) | ||
| 1 | Kyoji Horiguchi | Japan |
| 2 | Leandro Higo | Brazil |
| 3 | Patrick Mix | United States |
| 4 | Joe Warren | United States |
| 5 | Shawn Bunch | United States |
| 6 | Toby Misech | United States |
| 7 | Ricky Bandejas | United States |
| 8 | James Gallagher | Ireland |
| 9 | Dominic Mazzotta | United States |
| 10 | Frans Mlambo | South Africa |
| Patricio Freire (Champion) | Brazil | |
| 1 | AJ McKee Jr. | United States |
| 2 | Emmanuel Sanchez | United States |
| 3 | Darrion Caldwell | United States |
| 4 | Pedro Carvalho | Ireland |
| 5 | Daniel Weichel | Germany |
| 6 | Juan Archuleta | United States |
| 7 | Derek Campos | United States |
| 8 | Georgi Karakhanyan | United States |
| 9 | Henry Corrales | United States |
| 10 | Adam Borics | Hungary |
| Patricio Freire (Champion) | Brazil | |
| 1 | Benson Henderson | United States |
| 2 | Michael Chandler | United States |
| 3 | Patricky Freire | Brazil |
| 4 | Goiti Yamauchi | Brazil |
| 5 | Brent Primus | United States |
| 6 | Myles Jury | United States |
| 7 | Adam Piccolotti | United States |
| 8 | Brandon Girtz | United States |
| 9 | Derek Anderson | United States |
| 10 | Sidney Outlaw | United States |
| Douglas Lima (Champion) | Brazil | |
| 1 | Jon Fitch | United States |
| 2 | Lorenz Larkin | United States |
| 3 | Andrey Koreshkov | Russia |
| 4 | Michael Page | England |
| 5 | Paul Daley | England |
| 6 | Yaroslav Amosov | Ukraine |
| 7 | Logan Storley | United States |
| 8 | Neiman Gracie | Brazil |
| 9 | Peter Queally | Ireland |
| 10 | Curtis Millender | United States |
| Vacant (Champion) | ||
| 1 | Rafael Lovato Jr. | United States |
| 2 | Gegard Mousasi | Netherlands |
| 3 | Lyoto Machida | Brazil |
| 4 | John Salter | United States |
| 5 | Anatoly Tokov | Russia |
| 6 | Alexander Shlemenko | Russia |
| 7 | Chris Honeycutt | United States |
| 8 | Costello van Steenis | Netherlands |
| 9 | Chidi Njokuani | United States |
| 10 | Fabian Edwards | England |
| Ryan Bader (Champion) | United States | |
| 1 | Vadim Nemkov | Russia |
| 2 | Phil Davis | United States |
| 3 | Lyoto Machida | Brazil |
| 4 | Liam McGeary | England |
| 5 | Rafael Carvalho | Brazil |
| 6 | Melvin Manhoef | Netherlands |
| 7 | Muhammed Lawal | United States |
| 8 | Kent Kauppinen | England |
| 9 | Jordan Young | United States |
| 10 | Alessio Sakara | Italy |
| Ryan Bader (Champion) | United States | |
| 1 | Cheick Kongo | France |
| 2 | Linton Vassell | England |
| 3 | Valentin Moldavsky | Russia |
| 4 | Fedor Emelianenko | Russia |
| 5 | Sergei Kharitonov | Russia |
| 6 | Matt Mitrione | United States |
| 7 | Vitaly Minakov | Russia |
| 8 | Frank Mir | United States |
| 9 | Roy Nelson | United States |
| 10 | Chael Sonnen | United States |
| 1 | Ryan Bader | Light heavyweight/ Heavyweight | United States |
| 2 | Rafael Lovato Jr. | Middleweight | United States |
| 3 | Gegard Mousasi | Middleweight | Netherlands |
| 4 | Douglas Lima | Welterweight | Brazil |
| 5 | Patricio Freire | Featherweight | Brazil |
| 6 | Vadim Nemkov | Light heavyweight | Russia |
| 7 | Phil Davis | Light heavyweight | United States |
| 8 | Jon Fitch | Welterweight | United States |
| 9 | Lyoto Machida | Middleweight | Brazil |
| 10 | Benson Henderson | Lightweight | United States |
| 11 | AJ McKee Jr. | Featherweight | United States |
| 12 | Lorenz Larkin | Welterweight | United States |
| 13 | Michael Chandler | Lightweight | United States |
| 14 | Cheick Kongo | Heavyweight | France |
| 15 | Linton Vassell | Heavyweight | England |
| 16 | Emmanuel Sanchez | Featherweight | United States |
| 17 | Darrion Caldwell | Featherweight | United States |
| 18 | Patricky Freire | Lightweight | Brazil |
| 19 | Liam McGeary | Light heavyweight | England |
| 20 | Kyoji Horiguchi | Bantamweight | Japan |