In pitching the MMA Junkie staff on coming up with a composite ranking of the top 10 fighters of the 2010s, I had people asking me about the criteria. My answer was simple: There is no criteria. Whatever you think it means to be among the 10 greatest fighters of the last decade, thats the criteria.

To me, its better this way. I couldve emphasized in-cage results, in which case No. 1 ends up being Khabib Nurmagomedov without question. Same for emphasizing impact on the sport: Conor McGregor comes out on top easily. But what fun would that have been? Theres so much more to consider when trying to pick the top 10 fighters of the last 10 years among a pool of talent that never has been better.

The beauty of our list is that all 14 MMA Junkie staff members, whove spent so many years covering the sport, submitted individual top 10 lists. No discussion, no debate, no one persons bias determined our final rankings. We all had a say in this. From there, it was a matter of mathematics add up points for each fighter ranked and divide by 14 to determine the final rankings.

Did we get it right? Theres no such thing with these lists. But Id like to think ours is as official as it gets.

For reaction to our top 10, watch the roundtable discussion video above with MMA Junkies John Morgan and Dan Tom, and MMA Junkie Radios Gorgeous George and Goze.

Below is a ranking of all 26 fighters included, as well as notes about our list.

COMPLETE RANKINGS

1. Jon Jones2. Demetrious Johnson3. Daniel Cormier4. Georges St. Pierre5. Conor McGregor6. Amanda Nunes7. Ronda Rousey8. Khabib Nurmagomedov9. Jose Aldo10. Max Holloway11. Anderson Silva12. Cris Cyborg13. Stipe Miocic14. Henry Cejudo15. Tony Ferguson16. Cain Velasquez17. Donald Cerrone18. Dominick Cruz19-t. Joanna Jedrzejczyk19-t. Patricio Freire21. Frankie Edgar22-t. Ryan Bader22-t. Michael Bisping24. Douglas Lima25. Carlos Condit26. Eddie Alvarez

NOTES

INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS

Mike Bohn, senior reporter1. Jon Jones2. Georges St-Pierre3. Jose Aldo4. Demetrious Johnson5. Anderson Silva6. Conor McGregor7. Max Holloway8. Tony Ferguson9. Khabib Nurmagomedov10. Daniel Cormier

Dave Doyle, senior editor1. Demetrious Johnson2. Daniel Cormier3, Jon Jones4. Anderson Silva5. Georges St-Pierre6. Cris Cyborg7. Jose Aldo8. Khabib Nurmagomedov9. Conor McGregor10. Eddie Alvarez

Matt Erickson, assistant managing editor1. Daniel Cormier2. Demetrious Johnson3. Amanda Nunes4. Conor McGregor5. Max Holloway6. Patricio Freire7. Ronda Rousey8. Georges St-Pierre9. Ryan Bader10. Jose Aldo

Brian Garcia, MMA Junkie Radio host1. Georges St-Pierre2. Jon Jones3. Daniel Cormier4. Henry Cejudo5. Demetrious Johnson6. Khabib Nurmagomedov7. Stipe Miocic8. Amanda Nunes9. Max Holloway10. Ryan Bader

George Garcia, MMA Junkie Radio host1. Jon Jones2. Georges St-Pierre3. Daniel Cormier4. Khabib Nurmagomedov5. Demetrious Johnson6. Amanda Nunes7. Cris Cyborg8. Stipe Miocic9. Conor McGregor10. Henry Cejudo

Farah Hannoun, reporter1. Jon Jones2. Ronda Rousey3. Conor McGregor4. Demetrious Johnson5. Khabib Nurmagomedov6. Daniel Cormier7. Amanda Nunes8. Max Holloway9. Stipe Miocic10. Henry Cejudo

Ken Hathaway, senior video editor1. Jon Jones2. Amanda Nunes3. Ronda Rousey4. Max Holloway5. Conor McGregor6. Daniel Cormier7. Georges St-Pierre8. Anderson Silva9. Khabib Nurmagomedov10. Cris Cyborg

Simon Head, reporter1. Demetrious Johnson2. Daniel Cormier3. Jon Jones4. Amanda Nunes5. Donald Cerrone6. Georges St-Pierre7. Conor McGregor8. Douglas Lima9. Cris Cyborg10. Michael Bisping

Nolan King, reporter1. Jon Jones2. Daniel Cormier3. Amanda Nunes4. Demetrious Johnson5. Max Holloway6. Stipe Miocic7. Georges St. Pierre8. Jose Aldo9. Conor McGregor10. Khabib Nurmagomedov

John Morgan, lead staff reporter1. Jon Jones2. Conor McGregor3. Ronda Rousey4. Georges St-Pierre5. Daniel Cormier6. Demetrious Johnson7. Amanda Nunes8. Jose Aldo9. Michael Bisping10. Donald Cerrone

Simon Samano, managing editor1. Demetrious Johnson2. Georges St-Pierre3. Jon Jones4. Daniel Cormier5. Khabib Nurmagomedov6. Amanda Nunes7. Tony Ferguson8. Conor McGregor9. Ronda Rousey10. Max Holloway

Danny Segura, reporter1. Ronda Rousey2. Jon Jones3. Cain Velasquez4. Georges St-Pierre5. Demetrious Johnson6. Jose Aldo7. Cris Cyborg8. Conor McGregor9. Khabib Nurmagomedov10. Daniel Cormier

Abbey Subhan, video editor1. Georges St-Pierre2. Conor McGregor3. Jon Jones4. Daniel Cormier5. Amanda Nunes6. Joanna Jedrzejczyk7. Frankie Edgar8. Anderson Silva9. Carlos Condit10. Ronda Rousey

Dan Tom, fight analyst1. Jon Jones2. Jose Aldo3. Khabib Nurmagomedov4. Dominick Cruz5. Demetrious Johnson6. Conor McGregor7. Ronda Rousey8. Daniel Cormier9. Max Holloway10. Tony Ferguson

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