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[ HISTORICAL ANALYSIS ]

Division Clearing Quotient

DCQ: TOP-15 CLEARERS UPDATED: September 04, 2026 SCOPE: UFC MAIN BELT · MEN'S DIVISIONS
P4P Divisions DCQ

[ METHODOLOGY ]

DCQ counts the unique fighters a champion cleared from the top-15 Elo rankings during their tenure. At the time of each championship win, the engine reconstructs who was ranked top-15 in the division using a 4-year recency window (fighters must have competed within 4 years and logged ≥3 rated bouts). Champions earn a cleared slot only on first win over an opponent who was top-15 at that moment — repeat wins and non-top-15 opponents do not count. Multiple championship stints are merged; total is across all reigns combined.

TIER: DYNASTY ≥7 GREAT 5–6 STRONG 3–4 STANDARD 1–2 UNTESTED 0
#
CHAMPION
DIVISION
DCQ
STINTS
1
Jon Jones DYNASTY
2 REIGNS
LHW
9 cleared
2
REIGN 2 2018 → 2020 · 3 CLEARED
Anthony Smith Thiago Santos Dominick Reyes
CAREER TOTAL: 9 CLEARED
2
Georges St-Pierre DYNASTY
2 REIGNS
WW
8 cleared
2
REIGN 1 2006 → 2007 · 1 CLEARED
Matt Hughes
CAREER TOTAL: 8 CLEARED
3
Matt Hughes GREAT
WW
5 cleared
1
3
Anderson Silva GREAT
MW
5 cleared
1
3
Alexander Volkanovski GREAT
2 REIGNS
FW
5 cleared
2
REIGN 1 2019 → 2024 · 4 CLEARED
Max Holloway Brian Ortega Chan Sung Jung Yair Rodriguez
REIGN 2 2025 → PRESENT · 1 CLEARED
Diego Lopes
CAREER TOTAL: 5 CLEARED
3
Israel Adesanya GREAT
2 REIGNS
MW
5 cleared
2
REIGN 1 2019 → 2022 · 4 CLEARED
Robert Whittaker Yoel Romero Paulo Costa Jared Cannonier
REIGN 2 2023 → 2023 · 1 CLEARED
Alex Pereira
CAREER TOTAL: 5 CLEARED
3
Randy Couture GREAT
3 REIGNS
HW
5 cleared
3
REIGN 1 1997 → 1999 · 1 CLEARED
Maurice Smith
REIGN 2 2000 → 2002 · 2 CLEARED
Kevin Randleman Pedro Rizzo
REIGN 3 2007 → 2008 · 2 CLEARED
Tim Sylvia Gabriel Gonzaga
CAREER TOTAL: 5 CLEARED
3
BJ Penn GREAT
LW
5 cleared
1
4
Stipe Miocic STRONG
2 REIGNS
HW
4 cleared
2
REIGN 1 2016 → 2018 · 3 CLEARED
Fabricio Werdum Junior Dos Santos Francis Ngannou
REIGN 2 2019 → 2021 · 1 CLEARED
Daniel Cormier
CAREER TOTAL: 4 CLEARED
4
Rich Franklin STRONG
MW
4 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (4):

Nate Quarry David Loiseau Jason MacDonald Yushin Okami
5
Kamaru Usman STRONG
WW
3 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (3):

Tyron Woodley Colby Covington Jorge Masvidal
5
Chuck Liddell STRONG
LHW
3 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (3):

Randy Couture Renato Sobral Tito Ortiz
5
Daniel Cormier STRONG
LHW
3 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (3):

Anthony Johnson Alexander Gustafsson Anderson Silva
5
Islam Makhachev STRONG
LW
3 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (3):

Charles Oliveira Dustin Poirier Renato Moicano
5
Jose Aldo STRONG
FW
3 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (3):

Chad Mendes Chan Sung Jung Ricardo Lamas
5
Deiveson Figueiredo STRONG
2 REIGNS
FLW
3 cleared
2
REIGN 1 2020 → 2021 · 3 CLEARED
Joseph Benavidez Alex Perez Brandon Moreno
REIGN 2 2022 → 2023 · 0 CLEARED
No top-15 opponents cleared this reign
CAREER TOTAL: 3 CLEARED
5
Tim Sylvia STRONG
2 REIGNS
HW
3 cleared
2
REIGN 1 2003 → 2004 · 1 CLEARED
Gan McGee
REIGN 2 2006 → 2007 · 2 CLEARED
Andrei Arlovski Jeff Monson
CAREER TOTAL: 3 CLEARED
5
Alex Pereira STRONG
2 REIGNS
LHW
3 cleared
2
REIGN 1 2024 → 2025 · 2 CLEARED
Jamahal Hill Jiri Prochazka
REIGN 2 2025 → 2026 · 1 CLEARED
Magomed Ankalaev
CAREER TOTAL: 3 CLEARED
5
Chris Weidman STRONG
MW
3 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (3):

Anderson Silva Lyoto Machida Vitor Belfort
5
Max Holloway STRONG
FW
3 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (3):

Jose Aldo Brian Ortega Frankie Edgar
5
Merab Dvalishvili STRONG
BW
3 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (3):

Sean O'Malley Umar Nurmagomedov Cory Sandhagen
5
Brock Lesnar STRONG
HW
3 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (3):

Randy Couture Frank Mir Shane Carwin
5
Robbie Lawler STRONG
WW
3 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (3):

Johny Hendricks Rory MacDonald Carlos Condit
6
Tyron Woodley STANDARD
WW
2 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (2):

Stephen Thompson Demian Maia
6
TJ Dillashaw STANDARD
2 REIGNS
BW
2 cleared
2
REIGN 1 2014 → 2016 · 1 CLEARED
Renan Barao
REIGN 2 2017 → 2020 · 1 CLEARED
Cody Garbrandt
CAREER TOTAL: 2 CLEARED
6
Alexandre Pantoja STANDARD
FLW
2 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (2):

Brandon Moreno Steve Erceg
6
Cain Velasquez STANDARD
2 REIGNS
HW
2 cleared
2
REIGN 1 2010 → 2011 · 1 CLEARED
Brock Lesnar
REIGN 2 2012 → 2015 · 1 CLEARED
Junior Dos Santos
CAREER TOTAL: 2 CLEARED
6
Frankie Edgar STANDARD
LW
2 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (2):

BJ Penn Gray Maynard
6
Benson Henderson STANDARD
LW
2 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (2):

Frankie Edgar Nate Diaz
6
Renan Barao STANDARD
BW
2 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (2):

Urijah Faber Michael McDonald
6
Aljamain Sterling STANDARD
BW
2 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (2):

Petr Yan TJ Dillashaw
6
Jan Blachowicz STANDARD
2 REIGNS
LHW
2 cleared
2
REIGN 1 2020 → 2021 · 1 CLEARED
Dominick Reyes
REIGN 2 2022 → 2023 · 1 CLEARED
Magomed Ankalaev
CAREER TOTAL: 2 CLEARED
6
Tito Ortiz STANDARD
MW
2 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (2):

Wanderlei Silva Evan Tanner
6
Dricus Du Plessis STANDARD
MW
2 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (2):

Sean Strickland Israel Adesanya
6
Leon Edwards STANDARD
WW
2 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (2):

Kamaru Usman Colby Covington
6
Kevin Randleman STANDARD
HW
2 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (2):

Pete Williams Pedro Rizzo
6
Junior Dos Santos STANDARD
HW
2 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (2):

Cain Velasquez Frank Mir
6
Daniel Cormier STANDARD
HW
2 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (2):

Stipe Miocic Derrick Lewis
6
Francis Ngannou STANDARD
HW
2 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (2):

Stipe Miocic Ciryl Gane
6
Sean Strickland STANDARD
2 REIGNS
MW
2 cleared
2
REIGN 1 2023 → 2024 · 1 CLEARED
Israel Adesanya
REIGN 2 2026 → PRESENT · 1 CLEARED
Khamzat Chimaev
CAREER TOTAL: 2 CLEARED
6
Rafael Dos Anjos STANDARD
LW
2 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (2):

Anthony Pettis Donald Cerrone
6
Ilia Topuria STANDARD
FW
2 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (2):

Alexander Volkanovski Max Holloway
6
Dominick Cruz STANDARD
BW
2 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (2):

TJ Dillashaw Urijah Faber
6
Sean O'Malley STANDARD
BW
2 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (2):

Aljamain Sterling Marlon Vera
6
Joshua Van STANDARD
FLW
2 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (2):

Alexandre Pantoja Tatsuro Taira
7
Khabib Nurmagomedov STANDARD
LW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Dustin Poirier
7
Jens Pulver STANDARD
LW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

BJ Penn
7
Charles Oliveira STANDARD
LW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Dustin Poirier
7
Lyoto Machida STANDARD
LHW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Rashad Evans
7
Frank Shamrock STANDARD
MW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Tito Ortiz
7
Michael Bisping STANDARD
MW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Luke Rockhold
7
Anthony Pettis STANDARD
LW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Benson Henderson
7
Eddie Alvarez STANDARD
LW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Rafael Dos Anjos
7
Petr Yan STANDARD
2 REIGNS
BW
1 cleared
2
REIGN 1 2020 → 2021 · 0 CLEARED
No top-15 opponents cleared this reign
REIGN 2 2025 → PRESENT · 1 CLEARED
Merab Dvalishvili
CAREER TOTAL: 1 CLEARED
7
Henry Cejudo STANDARD
FLW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Demetrious Johnson
7
Brandon Moreno STANDARD
2 REIGNS
FLW
1 cleared
2
REIGN 1 2021 → 2022 · 1 CLEARED
Deiveson Figueiredo
REIGN 2 2023 → 2023 · 0 CLEARED
No top-15 opponents cleared this reign
CAREER TOTAL: 1 CLEARED
7
Josh Barnett STANDARD
HW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Randy Couture
7
Ricco Rodriguez STANDARD
HW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Randy Couture
7
Frank Mir STANDARD
HW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Tim Sylvia
7
Andrei Arlovski STANDARD
HW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Paul Buentello
7
Fabricio Werdum STANDARD
HW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Cain Velasquez
7
Vitor Belfort STANDARD
LHW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Randy Couture
7
Randy Couture STANDARD
LHW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Vitor Belfort
7
Forrest Griffin STANDARD
LHW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Quinton Jackson
7
Rashad Evans STANDARD
LHW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Forrest Griffin
7
Mauricio Rua STANDARD
LHW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Lyoto Machida
7
Glover Teixeira STANDARD
LHW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Jan Blachowicz
7
Jiri Prochazka STANDARD
LHW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Glover Teixeira
7
Jamahal Hill STANDARD
LHW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Glover Teixeira
7
Magomed Ankalaev STANDARD
LHW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Alex Pereira
7
Carlos Ulberg STANDARD
LHW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Jiri Prochazka
7
Murilo Bustamante STANDARD
MW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Matt Lindland
7
Luke Rockhold STANDARD
MW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Chris Weidman
7
Alex Pereira STANDARD
MW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Israel Adesanya
7
Khamzat Chimaev STANDARD
MW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Dricus Du Plessis
7
Matt Serra STANDARD
WW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Georges St-Pierre
7
Belal Muhammad STANDARD
WW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Leon Edwards
7
Jack Della Maddalena STANDARD
WW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Belal Muhammad
7
Ilia Topuria STANDARD
LW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Charles Oliveira
7
Justin Gaethje STANDARD
LW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Ilia Topuria
7
Conor McGregor STANDARD
FW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Jose Aldo
7
Cody Garbrandt STANDARD
BW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Dominick Cruz
7
Henry Cejudo STANDARD
BW
1 cleared
1

CLEARED TOP-15 FIGHTERS (1):

Dominick Cruz
8
Pat Miletich UNTESTED
LW
0 cleared
1
8
Mark Kerr UNTESTED
HW
0 cleared
1
8
Joseph Morales UNTESTED
FLW
0 cleared
1
8
Tito Ortiz UNTESTED
LHW
0 cleared
1
8
Quinton Jackson UNTESTED
LHW
0 cleared
1
8
Evan Tanner UNTESTED
MW
0 cleared
1
8
Johny Hendricks UNTESTED
WW
0 cleared
1
#
FIGHTER
STATUS
DCQ
36
Donald Cerrone
INACTIVE
3 cleared
37
Brad Tavares
ACTIVE
3 cleared
38
Thiago Alves
INACTIVE
3 cleared
39
Dennis Siver
INACTIVE
3 cleared
40
Urijah Faber
INACTIVE
3 cleared
41
Ricardo Lamas
INACTIVE
3 cleared
44
Rory MacDonald
INACTIVE
3 cleared
45
Chad Mendes
INACTIVE
3 cleared
50
Chan Sung Jung
INACTIVE
3 cleared
51
Wilson Reis
INACTIVE
3 cleared
52
Jimmie Rivera
INACTIVE
3 cleared
53
Matheus Nicolau
INACTIVE
3 cleared
55
Bryan Caraway
INACTIVE
3 cleared

All Combined uses career top-15 clears for everyone, so champions can score higher here than on the Champions tab.

#
FIGHTER
TYPE
DCQ
101
Donald Cerrone
CONTENDER
3 cleared
102
Chuck Liddell
CHAMPION
3 cleared
103
Nate Diaz
CHAMPION
3 cleared
104
Brad Tavares
CONTENDER
3 cleared
105
Thiago Alves
CONTENDER
3 cleared
106
Tony Ferguson
CHAMPION
3 cleared
107
Alexandre Pantoja
CHAMPION
3 cleared
108
Dennis Siver
CONTENDER
3 cleared
110
Urijah Faber
CONTENDER
3 cleared
111
Benson Henderson
CHAMPION
3 cleared
112
Ricardo Lamas
CONTENDER
3 cleared
113
John Dodson
CHAMPION
3 cleared
114
Uriah Hall
CONTENDER
3 cleared
117
Roy Nelson
CHAMPION
3 cleared
118
Rory MacDonald
CONTENDER
3 cleared
119
Chad Mendes
CONTENDER
3 cleared
120
Kyoji Horiguchi
CONTENDER
3 cleared
122
Tom Aspinall
CONTENDER
3 cleared
124
Quinton Jackson
CHAMPION
3 cleared
125
Chan Sung Jung
CONTENDER
3 cleared
126
Wilson Reis
CONTENDER
3 cleared
127
Jimmie Rivera
CONTENDER
3 cleared
128
Matheus Nicolau
CONTENDER
3 cleared
129
Tatsuro Taira
CONTENDER
3 cleared
130
Bryan Caraway
CONTENDER
3 cleared
132
Ricco Rodriguez
CHAMPION
3 cleared
134
Kevin Randleman
CHAMPION
3 cleared
135
Brock Lesnar
CHAMPION
3 cleared
NOTE — Historical coverage is limited by database scope (UFC 1, 1993 through present). Early era divisions used different weight class names; some pre-2010 featherweight, bantamweight, and flyweight history may be incomplete due to WEC-era data gaps. Women's championship reigns are excluded. TUF season finale titles are excluded.