Top 10 for April, 2002   Heavyweight 1. Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira Brazil (645) 2. Josh Barnett USA (562) 3. Heath Herring USA (551) 4. Randy Couture USA (427) 5. Pedro Rizzo Brazil (419) 6. Mark Coleman USA (295) 7. Ricco Rodriguez USA (280) 8. Mario Sperry Brazil (265) 9. Igor Vovchanchyn Ukraine (134) 10. Tom Erikson USA (80) Light Heavyweight 1. Vanderlei Silva Brazil (557) 2. Tito Ortiz USA (541) 3. Vitor Belfort Brazil (498) 4. Chuck Liddell USA (495) 5. Dan Henderson USA (391) 6. Ricardo Arona Brazil (325) 7. Sanae Kikuta Japan (268) 8. Kevin Randleman USA (202) 9. Evan Tanner USA (105) 10. Vernon "Tiger" White USA (65) Middleweight 1. Murilo Bustamante Brazil (639) 2. Murilo "Ninja" Rua Brazil (564) 3. Matt Lindland USA (548) 4. Kazushi Sakuraba Japan (459) 5. Dave Menne USA (398) 6. Paulo Filho Brazil (321) 7. Andrei Semenov Russia (282) 8. Jose "Pele" Landi-Jons Brazil (170) 9. Renzo Gracie Brazil (101) 10. Alex Steibling USA (95) Welterweight 1. Matt Hughes USA (626) 2. Anderson Silva Brazil (615) 3. Carlos Newton Canada (522) 4. Hayato Sakurai Japan (457) 5. Gil Castillo USA (384) 6. Frank Trigg USA (361) 7. Tetsuji Kato Japan (263) 8. Nathan Marquardt USA (182) 9. Kiuma Kunioku Japan (151) 10. Sean Sherk USA (97) Lightweight 1. Jens Pulver USA (648) 2. Takanori Gomi Japan (581) 3. B.J. Penn USA (537) 4. Din Thomas USA (426) 5. Kaoru Uno Japan (418) 6. Rumina Sato Japan (307) 7. D. Mishima Japan (275) 8. Ryan Bow USA (203) 9. Marcio "Cromado" Barbosa Brazil (135) 10. Matt Serra USA (60) Featherweight 1. Alexandre "Pequeno" Nogueira Brazil (650) 2. Tetsuo Katsuta Japan (581) 3. Katsuya Toita Japan (522) 4. Joao Roque Brazil (462) 5. Baret Yoshida USA (391) 6. Naoya Uematsu Japan (332) 7. Stephen Palling USA (261) 8. Hiroyuki Abe Japan (195) 9. Masahiro Oishi Japan (132) 10. Mamoru Japan (105)