Top 10 for December, 2002
 

Heavyweight

1. Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira Brazil (650)
2. Josh Barnett USA (560)
3. Ricco Rodriguez USA (525)
4. Emelianenko Fedor Russia (492)
5. Heath Herring USA (379)
6. Randy Couture USA
(334)
7. Tom Erikson USA (249)
8. Pedro Rizzo Brazil (135)
9. Bob Sapp USA (132)
10. Gan McGee USA (124)


Light Heavyweight

1. Vanderlei Silva Brazil (565)
2. Chuck Liddell USA (554)
3. Tito Ortiz USA (549)

4. Ricardo Arona Brazil (432)
5. Mirko "CroCop" Filipovic Croatia (416)
6. Kevin Randleman USA (321)
7. Murilo "Ninja" Rua Brazil (261)
8. Vitor Belfort Brazil (138)
6. Dan Henderson USA (134)
10. Quinton "Rampage" Jackson USA (122)


Middleweight

1. Murilo Bustamante Brazil (650)
2. Anderson Silva Brazil (574)
3. Matt Lindland USA (522)
4. Kazushi Sakuraba Japan (432)
5. Paulo Filho Brazil (430)
6. Phil Baroni USA (325)
7. Ivan Salaverry USA (262)
8. Dave Menne USA (163)
9. Amar Suloev Armenia (149)
10. Jose "Pele" Landi-Jons Brazil (62)

Welterweight

1. Matt Hughes USA (650)
2. Carlos Newton Canada (581)
3. Frank Trigg USA (491)
4. Hayato Sakurai Japan (462)
5. Gil Castillo USA (401)
6. Sean Sherk USA (324)
7. Tetsuji Kato Japan (225)
8. Nathan Marquardt USA (216)
9. Kiuma Kunioku Japan (124)
10. Robbie Lawler USA (101)


Lightweight

1. Jens Pulver USA (640)
2. Takanori Gomi Japan (582)
3. B.J. Penn USA (525)
4. Kaoru Uno Japan (459)
5. Din Thomas USA (391)
6. D. Mishima Japan (316)
7. Javier Vasquez USA (268)
8. Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro Brazil (190)
9. Rumina Sato Japan (111)
10. Ryan Bow USA (59)


Featherweight

1. Alexandre "Pequeno" Nogueira Brazil (648)
2. Joao Roque Brazil (592)
3. Stephen Palling USA (522)
4. Hiroyuki Abe Japan (461)
5. Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto Japan (379)
6. Naoya Uematsu Japan (292)
7. Jeff Curran USA (278)
8. Tetsuo Katsuta Japan (194)
9. Katsuya Toita Japan (116)
10. Hermes Franca Brazil (78)