HW division most top 10 wins(based on fightmatrix historical rankings) minimum of 4

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Lesnar(4)
1. Heath Herring(ranked 9th)
2. Randy Couture(ranked 3rd)
3. Frank Mir(ranked 3rd)
4. Shane Carwin(ranked 5th)

Mir(4)
1. Tim Sylvia(ranked 4th)
2. Big Nog(ranked 2nd)
3. Big Nog(ranked 8th)
4. Bigfoot Silva(ranked 7th)

Ngannou(5)
1. Andrei Arlovski(ranked 8th)
2. Alistair Overeem(ranked 2nd)
3. Curtis Blaydes(ranked 3rd)
4. Junior Dos Santos(ranked 4th)
5. Jairzinho Rozenstruik(raked 7th)

Cro Cop(5)
1. Heath Herring(ranked 9th)
2. Josh Barnett(ranked 3rd)
3. Josh Barnett(ranked 6th)
4. Wanderlei Silva(ranked 8th)
5. Josh Barnett(ranked 2nd)

DC(5)
1. Bigfoot Silva(ranked 6th)
2. Josh Barnett(ranked 8th)
3. Frank Mir(ranked 7th)
4. Stipe Miocic(ranked 1st)
5. Derrick Lewis(ranked 5th)

Arlovski(6)
1. Vladimir Matyushenko(ranked 7th)
2. Tim Sylvia(ranked 7th)
3. Fabricio Werdum(ranked 10th)
4. Bigfoot Silva(ranked 4th)
5. Travis Browne(ranked 4th)
6. Frank Mir(ranked 9th)

Couture(7)
1. Maurice Smith(ranked 6th)
2. Kevin Randleman(ranked 5th)
3. Tsuyoshi Kosaka(ranked 8th)
4. Pedro Rizzo(ranked 5th)
5. Pedro Rizzo(ranked 10th)
6. Tim Sylvia(ranked 5th)
7. Gabriel Gonzaga(ranked 3rd)

Cain(7)
1. Big Nog(ranked 3rd)
2. Brock Lesnar(ranked 1st)
3. Bigfoot Silva(ranked 9th)
4. Junior Dos Santos(ranked 1st)
5. Bigfoot Silva(ranked 3rd)
6. Junior Dos Santos(ranked 2nd)
7. Travis Browne(ranked 8th)

Werdum(7)
1. Alistair Overeem(ranked 6th)
2. Gabriel Gonzaga(ranked 4th)
3. Fedor Emelianenko(ranked 1st)
4. Big Nog(ranked 10th)
5. Travis Browne(ranked 5th)
6. Mark Hunt(ranked 5th)
7. Travis Browne(ranked 8th)

Barnett(8)
1. Semmy Schlit(ranked 2nd)
2. Randy Couture(ranked 2nd)
3. Semmy Schlit(ranked 10th)
4. Kazuhiro Nakamura(ranked 6th)
5. Mark Hunt(ranked 6th)
6. Big Nog(ranked 3rd)
7. Frank Mir(ranked 7th)
8. Andrei Arlovski(ranked 7th)

JDS(8)
1. Fabricio Werdum(ranked 4th)
2. Mirko Cro Cop(ranked 9th)
3. Shane Carwin(ranked 6th)
4. Cain Velasquez(ranked 1st)
5. Frank Mir(ranked 4th)
6. Mark Hunt(ranked 9th)
7. Ben Rothwell(ranked 6th)
8. Derrick Lewis(ranked 4th)

Stipe(8)
1. Mark Hunt(ranked 5th)
2. Andrei Arlovski(ranked 3rd)
3. Fabricio Werdum(ranked 1st)
4. Alistair Overeem(ranked 3rd)
5. Junior Dos Santos(ranked 5th)
6. Francis Ngannou(ranked 2nd)
7. Daniel Cormier(ranked 1st)
8. Daniel Cormier(ranked 2nd)

Overeem(9)
1. Sergei Kharitonov(ranked 7th)
2. Brett Rodgers(ranked 9th)
3. Fabricio Werdum(ranked 3rd)
4. Brock Lesnar(ranked 2nd)
5. Frank Mir(ranked 10th)
6. Junior Dos Santos(ranked 3rd)
7. Andrei Arlovski(ranked 8th)
8. Mark Hunt(ranked 6th)
9. Fabricio Werdum(ranked 2nd)

Big Nog(10)
1. Valentijn Overeem(ranked 5th)
2. Gary Goodridge(ranked 5th)
3. Mark Coleman(ranked 3rd)
4. Ricco Rodriguez(ranked 6th)
5. Mirko Cro Cop(ranked 5th)
6. Fabricio Werdum(ranked 9th)
7. Josh Barnett(ranked 3rd)
8. Tim Sylvia(ranked 7th)
9. Randy Couture(ranked 5th)
10. Brendan Schaub(ranked 10th)

Fedor(13)
1. Babalu Sobral(ranked 7th)
2. Semmy Schlit(ranked 6th)
3. Heath Herring(ranked 10th)
4. Big Nog(ranked 1st)
5. Gary Goodridge(ranked 9th)
6. Mark Coleman(ranked 9th)
7. Big Nog(ranked 2nd)
8. Mirko Cro Cop(ranked 4th)
9. Mark Coleman(ranked 4th)
10. Mark Hunt(ranked 7th)
11. Tim Sylvia(ranked 8th)
12. Andrei Arlovski(ranked 6th)
13. Brett Rodgers(ranked 8th)

Going to keep adding to this list, so far I'm starting with the fighters I know have the most top 10 wins at HW and working my way down. I will keep the format so that the fewest wins are listed first.

Edit 1: Mir, Cro Cop and Ngannou make the list.
Mark Coleman(1), Alexander Volkov(1), Travis Browne(2), Kevin Randleman(2), Shane Carwin(2), Mark Hunt(2), Curtis Blaydes(3), Tim Sylvia(3), Derrick Lewis(3), Jairzinho Rozenstruik(3), Bigfoot Silva(3) don't make the list.

Edit 2: Brock Lesnar made the list, I mistakenly thought that Herring wasn't listed in the top 10 by Fightmatrix.

I think at this point i'm done with this list though I might see if Bas Rutten, Pedro Rizzo and Ricco Rodriguez make the 4 or more top 10 wins cut later on one last edit.
 
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NoBiasJustMMA said:
JDS(8)
1. Fabricio Werdum(ranked 4th)
2. Mirko Cro Cop(ranked 9th)
3. Shane Carwin(ranked 6th)
4. Cain Velasquez(ranked 1st)
5. Frank Mir(ranked 4th)
6. Mark Hunt(ranked 9th)
7. Ben Rothwell(ranked 6th)
8. Derrick Lewis(ranked 4th)
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JDS also has a win over Stipe in 2014 (ranked 9th when they fought).
 
ExitLUPin said:
Where's Cain for Werdums wins? I'm surprised Aleks wasn't top 10 for Werdum either after beating Sergei. Speaking of he doesn't show up for Nogs wins either
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Fight Matrix didn't rank Cain due to inactivity. Aleks was just outside the top 10.
 
NoBiasJustMMA said:
These are based on fightmatrix. Stipe was like 11th.
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Historical MMA rankings -> Published ranking snapshots (Stipe#9).
https://www.fightmatrix.com/historical-mma-rankings/ranking-snapshots/?Issue=404&Division=1
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Why does Fedor get to have mark coleman counted 2x? Don't care where he was ranked at the time it's the same fucking guy and babalu wasn't a HW, Brett rogers was ranked #8 in the world? I find that hard to believe as well as mark hunt being #7 at the time he fought Fedor too.
 
In 2006 Kazuhiro Nakamura was ranked 6th best HW in the world? Am I reading this right?
 
BigTruck said:
Why does Fedor get to have mark coleman counted 2x? Don't care where he was ranked at the time it's the same fucking guy and babalu wasn't a HW, Brett rogers was ranked #8 in the world? I find that hard to believe as well as mark hunt being #7 at the time he fought Fedor too.
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Rogers was 10-0 and just knocked out Arlovski in 20 seconds who was top 5 in the world. He was pretty easily a top 10 guy

Hunt was 5-2 and had wins over Wand (ended his streak), Mirko and TK
 
Crop Cop?

1. Kazuyuki Fujita
2. Kazuyuki Fujita
3. Heath Herring
4. Igor Vovchanchyn
5. Josh Barnett
6. Kevin Randleman
7. Josh Barnett
8. Wanderlei Silva
9. Josh Barnett

Coleman?
 
BigTruck said:
Why does Fedor get to have mark coleman counted 2x? Don't care where he was ranked at the time it's the same fucking guy and babalu wasn't a HW, Brett rogers was ranked #8 in the world? I find that hard to believe as well as mark hunt being #7 at the time he fought Fedor too.
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Babalu was a HW when he started MMA and Coleman was ranked when he fought Fedor both times according to fightmatrix generated historical rankings. You can check the criteria yourself if you want to but it will show what I posted.
 
stav said:
Crop Cop?

1. Kazuyuki Fujita
2. Kazuyuki Fujita
3. Heath Herring
4. Igor Vovchanchyn
5. Josh Barnett
6. Kevin Randleman
7. Josh Barnett
8. Wanderlei Silva
9. Josh Barnett

Coleman?
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I only used fightmatrix historical rankings like I said in the title of the thread.
 
ExitLUPin said:
Where's Cain for Werdums wins? I'm surprised Aleks wasn't top 10 for Werdum either after beating Sergei. Speaking of he doesn't show up for Nogs wins either
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Sergei was in the 11-14 range for a lot of the times I looked up.
 
Interesting list. More solid evidence Fedor is the goat HW, if not THE. Frank Mir seems higher in my head but I understand the criteria you’ve used.
Thanks TS
 
weaselkenievil said:
Interesting list. More solid evidence Fedor is the goat HW, if not THE. Frank Mir seems higher in my head but I understand the criteria you’ve used.
Thanks TS
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Yeah, I don't think fightmatrix is the most accurate but unfortunately most media rankings don't have good archives so it's pretty much the only site you can use for this sort of thing unless you want to spend like 20+ hours doing research.
 
NoBiasJustMMA said:
Yeah, I don't think fightmatrix is the most accurate but unfortunately most media rankings don't have good archives so it's pretty much the only site you can use for this sort of thing unless you want to spend like 20+ hours doing research.
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Appreciate the work, interesting read. So that list is what it is, if anyone wants to put in the leg work to get this from a different source then crack on. To critique individual placements because you don’t agree with them is pointless, it’s what it is.
 
weaselkenievil said:
Appreciate the work, interesting read. So that list is what it is, if anyone wants to put in the leg work to get this from a different source then crack on. To critique individual placements because you don’t agree with them is pointless, it’s what it is.
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Pretty much, it is a shame that the most top 10 wins thread that used to exist on here got deleted when the forums got updated years ago. It was more accurate than this list I made but I'm sure the person that made it spent a lot of time gathering all the source rankings.
 
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