Even though the UFC rankings officially started in February 2013. Women were added to the pound-for-pound rankings for the first time in December 2013. Ronda Rousey, the then UFC Women's Bantamweight champion, became the first female fighter from UFC to debut in the rankings at No.10.
Active women fighters are ranked in the official UFC rankings by pound-for-pound and the respective weight divisions, namely Strawweight, Flyweight, and Bantamweight.
As there aren't enough women competing in the Women's Featherweight division, the rankings for the same are not available since they are not voted upon by MMA media members.
As of February 2025, Alexa Grasso is the current #1 ranked women's pound-for-pound fighter in the UFC.
UFC Women's Pound-for-Pound Rankings 2025
| Rank | Fighter | Record | Win Streak | M | Weight class | Next Fight |
| 1 | Valentina Shevchenko | 24–4–1 | 1 | Flyweight | UFC 315 Manon Fiorot | |
| 2 | Zhang Weili | 26–3 | 5 | Strawweight | ||
| 3 | Alexa Grasso | 16–4–1 | 0 | Flyweight | UFC 315 Natália Silva | |
| 4 | Julianna Peña | 12–5 | 1 | Bantamweight | ||
| 5 | Manon Fiorot | 12–1 | 12 | Flyweight | UFC 315 Valentina Shevchenko | |
| 6 | Erin Blanchfield | 13–2 | 1 | Flyweight | ||
| 7 | Kayla Harrison | 18–1 | 3 | Bantamweight | ||
| 8 | Raquel Pennington | 16–9 | 0 | Bantamweight | ||
| 9 | Rose Namajunas | 13–7 | 0 | Flyweight | ||
| 10 | Yan Xiaonan | 18–4 (1 NC) | 1 | Strawweight | UFC 314 Virna Jandiroba | |
| 11 | Tatiana Suarez | 10–1 | 0 | Strawweight | ||
| 12 | Virna Jandiroba | 21–3 | 4 | Strawweight | UFC 314 Yan Xiaonan | |
| 13 | Natália Silva | 18–5–1 | 12 | Flyweight | UFC 315 Alexa Grasso | |
| 14 | Jéssica Andrade | 26–13 | 0 | FlyweightStrawweight | ||
| 15 | Maycee Barber | 14–2 | 6 | Flyweight |
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FAQs On UFC Women's Pound for Pound
A. Valentina Shevchenko is the #1 Women's pound-for-pound fighter in the UFC. She competes in the Women's Flyweight division.
