WNO BJJ and IBJJF: Who Is the Best Jiu Jitsu Fighter? [2025 Rankings]
The WNO BJJ event – Flograppling WNO championship – is getting popular. This show is becoming popular for no gi jiu jitsu mainly.
It has plenty of support from big references such as Joe Rogan, Lex Friedman, and Alex Jones. As known and just to remind Joe Rogan is a no gi BJJ black belt under Eddie Bravo (10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu).
WNO – Who is the best?
WNO means Who’s Number 1 and is Flograppling’s fight event.
Flograppling has its jiu jitsu rankings results for different divisions like no gi or male black belt gi rankings, etc. starting from 2019. You will find a lot of prominent Brazilian jiu jitsu fighters and grappling names – Gordon Ryan, Roberto Satoshi Souza, Craig Jones, etc.
For instance, here are the 2025 FloGrappling Pound-For-Pound female black belt gi rankings:
| Ranking | Name | Team | Country | Previous |
| 1 | Adele Fornarino | Atos Jiu-Jitsu | AUS | 1 |
| 2 | Ffion Davies | Essential BJJ | WAL | 2 |
| 3 | Ana Carolina Vieira | Aviv Jiu-Jitsu | BRA | 3 |
| 4 | Rafaela Guedes | Atos Jiu-Jitsu | BRA | 4 |
| 5 | Mayssa Bastos | Art of Jiu Jitsu | BRA | 5 |
| 6 | Bia Mesquita | American Top Team | BRA | 6 |
| 7 | Helena Crevar | New Wave Jiu-Jitsu | USA | 7 |
| 8 | Brianna Ste-Marie | BTT | CAN | 8 |
| 9 | Elisabeth Clay | Ares BJJ | USA | 9 |
| 10 | Nathiely de Jesus | Rodrigo Pinheiro BJJ | BRA | 10 |
| 11 | Bianca Basilio | Almeida JJ | BRA | 11 |
| 12 | Kendall Reusing | Gracie Barra | USA | 12 |
| 13 | Amy Campo | Zenith | USA | 13 |
| 14 | Gabi Pessanha | InFight Jiu-Jitsu | BRA | 14 |
| 15 | Anabel Lopez | CheckMat | SPN | 15 |
And, of course, the 2025 FloGrappling Pound-For-Pound male black belt gi rankings:
| Ranking | Name | Team | Country | Previous |
| 1 | Gordon Ryan | New Wave Jiu-Jitsu | USA | 1 |
| 2 | Kade Ruotolo | Atos Jiu-Jitsu | USA | 2 |
| 3 | Kaynan Duarte | Atos Jiu-Jitsu | BRA | 3 |
| 4 | Dante Leon | Pedigo Submission Fighting | CAN | 4 |
| 5 | Mica Galvao | Melqui Galvao Jiu-Jitsu | BRA | 5 |
| 6 | Diogo Reis | Melqui Galvao Jiu-Jitsu | BRA | 6 |
| 7 | Giancarlo Bodoni | New Wave Jiu-Jitsu | USA | 7 |
| 8 | Diego Oliveira | Art of Jiu-Jitsu | BRA | 8 |
| 9 | Felipe Pena | Gracie Barra | BRA | 9 |
| 10 | Levi Jones-Leary | Absolute MMA | AUS | 10 |
| 11 | Tye Ruotolo | Atos Jiu-Jitsu | USA | 11 |
| 12 | Nicholas Meregali | New Wave Jiu-Jitsu | BRA | 12 |
| 13 | Nick Rodriguez | B-Team | USA | 13 |
| 14 | Mikey Musumeci | Alliance | USA | 14 |
| 15 | Andrew Tackett | Fight Factory | USA | 15 |
Earlier we shared the 3-minute WNO submission by Danielle Kelly BJJ female fighter.
How much do WNO athletes earn?
The fighting fan community always tends to know, how much money you can earn from training jiu jitsu, MMA, grappling, etc. WNO athletes are not an exception. BJJ Reddit subscribers share their opinions:
“They don’t release the numbers because it gives a promoter more negotiation power, the only people who know are people who are on the same team or who have mutual managers.”
“Probably ranging from a thousand to a few grand depending on where you’re at on the card.”
“Andrew Wiltse an elite black belt got paid for 2k. A lot of the blues and purples get pay a percentages of the tickets they sell so not much.”
According to the information on the 2021 WNO Championship page, the event had more than $250,000 in total prizes.
The winner of placing 3rd was fighting for a $7,500 prize, the champion took home $30,000, and the 2nd place was granted $15,000.
Who is #1 in BJJ According to IBJJF Rankings?
The up-to-date 2025 IBJJF rankings data reveals to us, who does Brazilian jiu-jitsu the best.
Here are the top 10 best male BJJ black belts gi division
IBJJF Male Adult Black Belts Rankings 2025
Here is the refined table based on the higher-quality image:
Male Adult Black Gi Ranking
| Rank | Name | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erich Munis dos Santos | Soldiere Jiu-Jitsu | 931.0 |
| 2 | Yan Lucas Cordeiro Paiva | Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu | 621.5 |
| 3 | Adam Piotr Wardzinski | CheckMat International | 618.5 |
| 4 | Felipe Andrew Leandro Silva | Alliance San Diego | 589.0 |
| 5 | Marcus Vinicius Ribeiro de Siqueira | Alliance SP | 556.0 |
| 6 | Diego Oliveira Batista | AOJ | 532.5 |
| 7 | Horlando de Jesus Monteiro | KMR BJJ Kimura International | 480.5 |
| 8 | Mateus Rodrigues de Souza | AOJ | 475.0 |
| 9 | Victor Hugo Costa Marques | Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu | 468.0 |
| 10 | Meyram Maquiné Alves | Soldiere Jiu-Jitsu | 465.0 |
top 10 Female Adult Black Gi Ranking 2024-2025
| Rank | Name | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gabrieli Pessanha de Souza Marinho | Infight Jiu-Jitsu | 2602.5 |
| 2 | Amanda Magda de Oliveira | Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | 1198.0 |
| 3 | Melissa Stricker Cueto | Alliance Inland Empire | 1150.0 |
| 4 | Mayssa Caldas Pereira Bastos | AOJ | 852.0 |
| 5 | Larissa Dias de Almeida | Elementum Jiu-Jitsu | 652.5 |
| 6 | Jessica Caroline Coelho Dantas | Par Jiu-Jitsu Academy | 643.0 |
| 7 | Thalyta Stefane Lima Silva | Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | 514.5 |
| 8 | Letícia Cardozo de Carvalho | AOJ | 493.0 |
| 9 | Janaina Maia de Menezes | AOJ | 481.0 |
| 10 | Sábatha Lais Francisco dos Santos | Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | 476.0 |
Check other our posts about Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighters and MMA athletes.