No. 1 Ranked Fighters
| Year | Lightweight | Middleweight | Heavyweight | Super Heavyweight |
| 2007 |
Vasiliy Khudiakov 
RUSSIA |
Arsen Hachatryan
RUSSIA |
Valeri Dimitrov 
BULGARIA |
Ewerton Teixeira 
BRAZIL |
| 2006 |
Darren Stringer 
GT BRITAIN |
Andrews Nakahara
BRAZIL |
Valeri Dimitrov
BULGARIA |
Anzor Shikhabakhov
RUSSIA |
| 2005 |
Lucien Gogonel  ROMANIA |
Shamsudin Abdurashidov
RUSSIA |
Sergey Osipov
RUSSIA |
Ewerton Teixeira
BRAZIL |
| 2004 |
Roman Uzunyan
RUSSIA |
Alexei Gorokhov
RUSSIA |
Kentaro Tanaka 
JAPAN |
Mikhail
Kozlov
RUSSIA
|
| 2003 |
Masafumi Tagahara
JAPAN
|
Valeri Dimitrov
BULGARIA
|
Hitoshi Kiyama
JAPAN
|
Kunihiro Suzuki
JAPAN |
| 2002 |
Konstantin Donstov
RUSSIA
|
Maxim Dedik
RUSSIA
|
Sergey Osipov
RUSSIA
|
Ewerton Teixeira
BRAZIL |
| 2001 |
Viktor Karasyuk
RUSSIA
|
Emil Kostov
BULGARIA
|
Hitoshi Kiyama
JAPAN
|
Hajime Kazumi
JAPAN
|
| 2000 |
Maxim Bakushin
RUSSIA
|
Hiroyuki Kidachi
JAPAN
|
Hitoshi Kiyama
JAPAN
|
Jakov Zobnin
RUSSIA
|
| 1999 |
Ryu Narushima
JAPAN
|
Muzaffer Bacak
 GERMANY
|
Toru Okamoto
JAPAN
|
Francisco Filho
BRAZIL
|
| 1998 |
Kou Tanigawa
JAPAN
|
Paulius Klapatauskas
LITH.
|
Toru Okamoto
JAPAN
|
Hajime Kazumi
JAPAN
|
| 1997 |
Piotr
Sawicki 
POLAND |
Garry O'Neill  AUSTRALIA
|
Masayoshi Takaku
JAPAN
|
Francisco Filho
BRAZIL
|
| 1996 | Kou
Tanigawa
JAPAN |
Garry O'Neill
AUSTRALIA |
Norichika
Tsukamoto
JAPAN
|
| 1995 | Ryu
Narushima
JAPAN |
Garry O'Neill
AUSTRALIA |
Kenji
Yamaki
JAPAN |
| 1994 | Kou
Tanigawa
JAPAN |
Ken
Fitzpatrick 
IRELAND |
Kenji
Yamaki
JAPAN |
| 1993 | Antal
Bencze 
HUNGARY |
David
Pickthall
GT BRITAIN |
Hajime
Kazumi
JAPAN |
| 1992 |
Kensaku Yamamoto
JAPAN |
Robert Van Boxtel 
HOLLAND |
Yoshihiro Tamura
JAPAN |
| 1991 | Kenji
Midori
JAPAN |
Lars Bjorstrup
DENMARK |
Akira Masuda
JAPAN |
| 1990 | Kenji
Midori
JAPAN |
Hiroyuki Miake
JAPAN |
Akira Masuda
JAPAN |
| 1989 | TBD |
Nick Da Costa
GT BRITAIN |
Andy Hug 
SWITZERLAND |
| 1988 | Kenji
Midori
JAPAN |
Yasuhiro Kuwajima
JAPAN |
Michael Thompson
GT BRITAIN |
| 1987 | Kenji
Midori
JAPAN |
Nick Da Costa
GT BRITAIN |
Akiyoshi Matsui
JAPAN |
| 1986 |
Joszef Borza
HUNGARY |
Nick Da Costa
GT BRITAIN |
Akiyoshi Matsui
JAPAN |
| 1985 | Kenji
Midori
JAPAN |
Nick Da Costa
GT BRITAIN |
Akiyoshi Matsui
JAPAN |
| 1984 |
Masahiro Oga
JAPAN |
Ademir Da Costa
BRAZIL
|
Makoto Nakamura
JAPAN |