Branch Warren is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States. Branch Warren has a verified height of 5'6" (168 cm) and a recorded contest weight of 245 lb (111 kg).
2x Arnold Classic
Branch Warren
Branch Warren, a bodybuilder from the United States, stands 5'6" (168 cm) tall and competed at a contest weight of around 245 lb (111 kg). He was born on February 28, 1975 and is 51 years old.
Career Record
- Total Results
- 43
- Wins
- 13
- Win Rate
- 30.2%
- Career
- 1992–2016
- Height
- 5'6" (168 cm)
- Weight
- 245 lb (111 kg)
- Age
- 51
- Division
- Men's Open Bodybuilding
- Country
- United States
- Arnold Classic Titles
- 2
- Verified
- Sources
- 36
Branch Warren won the Arnold Classic in 2011 and 2012 and was runner-up at the Mr. Olympia in 2009. He competed for twenty-four years.
Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 43 recorded contest results. It is published only where a career holds at least five, because below that a single placing moves the figure by twenty points or more.
Every season on record
Peak Year 2005 (2 wins)
Measured against Branch Warren’s own seasons, not against the field. See the full peak window →
- Pro Debut
- 1992
- Olympia Debut
- 2005
- Last Contest
- 2016
| Year | Placement | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 8 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 2006 | 12 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 2008 | 5 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 2009 | 2 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 2010 | 3 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 2012 | 5 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 2013 | 9 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 2014 | 6 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 2015 | 6 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
Data updated
Known for
Back-to-back Arnold Classic titles in 2011 and 2012, with runner-up finishes there in 2006 and 2015 and thirds in 2009 and 2010. Six Arnold podiums in ten years.
At the Olympia he was second in 2009 and third in 2010, the closest he came, across nine appearances.
Early career
He won the Teen Mr America short class in 1992 at seventeen and the Teen Nationals in 1993, then took the heavyweights at the 2001 Nationals to turn professional.
The professional wins run from the Europa Supershow and Charlotte Pro in 2005 through the New York Pro in 2007 and the British Grand Prix in 2011 to the Europa Atlantic City Pro in 2015.
Where the titles came from
Counted from the same results table below: an appearance is one recorded placing at that series, a title is a first place, and Top 3 counts first, second and third together. The last row is every contest on record for Branch Warren, amateur shows included.
Mr. Olympia
Arnold Classic
All contests on record
How Branch Warren measures up
Fat-free mass index turns the height and weight on this profile into one number for how much muscle a frame carries, so a shorter competitor is not flattered by a bodyweight comparison. The normalised figure adjusts it again to a standard height, which is the version worth ranking. Both assume the 6% body fat a competitor steps on stage at, because that is the only condition the recorded weight was taken in.
The closest Olympia champion on that measure is Ronnie Coleman, at 37.8.
What this rank is not. This database holds a height and a weight for just 463 athletes, and they are overwhelmingly the ones somebody bothered to measure: 73 of them hold an Olympia title. Almost every competitor on record carries no measurement at all. The pool also mixes every division and era together, from the lightweight women's classes to the open heavyweights, so it ranks size and nothing else. It says where Branch Warren sits among the athletes we hold measurements for, not among competitors.
All results
Every contest result on record for Branch Warren, 43 in all. The table opens on the first 15 and expands in place from there. Nothing sits on a separate page. Won by names the winner of the division Branch Warren competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.
| Year | Contest | Division | Place | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #5 | Kai Greene |
| 2016 | Levrone Classic Poland | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Cedric McMillan |
| 2015 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2015 | Arnold Classic Australia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2015 | Europa Atlantic City Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2015 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Phil Heath |
| 2014 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Dennis Wolf |
| 2014 | Australia Pro Grand Prix | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Shawn Rhoden |
| 2014 | Europa Dallas | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2014 | IFBB Europa Super Show | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2014 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #6 | Phil Heath |
| 2013 | IFBB EVL Prague Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Kai Greene |
| 2013 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #9 | Phil Heath |
| 2013 | Prague Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Kai Greene |
| 2012 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2012 | Grand Prix Australia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2012 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #5 | Phil Heath |
| 2011 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2011 | British Grand Prix | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2010 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Kai Greene |
| 2010 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Jay Cutler |
| 2009 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Kai Greene |
| 2009 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Jay Cutler |
| 2008 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2008 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #5 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2007 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 | Victor Martinez |
| 2007 | Colorado Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 | Kai Greene |
| 2007 | Keystone Pro Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Dennis Wolf |
| 2007 | New York Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2006 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2006 | Grand Prix Australia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #5 | Ronny Rockel |
| 2006 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #12 | Jay Cutler |
| 2006 | San Francisco Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Gustavo Badell |
| 2005 | Charlotte Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2005 | Europa Supershow | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2005 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #8 | Ronnie Coleman |
| 2004 | Night of Champions | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #8 | Melvin Anthony |
| 2004 | Show of Strength Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Victor Martinez |
| 2001 | Nationals | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2000 | USA Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Tevita Aholelei |
| 1999 | Junior Nationals | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Joshua Beach |
| 1993 | Teen Nationals | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 1992 | Teen Mr America | Other Divisions | #1 | Winner |
Showing 15 of 43 recorded results.
Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Branch Warren those sources are MuscleMemory and NPC Contests. Open any contest above and that page names its own source and links to it where the source is still reachable. MuscleMemory is the exception: the archive we recorded those older shows from no longer answers at the addresses we hold, so it is credited by name and not offered as a link.
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Legacy
Warren competed against Jay Cutler, Dexter Jackson and Phil Heath at their peaks and beat all of them at an Arnold Classic. The Olympia never came, which is the case with most of that generation.
Sources
Competition placings on this page come from our own contest database and cover 1992 to 2016.
Some contests appear twice in the table below because one result was recorded under two division labels. They are single contests.
Most-met rivals
Compare any two athletes →In 18 meetings, Dexter Jackson finished ahead of Branch Warren 13 times to 5.
Opponents are ranked by how often they shared a stage and how big the stage was, not by reputation. A meeting is one contest where both competed in the same division and both were placed.
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