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3x Arnold Classic

Kai Greene

GenderMale
Pro Card2009
Born1975
Born inBrooklyn
Social Instagram X
StatusRetired

Kai Greene is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States with a competitive record spanning 1996–2016.

About

Leslie Kai Greene is an American professional bodybuilder, actor, and artist. Nicknamed "The Predator" and "The People's Champ", he is known for his leg development and artistic posing routines. He came second in the 2012, 2013, and 2014 editions of the IFBB's Mr. Olympia competition and won the Arnold Classic competition in 2009, 2010, and 2016. He was known for his rivalry with Phil Heath. He is often regarded as one of the best bodybuilders to have never won a Mr. Olympia. He has not competed since 2016, though he never formally announced his retirement.

Championship record

Where the titles came from

Counted from the same results table below: an appearance is one contest entered (in the years the Olympia also judged weight classes, one appearance can carry two placings), an Olympia title is the overall win in that division, and Top 3 counts first, second and third together. The last row is every professional contest on record for Kai Greene.

Mr. Olympia

6Appearances
0Titles
4Top 3

Arnold Classic

4Appearances
3Titles
4Top 3

All contests on record

29Contests
13Wins
22Top 3

Professional results

Every professional contest result on record for Kai Greene, 29 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 Kai Greene competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.

YearContestDivisionPlaceWon by
2016 Arnold Classic Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
2016 Arnold Classic Australia Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
2016 Arnold Classic Brasil Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
2014 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 Phil Heath
2013 Arnold Classic Europe Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 –
2013 IFBB EVL Prague Pro Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
2013 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 Phil Heath
2013 Prague Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
2012 IFBB Sheru Classic Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 Phil Heath
2012 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 Phil Heath
2011 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 Phil Heath
2011 New York Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
2011 Sheru Classic Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 Phil Heath
2010 Arnold Classic Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
2010 Grand Prix Australia Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
2010 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #7 Jay Cutler
2009 Arnold Classic Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
2009 Grand Prix Australia Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
2009 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 Jay Cutler
2008 Arnold Classic Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 Dexter Jackson
2008 New York Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
2007 Colorado Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner
2007 Keystone Pro Classic Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 Dennis Wolf
2007 New York Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #6 Branch Warren
2006 Colorado Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #14 Phil Heath
2006 Ironman Pro Invitational Men's Open Bodybuilding Unplaced Lee Priest
2006 New York Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding Unplaced Phil Heath
2005 New York Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #14 Darrem Charles
1996 Pro Natural World Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 Winner

Showing 15 of 29 professional results. Showing all 29 professional results.

Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Kai Greene 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.

Every professional season

1996 to 2016 shown · 29 professional results

Peak Year 2016 (3 wins)

Measured against Kai Greene’s own seasons, not against the field. See the full peak window →

1996
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2016
Olympia 1st place 2nd place 3rd place Other
Pro Debut
1996
Olympia Debut
2009
Last Contest
2016

Kai Greene at the Olympia, year by year

Kai Greene at the Mr. Olympia: no title, first appearance 2009. Source: Fitness Volt Bodybuilding Database.
Year Placement Division
2009 4 Men's Open Bodybuilding
2010 7 Men's Open Bodybuilding
2011 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding
2012 2 Men's Open Bodybuilding
2013 2 Men's Open Bodybuilding
2014 2 Men's Open Bodybuilding

Data updated

Physique benchmark

How Kai Greene 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.

38.0FFMI
38.5Normalised FFMI
7thOf 316 measured men

The closest Olympia champion on that measure is Brandon Curry, at 38.2.

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: 74 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 Kai Greene sits among the athletes we hold measurements for, not among competitors.

Amateur and other shows not counted above

9 results from amateur shows and other contests this archive does not class as professional. Every total on this page covers the professional career only, so these are listed here but never counted, and they have no contest page.

Show the list
YearContestDivisionPlace
2004 Team Universe Championships Men's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) #1
1999 New Jersey Suburban Championships Men's Bodybuilding (Super Heavyweight) #1
1999 Team Universe Championships Men's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) #1
1999 World Amateur Championships Men's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) #6
1998 Team Universe Championships Men's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) #3
1997 Atlantic States Championships Men's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) #2
1997 Blue Thunder Men's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) #1
1997 New York Amateur Grand Prix Men's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) #1
1997 Team Universe Championships Men's Bodybuilding (Heavyweight) #2

In 12 meetings, Phil Heath finished ahead of Kai Greene 10 times to 2.

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.

Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 29 professional 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.

High confidence 29 professional results, Official/primary source Updated September 30, 2026 Accurate?

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