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Head-to-head record

Chris Cormier vs Ronnie Coleman

Chris Cormier
Chris Cormier
9 27
36 head-to-head meetings
Ronnie Coleman
Ronnie Coleman
Athlete A
Chris Cormier
Chris Cormier
United States Men's Open Bodybuilding
Athlete B
Ronnie Coleman
Ronnie Coleman
United States Men's Open Bodybuilding
36 Shared Contests
1991 First Meeting
2005 Last Meeting
Query-derived Compiled from contest-result records and cached for performance; community flags are reviewed before any change. Updated September 3, 2026

Chris Cormier vs Ronnie Coleman head-to-head record and every decided contest between them on record.

Our full story on Chris Cormier: Chris Cormier – Complete Profile: Height, Workout And Diet.

Our full story on Ronnie Coleman: Who is Ronnie Coleman? Complete Profile: Height, Weight, Biography.

Meetings
36
Chris Cormier
9 ahead
Ronnie Coleman
27 ahead
Span
1991–2005
At the Olympia
Chris Cormier 3–7 Ronnie Coleman in 10

In 36 meetings, Ronnie Coleman finished ahead of Chris Cormier 27 times to 9, including 10 at the Mr. Olympia.

Every contest Chris Cormier and Ronnie Coleman both entered

Year Contest Division Chris Cormier Ronnie Coleman Winner
2005 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #13 #1 Ronnie Coleman
2004 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #7 #1 Ronnie Coleman
2004 Grand Prix Holland Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #1 Ronnie Coleman
2004 Grand Prix England Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #1 Ronnie Coleman
2002 Show of Strength Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #2 Ronnie Coleman
2002 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #1 Ronnie Coleman
2002 Grand Prix Holland Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #1 Ronnie Coleman
2001 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #5 #1 Ronnie Coleman
2001 Grand Prix New Zealand Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #1 Ronnie Coleman
2001 Arnold Classic Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #1 Ronnie Coleman
1999 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #1 Ronnie Coleman
1998 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #6 #1 Ronnie Coleman
1998 Grand Prix Germany Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 #1 Ronnie Coleman
1998 Grand Prix Finland Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 #1 Ronnie Coleman
1997 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #8 #9 Chris Cormier
1997 Grand Prix Spain Men's Open Bodybuilding #6 #7 Chris Cormier
1997 Grand Prix Russia Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 #1 Ronnie Coleman
1997 Grand Prix Hungary Men's Open Bodybuilding #8 #6 Ronnie Coleman
1997 Grand Prix Germany Men's Open Bodybuilding #6 #5 Ronnie Coleman
1997 Grand Prix Finland Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #3 Chris Cormier
1997 Grand Prix England Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #5 Chris Cormier
1997 Grand Prix Czech Republic Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #4 Chris Cormier
1996 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #7 #6 Ronnie Coleman
1996 Grand Prix Spain Men's Open Bodybuilding #8 #5 Ronnie Coleman
1996 Grand Prix Germany Men's Open Bodybuilding #7 #5 Ronnie Coleman
1996 Grand Prix England Men's Open Bodybuilding #8 #5 Ronnie Coleman
1995 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #6 #11 Chris Cormier
1995 Night of Champions Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 #3 Ronnie Coleman
1995 Grand Prix Ukraine Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 #3 Ronnie Coleman
1995 Grand Prix Russia Men's Open Bodybuilding #5 #6 Chris Cormier
1995 Grand Prix France Men's Open Bodybuilding #5 #4 Ronnie Coleman
1994 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #6 #15 Chris Cormier
1994 Grand Prix Germany (2) Men's Open Bodybuilding #6 #3 Ronnie Coleman
1994 Grand Prix France Men's Open Bodybuilding #7 #3 Ronnie Coleman
1991 USA Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 #14 Chris Cormier
1991 Nationals Men's Open Bodybuilding #7 #4 Ronnie Coleman

How this is counted: a meeting is one contest where both athletes were judged in the same division. Standing on the same stage in different divisions is not a meeting, because the two were never scored against each other. Chris Cormier and Ronnie Coleman meet that test 36 times. For scale, this database holds 76 recorded results for Chris Cormier and 71 for Ronnie Coleman across their full careers. Counted from the contest record as of September 3, 2026.

Chris Cormier and Ronnie Coleman at their peak

Peak window = the athlete's Olympia-title years where available, otherwise their best-placement years. Derived from recorded contest results. It is a span of years, not a rating.

Chris Cormier reached his competitive peak around 1987, one of his strongest placement years.

Ronnie Coleman reached his competitive peak from 1998 to 2005 (8 years), winning 8 Olympia titles in Men's Open Bodybuilding.

Score these two prime windows against each other on Prime vs Prime, where Olympia dominance is weighted for the size of the field each athlete beat.

Attribute Tug-of-War

Each bar splits a metric by each athlete's share of their combined total. A centered bar means they are level.

Career Overlap Timeline

Each bar runs from an athlete's first recorded contest to their last, so the stretch where the two bars cross is the period both were competing. The marks on the bars are the years they met in the same division, one mark per year however many times they met in it. Careers that never cross can still be read against each other on career totals; they just cannot produce a head-to-head record.

Shared Contest

Career Stats Comparison

These are career-long figures, drawn from the results we hold for each athlete rather than only the contests the two shared, which is why a pair who never met still has something to compare. Where the two differ, the row marks the stronger figure: the higher number, except on Career Start and Best Placement, where the lower one is better and takes the mark. A row the two are level on marks neither.

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Method

This page counts finishing positions

Every figure here comes from where each athlete placed in the contest record. Judging sheets and point spreads are not in the database, so a comparison tells you who finished higher on the night. It does not tell you by how much, or how close the call was.

  • A head-to-head result needs both athletes at the same contest in the same division. Two athletes on the same stage in different divisions were never judged against each other, so that show is not counted as a meeting.
  • Only contests both athletes actually entered can be settled here. Careers that never overlapped produce a side-by-side record and no head-to-head, because there is nothing to count.
  • Career totals cover the results we hold. A missing regional or amateur show lowers a total; it never invents one.
  • A shared placement is left as a tie. It is reported separately rather than split between the two athletes.