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Head-to-head record

Dennis James vs Dexter Jackson

DJ
Dennis James
7 17
24 head-to-head meetings
Dexter Jackson
Dexter Jackson
Athlete A
DJ
Dennis James
Germany Men's Open Bodybuilding
Athlete B
Dexter Jackson
Dexter Jackson
United States Men's Open Bodybuilding
24 Shared Contests
1999 First Meeting
2012 Last Meeting
Query-derived Compiled from contest-result records and cached for performance; community flags are reviewed before any change. Updated September 3, 2026

Dennis James vs Dexter Jackson head-to-head record and every decided contest between them on record.

Our full story on Dennis James: Dennis James – Complete Profile: Height, Workout And Diet.

Our full story on Dexter Jackson: Dexter Jackson – Complete Profile: Height, Weight, Biography.

Meetings
24
Dennis James
7 ahead
Dexter Jackson
17 ahead
Span
1999–2012
At the Olympia
Dennis James 1–8 Dexter Jackson in 9

In 24 meetings, Dexter Jackson finished ahead of Dennis James 17 times to 7, including 9 at the Mr. Olympia.

Every contest Dennis James and Dexter Jackson both entered

Year Contest Division Dennis James Dexter Jackson Winner
2012 Masters Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #1 Dexter Jackson
2012 Masters Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #1 Dexter Jackson
2010 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #11 #4 Dexter Jackson
2009 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #14 #3 Dexter Jackson
2008 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #8 #1 Dexter Jackson
2006 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #9 #4 Dexter Jackson
2004 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #8 #4 Dexter Jackson
2003 Show of Strength Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 #1 Dexter Jackson
2003 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 #3 Dexter Jackson
2002 Show of Strength Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #5 #6 Dennis James
2002 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #10 #4 Dexter Jackson
2002 Grand Prix Holland Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 #3 Dexter Jackson
2002 Grand Prix England Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #1 Dexter Jackson
2002 Arnold Classic Men's Open Bodybuilding #7 #3 Dexter Jackson
2001 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #7 #8 Dennis James
2001 Grand Prix Hungary Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 #3 Dennis James
2001 Grand Prix England Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #4 Dennis James
2001 Grand Prix Australia Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #3 Dennis James
2001 Arnold Classic Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #5 Dennis James
2000 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #11 #9 Dexter Jackson
2000 Ironman Pro Invitational Men's Open Bodybuilding #7 #3 Dexter Jackson
2000 Grand Prix Hungary Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #2 Dexter Jackson
2000 Arnold Classic Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 #5 Dennis James
1999 Night of Champions Men's Open Bodybuilding #15 #3 Dexter Jackson

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. Dennis James and Dexter Jackson meet that test 24 times. For scale, this database holds 47 recorded results for Dennis James and 100 for Dexter Jackson across their full careers. Counted from the contest record as of September 3, 2026.

Dennis James and Dexter Jackson 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.

Dennis James reached his competitive peak from 1994 to 1996, one of his strongest stretches (25% win rate across 4 contests in the window).

Dexter Jackson reached his competitive peak from 2008 to 2008, winning 1 Olympia title 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.