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Head-to-head record

Dexter Jackson vs Phil Heath

Dexter Jackson
Dexter Jackson
4 11
15 head-to-head meetings
Phil Heath
Phil Heath
Athlete A
Dexter Jackson
Dexter Jackson
United States Men's Open Bodybuilding
Athlete B
Phil Heath
Phil Heath
United States Men's Open Bodybuilding
15 Shared Contests
2007 First Meeting
2020 Last Meeting
Query-derived Compiled from contest-result records and cached for performance; community flags are reviewed before any change. Updated September 3, 2026

Dexter Jackson vs Phil Heath head-to-head record and every decided contest between them on record.

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

Our full story on Phil Heath: Phil Heath – Complete Profile: Height, Weight, Biography.

Meetings
15
Dexter Jackson
4 ahead
Phil Heath
11 ahead
Span
2007–2020
At the Olympia
Dexter Jackson 2–10 Phil Heath in 12

In 15 meetings, Phil Heath finished ahead of Dexter Jackson 11 times to 4, including 12 at the Mr. Olympia.

Every contest Dexter Jackson and Phil Heath both entered

Year Contest Division Dexter Jackson Phil Heath Winner
2020 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #9 #3 Phil Heath
2018 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #7 #2 Phil Heath
2017 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 #1 Phil Heath
2016 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #1 Phil Heath
2015 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #1 Phil Heath
2014 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #5 #1 Phil Heath
2013 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #5 #1 Phil Heath
2012 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 #1 Phil Heath
2011 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #6 #1 Phil Heath
2010 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 #2 Phil Heath
2010 Arnold Classic Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 #2 Phil Heath
2009 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #5 Dexter Jackson
2008 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 #3 Dexter Jackson
2008 Arnold Classic Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 #2 Dexter Jackson
2007 Arnold Classic Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #5 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. Dexter Jackson and Phil Heath meet that test 15 times. For scale, this database holds 100 recorded results for Dexter Jackson and 25 for Phil Heath across their full careers. Counted from the contest record as of September 3, 2026.

Dexter Jackson and Phil Heath 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.

Dexter Jackson reached his competitive peak from 2008 to 2008, winning 1 Olympia title in Men's Open Bodybuilding.

Phil Heath reached his competitive peak from 2011 to 2017 (7 years), winning 7 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.