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Head-to-head record

Dorian Yates vs Nasser El Sonbaty

Dorian Yates
Dorian Yates
6 0
6 head-to-head meetings
Nasser El Sonbaty
Nasser El Sonbaty
Athlete A
Dorian Yates
Dorian Yates
United Kingdom Men's Open Bodybuilding
Athlete B
Nasser El Sonbaty
Nasser El Sonbaty
Germany Men's Open Bodybuilding
6 Shared Contests
1994 First Meeting
1997 Last Meeting
Query-derived Compiled from contest-result records and cached for performance; community flags are reviewed before any change. Updated September 2, 2026

Dorian Yates vs Nasser El Sonbaty head-to-head record and every decided contest between them on record.

Our full story on Dorian Yates: Dorian Yates – Complete Profile: Height, Workout And Diet.

Our full story on Nasser El Sonbaty: Nasser El Sonbaty – Complete Profile: Height, Workout And Diet.

Meetings
6
Dorian Yates
6 ahead
Nasser El Sonbaty
0 ahead
Span
1994–1997
At the Olympia
Dorian Yates 3–0 Nasser El Sonbaty in 3

In 6 meetings, Dorian Yates finished ahead of Nasser El Sonbaty 6 times to 0, including 3 at the Mr. Olympia.

Every contest Dorian Yates and Nasser El Sonbaty both entered

Year Contest Division Dorian Yates Nasser El Sonbaty Winner
1997 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 #2 Dorian Yates
1996 Grand Prix Spain Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 #3 Dorian Yates
1996 Grand Prix Germany Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 #2 Dorian Yates
1996 Grand Prix England Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 #2 Dorian Yates
1995 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 #3 Dorian Yates
1994 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 #7 Dorian Yates

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. Dorian Yates and Nasser El Sonbaty meet that test 6 times. For scale, this database holds 18 recorded results for Dorian Yates and 53 for Nasser El Sonbaty across their full careers. Counted from the contest record as of September 2, 2026.

Dorian Yates and Nasser El Sonbaty 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.

Dorian Yates reached his competitive peak from 1992 to 1997 (6 years), winning 6 Olympia titles in Men's Open Bodybuilding.

Nasser El Sonbaty reached his competitive peak from 1994 to 1996, his strongest placement years on record (25% win rate across 20 contests in the window).

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.