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Head-to-head record

Ed Corney vs Mike Mentzer

Ed Corney
Ed Corney
0 4
4 head-to-head meetings
Mike Mentzer
Mike Mentzer
Athlete A
Ed Corney
Ed Corney
United States Men's Open Bodybuilding
Athlete B
Mike Mentzer
Mike Mentzer
United States Men's Open Bodybuilding
4 Shared Contests
1979 First Meeting
1980 Last Meeting
Query-derived Compiled from contest-result records and cached for performance; community flags are reviewed before any change. Updated September 22, 2026

Ed Corney vs Mike Mentzer head-to-head record and every decided contest between them on record.

Our full story on Ed Corney: Ed Corney (Edward) – Complete Profile: Height, Workout, Diet.

Our full story on Mike Mentzer: Mike Mentzer Complete Profile: Height, Workout And Diet.

Meetings
4
Ed Corney
0 ahead
Mike Mentzer
4 ahead
Span
1979–1980
At the Olympia
Ed Corney 0–1 Mike Mentzer in 1

In 4 meetings, Mike Mentzer finished ahead of Ed Corney 4 times to 0, including 1 at the Mr. Olympia.

Every contest Ed Corney and Mike Mentzer both entered

Year Contest Division Ed Corney Mike Mentzer Winner
1980 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #11 #5 Mike Mentzer
1979 Pittsburgh Pro Invitational Men's Open Bodybuilding #8 #2 Mike Mentzer
1979 Night of Champions Men's Open Bodybuilding #8 #3 Mike Mentzer
1979 Florida Pro Invitational Men's Open Bodybuilding #7 #1 Mike Mentzer

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. Ed Corney and Mike Mentzer meet that test 4 times. For scale, this database holds 55 recorded results for Ed Corney and 20 for Mike Mentzer across their full careers. Counted from the contest record as of September 22, 2026.

Ed Corney and Mike Mentzer 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.

Ed Corney reached his competitive peak from 1968 to 1969, one of his strongest stretches (67% win rate across 3 contests in the window).

Mike Mentzer reached his competitive peak from 1978 to 1980, one of his strongest stretches (56% win rate across 9 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.