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Head-to-head record

Jay Cutler vs Ronnie Coleman

Jay Cutler
Jay Cutler
5 10
15 head-to-head meetings
Ronnie Coleman
Ronnie Coleman
Athlete A
Jay Cutler
Jay Cutler
United States Men's Open Bodybuilding
Athlete B
Ronnie Coleman
Ronnie Coleman
United States Men's Open Bodybuilding
15 Shared Contests
1998 First Meeting
2007 Last Meeting
Query-derived Compiled from contest-result records and cached for performance; community flags are reviewed before any change. Updated September 21, 2026

Jay Cutler vs Ronnie Coleman head-to-head record and every decided contest between them on record.

Our full story on Jay Cutler: Jay Cutler – Complete Profile: Height, Workout And Diet.

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

Meetings
15
Jay Cutler
5 ahead
Ronnie Coleman
10 ahead
Span
1998–2007
At the Olympia
Jay Cutler 2–6 Ronnie Coleman in 8

In 15 meetings, Ronnie Coleman finished ahead of Jay Cutler 10 times to 5, including 8 at the Mr. Olympia.

Every contest Jay Cutler and Ronnie Coleman both entered

Year Contest Division Jay Cutler Ronnie Coleman Winner
2007 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 #4 Jay Cutler
2006 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 #2 Jay Cutler
2006 Grand Prix Romania Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 #2 Jay Cutler
2006 Grand Prix Holland Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 #2 Jay Cutler
2006 Grand Prix Austria Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 #2 Jay Cutler
2005 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #1 Ronnie Coleman
2004 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #1 Ronnie Coleman
2003 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #1 Ronnie Coleman
2003 Grand Prix Russia Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #1 Ronnie Coleman
2001 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #1 Ronnie Coleman
2000 World Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #1 Ronnie Coleman
2000 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #8 #1 Ronnie Coleman
2000 Grand Prix England Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #1 Ronnie Coleman
1999 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #15 #1 Ronnie Coleman
1998 Night of Champions Men's Open Bodybuilding #12 #1 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. Jay Cutler and Ronnie Coleman meet that test 15 times. For scale, this database holds 34 recorded results for Jay Cutler and 71 for Ronnie Coleman across their full careers. Counted from the contest record as of September 21, 2026.

Jay Cutler 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.

Jay Cutler reached his competitive peak from 2006 to 2010 (5 years), winning 4 Olympia titles in Men's Open Bodybuilding.

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.