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Head-to-head record

Johnnie O. Jackson vs Ronny Rockel

Johnnie O. Jackson
Johnnie O. Jackson
17 9
26 head-to-head meetings
Ronny Rockel
Ronny Rockel
Athlete A
Johnnie O. Jackson
Johnnie O. Jackson
United States Men's Open Bodybuilding
Athlete B
Ronny Rockel
Ronny Rockel
Germany Men's 212 Bodybuilding
26 Shared Contests
2003 First Meeting
2015 Last Meeting
Query-derived Compiled from contest-result records and cached for performance; community flags are reviewed before any change. Updated September 21, 2026

Johnnie O. Jackson vs Ronny Rockel head-to-head record and every decided contest between them on record.

Our full story on Johnnie O. Jackson: Johnnie Jackson – Complete Profile: Height, Workout and Diet.

Meetings
26
Johnnie O. Jackson
17 ahead
Ronny Rockel
9 ahead
Span
2003–2015
At the Olympia
Johnnie O. Jackson 3–3 Ronny Rockel in 6

In 26 meetings, Johnnie O. Jackson finished ahead of Ronny Rockel 17 times to 9, including 6 at the Mr. Olympia.

Every contest Johnnie O. Jackson and Ronny Rockel both entered

Year Contest Division Johnnie O. Jackson Ronny Rockel Winner
2015 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #15 #14 Ronny Rockel
2014 EVLS Prague Pro Men's Open Bodybuilding #9 #10 Johnnie O. Jackson
2014 Nordic Pro (Finland) Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #4 Johnnie O. Jackson
2013 Arnold Classic Brasil Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #9 Johnnie O. Jackson
2013 Arnold Classic Brasil Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #9 Johnnie O. Jackson
2013 Arnold Classic Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 #13 Johnnie O. Jackson
2012 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #9 #13 Johnnie O. Jackson
2012 IFBB British Grand Prix Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #5 Johnnie O. Jackson
2012 EVL Prague Pro Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #7 Johnnie O. Jackson
2012 Arnold Classic Europe Men's Open Bodybuilding #7 #6 Ronny Rockel
2011 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #13 #9 Ronny Rockel
2011 British Grand Prix Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #4 Johnnie O. Jackson
2011 Arnold Classic Men's Open Bodybuilding #7 #6 Ronny Rockel
2010 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #11 #6 Ronny Rockel
2010 Arnold Classic Men's Open Bodybuilding #12 #6 Ronny Rockel
2009 Ironman Pro Invitational Men's Open Bodybuilding #10 #3 Ronny Rockel
2009 Arnold Classic Men's Open Bodybuilding #9 #10 Johnnie O. Jackson
2008 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #12 #14 Johnnie O. Jackson
2008 Arnold Classic Men's Open Bodybuilding #9 #13 Johnnie O. Jackson
2007 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #9 #11 Johnnie O. Jackson
2007 Colorado Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #9 #4 Ronny Rockel
2004 Ironman Pro Invitational Men's Open Bodybuilding #7 #10 Johnnie O. Jackson
2004 Hungarian Pro Invitational Men's Open Bodybuilding #5 #6 Johnnie O. Jackson
2004 Grand Prix Australia Men's Open Bodybuilding #8 #7 Ronny Rockel
2003 Night of Champions Men's Open Bodybuilding #5 #15 Johnnie O. Jackson
2003 Grand Prix Holland Men's Open Bodybuilding #5 #7 Johnnie O. 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. Johnnie O. Jackson and Ronny Rockel meet that test 26 times. For scale, this database holds 95 recorded results for Johnnie O. Jackson and 87 for Ronny Rockel across their full careers. Counted from the contest record as of September 21, 2026.

Johnnie O. Jackson and Ronny Rockel 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.

Johnnie O. Jackson reached his competitive peak from 1998 to 2000, one of his strongest stretches (25% win rate across 4 contests in the window).

Ronny Rockel reached his competitive peak from 1999 to 2001, one of his strongest stretches (25% win rate across 4 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.

Ronny Rockel, beyond the scoreline

The part of this matchup a results table cannot hold, written by hand rather than derived from the record.

Eleven Olympia appearances between 2005 and 2017 with a best of sixth in 2010. Very few competitors qualify for that many and fewer still are still winning professional shows at the end of it.

The wins run from the World Championships short class in 2000 through the Grand Prix Australia in 2006 and the European Pro in 2010 and 2011 to the Ferrigno Legacy Pro in 2014 and the two 2017 titles.

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.