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Head-to-head record

Nasser El Sonbaty vs Ronnie Coleman

Nasser El Sonbaty
Nasser El Sonbaty
20 14
34 head-to-head meetings
Ronnie Coleman
Ronnie Coleman
Athlete A
Nasser El Sonbaty
Nasser El Sonbaty
Germany Men's Open Bodybuilding
Athlete B
Ronnie Coleman
Ronnie Coleman
United States Men's Open Bodybuilding
34 Shared Contests
1992 First Meeting
2002 Last Meeting
Query-derived Compiled from contest-result records and cached for performance; community flags are reviewed before any change. Updated September 21, 2026

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

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Meetings
34
Nasser El Sonbaty
20 ahead
Ronnie Coleman
14 ahead
Span
1992–2002
At the Olympia
Nasser El Sonbaty 3–5 Ronnie Coleman in 8

In 34 meetings, Nasser El Sonbaty finished ahead of Ronnie Coleman 20 times to 14, including 8 at the Mr. Olympia.

Every contest Nasser El Sonbaty and Ronnie Coleman both entered

Year Contest Division Nasser El Sonbaty Ronnie Coleman Winner
2002 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #15 #1 Ronnie Coleman
2001 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #9 #1 Ronnie Coleman
2000 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #5 #1 Ronnie Coleman
1999 World Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #6 #1 Ronnie Coleman
1999 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #6 #1 Ronnie Coleman
1999 Grand Prix England Men's Open Bodybuilding #6 #1 Ronnie Coleman
1998 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #1 Ronnie Coleman
1998 Grand Prix Germany Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #1 Ronnie Coleman
1998 Grand Prix Finland Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #1 Ronnie Coleman
1997 San Jose Pro Invitational Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #6 Nasser El Sonbaty
1997 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #9 Nasser El Sonbaty
1997 Grand Prix Spain Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #7 Nasser El Sonbaty
1997 Grand Prix Russia Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #1 Ronnie Coleman
1997 Grand Prix Hungary Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #6 Nasser El Sonbaty
1997 Grand Prix Germany Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #5 Nasser El Sonbaty
1997 Grand Prix Finland Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 #3 Ronnie Coleman
1997 Grand Prix England Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #5 Nasser El Sonbaty
1997 Grand Prix Czech Republic Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #4 Nasser El Sonbaty
1997 Arnold Classic Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #4 Nasser El Sonbaty
1996 Grand Prix Spain Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #5 Nasser El Sonbaty
1996 Grand Prix Germany Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #5 Nasser El Sonbaty
1996 Grand Prix England Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #5 Nasser El Sonbaty
1995 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #11 Nasser El Sonbaty
1995 Night of Champions Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 #3 Nasser El Sonbaty
1995 Houston Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 #6 Nasser El Sonbaty
1995 Grand Prix Ukraine Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #3 Nasser El Sonbaty
1995 Grand Prix Russia Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #6 Nasser El Sonbaty
1995 Grand Prix France Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #4 Nasser El Sonbaty
1994 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #7 #15 Nasser El Sonbaty
1994 Grand Prix Germany (2) Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 #3 Ronnie Coleman
1994 Grand Prix France Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 #3 Ronnie Coleman
1993 Grand Prix Germany Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #6 Nasser El Sonbaty
1993 Grand Prix France Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #4 Nasser El Sonbaty
1992 Chicago Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #19 #11 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. Nasser El Sonbaty and Ronnie Coleman meet that test 34 times. For scale, this database holds 53 recorded results for Nasser El Sonbaty and 71 for Ronnie Coleman across their full careers. Counted from the contest record as of September 21, 2026.

Nasser El Sonbaty 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.

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).

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.