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Head-to-head record

Shawn Rhoden vs William Bonac

Shawn Rhoden
Shawn Rhoden
13 4
17 head-to-head meetings
William Bonac
William Bonac
Athlete A
Shawn Rhoden
Shawn Rhoden
Jamaica Men's Open Bodybuilding
Athlete B
William Bonac
William Bonac
Netherlands Men's Open Bodybuilding
17 Shared Contests
2014 First Meeting
2018 Last Meeting
Query-derived Compiled from contest-result records and cached for performance; community flags are reviewed before any change. Updated September 3, 2026

Shawn Rhoden vs William Bonac head-to-head record and every decided contest between them on record.

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Meetings
17
Shawn Rhoden
13 ahead
William Bonac
4 ahead
Span
2014–2018
At the Olympia
Shawn Rhoden 4–1 William Bonac in 5

In 17 meetings, Shawn Rhoden finished ahead of William Bonac 13 times to 4, including 5 at the Mr. Olympia.

Every contest Shawn Rhoden and William Bonac both entered

Year Contest Division Shawn Rhoden William Bonac Winner
2018 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 #4 Shawn Rhoden
2017 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #5 #3 William Bonac
2017 Arnold Classic Europe Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #2 William Bonac
2016 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #5 Shawn Rhoden
2016 Prague Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 #1 William Bonac
2016 Olympia Europe Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #3 Shawn Rhoden
2016 Kuwait Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #5 Shawn Rhoden
2016 Arnold Classic Europe Men's Open Bodybuilding #4 #3 William Bonac
2015 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #8 Shawn Rhoden
2015 IFBB EVLS Prague Pro Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #5 Shawn Rhoden
2015 Prague Pro Championships Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #5 Shawn Rhoden
2015 Arnold Classic Europe Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #6 Shawn Rhoden
2014 IFBB San Marino Pro Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 #11 Shawn Rhoden
2014 Mr. Olympia Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #15 Shawn Rhoden
2014 EVLS Prague Pro Men's Open Bodybuilding #3 #8 Shawn Rhoden
2014 Australia Pro Grand Prix Men's Open Bodybuilding #1 #2 Shawn Rhoden
2014 Arnold Classic Europe Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 #6 Shawn Rhoden

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. Shawn Rhoden and William Bonac meet that test 17 times. For scale, this database holds 41 recorded results for Shawn Rhoden and 64 for William Bonac across their full careers. Counted from the contest record as of September 3, 2026.

Shawn Rhoden and William Bonac 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.

Shawn Rhoden reached his competitive peak from 2018 to 2018, winning 1 Olympia title in Men's Open Bodybuilding.

William Bonac reached his competitive peak from 2008 to 2009, one of his strongest stretches (20% win rate across 5 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.

Shawn Rhoden, beyond the scoreline

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

The 2018 title is one of the biggest upsets the contest has produced. Heath had won seven in a row and was expected to equal the record of eight; Rhoden beat him at 43, the oldest first-time winner in the contest's history.

The climb to it was gradual and complete: eleventh in 2011, then third, fourth, third, third, second in 2016, fifth in 2017, and first in 2018. He was also runner-up at the 2014 Arnold Classic.

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.