Men's Open Bodybuilding Division
How long this division has run, and how much of it this page holds on record.
Men's Open Bodybuilding Division is a competitive bodybuilding division sanctioned by the IFBB Professional League. Competitors are judged on the total package, meaning a balance of size, symmetry and muscularity across eight mandatory poses that include most muscular. This page is our record of that division: the champions year by year, the shows that run it, and every athlete we hold a result for. Men's Open Bodybuilding has been contested at the Arnold Classic in 38 years on record, and Dexter Jackson has the most Arnold Classic wins in it, with 5.
What the judges reward is transcribed from NPC Worldwide Rules, accessed .
Men's Open Bodybuilding Division at a glance
How deep this division runs and how a career in it actually looks. Avg career and contests per athlete cover only athletes with two or more contests, because someone who entered once and never returned says nothing about how long a career lasts. Avg competitors per contest is all-time.
Mr. Olympia champion
The most recent Mr. Olympia champion on record in Men's Open Bodybuilding is Derek Lunsford, who won the 2025 title.
Rules & weight classes
What the published rule page states for Men's Open Bodybuilding, transcribed rather than summarised. Where that page specifies nothing, this card says so instead of filling the gap.
- Attire
- Solid, non-distracting cloth posing trunks; shirtless and barefoot. Metallic, shiny rubberized material, padding, advertisements, and endorsements are prohibited.
- Posing
- Eight mandatory poses. Judging presentation is up to 60 seconds; the finals routine is up to three minutes, followed by a 60-second posedown.
- Judging
- Quarter turns, mandatory poses, and callouts. Judging counts 50% and Finals count 50%.
The IFBB Professional League publishes no goal and weight cap for this division, so we do not state one.
Source: IFBB Professional League Rules. Version and access date: .
Most titles in this division
Ranked by Olympia titles, then wins at other professional shows, then division wins.
- 1Ronnie ColemanUnited States8Olympias
- 2Lee HaneyUnited States8Olympias
- 3Phil HeathUnited States7Olympias
- 4Arnold SchwarzeneggerAustria7Olympias
- 5Dorian YatesUnited Kingdom6Olympias
- 6Jay CutlerUnited States4Olympias
- 7Sergio OlivaCuba3Olympias
- 8Frank ZaneUnited States3Olympias
- 9Mamdouh ElssbiayEgypt2Olympias
- 10Derek LunsfordUnited States2Olympias
Famous Men's Open Bodybuilding athletes
Each athlete here has a full article on Fitness Volt, so the name links to that article rather than to a database page. The order is fixed: Olympia champions first, most titles first, then the highest-ranked athletes in the ranking order used in the list above, then recent winners at contests tagged Olympia, Arnold or major tier in the division's latest results on record.
Mr. Olympia champions by year
Every athlete on record as Mr. Olympia champion in this division, most recent first. One chip per year, so an athlete who won it more than once appears once for each title, and a name links to that athlete's page where we hold one.
Arnold Classic champion by year
These are the champions of the Arnold Classic in Columbus. Each year links to that edition's results in this division.
Regional Arnold editions
The Arnold Classic has also run pro editions outside Columbus. Those are separate contests, so their winners are listed here rather than in the run above, and they are not counted as Arnold Classic titles.
| Year | Edition | Champion | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Arnold Classic South America | Leandro Sencini Peres | United States |
| 2026 | Arnold Classic UK | Chinedu Obiekea (Andrew Jacked) | United Arab Emirates |
| 2024 | Arnold Classic South America | Rafael Brandao | Brazil |
| 2023 | Arnold Classic South America | Behrooz Tabani | Iran |
| 2022 | Arnold Classic South America | Rafael Brandao | Brazil |
| 2022 | Arnold Classic UK | Chinedu Obiekea (Andrew Jacked) | United Arab Emirates |
| 2021 | Arnold Classic UK | Nathan De Asha | France |
| 2019 | Arnold Classic Australia | William Bonac | Netherlands |
| 2019 | Arnold Classic South America | Juan Morel | United States |
| 2018 | Arnold Classic Australia | Roelly Winklaar | Curacao |
| 2017 | Arnold Classic Africa | Johnnie O. Jackson | United States |
| 2017 | Arnold Classic Australia | Brandon Curry | United States |
| 2017 | Arnold Classic Europe | Mamdouh Elssbiay | Egypt |
| 2017 | Arnold Classic South America | Lukáš Osladil | Czech Republic |
| 2016 | Arnold Classic Africa | Dexter Jackson | United States |
| 2016 | Arnold Classic Asia | Justin Compton | United States |
| 2016 | Arnold Classic Australia | Kai Greene | United States |
| 2016 | Arnold Classic Europe | Dexter Jackson | United States |
| 2016 | Arnold Classic South America | Kai Greene | United States |
| 2015 | Arnold Classic Australia | Dexter Jackson | United States |
| 2015 | Arnold Classic Europe | Dexter Jackson | United States |
| 2015 | Arnold Classic South America | Mamdouh Elssbiay | Egypt |
| 2014 | Arnold Classic Europe | Dennis Wolf | Germany |
| 2014 | Arnold Classic South America | Stephen Kuclo | United States |
| 2013 | Arnold Classic Europe | Phil Heath | United States |
| 2013 | Arnold Classic South America | Brandon Curry | United States |
| 2012 | Arnold Classic Europe | Shawn Rhoden | Jamaica |
| 2011 | Arnold Classic Europe | Victor Martinez | Dominican Republic |
Men's Open Bodybuilding Division athletes qualified for the 2026 Mr. Olympia
24 athletes have qualified for the 2026 Olympia in this division.
The names are the League's own list. Beside each one is the route our own contest record can evidence: a win in this division inside the qualifying window, a placing in the top three at the previous Mr. Olympia, or a past Olympia title. Where our record evidences none of those, the route is left blank rather than guessed at.
Names are spelled the way the League lists them, which is not always the way our own archive records the same athlete elsewhere on this page.
| Athlete | How they qualified |
|---|---|
| Sergei Danilov | Won the 2025 Tsunami Nutrition Showdown France Pro |
| Derek Lunsford | Won the 2025 Mr. Olympia |
| Hadi Choopan | Placed 2nd at the 2025 Mr. Olympia |
| Chinedu Obiekea | Won the 2026 Arnold Classic |
| Michal Krizanek | Won the 2026 Pittsburgh Power & Fitness Festival |
| Tonio Burton | Won the 2026 Legion Sports Fest Pro |
| Martin Fitzwater | Won the 2025 IFBB EVLS Prague Pro |
| Andrea Presti | Won the 2025 Everest Muscle Stars Poland Pro |
| Shaun Clarida | Won the 2025 IFBB Japan Pro |
| Damian Kuffel | Won the 2025 IFBB Bigman Spain Pro |
| Mohamed Foda | Won the 2026 IFBB Detroit Pro |
| Sasan Heirati | Won the 2026 California State Pro |
| Leandro Sencini Peres | Won the 2026 Arnold Classic South America |
| William Bonac | Won the 2026 Empro Classic Spain Pro |
| Quinton Eriya | Won the 2026 Toronto Pro Supershow |
| Edward Kargbo | Won the 2026 FLEX Weekend Italy Pro |
| Jordan Hutchinson | Won the 2026 Mr Big Evolution Portugal Pro |
| Behrooz Tabani Abarghani | – |
| Brandon Curry | Past Olympia champion |
| Nick Walker | Won the 2026 Tampa Pro |
| Samson Dauda | Past Olympia champion |
| James Hollingshead | Won the 2026 Lenda Murray ATL Pro Supershow |
| Patrick Moore | Won the 2026 Texas Pro |
| Regan Grimes | Won the 2026 Austrian Oak |
Source: the IFBB Professional League's qualified athletes page. The League's qualifying window for this season runs September 15, 2025 - August 30, 2026. Wins are read from contest results we hold up to August 29, 2026, so a win at a show more recent than that is not reflected in the route column.
Major Event Winners
Winners from the most recent results in this division, at contests the archive files as an Olympia, an Arnold or a top-tier show. One card per athlete, so this is who has been winning lately rather than the whole roll of honour.
Recent Results
The most recent contests on record in this division and who won each. One row per contest, newest first.
| Year | Contest | Winner | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | IFBB Detroit Pro | Mohamed Foda | United Arab Emirates |
| 2026 | Arnold Classic | Chinedu Obiekea (Andrew Jacked) | United Arab Emirates |
| 2026 | Arnold Classic United Kingdom | Chinedu Obiekea (Andrew Jacked) | United Arab Emirates |
| 2026 | 2026 FIBO Germany Pro | Sasan Heirati | United Kingdom |
| 2026 | 2026 Emerald Cup Natural Pro | Kendahl Richmond | United States |
| 2026 | Arnold Classic South America | Leandro Sencini Peres | United States |
| 2026 | 2026 New York Pro | Tonio Burton | United States |
| 2026 | 2026 Pittsburgh Power & Fitness Festival | Michal Krizanek | Slovakia |
| 2026 | 2026 California State Pro | Sasan Heirati | United Kingdom |
| 2026 | 2026 Legion Sports Fest Pro | Tonio Burton | United States |
Shows that run this division
The 12 longest-running of 111 shows that have run this division in two or more years. Another 109 contests hold a single recorded edition.
| Show | Editions | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Mr. Olympia | 61 | 1965–2025 |
| Arnold Classic | 38 | 1989–2026 |
| Night of Champions | 26 | 1978–2004 |
| New York Pro Filed in the archive under new-york-pro and new-york-pro-championships. | 22 | 2005–2026 |
| Toronto Pro Supershow Filed in the archive under toronto-pro and toronto-pro-supershow. | 22 | 1997–2026 |
| Ironman Pro Invitational | 20 | 1990–2009 |
| Grand Prix England | 17 | 1983–2004 |
| Tampa Pro | 14 | 2013–2026 |
| World Pro Championships | 14 | 1975–2000 |
| Grand Prix Australia | 12 | 2001–2012 |
| Grand Prix Germany | 11 | 1987–1998 |
| Arnold Classic South America | 10 | 2013–2026 |
How shows are grouped and counted
These counts are drawn from every recorded result in this division, amateur and professional alike, because that is the whole of what the contest archive holds. The list of shows below is the one narrower set: it counts only IFBB Professional League and IFBB contests, and it counts recurring shows rather than individual contests, so it is not a subset of the figures here.
Shows are grouped by contest series, not by contest name, so one event the sources spell several ways counts as one run. Three pairs of series the archive holds twice are merged into a single show, and the Olympia weekend is read as one event rather than as separate men's, women's and fitness listings; any merged row names the series it was built from. A show counts as professional when its federation is the IFBB Professional League or the IFBB, and two series the records mislabel as professional are excluded by name because no column separates them. Contests with at least two recorded editions in this division are listed, and single-edition entries are counted separately. A span reports what the archive holds, and nothing about when the division was created.
Height and weight on record
We hold a height and a weight for 262 of the 49,944 athletes in this division. Everything below describes that measured group and nobody else.
Those measurements were never collected as a sample. They exist for the athletes who have been written about, which loads the group heavily toward champions and long careers, so this is the shape of the athletes we have measured rather than a portrait of the division as a whole.
Rounded to whole centimetres and whole kilograms. The source mixes metric values with inch and pound conversions, so a decimal place here would be a conversion artefact rather than a measurement. The range is the middle 80% of the athletes we hold measurements for, not the full span. Weights are the bodyweight recorded on an athlete's profile rather than a contest-day weigh-in, and the archive holds no weigh-in figure at all, so in a division that competes under a weight limit these can read above it.
Browse Men's Open Bodybuilding Athletes
Search the athletes in this division by name, or change the order. Results and Wins on each card are career totals across every division an athlete has entered, not their record in this division, and the default order is most career wins first.
Men's Open Bodybuilding Division rules: common questions
What poses are required in Men's Open Bodybuilding?
Front double biceps, front lat spread, side chest, back double biceps, back lat spread, side triceps, abdominals and thighs, and most muscular.
How long is the Men's Open posing routine?
The judging presentation is limited to 60 seconds. The finals routine is limited to three minutes.
How is Men's Open scored?
Judging counts 50% of the score and Finals count 50%.
Does Men's Open have a published weight cap?
No. The IFBB Professional League rule page publishes no weight cap for Men's Open, so we do not state one. Classic Physique and Men's Physique are the only two divisions on that page with a published height and weight table.
Our latest reporting on Men's Open Bodybuilding
- Derek Lunsford Pushes Limits During Shoulder Workout 5 Weeks Out from the 2026 Mr. Olympia
- Phil Heath Says Nick Walker Can Win 2026 Mr. Olympia, Reveals What Could Hold Samson Dauda Back
- 2026 Empro Classic Spain Pro Results – William Bonac Wins Men’s Bodybuilding
- Derek Lunsford Opens Up on ‘Disrespectful’ Andrew Jacked Rivalry, Sees Himself Winning Mr. Olympia for Next 3 Years
- Dennis James Criticizes Conditioning in Men’s Open Today: ‘I Don’t See the Suffering That We Used To’
- Bob Cicherillo Shares His Top 2 Men’s Open Predictions for the 2026 Pittsburgh Pro
About this record
This page settles who has won in Men's Open Bodybuilding, in which year, and how deep the record goes. Where there is something to say about how it differs from the divisions beside it, this page says it. It does not judge a physique.
The rules and weight classes above are transcribed from a published rule page, which that section names and dates. They are not inferred from the division name, and where that page specifies nothing this page prints the absence instead of filling it.
- Every figure on this page is drawn from one set of records: 49,944 athletes, 130,192 results and 5,281 contests.
- Results belong to this division by division type, the authoritative identifier on the contest record, not by matching the division's name. Divisions that have no type fall back to their recorded names.
- Olympia titles count a contest flagged as an Olympia with an overall winner, one title per year. Men's 212 has had its own champion since 2008 and is counted as its own division, never folded into the Open.
- Away from the Olympia, the winner of a contest is the athlete placed first inside this division on that contest's result row. An overall placing across divisions is never counted as a win outside the Olympia.
- The top-athlete order is a fixed ranking: Olympia titles first, then major and pro show wins, then wins inside this division. Nothing on the list is hand-placed.
- Athlete and result counts are all-time and include amateur competition, so they run ahead of the pro-only record.
- The browse list on this page holds fewer athletes than the Athletes figure in the header. Rows identified as non-athletes, rows kept as name-collision placeholders, and rows with an open data issue are held back from search, while their results still count toward the totals in the header above.