The Average Ms. Olympia Winning Age
What is the average age of a Ms. Olympia winner?
Data updated
Across 41 Women's Bodybuilding Ms. Olympia titles with recorded dates from 1980 to 2025, the average winner was 33.2 years old on contest day. The decade average changed from 27.7 in the 1980s to 38.5 in the 2020s.
| Decade | Value |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 27.7 |
| 1990s | 30.1 |
| 2000s | 36.3 |
| 2010s | 38 |
| 2020s | 38.5 |
Average Ms. Olympia winning age by decade
Each row averages the winning age of every Ms. Olympia champion crowned in that decade, from 41 of 41 editions with enough date data. Figures as of September 1, 2026.
| Decade | Editions | Average winning age |
|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 10 | 27.7 |
| 1990s | 10 | 30.1 |
| 2000s | 10 | 36.3 |
| 2010s | 5 | 38 |
| 2020s | 6 | 38.5 |
Youngest and oldest Ms. Olympia champions
The two extremes of the same 41 editions with a recorded age, measured on contest day rather than by birth year. Figures as of September 1, 2026.
| Record | Champion | Age | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youngest Ms. Olympia winner | Rachel McLish | 25 | 1980 |
| Oldest Ms. Olympia winner | Juliette Bergmann | 42 | 2001 |
Every Ms. Olympia winner and their age
One row per edition, newest first: 41 Ms. Olympia titles on record from 1980 to 2025, 41 of them with an age on contest day. Figures as of September 1, 2026.
| Year | Champion | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Andrea Shaw | 41 |
| 2024 | Andrea Shaw | 40 |
| 2023 | Andrea Shaw | 39 |
| 2022 | Andrea Shaw | 38 |
| 2021 | Andrea Shaw | 37 |
| 2020 | Andrea Shaw | 36 |
| 2014 | Iris Kyle | 40 |
| 2013 | Iris Kyle | 39 |
| 2012 | Iris Kyle | 38 |
| 2011 | Iris Kyle | 37 |
| 2010 | Iris Kyle | 36 |
| 2009 | Iris Kyle | 35 |
| 2008 | Iris Kyle | 34 |
| 2007 | Iris Kyle | 33 |
| 2006 | Iris Kyle | 32 |
| 2005 | Yaxeni Oriquen | 38 |
| 2004 | Iris Kyle | 30 |
| 2003 | Lenda Murray | 41 |
| 2002 | Lenda Murray | 40 |
| 2001 | Juliette Bergmann | 42 |
| 2000 | Valentina Chepiga | 38 |
| 1999 | Kim Chizevsky | 31 |
| 1998 | Kim Chizevsky | 30 |
| 1997 | Kim Chizevsky | 29 |
| 1996 | Kim Chizevsky | 28 |
| 1995 | Lenda Murray | 33 |
| 1994 | Lenda Murray | 32 |
| 1993 | Lenda Murray | 31 |
| 1992 | Lenda Murray | 30 |
| 1991 | Lenda Murray | 29 |
| 1990 | Lenda Murray | 28 |
| 1989 | Cory Everson | 31 |
| 1988 | Cory Everson | 30 |
| 1987 | Cory Everson | 29 |
| 1986 | Cory Everson | 28 |
| 1985 | Cory Everson | 27 |
| 1984 | Cory Everson | 26 |
| 1983 | Carla Dunlap | 28 |
| 1982 | Rachel McLish | 27 |
| 1981 | Kike Elomaa | 26 |
| 1980 | Rachel McLish | 25 |
Methodology and coverage
Winning age is calculated on the contest start date from the champion's recorded birthdate for every Women's Bodybuilding Ms. Olympia (division_type_id = 10, is_overall_winner = 1, is_olympia = 1). 41 of 41 editions have enough date data, and 41 use an exact birthdate and contest date. Rows without enough date data are excluded, not estimated. The 2015 to 2019 hiatus is absent from the timeline. Source and review process.