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Longest Career - Men's Classic Physique

Athletes with the longest run of professional bodybuilding competition on record, with no gap longer than ten years. View methodology.

32 Years
Record holder Darrem Charles Trinidad and Tobago Men's Open Bodybuilding
  1. 2 Elvernie McGhee 25 United States
  2. 1 Darrem Charles 32 Trinidad and Tobago
  3. 3 Greg Grant 24 United States

The table lists the top 100 athletes who have competed in Men's Classic Physique, ranked by years. The figure shown is each athlete's full career total, not the part of it earned inside this division, so a Men's Classic Physique specialist and a division switcher are counted the same way.

Years Men's Classic Physique 100 ranked athletes
Rank Athlete Division Country Years
1 Darrem Charles Men's Open Bodybuilding Trinidad and Tobago 32
2 Elvernie McGhee Men's Classic Physique United States 25
3 Greg Grant Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 24
3 Bola Ojex Men's 212 Bodybuilding United Kingdom 24
5 Oliver Adzievski Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 22
5 Greg Rando Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 22
7 Derik Farnsworth Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 21
7 Milton Holloway Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 21
9 Vladimir Agrinsky Men's Open Bodybuilding Russia 17
9 Javier Martinez Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 17
9 Bill Scarnaty Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 17
9 Vinny Galanti Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 17
13 Vladimir Sizov Men's Classic Physique United States 16
14 Michael Ferguson Men's Physique United States 15
14 Sharif Reid Men's Physique United States 15
16 Ahmad Ahmad Men's 212 Bodybuilding United States 14
16 Duane Brickhouse Men's Physique United States 14
16 Samuel Okunola Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 14
16 Jim Holcomb Men's Classic Physique United States 14
16 Toney Freeman Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 14
16 Jonathan Sebastian Men's Physique United States 14
16 Jimmy Canyon Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 14
16 Panexce Pierre Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 14
16 George Brown Men's Physique United States 14
16 Gregory Kerr Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 14
16 Wil Usher Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 14
27 Eric Alstrup Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 13
27 Sadik Hadzovic Men's Physique United States 13
27 Keith Williams Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 13
27 Ryan Terry Men's Physique United Kingdom 13
27 Breon Ansley Men's Classic Physique United States 13
27 Brandon Hendrickson Men's Physique United States 13
27 Jake Phippen Men's Classic Physique United States 13
27 Nathaniel Wonsley Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 13
27 Elbert Daron Lytle Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 13
27 David Kampfe Men's Classic Physique United States 13
27 Martin Daniels Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 13
27 Marc Jacobs Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 13
27 Jake Alvarez Men's Physique United States 13
40 Stanislas De Longeaux Men's Classic Physique United States 12
40 Kenneth Jones Men's Physique United States 12
40 Victor Ruiz Men's Classic Physique United States 12
40 Tony Lynch Men's Physique United States 12
40 Leonardo Pacheco Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 12
40 Andre Ferguson Men's Physique United States 12
40 David Thorpe Men's Physique United States 12
40 Steven Burke Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 12
40 Landley Mannery Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 12
40 Tim Martin Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 12
40 Jeremy Potvin Men's Physique United States 12
40 Victor Oliver Men's Classic Physique United States 12
40 Jorge Gonzalez Men's Physique United States 12
40 Michael Kingsnorth Men's Open Bodybuilding Australia 12
40 Alejandro Cambronero Men's Classic Physique United States 12
40 Frank Same Men's Physique United States 12
40 Henri-Pierre Ano Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 12
40 John Puskarich Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 12
40 Fernando Bueno Men's Open Bodybuilding Mexico 12
59 Erick Schultz Men's Classic Physique United States 11
59 Kevin Wilson Men's Classic Physique Canada 11
59 Carlos Gonzalez Men's Open Bodybuilding Argentina 11
59 Christopher White Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 11
59 Junho Kim Men's 212 Bodybuilding Canada 11
59 William Powell Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 11
59 Teina O'Malley Men's Classic Physique New Zealand 11
59 Tony Duong Men's Classic Physique United States 11
59 Roger Ferrer Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 11
59 Jared Thompson Men's Classic Physique United States 11
59 Donovan Strong Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 11
59 Damion Ricketts Men's Classic Physique United States 11
59 Flex Wheeler Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 11
59 Mark Sindayen Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 11
59 Felipe Franco Men's Physique United States 11
59 Ufuoma Otobo Men's Classic Physique United States 11
59 Wayne Williams Men's 212 Bodybuilding United States 11
59 Shavis Higa Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 11
59 Leon McCall Men's Physique United States 11
59 Robert Timms Men's Classic Physique United States 11
59 Mark Bacon Men's 212 Bodybuilding United States 11
59 Terrence Ruffin Men's Classic Physique United States 11
59 Hadi Choopan Men's Open Bodybuilding Iran 11
59 Andre Adams Men's Physique Canada 11
83 Logan Franklin Men's Classic Physique United States 10
83 Hygor Ponchet Men's Physique United States 10
83 Dani Younan Men's Classic Physique United States 10
83 Darnell Ferguson Men's Classic Physique United States 10
83 Khali Quartey Men's Physique United States 10
83 Josh Cohn Men's Classic Physique United States 10
83 Shane Makan Men's Physique Canada 10
83 Charles Curtis Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 10
83 Matt Pattison Men's Classic Physique Canada 10
83 Cleveland Thomas Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 10
83 Robert Johnson Men's Classic Physique United States 10
83 Russ Allen Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 10
83 Jamie LeRoyce Men's Classic Physique United States 10
83 Fabiano Andrade Men's Classic Physique Brazil 10
83 Gerardo Cabrera Men's Open Bodybuilding Mexico 10
83 Regan Grimes Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 10
83 Milan Šádek Men's Open Bodybuilding Puerto Rico 10
83 Edgard John Augustin Men's Classic Physique France 10

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About This List

Each run is counted from the documented contest results in our archive, not typed in by hand. Placings do not matter here: a year with one last-place finish extends a run as much as a year with a title, so this board will not match the Olympia or Arnold title lists.

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