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Longest Career - Men's Classic Physique

Athletes with the longest span of professional bodybuilding competition. View methodology.

68 Years
Record holder Tommy Johnson United States Men's Open Bodybuilding
  1. 2 Nelson Martin 50 United States
  2. 1 Tommy Johnson 68 United States
  3. 3 Bryan Jones 47 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 Tommy Johnson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 68
2 Nelson Martin Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 50
3 Bryan Jones Men's Classic Physique United States 47
4 Michael Bell Men's Classic Physique United States 46
5 Richard Scott Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 46
6 Greg Grant Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 45
7 Ken Davis Men's Physique United States 45
8 Patrick Martin Men's Physique United States 45
9 Ralph Coccio Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
10 James Youngblood Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
11 Dean Tornabene Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
12 Carlos Lopez Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 41
13 Charles Jones Men's Classic Physique United States 41
14 Frank Same Men's Physique United States 40
15 Alfred Scaccia Men's Classic Physique United States 40
16 Daniel Eckel Men's Classic Physique United States 40
17 Terrell Harmon Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 40
18 David Groce Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 38
19 Vinny Galanti Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 37
20 Bill Scarnaty Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 37
21 Randy Watson Men's Classic Physique United States 37
22 Samuel Bramblett Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 37
23 Derik Farnsworth Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 36
24 Brian Nixon Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 36
25 Paul Baker Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 36
26 Albert Villasuso Men's Classic Physique United States 36
27 Julian Casillas Men's Classic Physique United States 36
28 Darrem Charles Men's Open Bodybuilding Trinidad and Tobago 35
29 James Runner Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 35
30 Louise Johnson Men's Classic Physique Australia 35
31 Paul Woods Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 34
32 Bryan Williams Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 34
33 Charles Mastandrea Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 34
34 Bill Moschelle Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 34
35 Martin Burger Men's Physique United States 34
36 Flex Wheeler Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 33
37 Shawn Phillips Men's Classic Physique United States 32
38 Michael Broadway Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 32
39 Kim Seong Hwan Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 32
40 Leonardo Pacheco Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 32
41 Gerry Garcia Men's Physique United States 31
42 Eric Rapoza Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 31
43 Elvernie McGhee Men's Classic Physique United States 31
44 Timothy Garrett Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 31
45 Javier Martinez Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 31
46 Richard Silverman Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 31
47 Greg Rando Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 31
48 James Bivens Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 30
49 Ashley Ntansah Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 30
50 Noel Thompson Men's Classic Physique United States 30
51 Anthony Williams Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 30
52 Milton Holloway Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 29
53 John Ligsay Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 29
54 John Puskarich Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 28
55 Eric Perkins Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 28
56 Eric Alstrup Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 28
57 Monty Mabry Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 28
58 Kevin Brown Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 28
59 Toney Freeman Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 28
60 Danny Hester Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 28
61 Michael Ferguson Men's Physique United States 28
62 Joseph Cruz Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 28
63 Corey Simpson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 28
64 Eric Jones (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 27
65 Ali Emre Men's Classic Physique United States 27
66 Ko Chandetka Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 27
67 Robert Costarelli Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 27
68 Rafael Del Real Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 27
69 Luis Colon Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 27
70 Vladimir Senatus Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 27
71 Kiyoshi Moody Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 27
72 Willie Brown Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 26
73 Sergio Santos Men's Classic Physique Brazil 26
74 Eric Castagnet Men's Open Bodybuilding France 26
75 Delvis Bermudez Men's Classic Physique United States 26
76 Marc Demers Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 26
77 Tony Harris Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 26
78 Dean Ogata Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 26
79 Jeshan Fernando Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 26
80 Doug Heron Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 26
81 Brent Bumgarner Men's Classic Physique United States 26
82 Travis Hester Men's Classic Physique United States 26
83 Johnny Speight Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 26
84 Francis Taúa Men's Classic Physique United States 25
85 Andres Gutierrez Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 25
86 Michael Hopson Men's Classic Physique United States 25
87 Michael L Holloman Men's Classic Physique United States 25
88 Ross Caesar Men's Classic Physique United States 25
89 Doug Derma Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 25
90 Farzad Ghotbi Men's Classic Physique Canada 25
91 Patrick Howard Men's Classic Physique United States 24
92 Bryan Adams Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 24
93 Christopher Sullivan Men's Classic Physique United States 24
94 Akim Williams Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 24
95 Carlos Pinto Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 24
96 Daniel Strong Men's Classic Physique United States 24
97 Bennett Streets Men's Classic Physique United States 24
98 Carlos Ortiz Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 24
99 Oliver Adzievski Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 24
100 Dion Harris Men's Classic Physique United States 24

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Athletes with the longest span of professional bodybuilding competition. The leaderboard is counted from the documented contest results in our archive, pro and amateur alike, with no weighting for the size of a show and no hand-typed totals. A long run of regional wins therefore counts the same here as a run of flagship ones, which is why this list and the Olympia and Arnold title lists do not agree with each other.

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