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Longest Career - Men's 212 Bodybuilding

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

42 Years
Record holder Ralph Coccio United States Men's Open Bodybuilding
  1. 2 Eric Eckenrode 40 United States
  2. 1 Ralph Coccio 42 United States
  3. 3 Clarence Davis 39 Canada
Years Men's 212 Bodybuilding 25 ranked athletes
Rank Athlete Division Country Years
1 Ralph Coccio Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
2 Eric Eckenrode Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 40
3 Clarence Davis Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 39
4 Kim Jun Ho Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 37
5 Bill Scarnaty Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 37
6 Vinny Galanti Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 37
7 Rusty Jeffers Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 36
8 Derik Farnsworth Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 36
9 Lee Apperson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 34
10 Charles Mastandrea Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 34
11 Rod Ketchens Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 33
12 Kim Seong Hwan Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 32
13 Leonardo Pacheco Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 32
14 Darryl Mayfield Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 32
15 Donnie Whetstone Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 31
16 Guy Ducasse Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 31
17 Richard Jackson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 31
18 Javier Martinez Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 31
19 Noel Thompson Men's Classic Physique United States 30
20 Milton Holloway Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 29
21 John Sherman Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 28
22 Hidetada Yamagishi Men's Open Bodybuilding Japan 28
23 Jeff Williamson Men's 212 Bodybuilding United States 28
24 Sami Al Haddad Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 27
25 Broderick Credell Men's 212 Bodybuilding United States 27

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Athletes with the longest span of professional bodybuilding competition. The leaderboard is computed directly from verified IFBB Pro competition rows recorded by Fitness Volt database, not hand-typed totals, so source priority and duplicate-result handling are applied consistently.

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