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Longest Career - Men's Open Bodybuilding

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

76 Years
Record holder John Gallagher (1) (2) United States Men's Open Bodybuilding
  1. 2 Jimmy Payne 74 United States
  2. 1 John Gallagher (1) (2) 76 United States
  3. 3 Tommy Johnson 68 United States

The table lists the top 100 athletes who have competed in Men's Open Bodybuilding, 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 Open Bodybuilding specialist and a division switcher are counted the same way.

Years Men's Open Bodybuilding 100 ranked athletes
Rank Athlete Division Country Years
1 John Gallagher (1) (2) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 76
2 Jimmy Payne Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 74
3 Tommy Johnson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 68
4 John Lee Men's Open Bodybuilding United Kingdom 64
5 William Walker Men's Physique United States 63
6 Jose Checo Men's Classic Physique United States 63
7 Robert Smith (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 60
8 Len Bosland Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 57
9 George Willams Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 55
10 Rafael Olivera Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 53
11 Joe Lazzaro (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 52
12 Mike Barrett Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 52
13 Carl Anderson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 50
14 Robert Lanter Men's Open Bodybuilding France 50
15 Willi Neubauer Men's Open Bodybuilding Germany 50
16 Robert Moore (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 50
17 Robert Cooper Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 50
18 Nelson Martin Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 50
19 Joe Marino (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 49
20 Raymond Garnett Men's Open Bodybuilding United Kingdom 49
21 Alfonso Torres (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding Mexico 49
22 Art Peacock Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 49
23 Charles Wilson (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 49
24 Mark Pacheco Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 49
25 Brian Taylor Men's Physique United Kingdom 49
26 Phil Lagot Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 49
27 Joe Williams Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 49
28 Carlos Ramos (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 48
29 Frank Capallupo Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 48
30 John Romero (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 48
31 Chandler Cook Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 48
32 John Rantz Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 48
33 Paul Devine Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 48
34 Robert Martin (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 48
35 Kenny Hall Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 47
36 Don Watson (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 47
37 Bob Burke (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 47
38 Julian Jackson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 47
39 Robert Nowell Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 47
40 John Cooley Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 47
41 James Williams (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 47
42 Bryan Jones Men's Classic Physique United States 47
43 John Leach Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 46
44 Jose Velez (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 46
45 Rinze Bulstra Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 46
46 Luis Perez (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 46
47 Gary Czuk Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 46
48 Richard Scott Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 46
49 Jorge Carrillo Men's Physique Mexico 46
50 Charles Carter Men's Physique United States 46
51 John Hansen Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 46
52 Michael Bell Men's Classic Physique United States 46
53 Franklin Jones (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 45
54 Jose Morales (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 45
55 Skip Robinson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 45
56 Patrick Martin Men's Physique United States 45
57 Mike Christian Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 45
58 Greg Grant Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 45
59 Jim Park Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 44
60 Fred Hirsch (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 44
61 Philip Smeja Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 44
62 Henry Jones (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding Chile 44
63 William Garcia (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 44
64 Chris Turner (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United Kingdom 44
65 Ken Davis Men's Physique United States 44
66 Michael Rice Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 44
67 Giuseppe Magro Men's Open Bodybuilding - 43
68 Jimmy Lee (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 43
69 Arthur Fickling (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 43
70 Ronnie King (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United Kingdom 43
71 Gilles Pomerleau Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 43
72 Alvin Williams Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 43
73 Renato Somenzi Men's Open Bodybuilding Italy 43
74 David Smith (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 43
75 John Thomas (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
76 Ian Clark Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
77 Fred Schutz Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
78 Ernie Phillips Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
79 Henry Caulker Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 42
80 John Citrone Men's Open Bodybuilding United Kingdom 42
81 Jerry Anderson (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
82 Richard Castro (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
83 Paul Santos Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
84 Richard Smith (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
85 Bruno Cavallin Men's Open Bodybuilding Italy 42
86 Peter Simpson Men's Open Bodybuilding United Kingdom 42
87 Luis Ramirez Men's Open Bodybuilding Mexico 42
88 Alex Baez Men's Open Bodybuilding Mexico 42
89 Dean Tornabene Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
90 Gene Lumumba Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
91 James Nelson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
92 John Manoogian Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
93 Joseph Panarisi Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
94 James Youngblood Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
95 Ralph Coccio Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
96 Richard Monoson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
97 Billy Fraser Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 41
98 Willie Edwards Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 41
99 Leon Brown Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 41
100 Joe Griffin Men's Open Bodybuilding United Kingdom 41

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About This List

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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This page ranks athletes. These six studies run the same archive the other way round, asking what the whole body of results says about how titles are won, at what age, and by whom. Each states its own sample and date range.

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