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Longest Career - Men's Open Bodybuilding

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

74 Years
Record holder Jimmy Payne United States Men's Open Bodybuilding
  1. 2 Tommy Johnson 68 United States
  2. 1 Jimmy Payne 74 United States
  3. 3 William Walker 63 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 Jimmy Payne Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 74
2 Tommy Johnson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 68
3 William Walker Men's Physique United States 63
4 Rafael Olivera Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 53
5 Nelson Martin Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 50
6 Brian Taylor Men's Physique United Kingdom 49
7 Bryan Jones Men's Classic Physique United States 47
8 James Williams (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 47
9 Kenny Hall Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 47
10 Gary Czuk Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 46
11 Richard Scott Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 46
12 Michael Bell Men's Classic Physique United States 46
13 Charles Carter Men's Physique United States 46
14 Jorge Carrillo Men's Physique Mexico 46
15 John Hansen Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 46
16 Patrick Martin Men's Physique United States 45
17 Greg Grant Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 45
18 Mike Christian Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 45
19 Skip Robinson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 45
20 Ken Davis Men's Physique United States 45
21 Jim Park Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 44
22 Renato Somenzi Men's Open Bodybuilding Italy 43
23 David Smith (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 43
24 John Citrone Men's Open Bodybuilding United Kingdom 42
25 Dean Tornabene Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
26 Ralph Coccio Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
27 Henry Caulker Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 42
28 James Youngblood Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
29 John Manoogian Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
30 Richard Monoson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
31 Leon Brown Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 41
32 Andreas Cahling Men's Open Bodybuilding Sweden 41
33 Ron Hester Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 41
34 Carlos Lopez Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 41
35 Charles Jones Men's Classic Physique United States 41
36 Daniel Eckel Men's Classic Physique United States 40
37 Ken Jones Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 40
38 Terrell Harmon Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 40
39 Eric Eckenrode Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 40
40 Harvey Shapan Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 40
41 Frank Same Men's Physique United States 40
42 Alfred Scaccia Men's Classic Physique United States 40
43 Tony Pearson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 39
44 Juan Gomez Men's Physique United States 39
45 Clarence Davis Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 39
46 Johnny Maldonado Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 39
47 Jim Morris Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 38
48 Quincy Roberts Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 38
49 David Groce Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 38
50 Samir Bannout Men's Open Bodybuilding Lebanon 38
51 Walter Podolak Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 37
52 David McGee Men's Physique United States 37
53 Kim Jun Ho Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 37
54 Randy Watson Men's Classic Physique United States 37
55 Eddie Robinson (3) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 37
56 Bill Scarnaty Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 37
57 Anthony Cucchiella Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 37
58 Samuel Bramblett Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 37
59 Vinny Galanti Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 37
60 Derik Farnsworth Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 36
61 Brian Nixon Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 36
62 Albert Villasuso Men's Classic Physique United States 36
63 Ray Polfliet Men's Open Bodybuilding Netherlands 36
64 James Hampton Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 36
65 Mark Padilla Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 36
66 Paul Baker Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 36
67 Julian Casillas Men's Classic Physique United States 36
68 Rusty Jeffers Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 36
69 David Marinelli Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 35
70 Louise Johnson Men's Classic Physique Australia 35
71 Elliot Gilchrist Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 35
72 James Runner Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 35
73 Steve Davis (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 35
74 Mike Ballard Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 35
75 Jocelyn Pelletier Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 35
76 An Nguyen Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 35
77 Guy Smith Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 35
78 David Brown (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 35
79 Darrem Charles Men's Open Bodybuilding Trinidad and Tobago 35
80 Larry Jackson (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 35
81 Chuck Williams (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 34
82 Charles Mastandrea Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 34
83 Bill Moschelle Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 34
84 Lee Apperson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 34
85 Ken Passariello Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 34
86 Paul Woods Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 34
87 Martin Burger Men's Physique United States 34
88 Bryan Williams Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 34
89 Darryl Mayfield Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 33
90 Paul Thomas (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United Kingdom 33
91 Flex Wheeler Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 33
92 Eduardo DeLaAsuncion Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 33
93 Terry Fisher Men's Open Bodybuilding United Kingdom 33
94 Rod Ketchens Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 33
95 Boyer Coe Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 32
96 Michael Broadway Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 32
97 Jean-Luc Favre Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 32
98 Ahmet Enünlü Men's Open Bodybuilding Turkey 32
99 Eddie Giuliani Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 32
100 Leonardo Pacheco Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 32

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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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