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Longest Career - Men's Physique

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 Robert Clark 63 Netherlands
  2. 1 Jimmy Payne 74 United States
  3. 3 William Walker 63 United States
Years Men's Physique 25 ranked athletes
Rank Athlete Division Country Years
1 Jimmy Payne Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 74
2 Robert Clark Men's Physique Netherlands 63
3 William Walker Men's Physique United States 63
4 Robert Smith (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 60
5 Rafael Olivera Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 53
6 Nelson Martin Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 50
7 Brian Taylor Men's Physique United Kingdom 49
8 Phil Lagot Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 49
9 Charles Carter Men's Physique United States 46
10 Michael Bell Men's Classic Physique United States 46
11 Jorge Carrillo Men's Physique Mexico 46
12 Mike Christian Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 45
13 Patrick Martin Men's Physique United States 45
14 Greg Grant Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 45
15 Ken Davis Men's Physique United States 44
16 David Smith (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 43
17 Giuseppe Magro Men's Open Bodybuilding - 43
18 James Youngblood Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
19 Kevin White Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 40
20 Alfred Scaccia Men's Classic Physique United States 40
21 Frank Same Men's Physique United States 40
22 Ken Jones Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 40
23 Juan Gomez Men's Physique United States 39
24 Georges Thomas Men's Physique France 39
25 Karl Marshall Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 38

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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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