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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 William Walker 63 United States
  2. 1 Jimmy Payne 74 United States
  3. 3 Robert Clark 63 Netherlands

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

Years Men's Physique 100 ranked athletes
Rank Athlete Division Country Years
1 Jimmy Payne Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 74
2 William Walker Men's Physique United States 63
3 Robert Clark Men's Physique Netherlands 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 Phil Lagot Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 49
8 Brian Taylor Men's Physique United Kingdom 49
9 Michael Bell Men's Classic Physique United States 46
10 Charles Carter Men's Physique United States 46
11 Jorge Carrillo Men's Physique Mexico 46
12 Greg Grant Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 45
13 Patrick Martin Men's Physique United States 45
14 Mike Christian Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 45
15 Ken Davis Men's Physique United States 44
16 Giuseppe Magro Men's Open Bodybuilding - 43
17 David Smith (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 43
18 James Youngblood Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
19 Ken Jones Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 40
20 Frank Same Men's Physique United States 40
21 Alfred Scaccia Men's Classic Physique United States 40
22 Kevin White 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
26 David McGee Men's Physique United States 37
27 Brian Nixon Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 36
28 Leonard Smith Men's Physique United States 35
29 Debbie Fry Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 35
30 Guy Smith Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 35
31 Martin Burger Men's Physique United States 34
32 Joey Bastone Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 33
33 Kim Seong Hwan Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 32
34 Adrian Smith Men's Physique United Kingdom 32
35 Javier Martinez Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 31
36 Gerry Garcia Men's Physique United States 31
37 Dave Goodin Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 30
38 Noel Thompson Men's Classic Physique United States 30
39 John Ligsay Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 29
40 Frank Ramos Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 29
41 Mark Anthony Men's Physique United States 29
42 Kevin Brown Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 28
43 Corey Simpson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 28
44 Greg Johnson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 28
45 David Cruz Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 28
46 Paul Wynter Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 28
47 Richard Silverman Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 28
48 Michael Ferguson Men's Physique United States 28
49 John DiMartino Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 27
50 Chris Williamson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 27
51 Luis Colon Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 27
52 Brent Bumgarner Men's Classic Physique United States 26
53 Ron Thomas Men's Open Bodybuilding United Kingdom 26
54 Johnny Speight Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 26
55 Tyler Smith Men's Physique United Kingdom 25
56 Capriese Murray Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 25
57 Jason Carter Men's Open Bodybuilding United Kingdom 25
58 Andres Gutierrez Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 25
59 Ahmed El Sayed Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 25
60 Roddy Gaubert Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 25
61 Morris Pruett Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 25
62 Carlos Silva Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 24
63 Patrick Howard Men's Classic Physique United States 24
64 Nathaniel Wonsley Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 24
65 John Collins Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 24
66 Luis Dennis Maciel Men's Open Bodybuilding Australia 24
67 Jorge Gonzalez Men's Physique United States 24
68 Jose Hernandez (2) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 24
69 Ty Pope Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 23
70 Keith Baker Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 23
71 Joseph Demarco Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 23
72 Andrew Martin Men's Physique United States 23
73 Derek Johnson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 23
74 Carlos Gonzalez Men's Open Bodybuilding Argentina 22
75 Andrew Armand Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 22
76 Pierre Vandensteen Men's Open Bodybuilding Belgium 22
77 Travis Young Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 22
78 Andre Coel Men's Open Bodybuilding Belgium 22
79 Andrew Landis Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 22
80 Dave Follansbee Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 22
81 Mark Robinson Men's Physique United States 22
82 Franklin Bugner Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 22
83 Luther Bradford Men's Physique United States 21
84 Michael Lee Men's Physique United States 21
85 Ronnie Adams Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 21
86 Michael Spencer Men's Classic Physique Canada 21
87 Rodrigo Oliveira Men's Physique Brazil 21
88 Robert Kelly Men's Physique United States 21
89 Jonathan Cetera Men's Physique United States 21
90 Lorenzo Jones Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 21
91 Michael Hamilton Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 21
92 Eric Neal Men's Physique United States 20
93 Thomas Miller Men's Classic Physique United States 20
94 Ronnie Anderson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 20
95 Ryan Moore Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 20
96 Walter Moore Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 20
97 Jim Everton Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 20
98 Tony Claiborne Men's Physique United States 20
99 Adam White Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 20
100 Matt Davis (1) Men's Classic Physique United States 20

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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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