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Most Mr. Olympia Wins

The athletes with the most Mr. Olympia titles, counted from verified Olympia results. Every Olympia division awards its own separate trophy, so each has its own board. View methodology.

8 Mr. Olympia Wins
Shared record Ronnie Coleman and Lee Haney United States Men's Open Bodybuilding

Ronnie Coleman and Lee Haney share the record with 8 Mr. Olympia titles each.

  1. 1 Lee Haney 8 United States
  2. 1 Ronnie Coleman 8 United States
  3. 3 Phil Heath 7 United States

The table lists every athlete with at least one Mr. Olympia title, 20 of them, one title per year. The 212 Olympia is a separate trophy with no board on this page: Flex Lewis's seven 212 titles are not Men's Open titles and are not counted here.

Mr. Olympia Wins 20 ranked athletes
Rank Athlete Division Country Mr. Olympia Wins
1 Ronnie Coleman Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 8
1 Lee Haney Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 8
3 Phil Heath Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 7
3 Arnold Schwarzenegger Men's Open Bodybuilding Austria 7
5 Dorian Yates Men's Open Bodybuilding United Kingdom 6
6 Jay Cutler Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 4
7 Sergio Oliva Men's Open Bodybuilding Cuba 3
7 Frank Zane Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 3
9 Mamdouh Elssbiay Men's Open Bodybuilding Egypt 2
9 Derek Lunsford Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 2
9 Franco Columbu Men's Open Bodybuilding Italy 2
9 Larry Scott Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 2
13 Dexter Jackson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 1
13 Chris Dickerson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 1
13 Brandon Curry Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 1
13 Shawn Rhoden Men's Open Bodybuilding Jamaica 1
13 Nick Walker Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 1
13 Samson Dauda Men's Open Bodybuilding United Kingdom 1
13 Hadi Choopan Men's Open Bodybuilding Iran 1
13 Samir Bannout Men's Open Bodybuilding Lebanon 1

Most Olympia Wins by Trophy

The board above counts Mr. Olympia titles only. Each Olympia division awards its own trophy, so counts are not comparable across boards; the highest on any single board is Iris Kyle's 10 Ms. Olympia titles.

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About This List

Titles are counted from recorded results, not typed in by hand. A win listed twice by a source counts once.

Olympia wins are counted from official Olympia results only, one title per division per year.

Click any athlete to open their full career profile, including complete contest history and head-to-head matchups.

What the record shows beyond this list

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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