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Most Shows Competed - Men's Classic Physique

Athletes with the most documented career contest appearances. View methodology.

108 Shows
Record holder Tony Lynch United States Men's Physique
  1. 2 Michael Ferguson 103 United States
  2. 1 Tony Lynch 108 United States
  3. 3 Darrem Charles 95 Trinidad and Tobago

The table lists the top 100 athletes who have competed in Men's Classic Physique, ranked by shows. The figure shown is each athlete's full career total, not the part of it earned inside this division, so a Men's Classic Physique specialist and a division switcher are counted the same way.

Shows Men's Classic Physique 100 ranked athletes
Rank Athlete Division Country Shows
1 Tony Lynch Men's Physique United States 108
2 Michael Ferguson Men's Physique United States 103
3 Darrem Charles Men's Open Bodybuilding Trinidad and Tobago 95
4 Jim Holcomb Men's Classic Physique United States 75
4 Randy Watson Men's Classic Physique United States 75
6 Eric Berger Men's Classic Physique United States 72
7 Toney Freeman Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 71
8 George Brown Men's Physique United States 66
9 Andre Ferguson Men's Physique United States 57
10 Sharif Reid Men's Physique United States 56
10 David Odom Men's Physique United States 56
12 Tim Tevin Men's Classic Physique United States 53
13 Bola Ojex Men's 212 Bodybuilding United Kingdom 50
14 Vinny Galanti Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 49
15 Frank Same Men's Physique United States 48
16 Rodrigo Coelho Men's Classic Physique Canada 46
17 Nathaniel Wonsley Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
17 Tramell Taylor Men's Classic Physique United States 42
19 Khali Quartey Men's Physique United States 40
20 Kevin Johnson Men's Physique United States 39
20 Ahmad Ahmad Men's 212 Bodybuilding United States 39
22 Camilo Diaz Men's Classic Physique Colombia 38
23 Derik Farnsworth Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 37
23 Theodore Atkins Jr Men's Classic Physique United States 37
25 Oliver Adzievski Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 36
26 Alejandro Cambronero Men's Classic Physique United States 35
26 Keith Williams Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 35
28 Jeph Gabriel Men's Physique United States 34
28 Clarence McSpadden Men's Physique United States 34
28 Torre Washington Men's Physique United States 34
28 Panexce Pierre Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 34
28 Flex Wheeler Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 34
33 Kenneth Jones Men's Physique United States 33
33 Jake Alvarez Men's Physique United States 33
35 Regan Grimes Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 32
35 Michael Bell Men's Classic Physique United States 32
35 Aaron Sparenberg Men's Classic Physique United States 32
38 Damien Patrick Men's Classic Physique United States 31
38 Brandon Hendrickson Men's Physique United States 31
38 Denny Singh Men's Physique United States 31
41 Rachid Souki Men's 212 Bodybuilding United States 30
42 Greg Rando Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 29
42 Alex Aguilar Men's Physique United States 29
44 Adon Marcus Men's Physique United States 28
44 Justin Rodriguez Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 28
44 Phil Martin Men's Classic Physique United States 28
44 Junho Kim Men's 212 Bodybuilding Canada 28
48 Elbert Daron Lytle Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 27
48 Rafael Del Real Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 27
48 Jonathan Sebastian Men's Physique United States 27
48 Chuck Mauceri Men's Classic Physique United States 27
48 Luca Biolo Men's Physique - 27
53 Frank Griffin Men's Physique United States 26
53 Brian Garrison Men's Classic Physique United States 26
53 Duane Brickhouse Men's Physique United States 26
53 Terrence Ruffin Men's Classic Physique United States 26
53 Milton Holloway Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 26
58 Hygor Ponchet Men's Physique United States 25
58 Olushomo Oni Men's Classic Physique United States 25
58 Jason Lowe Men's Classic Physique United States 25
61 Eric Wildberger Lisboa Men's Classic Physique Brazil 24
61 Matt Pattison Men's Classic Physique Canada 24
61 Peter Sciallo Men's Classic Physique United States 24
61 Jeffrey Robbins Men's Classic Physique United States 24
61 Martin Burger Men's Physique United States 24
61 Logan Franklin Men's Classic Physique United States 24
67 David Merrill Men's Physique United States 23
67 Brad Helm Men's Classic Physique United States 23
67 Radoslav Angelov Men's 212 Bodybuilding Bulgaria 23
70 Matthew Greggo Men's Classic Physique United States 22
70 Breon Ansley Men's Classic Physique United States 22
70 Tommy Clark Men's Classic Physique United States 22
70 Michael Daboul Men's Classic Physique United Arab Emirates 22
70 Gator Gates Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 22
70 Gregg Russo Men's Classic Physique United States 22
70 Vladimir Sizov Men's Classic Physique United States 22
70 David Robinson Men's Classic Physique United States 22
70 German Pastor Men's Classic Physique Spain 22
70 Leon McCall Men's Physique United States 22
70 Denis Romanov Men's Classic Physique Russia 22
70 Aj Ellison Men's Physique United States 22
82 Giuseppe Christian Zagarella Men's Classic Physique Puerto Rico 21
82 Wesley Vissers Men's Classic Physique Netherlands 21
82 Ronald Cartmell Men's Classic Physique United States 21
82 Elvernie McGhee Men's Classic Physique United States 21
82 Ryan Terry Men's Physique United Kingdom 21
82 Thomas Kunz Men's Physique Switzerland 21
82 Li-Hsuan Liu Men's Classic Physique Taiwan 21
82 Kevin Wilson Men's Classic Physique Canada 21
82 Michael Mckenzie Sr. Men's Physique United States 21
82 Noel Thompson Men's Classic Physique United States 21
82 Anthony Barbera III Men's Classic Physique United States 21
82 Marco Ruz Men's 212 Bodybuilding France 21
94 Jonathan Jimenez Men's Physique United States 20
94 Milan Šádek Men's Open Bodybuilding Puerto Rico 20
94 Tomas Tabaciar Men's Open Bodybuilding Slovakia 20
94 Ken Davis Men's Physique United States 20
94 Henri-Pierre Ano Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 20
94 Courage Opara Men's Classic Physique United States 20
94 Yukihiro Yuasa Men's Physique - 20

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About This List

Athletes with the most documented career contest appearances. The leaderboard is counted from the documented contest results in our archive, professional shows only, with no weighting for the size of a show and no hand-typed totals. A long run of wins at smaller pro shows 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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