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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 Randy Watson Men's Classic Physique United States 75
4 Jim Holcomb 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 51
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
16 Akim Williams Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 46
18 Nathaniel Wonsley Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
18 Tramell Taylor Men's Classic Physique United States 42
20 Khali Quartey Men's Physique United States 40
21 Ahmad Ahmad Men's 212 Bodybuilding United States 39
21 Juan Morel Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 39
21 Kevin Johnson Men's Physique United States 39
24 Theodore Atkins Jr Men's Classic Physique United States 37
24 Derik Farnsworth Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 37
24 Camilo Diaz Men's Classic Physique United States 37
24 Oliver Adzievski Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 37
28 Keith Williams Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 35
28 Alejandro Cambronero Men's Classic Physique United States 35
30 Clarence McSpadden Men's Physique United States 34
30 Torre Washington Men's Physique United States 34
30 Panexce Pierre Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 34
30 Flex Wheeler Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 34
30 Jeph Gabriel Men's Physique United States 34
35 Regan Grimes Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 33
35 Jake Alvarez Men's Physique United States 33
35 Kenneth Jones Men's Physique United States 33
38 Aaron Sparenberg Men's Classic Physique United States 32
39 Brandon Hendrickson Men's Physique United States 31
39 Denny Singh Men's Physique United States 31
41 Damien Patrick Men's Classic Physique United States 30
41 Michael Bell Men's Classic Physique United States 30
41 Rachid Souki Men's 212 Bodybuilding United States 30
44 Greg Rando Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 29
44 Alex Aguilar Men's Physique United States 29
46 Junho Kim Men's 212 Bodybuilding Canada 28
46 Adon Marcus Men's Physique United States 28
46 Phil Martin Men's Classic Physique United States 28
46 Justin Rodriguez Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 28
50 Rafael Del Real Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 27
50 Elbert Daron Lytle Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 27
50 Chuck Mauceri Men's Classic Physique United States 27
50 Jonathan Sebastian Men's Physique United States 27
50 Luca Biolo Men's Physique - 27
55 Milton Holloway Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 26
55 Brian Garrison Men's Classic Physique United States 26
55 Frank Griffin Men's Physique United States 26
55 Duane Brickhouse Men's Physique United States 26
59 Olushomo Oni Men's Classic Physique United States 25
59 Jason Lowe Men's Classic Physique United States 25
59 Hygor Ponchet Men's Physique United States 25
59 Terrence Ruffin Men's Classic Physique United States 25
63 Radoslav Angelov Men's 212 Bodybuilding Bulgaria 24
63 Eric Wildberger Lisboa Men's Classic Physique Brazil 24
63 Martin Burger Men's Physique United States 24
63 Jeffrey Robbins Men's Classic Physique United States 24
63 Peter Sciallo Men's Classic Physique United States 24
63 Matt Pattison Men's Classic Physique Canada 24
63 Logan Franklin Men's Classic Physique United States 24
70 Brad Helm Men's Classic Physique United States 23
70 German Pastor Men's Classic Physique Spain 23
70 David Merrill Men's Physique United States 23
70 Essa Hassan Obaid Men's Open Bodybuilding United Arab Emirates 23
74 Aj Ellison Men's Physique United States 22
74 Giuseppe Christian Zagarella Men's Classic Physique Puerto Rico 22
74 Leon McCall Men's Physique United States 22
74 Breon Ansley Men's Classic Physique United States 22
74 Matthew Greggo Men's Classic Physique United States 22
74 Tommy Clark Men's Classic Physique United States 22
74 Michael Daboul Men's Classic Physique United Arab Emirates 22
74 Gator Gates Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 22
74 Gregg Russo Men's Classic Physique United States 22
74 Rafael Brandao Men's Open Bodybuilding Brazil 22
74 Milan Šádek Men's Open Bodybuilding Puerto Rico 22
74 David Robinson Men's Classic Physique United States 22
74 Denis Romanov Men's Classic Physique Russia 22
87 Marco Ruz Men's 212 Bodybuilding France 21
87 Kevin Wilson Men's Classic Physique Canada 21
87 Wesley Vissers Men's Classic Physique Netherlands 21
87 Ronald Cartmell Men's Classic Physique United States 21
87 Vladimir Sizov Men's Classic Physique United States 21
87 Li-Hsuan Liu Men's Classic Physique Taiwan 21
87 Elvernie McGhee Men's Classic Physique United States 21
87 Noel Thompson Men's Classic Physique United States 21
87 Ryan Terry Men's Physique United Kingdom 21
87 Michael Mckenzie Sr. Men's Physique United States 21
97 Anthony Barbera III Men's Classic Physique United States 20
97 Sadik Hadzovic Men's Physique United States 20
97 Javier Martinez Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 20
97 Omar Bautista Men's Classic Physique United States 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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