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Most Shows Competed - Men's Open Bodybuilding

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

129 Shows
Record holder Greg Grant United States Men's Open Bodybuilding
  1. 2 Michael Ferguson 112 United States
  2. 1 Greg Grant 129 United States
  3. 3 Albert Beckles 107 Barbados

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

Shows Men's Open Bodybuilding 100 ranked athletes
Rank Athlete Division Country Shows
1 Greg Grant Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 129
2 Michael Ferguson Men's Physique United States 112
3 Albert Beckles Men's Open Bodybuilding Barbados 107
4 Darrem Charles Men's Open Bodybuilding Trinidad and Tobago 101
5 Dexter Jackson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 100
6 Randy Watson Men's Classic Physique United States 97
7 Johnnie O. Jackson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 95
8 Ronny Rockel Men's Open Bodybuilding Germany 87
9 Tim Tevin Men's Classic Physique United States 85
10 Jim Holcomb Men's Classic Physique United States 84
11 Toney Freeman Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 83
12 Mark A. Lancaster Men's Physique United States 81
13 Richard Jackson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 80
14 Boyer Coe Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 79
15 Chris Cormier Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 76
16 Hidetada Yamagishi Men's Open Bodybuilding Japan 76
17 Ron Love Men's Open Bodybuilding Netherlands 75
18 Vince Taylor Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 74
19 Miloš Šarčev Men's Open Bodybuilding Netherlands 74
20 Robby Robinson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 73
21 David Henry Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 73
22 Ronnie Coleman Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 71
23 Jeff Long (1) Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 70
24 Jose Raymond Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 70
25 Vinny Galanti Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 70
26 Kevin Levrone Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 67
27 Roelly Winklaar Men's Open Bodybuilding Curacao 65
28 Brandon Curry Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 64
29 William Bonac Men's Open Bodybuilding Netherlands 64
30 Fred Smalls Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 64
31 Bola Ojex Men's Open Bodybuilding United Kingdom 64
32 Tony Pearson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 62
33 Shaun Clarida Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 62
34 Michalis Kefalianos Men's Open Bodybuilding Greece 62
35 Rod Ketchens Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 61
36 Moses Ajala Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 60
37 Sharif Reid Men's Physique United States 60
38 Akim Williams Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 60
39 Derik Farnsworth Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 59
40 Gaetano Cisternino Men's 212 Bodybuilding United States 59
41 Rodrigo Coelho Men's Classic Physique Canada 59
42 Rudy Richards Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 58
43 Wendell Floyd Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 58
44 Keith Williams Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 58
45 Samir Bannout Men's Open Bodybuilding Lebanon 57
46 Milton Martinez Men's 212 Bodybuilding United States 56
47 Ed Corney Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 55
48 John Manoogian Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 55
49 Mark Dugdale Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 55
50 Maxx Charles Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 55
51 Robert Piotrkowicz Men's Open Bodybuilding Poland 54
52 Ron Stevens Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 54
53 Chris Dickerson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 54
54 Thierry Pastel Men's Open Bodybuilding France 54
55 Nasser El Sonbaty Men's Open Bodybuilding Germany 53
56 Dennis Tinerino Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 53
57 Frank Same Men's Physique United States 53
58 Jonathan DeLaRosa Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 53
59 Dorian Haywood Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 53
60 Nhon Ly Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 53
61 Grigori Atoyan Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 53
62 Victor Martinez Men's Open Bodybuilding Dominican Republic 52
63 Bill Grant Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 52
64 Troy Alves Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 52
65 Sami Al Haddad Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 52
66 Raul Carrasco Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 51
67 Marc Arthur Dautruche Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 51
68 Ahmad Ahmad Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 51
69 Bill Richardson Men's Open Bodybuilding United Kingdom 51
70 Craig Richardson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 50
71 Lorenzo Jones Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 50
72 Theodore Atkins Jr Men's Classic Physique United States 50
73 An Nguyen Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 50
74 Ken Jones Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 49
75 Sonny Schmidt Men's Open Bodybuilding Netherlands 49
76 Dave Johns Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 48
77 Panexce Pierre Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 48
78 Oliver Adzievski Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 48
79 Charles Dixon Men's 212 Bodybuilding United States 48
80 Dennis James Men's Open Bodybuilding Germany 47
81 Juan Morel Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 47
82 Lukáš Osladil Men's Open Bodybuilding Czech Republic 47
83 Steve Benthin Men's 212 Bodybuilding Canada 46
84 Kenny Hall Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 46
85 Lee Priest Men's Open Bodybuilding Australia 46
86 John Meadows Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 46
87 Rob Kailany Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 45
88 Kevin Johnson Men's Physique United States 45
89 Bill Moschelle Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 44
90 Henderson Thorne Men's Open Bodybuilding Netherlands 44
91 John Caraccio Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 44
92 Stephen Kuclo Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 44
93 Jim Everton Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 44
94 Tramell Taylor Men's Classic Physique United States 44
95 Alejandro Cambronero Men's Classic Physique United States 44
96 Branch Warren Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 43
97 Günter Schlierkamp Men's Open Bodybuilding Germany 43
98 Samir Troudi Men's 212 Bodybuilding Sweden 43
99 Nathaniel Wonsley Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 43
100 Pavol Jablonicky Men's Open Bodybuilding Netherlands 42

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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, 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.

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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