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Most Shows Competed - Men's Open Bodybuilding

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

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

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 Michael Ferguson Men's Physique United States 103
2 Dexter Jackson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 95
2 Darrem Charles Men's Open Bodybuilding Trinidad and Tobago 95
4 Mark A. Lancaster Men's Physique United States 88
5 Albert Beckles Men's Open Bodybuilding Barbados 86
6 Johnnie O. Jackson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 83
7 Jim Holcomb Men's Classic Physique United States 75
7 Randy Watson Men's Classic Physique United States 75
9 Ronny Rockel Men's Open Bodybuilding Germany 74
10 Chris Cormier Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 72
10 Miloš Šarčev Men's Open Bodybuilding Netherlands 72
12 Vince Taylor Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 71
12 Toney Freeman Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 71
14 David Henry Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 67
14 Ronnie Coleman Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 67
14 Ron Love Men's Open Bodybuilding Netherlands 67
17 Kevin Levrone Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 65
18 Roelly Winklaar Men's Open Bodybuilding Curacao 62
19 William Bonac Men's Open Bodybuilding Netherlands 59
19 Hidetada Yamagishi Men's Open Bodybuilding Japan 59
21 Brandon Curry Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 58
21 Robby Robinson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 58
23 Sharif Reid Men's Physique United States 56
24 Nasser El Sonbaty Men's Open Bodybuilding Germany 53
24 Jeff Long Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 53
24 Tim Tevin Men's Classic Physique United States 53
27 Bola Ojex Men's 212 Bodybuilding United Kingdom 50
27 Michalis Kefalianos Men's Open Bodybuilding Greece 50
29 Maxx Charles Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 49
29 Vinny Galanti Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 49
29 Samir Bannout Men's Open Bodybuilding Lebanon 49
29 Victor Martinez Men's Open Bodybuilding Dominican Republic 49
29 Boyer Coe Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 49
29 Thierry Pastel Men's Open Bodybuilding France 49
29 Sonny Schmidt Men's Open Bodybuilding Netherlands 49
36 Frank Same Men's Physique United States 48
36 Fred Smalls Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 48
38 Tony Pearson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 47
39 Shaun Clarida Men's 212 Bodybuilding United States 46
39 Rodrigo Coelho Men's Classic Physique Canada 46
41 Akim Williams Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 45
41 Rod Ketchens Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 45
43 Lee Priest Men's Open Bodybuilding Australia 44
43 Robert Piotrkowicz Men's Open Bodybuilding Poland 44
45 Gaetano Cisternino Men's 212 Bodybuilding United States 43
46 Henderson Thorne Men's Open Bodybuilding Netherlands 42
46 Nathaniel Wonsley Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 42
46 Tramell Taylor Men's Classic Physique United States 42
49 Jonathan DeLaRosa Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 41
49 Jose Raymond Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 41
51 Paul Dillett Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 40
51 Dennis James Men's Open Bodybuilding Germany 40
53 Pavol Jablonicky Men's Open Bodybuilding Netherlands 39
53 Günter Schlierkamp Men's Open Bodybuilding Germany 39
53 Gustavo Badell Men's Open Bodybuilding Venezuela 39
53 Lionel Beyeke Men's Open Bodybuilding France 39
53 Ahmad Ahmad Men's 212 Bodybuilding United States 39
53 Kevin Johnson Men's Physique United States 39
59 Richard Jackson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 38
59 Raul Carrasco Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 38
59 Camilo Diaz Men's Classic Physique Colombia 38
59 Claude Groulx Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 38
59 Mark Dugdale Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 38
59 Juan Morel Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 38
59 Lukáš Osladil Men's Open Bodybuilding Czech Republic 38
66 Branch Warren Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 37
66 Troy Alves Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 37
66 Dorian Haywood Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 37
66 Derik Farnsworth Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 37
66 Theodore Atkins Jr Men's Classic Physique United States 37
71 Bill Grant Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 36
71 Melvin Anthony Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 36
71 Jason Huynh Men's Physique United States 36
71 Oliver Adzievski Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 36
71 Derrick Stevenson Men's Physique United States 36
76 Alejandro Cambronero Men's Classic Physique United States 35
76 Dennis Wolf Men's Open Bodybuilding Germany 35
76 Ed Corney Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 35
76 Charles Clairmonte Men's Open Bodybuilding United Kingdom 35
76 Tommi Thorvildsen Men's Open Bodybuilding Norway 35
76 Craig Richardson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 35
76 Jojo Ntiforo Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 35
76 Keith Williams Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 35
76 Milton Martinez Men's 212 Bodybuilding United States 35
85 Shawn Rhoden Men's Open Bodybuilding Jamaica 34
85 Flex Wheeler Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 34
85 Panexce Pierre Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 34
85 Torre Washington Men's Physique United States 34
85 An Nguyen Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 34
90 Kenneth Jackson Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 32
90 Tim Budesheim Men's Open Bodybuilding Germany 32
90 Michael Bell Men's Classic Physique United States 32
90 Jay Cutler Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 32
90 Bob Paris Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 32
90 Ken Jones Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 32
90 Mike Matarazzo Men's Open Bodybuilding United States 32
90 Markus Rühl Men's Open Bodybuilding Germany 32
90 Nathan De Asha Men's Open Bodybuilding France 32
90 Regan Grimes Men's Open Bodybuilding Canada 32
90 Jeff Williamson Men's 212 Bodybuilding United States 32

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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.

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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