Most Shows Competed - Men's Physique
Athletes with the most documented career contest appearances. View methodology.
- 2 Michael Ferguson 103 United States
- 1 Tony Lynch 108 United States
- 3 Mark A. Lancaster 88 United States
The table lists the top 100 athletes who have competed in Men's 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 Physique specialist and a division switcher are counted the same way.
| Rank | Athlete | Division | Country | Shows |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony Lynch | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 2 | Michael Ferguson | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 3 | Mark A. Lancaster | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 4 | Jim Holcomb | Men's Classic Physique | United States | |
| 5 | Eric Berger | Men's Classic Physique | United States | |
| 6 | George Brown | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 7 | Kevin Reeder | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 8 | Michael Anderson | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 8 | Andre Ferguson | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 10 | David Odom | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 10 | Sharif Reid | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 12 | Geobanny Paula | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 13 | Ismael Martinez Dominguez | Men's Physique | Mexico | |
| 14 | Emile Walker | Men's Physique | United Kingdom | |
| 14 | Frank Same | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 16 | Andrea Mosti | Men's Physique | Italy | |
| 16 | Jermaine Jenkins | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 16 | Nathaniel Wonsley | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 19 | Matthew Acton | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 19 | Jacques Lewis | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 21 | Khali Quartey | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 22 | Jamal Everette | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 22 | Kevin Johnson | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 22 | Joseph Lee | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 25 | Terrell Robertson | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 25 | Mehdi Kabbadj | Men's Physique | Morocco | |
| 25 | Benquil Marigny | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 28 | Theodore Atkins Jr | Men's Classic Physique | United States | |
| 28 | Burak King | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 28 | Arya Saffaie | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 28 | Corey Morris | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 32 | Derrick Stevenson | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 32 | Dennis Kloster | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 32 | Jason Huynh | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 35 | Anton Antipov | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 36 | Jeph Gabriel | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 36 | Torre Washington | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 36 | Rhyan Clark | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 36 | Clarence McSpadden | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 36 | Riccardo Croci | Men's Physique | Italy | |
| 41 | Damar Turner | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 41 | Jake Alvarez | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 41 | Kenneth Jones | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 44 | Ken Jones | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 44 | Michael Bell | Men's Classic Physique | United States | |
| 46 | Brandon Hendrickson | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 46 | Drew Cullen | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 46 | Denny Singh | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 46 | Cordell Waddey | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 50 | Omar Suleiman | Men's Physique | United Kingdom | |
| 50 | Reuben Glass | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 50 | Sidy Pouye | Men's Physique | Spain | |
| 50 | Alessandro Cavagnola | Men's Physique | Italy | |
| 50 | Jason Hazzard | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 55 | Aundre Benson | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 55 | Alex Aguilar | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 55 | Alvin Magee | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 55 | Kyron Holden | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 55 | Emanual C. Hunter | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 55 | Marcell Shippen | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 61 | Brodee Jarrell | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 61 | Adon Marcus | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 61 | Mike Christian | Men's Open Bodybuilding | United States | |
| 61 | Dajuan Freeman | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 65 | Diogo Ferreira Montenegro | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 65 | Chuck Mauceri | Men's Classic Physique | United States | |
| 65 | Jonathan Sebastian | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 65 | Nelson Rodrigues | Men's Physique | Portugal | |
| 65 | Jeffrey Murray | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 65 | Luca Biolo | Men's Physique | - | |
| 65 | Micah Thomas Jr. | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 72 | Thomas Riley | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 72 | Frank Griffin | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 72 | Manny Andara | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 72 | Duane Brickhouse | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 72 | Andrea Amato | Men's Physique | Italy | |
| 77 | Brad Estadt | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 77 | Hygor Ponchet | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 77 | Everett Davis | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 77 | Travales Blount | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 77 | Chevy Phillips | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 82 | Steven Cao | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 82 | Frank Worley | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 82 | Victor Clark | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 82 | Byron Archie | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 82 | Dean Balabis | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 82 | Eric Wildberger Lisboa | Men's Classic Physique | Brazil | |
| 82 | Martin Burger | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 82 | Matt Pattison | Men's Classic Physique | Canada | |
| 82 | Brett Vickers | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 82 | Ron Riley | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 82 | Youcef Djoudi | Men's Physique | France | |
| 82 | Logan Franklin | Men's Classic Physique | United States | |
| 82 | Joshua Guidry | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 82 | Rodney Bond | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 82 | Charjo Grant | Men's Physique | United States | |
| 82 | Jeffrey Robbins | Men's Classic Physique | United States | |
| 82 | Hossein Karimi | Men's Physique | Iran | |
| 82 | Peter Sciallo | Men's Classic Physique | United States | |
| 82 | James Johnson | Men's Physique | United States |
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.
- What is the average age of a Mr. Olympia winner?
- Who had the most dominant reign in Mr. Olympia history?
- Which country has won the most Mr. Olympia titles?
- Who had the most dominant reign in Ms. Olympia history?
- Which division do pro bodybuilders switch to, and does it pay off?
- What is the average age of a Ms. Olympia winner?

