WEIGHT<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nUp to and including 5\u2019 4\u201d (163 cm)<\/td>\n Up to and including 170 lbs (77 kg)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nOver 5\u2019 4\u201d, up to and including 5\u2019 5\u201d (165 cm)<\/td>\n Up to and including 175 lbs (79 kg)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nOver 5\u2019 5\u201d, up to and including 5\u2019 6\u201d (168 cm)<\/td>\n Up to and including 180 lbs (82 kg)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nOver 5\u2019 6\u201d, up to and including 5\u2019 7\u201d (170 cm)<\/td>\n Up to and including 185 lbs (84 kg)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nOver 5\u2019 7\u201d, up to and including 5\u2019 8\u201d (173 cm)<\/td>\n Up to and including 192 lbs (87 kg)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nOver 5\u2019 8\u201d, up to and including 5\u2019 9\u201d (175 cm)<\/td>\n Up to and including 200 lbs (91 kg)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nOver 5\u2019 9\u201d, up to and including 5\u2019 10\u201d (178 cm)<\/td>\n Up to and including 207 lbs (94 kg)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nOver 5\u2019 10\u201d, up to and including 5\u201d 11\u201d (180 cm)<\/td>\n Up to and including 215 lbs (98 kg)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nOver 5\u2019 11\u201d, up to and including 6\u2019 0\u201d (183 cm)<\/td>\n Up to and including 222 lbs (101 kg)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nOver 6\u2019 0\u201d, up to and including 6\u2019 1\u201d (185 cm)<\/td>\n Up to and including 230 lbs (104 kg)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nOver 6\u2019 1\u201d, up to and including 6\u2019 2\u201d (188 cm)<\/td>\n Up to and including 240 lbs (109 kg)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nOver 6\u2019 2\u201d, up to and including 6\u2019 3\u201d (191 cm)<\/td>\n Up to and including 247 lbs (112 kg)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nOver 6\u2019 3\u201d, up to and including 6\u2019 4\u201d (193 cm)<\/td>\n Up to and including 255 lbs (116 kg)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nOver 6\u2019 4\u201d, up to and including 6\u2019 5\u201d (196 cm)<\/td>\n Up to and including 262 lbs (119 kg)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nOver 6\u2019 5\u201d, up to and including 6\u2019 6\u201d (198 cm)<\/td>\n Up to and including 270 lbs (122 kg)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nOver 6\u2019 6\u201d, up to and including 6\u2019 7\u201d (201 cm)<\/td>\n Up to and including 277 lbs (126 kg)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nOver 6\u2019 7\u201d (201 cm)<\/td>\n Up to and including 285 lbs (129 kg)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nWhat the full results reveal<\/h2>\n\n
\nOnly one champion ever won it on debut<\/h3>\n Danny Hester, at the very first Olympia in 2016. Every champion since lost before winning, on average 1.8 times first.<\/p>\n
<\/span>0<\/span>2016<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span>1<\/span>2017<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span>2<\/span>2019<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span>2<\/span>2026<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span>4<\/span>2025<\/span><\/div>\nOlympias entered before a first title, fewest first<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\nThe best bodybuilders who never won it<\/h3>\n Terrence Ruffin reached the podium 3 times between 2020 and 2025, 2 of them as runner-up, and never took the title.<\/p>\n
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<\/span>3<\/span>Ruffin<\/span><\/p>\n3<\/span>Sommerfeld<\/span><\/p>\n<\/span>3<\/span>Peterson<\/span><\/p>\n<\/span>3<\/span>Kalecinski<\/span><\/p>\n1<\/span>Rahbar<\/span><\/p>\n<\/span>1<\/span>Hadzovic<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nEach block is one podium finish. Filled = runner-up.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n1 reigns hold 6 of the 11 titles<\/h3>\n The title moves in blocks rather than years. The long reigns below are the dynasties; the single years are the era we are in now.<\/p>\n
<\/span>1<\/span>2016<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span>2<\/span>2017\u20132018<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span>6<\/span>2019\u20132024<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span>1<\/span>2025<\/span><\/div>\n<\/span>1<\/span>2026<\/span><\/div>\nEach bar is one unbroken reign, oldest first<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\nHow many rivals you had to beat<\/h3>\n The 2010s Olympia averaged 23.3 competitors. By the 2020s it was 33.4, and in the 2020s it is 33.4.<\/p>\n
23.3<\/text>33.4<\/text>2010s<\/text>2020s<\/text><\/svg><\/p>\nAverage scored competitors per contest, by decade<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\nWhere the title lives<\/h3>\n Champion nationality, decade by decade.<\/p>\n
2010s<\/span>3<\/span>United States 3, Canada 1<\/span><\/p>\n2020s<\/span>5<\/span>Canada 5, United Kingdom 1, Brazil 1<\/span><\/p>\nOxblood marks a champion from outside the United States<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n