Ranking Methodology

Time window

By default the ranking only considers competitions from the last 24 months (rolling window). Results outside that window score nothing.

You can also view the ranking for a specific calendar year (January 1 to December 31) using the period selector on the ranking page.

Recorded cumulative score

Beyond the 24-month rolling window, every ranking page also offers a "Recorded cumulative score" scope: the same scoring formula applied with no date cutoff at all — the sum of every participation ContestAtlas has already recorded for that federation and category.

This number is not a complete or definitive historical total: it reflects only the results ContestAtlas has documented and loaded so far. As more competitions are ingested (including historical ones), the cumulative score can grow — it is never treated as a "complete career" or lifetime value.

The cumulative score is still scoped per federation and category — it does not aggregate across federations and is not a cross-federation all-time ranking.

How the score is calculated

Each athlete's score is the sum, across all competitions in the window, of (placement points × effective event-prestige multiplier), plus award bonuses.

Placement points

Event prestige multiplier

The effective multiplier comes from the competition tier, with configured overrides for special-prestige events.

Currently configured overrides:

• Olympia: S+ / Olympia

Award bonuses

• Overall: +10 points
• Pro Card: +15 points

Each bonus counts once per athlete within the window, even if earned at more than one competition.

When points are tied, the tie-break order is: most titles (1st place), most podiums (top 3), then athlete slug alphabetically — keeping the ranking deterministic.

Eligible events

Editions of IFBB Pro League tournaments covered by ContestAtlas, with a complete result table documented internally by our team, are eligible. The effective multiplier reflects the event's relevance, including prestige overrides such as Olympia/S+.

Coverage and limitations

ContestAtlas follows a tournament-first strategy: we cover complete, verified tournament histories first. The ranking reflects only what has already been loaded and checked.

• Coverage is partial and grows with every new tournament ingestion; a ranking may not include every event in a period until those events are loaded.
• Data gaps are marked explicitly — never filled with invented values.
• It is not an all-time or cross-federation ranking: each ranking is per federation and category, within the active window.

Updates

The ranking is recomputed as new results are ingested (post-competition routine). Pages revalidate hourly.