A few things to add... The World's Strongest Man used a very different scoring system in the 70's where only the top 4 athletes in an event would score points, so we've had to exclude those competitions from this list. We also corrected the scoring in years where the final event was worth double points for a fairer comparison.

@chancellorrussell5946

2 ай бұрын

This was a fun list! I wonder how much this list would have changed if we went by total points earned for the win (since there are a few finals where the top 3 were so far ahead of everyone else, meaning those spots were tight), but I also recognize that some finals have more events/total points than others. Unofficial honorable mention to Magnus Samuelsson in 98? He was only 6 ahead of Jouko, but his 73/80 points has to be one of the only times someone got over 90% of total possible points! All that aside, love your channel and what you do. 😎

@user-jt6qd8ri4l

2 ай бұрын

Good video Loz you should do one with the top 10 closest in WSM history

@jt412

2 ай бұрын

I would love to see a top 10 with the best overall placing per event. With the different amount of points per year, this doesn't tell you who was the best. Like your video title, it shows you who was most dominant based on points. Like chamcellorruseell5946 said a percentage of possible points rate system would be great. Or if someone got 3 events first and 3 events second, they would have a 1.5 rating. Some years were dominated due to very inconsistent competitors. It would be awesome to see who was consistently on top and not who got points when it mattered. Love the channel. Keep up the great work.

@azes6209

2 ай бұрын

I think scoring should still reward more winners and maybe whole top 3 in events.

Hahaha. That Little Z "sigh" snuck in there after mariusz log medly is pure excellance 😂🎉

I forget how jacked Marius was. What a monster. Kaz was such a beast too. Great video Loz!

@MrX-dy3pd

2 ай бұрын

Ohh please... we all know how it is! Great video Liz! :)

@seniorita4801

2 ай бұрын

And still he is. He is wakin up at 5.00 am and running every day to 6.30 am, day by day thru his whole life. He is crazy guy but he has a lot of passion.

@stormwildthing5321

Ай бұрын

Just seen this clip, marious was a cheat, plain & simple, using drugs, big z was natural,

Winning by 20 points is just insane

@mistycrom

2 ай бұрын

Beating Zydrunas by 20 points!

@SolidMarty

2 ай бұрын

While RIPPED

@tylergodfrey5064

2 ай бұрын

"Stop, stop, he's already dead!"

Mariusz pudzianowski had one of the most uniquely perfect looking physiques I've ever seen on a strongman.

@paulharper4196

2 ай бұрын

Hes like those pics you see of strongmen like hollands and big z after they retired and lost all the excess weight, but whilst winning the thing 🤣

@alexschutz7283

2 ай бұрын

Derek Poundstone always looked like an off season bodybuilder.

@Agnes135

2 ай бұрын

Pudz was 1 in 10 million genetics

@ez-g3090

2 ай бұрын

So much energy to.

@1milliondogs

2 ай бұрын

@@alexschutz7283 Yeah, Poundstone had a crazy physique, and he was an incredible strong man too- he had some crazy overhead strength.

Mariusz was very special, his explosive power was unique.

Mariusz is the greatest of all time on my list. Not just because of his accomplishments and dominance, but because of his impact on my life. He was just coming into his reign at the top when i became a fan. My grandfather (R.I.P) was switching between channels and he told me to come sit down and watch WSM with him. I had no idea my life would change from that day on. I was a teenage bodybuilding fan. Up until that point i had no interest in WSM. I looked at guys like Arnold, Haney and Zane as peak physiques. I was young and ignorant. I thought strongman was all about giants with beer bellies lifting heavy stuff. Then i saw Mariusz! Not only was he huge, vascular and lean like my heroes, he was also incredibly competitive, powerful, agile and explosive. He bridged the gap between the two different realms for me at such a young impressionable age. I've gone on to become a super fan of the sport, and love many of the strongman competitors of the last 20 years. But, i owe the entirety of my love for the sport to just one competitor.. Mariusz Pudzianowski.

Pudzianowski has the physique of a super saiyan.

Mariusz was the most dominant and he had the super hero body that we all wanted. He doesn't get the credit he deserves because of the controversial splitting of the athletes back then...but he was the best in the world at the time. If it wasn't for Mariusz being so strong...we wouldn't have Big Z.

@bruceMooseman

2 ай бұрын

See u have partly answered my question.. I always find it so strange how little I hear him talked about.. I mean with how he competed, his wins and how he kinda progressed the sport with his speed, I would expect him to be talked about all the time in commentary!

@kostkaguitar

2 ай бұрын

@@bruceMooseman this is partially becauase since 2009, when he end his carear, the sport grow very much, especially in Britain and U.S.A. Also Mariusz is absolutely top 3 for me of all time, but then you have Brian and Big Z who dominated the next era, after Mariusz and many People started following strongman during that time. And to be fair - 2005 -2007 era of WSM was indeed one of the weekest in the history and People are not referring that much to this period, when Mariusz got his 2 titles and second place. Since 2008 it started to be much more interesting, because of the guys like Poundstone, Ortmayer stepping in and also peak Ostlund and couple other great strongman. But remember 2009 WSM final was fantastic, there were no split anymore between federations, All the best athletes in the one place, and Mariusz end up at second place in front of Brian and just behind peak Zydrunas. And from my research, no doubt, he was not in the best shape and still he got strong second, won an event and was dangerous through the whole competing...amazing athlete, we can just Wonder what it could be if the split with IFSA never happened...

@bruceMooseman

2 ай бұрын

@@kostkaguitar cheers pal 👍 great reply and makes a lot of sense, I just think people seem to overlook how much he played a part in strongman and the new 'speed era' don't get me wrong there were amazing and explosive guys before him but the stuff he did really dragged strongman forward in my opinion. People also seem to overlook how he got good at even things he was weak at the attention to detail that on my opinion a lot of even elite guys seemed to miss, he brought the 'lets be clever and fast' into the sport rather than just whatever you where naturally good at. Anyway it just baffles me and it always will that he doesn't come up in wsm commentary more, I mean a lot of those guys were around when he was smashing it.. it seems like they are deliberately ignoring him in my opinion.

@kostkaguitar

2 ай бұрын

@@bruceMooseman for me he is TOP 3 right now of all time, probably still behind Brian and Zydrunas, but he dominated 8 years in strongman history and it is not his fault that the split between WSM and IFSA happened..."You can win only with the guys in front of you" - this is what Loz like to tell often and it perfectly fit in the Mariusz case. 😉 Maybe 2005 to 2008 he was not competing against everybody (because he could' t, except Arnolds), but we need to remember that he was absolutely the best Strongman in the 2002-2004 era and don t anybody even try to convince me that it is not true 😄 (I can underdstnd slight argument for Zydrunas, because of the Arnolds). He is 5 time WSM champion, 6 time Europe Strongest Man champion, he won multiple different shows all over the world and he beat every single athlete that he was able to compete against in at least a couple of shows 😉. And he has the most dominate performance in WSM history as well, like we just watched 😁.

Pudzian! The man that got me into lifting and fitness.

The Marius 5 Wins / IFSA split debate is definitely still a hot topic and has to be my biggest pet peev in the entire history of WSM. Let me attempt to put that to rest. Marius Pudzianowski beat the entire top five of all three years of IFSA's World Championship with the exception of Misha Koklyaev, who didn't compete at World's until 2010. The most dominant performance on this list is his win from 2003 where the 2nd and 3rd place contestants he beat by 20 and 23 points respectively were Big Z and Vasyl Virastyuk; the two winners of IFSA World Championship. He beat Z first in the 2000 WSM Heat 5 for a place in the Final (which is fantastic and you should watch it if you haven't) and beat him in both the 2002 and 2003 Finals. He beat Vasyl Virastyuk in 2002, Raimonds Bergmanis in 2002, 2003, and 2004 and placed above Andrus Muruments in 2004 by a 15 point margin. He beat Derek Poundstone in 2008 and 2009. Vidas Blekaitis never made it to the finals in 2003. That's everybody in the top five from all three years of the IFSA World Championship. Bonus scalps. He beat Geoff Dolan in 2003 and Travis Ortmayer in 2008 and he placed above Phil Pfister in 2000, 2003, 2007, 2008 and 2009. He beat out Karl Gillingham in Heat 5 in 2002, Erivn Katona in Heat 3 in 2009 and Jarno Hams failed to qualify for the final in either 2002 or 2003. That's literally everybody who was in IFSA that competed against Marius Pudzianowski at World's, ever. The three times he failed to capture the title in his entire career at WSM was 2004, 2006 and 2009 where he placed 2nd, 3rd, and 2nd respectively. The odds of him losing the title in 2005, 2007 or 2008 given the events, even with all of those competitors present, is less likely than whether he would have captured 6 career titles had 2004 been the standard 13 event format as he placed 1st or 2nd in 13 out of the 19 events he completed that year. The guy is a monster, dead ass. There is absolutely no reason anyone should try to take anything away from him. If anything we should be giving Phil Pfister more props for beating him in 2006 when he was at the height of his career.

Marius was an animal and crazy how lean he was Thank you for the video guys :)

As a Pole I was, I am and I will be proud of Mariusz Pudzianowski and what he have done in Strongman and now. Thumbs up for The Dominator, two day's ago was his birthday! 🥳

Pls pls upload the interview with Mateusz

@BigLozOfficial

2 ай бұрын

It's coming on Monday!

@MouserStrength

2 ай бұрын

YESSSS! ​@@BigLozOfficial

@spikeyspike79

2 ай бұрын

@@BigLozOfficialMateusz today? Hope not next Monday 😅

Did my best ever deadlift today 295kg have had a hip replacement and I'm 52 so I'm very very happy and another uncle loz video tops the day off just right although my eyeballs nearly popped out doing it

@BigLozOfficial

2 ай бұрын

Congratulations with the pb buddy. That's fantastic 💪🏽

@JohnDuffy-bq8wg

2 ай бұрын

Haha 52 is only young I peaked in strength at 55, heading for 57 now and picking up strength again, bumped into a massive guy who had a physique like Samuelsson, unbelievably in great shape he was 72, totally insipiring

@paulharper4196

2 ай бұрын

These comments bode well for me at nearly 42 deciding to have a crack at training for and competing in masters powerlifting in the next few years.

@patterdale4332

2 ай бұрын

@@paulharper4196 go 4 it I could never train real heavy weights until 3 yrs ago as I was in the army 30yrs and it was nearly all fitness I'm retired now and I think it does make a huge difference if you're not working because you do a long day at work then go to gym it's hard to stay motivated

@patterdale4332

2 ай бұрын

@@paulharper4196 good luck keep us informed would love to hear about it

As an old guy, I love seeing Magnis and Mariusz get their dues. If you never saw these two back in the day, they were electric. Especialy Pudz, as he seemed to have another gear. Loz, you said it well when you said it was like a "switch was flipped." He just ran away from everyone. Also, 5 wins? Best ever.

Loz you must get an interview in with Pudzianowski.

@robertthompson176

2 ай бұрын

His English is horrible it would be an awkward interview.

@FekalistaGrzybowory-lz8lh

Ай бұрын

Is it a problem to find interpreneur? To do the translation? I don't think so...

I feel like Pudzian is somewhat underrated among strongman fans. Yes, he won a few easier comps during the IFSA split but his most dominant win came before it.

@Therighthanddon

2 ай бұрын

I agree that 2005 wsm, he had a slightly easier win (having said that, none of the opposition were slouches) and Mariusz had a few injuries so he wasn’t fresh. Where it gets harder to call if mariusz would have won or lost if there wasn’t a split is 2007 and 2008. In 2007 (split ended later that year), mariusz was fresh and dominated top level strongman like terry hollands and Phil pfister (who used to compete in IFSA). In 2008, he tore his calf and derek poundstone was dominating. He would later go on to win the Arnold classic 2009-2010. Mariusz still pipped him at wsm 2008. It’s a shame that we’ll never truly know.

@bruceMooseman

2 ай бұрын

I totally agree that he is underrated, and I think the arguement that he had some easier comps is kinda redundant as over a strongman career most competitors will have some easier ones, all the greats will have had some easier competitions, where some guys are injured etc it's just the name of the game, if u look at all his results he's won a crazy amount and against some greats as well

@ti8864

2 ай бұрын

Hell no, he's the most overrated competitor ever.

@PhillipCalvin627

2 ай бұрын

One thing that really irks me about the IFSA years argument is that Marius had already beaten both of the IFSA champs and every competitor in the top five for all three years of IFSA at WSM at some point with the exception of Misha Koklyaev. Another thing no one who talks down about Marius' 5 wins tends to mention is that the 2nd place competitor he was 20 points up on in 2003 was Big Z and 23 points up on Vasyl Virastyuk. Both of the IFSA champs. Vasyl's win over Marius in 2004 was more endurance than anything given the one off format they had that year which was the one and only time Virastyuk placed over Marius Pudzianowski at WSM. Pudzianowski came first or second in nine out of eleven events in that qualifier and came third in the final where he, like everyone else, was burnt out and still came first or second in half of the events, winning two and placing second in two events. Both Vasyl and Big Z won two and placed second in only one event but maintained higher placings over all in the eight event final. It was a good win, don't get me wrong, but it's not like they whooped Pudzian's ass or anything. Had it had been a standard 13 event format Marius would probably have 6 titles. Worth mentioning as well is that it's a shame Magnus Samuelsson was so lousy at Deadlift and Squat or that could have easily been his second title.

@bruceMooseman

2 ай бұрын

@@ti8864 well you're entitled to your opinion.. can you explain your reasoning? And also can u include who you think is 'overating' him? And I don't just mean fans of him .. because everyone has a right to like who they want.. there are many reasons why I'm a fan of him not just his stats etc.the reason why I ask this is I barely hear his name mentioned in a official setting (commentary etc) in fact he is featured in loz's videos more than anywhere else on my opinion.

My God…20 points 😮😮😮😮 Mariusz was a beast!

Mariusz physique was immense Bill Kazmaier was outta this world 🌎 🤯

As a Pole I'm proud of Mariusz. Also it would be great to see how many % of points to win at WSM final were won by those winners.

and imagine Mariusz being still in amazing shape today Loz, we need you to tell them yanks in the wsm hosts to invite this guy as a special guest Like for real, that would be something

Tom's is really impressive when you consider how stacked the WSM is nowadays.

@Dasperhue2

2 ай бұрын

Nah he only wins when the good guys have injuries. When everybody are fresh he is not even close to the top

@MoltenGriefing

2 ай бұрын

@@Dasperhue2 total rubbish. In the last 4 years at WSM he’s finished 2nd, 1st, 1st and then 2nd..

@thorthewolf8801

2 ай бұрын

​@@MoltenGriefingwithout Thor and a healthy Martins. Of course, you can only beat who is in front of you, but that win is still gonna be less than.

@Adam-gn5kh

2 ай бұрын

​@@Dasperhue2Not even close to the top? That's a ridiculous comment. Tom Stoltman is the top 2 best strongmen competing in the last couple of years. To say he isn't close to the top is actually absolutely ludicrous and im not even a big fan of his in particular.

@ianadams1132

2 ай бұрын

@@thorthewolf8801will see this year as both are fit and ready!! Tom stoltman will beat everyone this year 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Super video - Kaz and Mariusz both unbelievably intense athletes! Special talents

Jouko Ahola was world's strongest man when i started watching at 4 years old in 97. Can credit the dude with making me a fan of the sport. Awesome athlete.

Even before wsm 2003, mariusz was just unbelievable, despite only coming 4th in the Arnold classic that year. You can say with confidence that he was the best in the world by a mile in 2003

I can remember watching Magnus Ver Magnussen when I was a kid and getting so pissed off that the other guys didn’t seem to stand a chance 🤣🤣

It still saddens me tyat Kaz did not get to compete those few years, i think it would have just added to his legacy of dominance.

Thanks Loz. Loved this

Awesome summary Loz!

I was always impressed with how mariusz managed to improve at all events and even with things he wasnt good at he didnt just stick to focusing on things he was good at, the time he came back and smashed the fingles fingers sticks out to me as the year before he wasnt good at it at all

Marius is the greatest in my opinion the GOAT , very dominant every time he competed

Best strongman channel there is! Really interesting stuff.

Thanks Loz that was ace 👌🏼 feeling ready for a go on mastermind after that 🤓📚

Another amazing video 🔥🔥🔥

A 20 point win is something we're not gonna see again, certainly not in our lifetime. The level nowadays is just absurd.

Great video. I think a video on the top X moments at WSM or other tournaments where athletes used very unusual tactics either successfully or unsuccessfully would be very interesting, like the iconic stone bounce

Fantastic video!

It's great to see some of the newer guys on this list. Martins and Tom.

Mariusz is a monster... He is example of perfect body style - there is no big belly like Eddie Hall etc.

@eolsunder

2 ай бұрын

exactly he looked like a body builder who just decided to go out that day and do the strongman competition.

I definitely knew the Top 2 right off the top of my head because those were just crazy. 😂 It's amazing how dominant Pudzianowski and Kaz were. Magnus of course, was no slouch either. Can't wait to see how Tom performs this year.

Fun fact: if Mariusz hadn’t dropped 1 out of those 2 points from the two second place finishes in 2003, he wouldn’t have had to do the final TWO events to win. That’s how insane that was, for context.

Pudzianowski is in a class of his own. WSM competitions have shifted towards more static lifts since his time, but he is arguably the greatest athlete in this sport who will ever live. The man had a body-building physique combined with world-class powerlifting strength, bundled together in WSM athleticism. We'll likely never see another like him. He's the Barry Sanders of WSM.

Would love to see a comparison of WSM winners max lifts such as squat, deadlift, yoke, log, axle, and dumbbell

2:47, I really like the look of that event, but now I can see where Magnus's down calls come from lol (joking we all love Magnus)

6:06 he’s happy lol

Love these videos

I see everyone giving Loz props for the video (understandable, it was awesome) but i also want to add EPIC job as well Liz!

Loz do one one Misha. Powerlifter, Olympic lifter and Strongnan. Probably the greatest strength athlete ever

Great vid big loz 😃

You should start doing videos like this for the shaw classic

This is an interesting way to compare. I feel like percentage of possible points is the most accurate comparison, though. It eliminates the fluctuations that are only due to changes in the number of competitors and/or events. Plus, if someone has a relatively weaker year of World's (if such a thing can truly be said), then having them and one other good competitor could cause them both to benefit from the weaker overall level of the competition and making only a 1 vs 2 comparison not representative of the domination over the field as a whole (to an extent since the scoring is always based on a comparison to the whole field). It is a cool way to visualize a runaway, win, though. Great video. By the way, I believe using percentage of possible points puts Martins 2019 2nd behind Mariusz 2003, but I haven't gone through every year, so I could be wrong.

Great video

Where do you get these clips? I wanted to watch some old wsms (2000s) but couldn't find them especially not the British coverage.

@PhillipCalvin627

2 ай бұрын

Strongman Classics and StrongmanVHS channels have the UK 2000's heats and finals. 🤌

@spokeen6249

2 ай бұрын

Theyre mostly on KZread just search them

It's hard to believe that the man who holds the record for most WSM victories and the record for largest point disparity between 1st and 2nd place could be so underrated and under appreciated by his community, but there Pudz sits.

Probably the only sting man history video with no big z and Brian

Love this! Would be interesting to see how it changes as a % of total points available, like Martins 8 points in 5 events is surely much more impressive than MP's 8 points in 11 events (that year, other years his % might have been better)

I remember Mariusz was leading by at least 10 points heading into the stones in 2007, but he fumbled one of the stones which placed him quite far behind in that final event. If not for that mistake, it would have been one of the most dominant performances at WSM

i love you guys

old Jouko Ahola the first guy had a incredible 3 year run. won the worlds strongman in 1997, 2nd place 1998, and as this video shows, won again in 1999. A great 3 year leader. I guess he had enough at that point and went into acting and films.

What about big z lifting Austrian Oak? Before weight was reduced?

Crazy that in 1999, Juko won a max deadlift in a WSM final with 380kg, where that likely would put you in last place in a Giants Live level comp today 🤯

The Good Old Days💪💪💪

Its nearly toffee time

@bronchoped

2 ай бұрын

Clear how much love toffee has in the sport when everyone is waiting for his talking strongman over anything else!

Maybe when we hit the 50th edition they will finally start live streaming it haha

I did a spreadsheet once sort of the opposite of this--every year the WSM winner won by 2 or fewer points, and then a hypothetical overall list of winners if the guy in second had won instead on each of those years. Permission to steal that and make a much higher production value video on the subject :D

I just find it hilarious looking back at where this sport came from vs where it's at. The equipment has advanced TONS, the athletes are faster, stronger, and more well trained/maintained than back then. Plus they actually get a big ass pay check and a badass giant trophy for winning and it used to be like a silver Platter, $50 and a handshake 😂😂😂

love u 2

Mariusz pudzianowski had one of the most uniquely perfect looking physiques I've ever seen on a strongman, and the best overall strength. Number One Strongman ever.........So far. Wayne

Big mariusz was an absolute beast and had one of the best looking physiques in strongman history.

Do a top 10 most dominating wins for all shows.

💪💪💪

Mariusz Pudzianowski reminds me of Alexander Krelin!

Nice bideo

Before i watch the videos it was Mariusz in 2003 I cringe when i see comments saying he would have no chance now? Lol it's a different era and mariusz would be stronger now if he was in his prime. No he didn't have the static strength of Z,proven at the Arnolds, but let's not forget he placed second in 09 to Z in a quite heavy comp, that had poundstone, Loz, Terry a young Shaw etc Mariusz may not the strongest guy in history but imo he was definitely mentally the strongest and had no quit in him Just watch his plane pull in 08 to confirm his determination Guy was an animal

Pudzian is still strong today. Even though he practices MMA, he still bench presses 200 kg per set.

I think Mitch and Marius share superior endurance/conditioning as some keys to their success.

The huge margin has to do with other competitors having large weaknesses which is a thing of the past now that we have pro strongmen. Total points is more impressive since if you get #1 on all events but someone else has #2 the margins is very small but you are both dominating.

Thia isba good list for top strongmen of all time. Felix should be included just based on longevity. The Dominator, Kaz, Magnus.

You should do this for the Arnold

Make some podcasts with Arlid Haugen .

WSM needs more events in the final. See who really is the best.

@PolishPowerSawich

2 ай бұрын

10 like before. Watch Fortissimus. That was an awesome strength competition

It's silly they don't do max squat in any strongman comp anymore

@cisrael468

2 ай бұрын

they did at the arnolds 2022. It was a cool idea but IMO not great for spectating since it took so long between attempts and with the rack/spotters in the way it was tough to see

@Hesher93

2 ай бұрын

@@cisrael468 but thats easy to fix tho

@thorthewolf8801

2 ай бұрын

​@@cisrael468all they had to do was to make it according to powerlifting standards, once the bar is ready the clock is ticking, they have a minute to start the lift.

@StrengthShowcase

2 ай бұрын

I would love to see a very heavy squat for max reps, something like 400-410 kg.

@spokeen6249

2 ай бұрын

Can be dangerous in multiple event show like wsm especially with such big heat and atheltes being dehydrated. Better suited to shows like Arnold's

Kaz was winning so much they banned him from competition.

Top 10 most dominant individual event wins next.

💪🙂💯

Kaz would have competed in every WSM if they'd not banned him

Pudzianowski didn't compete against the best at this time (IFSA) He dominated the 2nd division

I would love to see prime Mariusz and Kazimierz go head to head. I don't think even Brian Shaw would be able to compete against those 2.

Pudzianowski is forever the GOAT

Mariuz vs Thor, who wins?

Sometimes I struggle with the maths… but if there is a 3 way tie at #8 and there are still 2 more dominant wins listed below that… wouldn’t that be the Top 12 performances?🤔

I’d pay good money for a talking strongman with pudz

There will never be another strongman quite like Pudzianowski.

What about the difference between the top two and everyone else.

We want strongman gym workout

@beeawesome7140

2 ай бұрын

Mitch has a whole program for viewers, in the comments of every video.

Mariusz was such an insane strongman. It's too bad he hung it up after losing his title to Big Z in 09.

Kaz would have at least 6 of these if they had let him compete!

A wonder how big pud would be nowadays up against the new young team the stoltman bros ???big pud was a master in the day...😊😊

Pudzian forever 💪