@@Slipknot5301 I understand your point but what Eddie did with his size in all the events for like three years in a row was just insane. Then to be the first one to go after 500. But that’s just his that’s why he asked what are yours
@Carl Gambino how many Arnold's has he won? how many podiums even has he achieved in the Arnolds? i can tell you Zero & Zero - not even close to the best
@Tyler Vincent Pudzianowski has 5 WSM (record plus record for largest margin of victory in WSM in 03 and that was against big z) 6 European strongman (record for european and 3-0 against big z and 6-0 overall in European strongman), 16 strongman super series (record for super series wins and 16-1 against big z) 3 strongman team (record for strongman team), 7 polish strongman (record for polish strongman) I would say that is the best overall accomplishments as the Arnold is the only record wins z has. And Arnold is mainly static which is only 1 feat of strength. Z was doing strongman competitions for about 20 years, Pudzianowski for only 9. That's what makes this even more amazing. As big Z started the competitions in 96-2018 with a year retired at one point in between. Pudzianowski started in 2000 but then missed all of 01 and chunk of 02 competitions because he was in prison for assaulting a mob boss. So 2000, 2002-2009.
@RaozSkillz I wish he would win the 5th title Mateusz kieliszkowski does not start, he has a chance to match Pudzianowski as the second in history he will win the 5th title😎
@RaozSkillz I agree with that, Brian was kind of unlucky IMO having to battle zydrunas at his peak otherwise he would probably have more titles and vice versa. But yeah I think Eddie was the strongest strongman of all time but it was short lived.
@@ETlifts honestly though, if Pudzianowski kept competing, z would have 1 win as that 1 win came against a torn armed pudz who also only had a couple of weeks of training. And Shaw would maybe have 1. I mean Pudzianowski retired at a younger age than big Z was when he won his first as z was older and started strongman years before pudz.
Anyone who knows strongmen knows that Big Z should be no1, and an easy no1 at that 😎 If not for the disagreements, then he'd hold more titles than any one has, and likely more than anyone ever would in the future. A real shame we never got to see that, or how strong he truly was in his prime.
@@charlestinsman9680 3-1 against big z in WSM (won 5 overall record and beat z so badly in 03 it was the record for largest margin of victory), 3-0 against big Z in European strongman (pudz 6-0 overall and most wins ever for European) 16-1 against big z in strongman super series (pudz most wins every for super series), also has most wins ever for strongman team. Arnold is more static strength. Wsm is overall, not just static but explosion, power, endurance with weight, speed with weight, control with weight etc. Pudzianowski is like the Phelps of strongman, and Big z is like the Japanese guy who always won breaststroke but would get smoked by Phelps in anything else.
Yeah but think about Brian. He is still in the sport and still one of the best that Has to count for something that’s why I have him at the best. I think he’s behind big Z by like one title LOL
Yeah not a chance for Marius. The only reason he won 5 titles is because all the best athletes were at ifsa for a couple years, giving him the title basically because he had no competition. Marius only beat z when z was younger. Once he matured he absolutely destroyed Marius. It’s not really debatable, we’ve seen z demolish Marius in competition many times over.
@@mr.censored5.082 Marius between 2004 & 2008 did not compete against the strongest competitors, he won against a weakened field, this was shown in the Arnolds when he never had a sniff, a fine strongman yes, but far from the greatest, and not in Z's league
@Carl Gambino 3 of mariuszs 5 titles were during the IFSA split (so all the top athletes of the time besides him were in IFSA) so 3 of those titles were much easier for him to achieve. Bill did dominate and win 3 and yes he was banned but potential can only be praised so much compaired to what actually did and didn't happen. Yes maybe bill could have won 6 titles but thats just speculative and cant be credited as part of his achievements. Strongman is alot more that just WSM. Big z is the greatest of all time for the following reasons: 4 WSM titles during the most dominant era ever (He competed against the top guys of his time for all 4 years unlike mariusz who had 3 easy titles, 2 IFSA titles (where he competed against all the best in the world besides mariusz), 8 arnold strongman classics titles (6 of which were consecutive). Hes broken hundreds of world records. The IFSAs pretty much count as WSM titles since they were international titles involving the best in the world at the time and Z won 2 of those too.
Eddie above Thor? Is that a joke? Thor: 2018 WSM 3x Arnold Classic winner 5x Europe's Strongest Man winner 2018 World's Ultimate Strongman winner First and only man in history to win the Arnold Classic, Europe's Strongest Man and World's Strongest Man in the same year Eddie: 2017 WSM Never won Europe's Strongest Man Never made the podium at the Arnold Classic Only beat Thor 1x in his entire career
I like Eddie Hall, deadlift can’t be denied... but I agree that he and Thor’s ranking should be switched due to the longer list of accomplishments by Thor.
The moment I saw this vid I knew immediately that some of the fans of Thor or Eddie will be here complaining about why one is placed above other, it's like children shouting at each other "my dad is stronger than yours!" 😂
having Thor at nr 8 is weird. When he said its strongest men it makes no sense to have Eddie above him and Thor anywhere outside the top 5 or even top 3
Having Eddie hall over Thor is a joke. Eddie has won one international competition total, and that is a controversial win. Thor has won 14+ and has 3rd most podium finishes in wsm.
"controversial win"? Who disputes it? I thought the only person who disputed Eddie beating Thor was Thor and that doesnt make it controversial. Unless by 'controversial' you mean the controversy of Thor being EXPLICITLY TOLD not to use cheat reps before the event, then using several cheat reps which the (Icelandic)* referee let him get away with, being finally denied one cheat rep, him and his 20 man entourage (who he demanded be allowed despite nobody else ever having huge groups surround them) being very happy with the result and then having Eddie comfortably do more reps and with perfect form and then acting like a little bitch by complaining, swearing on his daughters life etc to try and get the decision overruled. Yes that was controversial. Thor is an amazing strongman and has more wins but he was already notorious among athletes and organizers for using his tv 'stardom' to try and get what he wants at events and made himself look like a total c*nt with his actions at WSM 2017. *No disrespect to MVM who is an amazing Icelandic athlete and ref.
Always throwing in Hall and completely ignore Virastyuk. He was the first one to win WSM & IFSA, podium in both those events and the Arnold’s three times in second place. IMO he’s a greater strongman than Hall and Official Strongman should give him more recognition.
@@arvidejhed7280 IMO Vasyl is greater. He has achieved far more podiums and has 2 world championships under his belt. No world records but that doesn’t make you greater.
@@TheJoker-yz8dv hall competed against the greatest modern strongmen Z Shaw Bjornson won and had podium places in one of the most competive eras of strongman. And of course his deadlift is legendary. All of this is or course my oppinion and you may very well dissagre
@@arvidejhed7280 understood, he did compete against giants like Thor and Brian, however Vasyl competed against prime Zydrunas, Pudzianowski, and Poundstone. So both defeated very capable strongmen. Static strength there’s no comparison, however Vasyl I’m sure would’ve placed higher than Eddie in his earlier years besides 16’ and 17’
@@frankcastle1216 This isn't about who is actually stronger. Z, Eddie, Brian and Thor all surpass Mariusz in terms of static strength. This video is about who the greatest World's Strongest Man winner is and Hafthor simply has a much better track record than Eddie.
I’m a big fan of Brian so I look at him as the best ever but if someone says I’m wrong and says Big Z is. I can’t really argue with them. I just look at the fact that Brian is still competing and still one of the best and not at the bottom of the pack. The training and focus and energy he still puts into the sport it’s just crazy. Think about all the money he spends just on food
1. Shaw-truck pull,keg/bag toss, farmers for weight, stones, dumbell when it was a press and not agility (personal favourite) 2. Z log 3. Mariusz P Loading 4. Thor any static Event or a yoke (underestimated in athletic events) 5. Magnus Ver Magnusson anything (my second favourite) 6. Kaz deadlifts 7. John Pall Sigmarsson deadlift 8. Phil Pfister static 9. Eddie Hall anything static 10. Derek Poundstone moving events
Eddie hall has no business being on this list! You put him over Thor? Eddie's win was cheating and Thor should of won! Thor won't the Arnold how many times? How many guys have won once? Alot of them and he's number 7? Ya ummm no!
In terms of pure weight lifted statically Eddie Hall has every right to be considered one of the strongest ever… That's just fact.. You can't compare him career wise to the likes of shaw & Z etc but when he peaked in 2017 there is no denying that Eddie is one of the strongest men to ever live… Z is the GOAT tho.. followed by Shaw & Kaz imo.. dunno why Hall gets all this heat, he lit the sport up & competed in an era full of literal giants & still managed to reach the pinnacle.. dude was legit freakishly strong. No one is saying he's the GOAT, far from it but he was amazing for the sport.
@@jasonsamuels3522 he had to nearly die to win his title the true greats competed for years and some are still competing without having to nearly die to do it
@Tyler Vincent you're a Hater. They all have some kind of ego, it comes with the territory. P.s more than 1 like on my comment.. you've embarrassed yourself
Jamie reeves is a little underrated.. held the log lift record for over a decade , two time Europe's strongest man, two time muscle power classic winner (second most prestigious competition at the time , WSM being first..) & probably should have been two time world's strongest man had it not been for a bad call by the referee.. competed in an era when nutrition and training methods weren't as good as today so I can only imagine how good he would have been had he been around in this era..
Considering 1st place = 9 points, 2nd place = 3 points, 3rd place = 1 point, and number of podiums the tiebreaker, the top 10 at WSM list should be: 1 - Savickas: 4 golds, 6 silvers, 0 bronzes, 54 points ** (Should be higher because he was banned from 2005 to 2007) 2 - Pudzianowski: 5 golds, 2 silvers, 1 bronzes, 52 points ** (should be lower because all the other top athletes were banned in 2005, some until 2008) 3 - Shaw: 4 golds, 1 silvers, 4 bronzes, 43 points 4 - Sigmarsson: 4 golds, 2 silvers, 1 bronzes, 43 points 5 - Ver Magnusson: 4 golds, 2 silvers, 0 bronzes, 42 points 6 - Kazmaier: 3 golds, 1 silvers, 1 bronzes, 31 points ** (should be higher because he was banned from 83 to 86) 7 - Capes: 2 golds, 2 silvers, 2 bronzes, 26 points 8 - Bjornsson: 1 golds, 3 silvers, 4 bronzes, 22 points 9 - Ahola: 2 golds, 1 silvers, 0 bronzes, 21 points 10 - Wilhelm: 2 golds, 0 silvers, 0 bronzes, 18 points Virastyuk could very possibly be on this list too if he was allowed to compete from 2005 to 2007 on WSM
@@Nirsterkur I made a mistake on Capes but now it is corrected. Thx. I decided to use this point system because I feel like 2 second places does not equal 1 victory, but if someone is consistent enough to be second 4 times I believe this athlete is better than one time winner that could get lucky on the events/injuries of other athletes and never podium again. I figured that 3 third places should equal 1 second place, and 3 second places should equal one title. For me this makes a lot of sense.
@@Nirsterkur Yes, my intention here was to give a list that made some fucking sense for the people reading the comments because the video is totally random. Like you said, this is not the list of the strongest ever, just what I consider a fair way to judge success at WSM only. Strongest ever title is actually full of shit, you can fit anyone on this title because it is very subjective to your beliefs. You think it's Brian because ASC was not fair? Ok. You think Eddie "100% could" break every static record in strongman or powerlifting? Fine. Big Z is the strongest because he won the most? Sure. Discussions on this are childish and a waste of time because there is no right answer.
You do realize that Pudzianowski is 3-1 against big z in WSM, beat him so badly in 03 that it was the record for largest margin of victory? Pudzianowski is also 3-0 against big z in European strongman. Also has 6 wins total which is the record. Pudzianowski is also 16-1 against big z in strongman super series. That 16 wins is the record amount of wins. He not only beat Big z constantly, but he straight up dominated big z like z was a little school girl. Z did finally beat Pudzianowski in 09, but pudz had a torn arm and only a couple of weeks of training. Still got second though.
Hall should not be on the top 10 list..maybe top 20. And I don't think Ahola should be either though I am fan of Ahola as fellow country men of mine. Edit: oh this was only about worlds strongest man competition..forget what i said about ahola then :) I would still put Novikov over Eddie Hall any day
No offense sir, Jon Pal Sigmarsson won WSM 4 times not three. The 5 greatest are: Magnus Ver Magnusson, Jon Pal Sigmarsson, Big Z, Marius (5 × wsm), & Brian Shaw. Kaz is #6 (in my book). Eddie retired to early. Thor, look at his Iceland's strongest man record...10 x. Nuff said.
Pudzianowski on the 1st place is well deserved. He is the only one who has ever won WSM 5 times and he is among the only six man who earn themself the right to be in WSM hall of fame.
@@somrajdey6381 Theoretically yes, I do agree to the point that if he was allowed to compete at WSM after his third win he would have won at least 1 more title. But I think given the top 3s accomplishments and their longevity in the sport, that top 3 will be a lock for many years.
10:13 most strongmen today use mouth-guards to avoid hurting themselves when clenching during a life. Meanwhile Kaz bit in his own fucking tongue on purpose, he was truely a beast
Surprised you didn’t show Brian and big Z doing that sandbag Malay in the water. Brian would have his 5th and beaten big Z that day if the bag did not fall off the table when Brian beat big Z at that moment🤔
Big Z and Brian should be 1&2; Kaz and the three Icelanders should be after, then Eddie, the two time winner from Finland, Geoff Capes, and finally Pudzinowski
Give it a few years and my prediction is Tom Stoltman will hold most of the records and I can see him get podium for every event he competes in without injury!
Who's the greatest strongman of all time. Put 3 points for 1st place, 2 points for 2nd and 1 point for 3rd and it becomes crystal clear. It's not really close. No matter how you slice it your top 5 will be Big Z , Shaw, Pudzianowski, Jon Pall and Ver Mag. Kaz gets an exception into the top 5 because they wouldnt let him compete for years. Interesting that Tom Stoltman is already #17 and ahead of Hall who only has 4 points compared to Z s 24. If you combine Arnold's and WSM Z has 54 points, Shaw has 40 . Without ever having the advantage of competing in the Arnold's Jon Pall has 16 . Ver mag has 16. Pudzianowski , despite never making the podium at Arnold's has 19.
*I believe that Thor Bjornsson and Eddie Hall should’ve been higher on this list* (esp. given their personal records and other championship wins. I hope the Stoltman Brothers can soon be added to this list!
All were great champions. Very hard to say definitively since kaz was robbed of competing in his prime after winning 3 in a row. Who knows he wins 2 or 3 more and john paul and capes end up with less wins and it changes the order. As it stands now though imo for everything accomplished and getting their wins and podium finishes cleanly i would have to go with Big Z and Brian Shaw is right on his tail. They competed against better competition, had more longevity, most top 3 finishes and to my knowledge no controversy or a victory completely fumbled to them like how Marius won against poundstone.
Big Z Shaw Pudz Magnus Ver Kaz Jon Pall Jouko Thor Magnus S Poundstone - Hall is even close - he was great one year but only podiumed 2x, never won the arnold. so he was the best one year but his personality and you tube presence has made him a star (which he is funny as hell)
If you guys allowed kaz to compete at that time he would have easily won 6 titles and if Thor didn't retire from strongman easily would have won 4 to 5 titles and same for the Eddie if he didn't had any health issues easily he would have won 3 times
Let's be honest here. Eddie only beat Thor ONCE in a competition and that was WSM2017. He could not have stepped up to Thor for years without being dangerously unhealthy.
Eddie pushed his body beyond its limits with crazy doses of stuff. Recently he was talking to someone, who told him that 'gene treatment' might be available and Eddie said 'Let's do it'. He don't have naturally the genetics to be on such levels as people like Big Z. Yes, Eddie was the strongest man for 1 short moment in history and achieved amazing results, but his body can't sustain that shape.
What is the criteria for 10 strongest ever tho, is it amount of titles won or weight lifted? Ppl getting in a tizzy cos someone's who's won more titles is ranked behind ppl that have less.. calm down guys lol.. it's just lifting weights, they're all phenomenal & put the rest of us to shame 🏋
Pudzianowski had it easy in his time. All the men who were at the top of the sport at the time were competing at the Arnold and couldn't compete at WSM. He's a great athlete for sure, but he shouldn't be number one. Big Z won 4 WSM titles during what is unarguably the hardest, most competitive and difficult era of the sport. Plus his innumerable victories in other competitions and world records prove he's the greatest Strongman ever.
Is that why Mariusz Pudzianowski is 3-1 against big z in WSM and beat Big z so badly in 03 that Pudzianowski broke the record for largest margin of victory? Is that always why Pudzianowski is 3-0 against big z in European strongman? And Pudzianowski is 16-1 against big z in strongman super series? Big z barely beat Pudzianowski once when Pudzianowski had a torn arm and only a couple of weeks of training in 09 lol You ever wondered why the split happened and big z ran away to go to that? Because Pudzianowski was to dominate. You ever wonder why Big z didn't comeback to WSM until Pudzianowski announced his retirement and going to mma? You ever wonder why Big z ran away from European and didn't come back until Pudzianowski was gone? None of this is a coincidence. Big z doesn't get to be called the best when he got dominated for years in WSM, European, super series etc, then ran away and cameback to WSM, and European to finally win some once the guy who dominated him retires.
Eddie had ridiculous strength at his peak but at the end of the day the man has one major international title against the 10 that Thor has. How tf can you put him ahead? It just seems biased, I respect both but surely consistently performing at the top is more important. Let's not forget Thor won 6 major titles in a row, that's domination. Not sure if that's ever been done. Also Z should be number one 💯
