Topic: top 10 lifters of all time

[Mark Limbaga]

I'm basically new o the who's who in the weightlifting world, but I'm slowly gaining info as the days go by. Just wondering who would make your list here. So far, here are some guys who are shoe-ins

Naim Sulemanoglu
Vasily Alexiev
David Rigert

[Matt Foreman]

Naim Suleymanoglu
Vassily Alexeev
David Rigert
Tommy Kono
Pyrros Dimas
Norb Schemansky
Kahki Kakiashvilis
Yuri Zacharevich
Halil Mutlu
Alexander Kurlovich


It's an impossible task to complete a list like this, but this is what my personal opinion would look like.

[Les Kernodle]

Ok , Im speaking "old school" as I did not keep up after 1982 (except I know the"pocket hercules" was BAD & the new little guy Mutlu, Dimas etc..)
but speaking pre 1984 ,, and considering time "at the top" over several years  (and also playing personal favorites)  
heres mine ::
ALEXEEV
RIGERT
SCHEMANSKY
MIYAKE
VLASOV
KONO
NASSARI
FOLDI
VARADIAN (spelling?)
BLAGOV (spelling?)

[Chris Ⓐ LeRoux]

Top Ten Totals In World History From 1973 To Present By Golden Standard Percentage

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NAME                            COUNTRY     YEAR     BW        TOTAL         GS%
1)  Naim Suleymanoglu           Turkey      1988     59.70     342.5         119.4
2)  Naim Suleymanoglu           Bulgaria    1986     59.80     335           116.6
3)  Halil Mutlu                 Turkey      2000     55.62     305           115.19
4)  Halil Mutlu                 Turkey      1994     53.70     290           114.5
5)  Alexander Kurlovich         USSR        1987     130.20    472.5         114.2
6)  Halil Mutlu                 Turkey      1999     55.83     302.5         113.7
7)  Yuri Zakharevitch           USSR        1988     109.55    455           113.3
8)  Leonid Taranenko            USSR        1988     147.95    475           113.17      
9)  Halil Mutlu                 Turkey      1996     53.91     287.5         112.89
10) Zhang Xiangsen              China       1995     53.55     285           112.88
Top Ten Snatches In World History From 1973 To Present By Golden Standard Percentage

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NAME                            COUNTRY     YEAR     BW        SNATCH        GS%
1)  Naim Suleymanoglu           Turkey      1988     59.70     152.5         118.6
2)  Halil Mutlu                 Turkey      2001     55.62     138           116.43
3)  Halil Mutlu                 Turkey      1996     53.91     132.5         116.3
4)  Zhang Xiangsen              China       1996     53.39     130           115.54
5)  Yuri Zakharevitch           USSR        1988     109.55    210           115.48
6)  Halil Mutlu                 Turkey      1999     55.83     137.5         115.47
7)  Halil Mutlu                 Turkey      1994     53.70     130           114.7
8)  Naim Suleymanoglu           Bulgaria    1986     59.80     147.5         114.5
9)  Shi Zhiyong                 China       2002     *62       153           114.47
10) Blagoi Blagoev              Bulgaria    1983     *90       195.5         114.25
Top Ten Clean & Jerks In World History From 1973 To Present By Golden Standard Percentage

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NAME                            COUNTRY     YEAR     BW        CLEAN&JERK    GS%
1)  Naim Suleymanoglu           Turkey      1988     59.70     190           119.3
2)  Naim Suleymanoglu           Bulgaria    1986     59.80     187.5         117.5
3)  Anatoly Pisarenko           Bulgaria    1984     128.50    265           116.26
3)  Ivan Ivanov                 Bulgaria    1991     51.90     155           115.3
4)  Neno Terzinski              Bulgaria    1987     *56       171           115.16
5)  Leonid Taranenko            USSR        1987     140.80    265           115.0
6)  Leonid Taranenko            USSR        1987     147.95    266           114.89
7)  Ivan Ivanov                 Bulgaria    1989     51.95     155           114.8
8)  Alexander Kurlovich         USSR        1987     130.20    260           113.9
9)  Tae-Hyun Kim                Korea       2000     133.36    260           113.56
10) Halil Mutlu                 Turkey      1994     53.70     160           113.4
*Exact bodyweight at competition not yet known. Current ranking assumes exact weight was maximum allowed in weight class. If actual weight was lower, it would improve ranking.

If anyone can cite a lift/total that should be on these rankings, please let me know. Any help with the missing bodyweight information would be most appreciated. Since the superheavyweight class has no upper limit, it is impossible to rank the following lifts/totals without exact bodyweight information. However, all could potentially make the above lists:

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Alexander Kurlovitch    Snatch      205      1994       Istanbul
Alexander Kurlovitch    Total       457      1994       Istanbul

[Don Weideman]

I guess we can kick Tommy Kono and Paul Anderson to the curb ! NOT I would start my list with them.

[Peter Mirdjev]

Why not expand the list to all major events such as Euros, etc.? There will be quite a few lifts made in those events that would make top 10 lists.

[Don Weideman]

If the criteria for the greatest was technique weighted
I would include Yoto Yotov. He was for weightlifting
 what Mickey Mantle was  for baseball for me. Inspiring !

[Chris Ⓐ LeRoux]

I found the old sets of worlds records (-1992, -1997) and used the present set of world records to update the above world rankings. For the lifters below the superheavyweight class, I ranked lifts/totals according to the maximum allowed bodyweight in their resepective weight class. If they actually weighed less, this would improve their ranking. But, several lifts/totals made the ranking lists even assuming these maximum allowed bodyweights.

Also, none of the superheavyweight world record lists that I found listed the lifter's actual bodyweights, so those lifts/totals can't be ranked at all until that information becomes available. But, otherwise, I think it is unlikely for a lift/total to have been done in a drug-tested, international contest and not be in these rankings if it is good enough.
 
Thanks!