Who will compete towards the most effective of the most effective?
Final up to date on December nineteenth, 2024
The 2024 aggressive strongman season ended with the 2024 Official Strongman Games (OSG). Whereas many within the power area know to observe 2024 Strongest Man on Earth (SMoE) Mitchell Hooper, 2018 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) Hafthor Björnsson, three-time reigning WSM champion Tom Stoltman, and large names due for enormous seasons like 2024 Magnus Ver Magnusson Strongman Classic (MVMSC) champion Mateusz Kieliszkowski, many names posted high quality 2024 seasons that may now have as a lot limelight as they need to.
In late December 2024, 2016, Europe’s Strongest Man (ESM) champion Laurence Shahlaei shared that he thinks the highest seven strongmen are to observe in 2025.
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1. Rayno Nel
Rayno Nel arguably had the most effective yr outdoors the Giants Reside circuit earlier than successful the 2024 Africa’s Strongest Man (ASM) contest. Hailing from South Africa, Nel competed in 5 contests in 2024. He gained 4 of them and narrowly missed the rostrum within the fifth.
2024 Season Outcomes
2. Nick Guardione
Nick Guardione of the USA competed in three main contests in 2024. He podiumed all of them, taking residence two golds and a silver — the most effective efficiency by an novice strongman all season.
Guardione gained the 2024 Arnold Amateur Strongman World Championships (AASWC) and the 2024 OSG and silvered within the Males’s Open class on the 2024 Shaw Classic.
3. Josh Spurgeon
Though Josh Spurgeon’s 2024 outcomes have been as embellished as Nel’s or Guardione’s, the one blemish on Guardione’s 2024 season is due to Spurgeon.
Spurgeon’s lone contest win of the season got here on the 2024 Shaw Basic Males’s Open, which notably certified him for the 2025 SMoE contest. Moreover, he gained the bronze on the 2024 AASWC.
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4. Bryce Johnson
Bryce Johnson is a bodily dominant determine on the aggressive stage, and Shahlaei has expectations which can be simply as massive for him in 2025. Johnson solely competed twice in 2024 and didn’t stand atop a podium. Nonetheless, he did rank second on the 2024 OSG and narrowly missed the rostrum on the 2024 North America’s Strongest Man (NASM) contest.
5. Tim Buck
Tim Buck competed thrice in 2024. He did not take residence a gold all through the season however nailed a spot on each podium — bronze on the 2024 Shaw Basic Males’s Open, silver on the 2024 America’s Strongest Man (ASM) contest, and bronze on the 2024 OSG. He’s certified to compete on the Giants Reside circuit in 2025.
6. Andrew Burton
USA’s Andrew Burton’s total aggressive strongman resume is from 2024. Throughout 4 contests, he podiumed half of them and ranked within the prime 5 of the remaining two.
Burton opened 2024 with a runner-up end on the 2024 AASWC. He ranked fifth within the 2024 Shaw Basic Males’s Open and fourth within the 2024 ASM earlier than bumping again onto the rostrum through bronze on the 2024 MVMSC.
7. Roman Grekov
Ukraine’s Roman Grekov made three main contest appearances in 2024 and gained two of them—the 2024 OSG European Championships and the 2024 European Strongman Cup. He ranked tenth of 12 on the 2024 Giants Reside World Tour Finals, however getting expertise towards these on the sport’s prime is efficacious heading into the 2025 season.
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