1 5
Age 42

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 40

#14

Rank

#1

#5

Peak Rank

#1

7

Years Ranked

7

6

Years in Top 10

4

8.0

Average Rank

7.1

13

Theatrical Releases

13

Silver Streak $51.1 Million

Biggest Hit

Rambo: First Blood Part II $150.4 Million

$188.2 Million

Career Domestic
Box Office

$777.9 Million

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CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Jill Claybourgh Sylvester Stallone

Jill Claybourgh

13 theatrical releases • $188.2 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
1983 Hanna K. $110,000
1982 I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can $291,390
1981 First Monday in October $12.5 Million
1980 It's My Turn $11.0 Million
1979 Starting Over $35.6 Million

Sylvester Stallone

16 theatrical releases • $936.2 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
1986 Cobra $49.0 Million
1985 Rocky IV $127.9 Million
1985 Rambo: First Blood Part II $150.4 Million
1984 Rhinestone $21.4 Million
1983 Staying Alive $64.9 Million
Career Comparison Summary AI-generated historical comparison. Click to expand.

Note: Films released during the selected year influence the following year's rankings.

By the 1986 season, the comparison is less about a single breakout moment and more about the shape of each actor's accumulated Hollywood results. Selected-year rank is the clearest ranking-side separator, with Sylvester Stallone holding the stronger position in this snapshot.

Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Sylvester Stallone the larger theatrical footprint. Overall, the head-to-head score leans leans toward Sylvester Stallone, but the strongest context comes from the categories where the gap is clearest.