All time best Nathan’s Famous hot dog results – women
All Nathan’s Famous hot dog results of 30 or more by women follows:
All time best Nathan’s Famous results
All Nathan’s Famous hot dog results of 50 or more follows:
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Nathan’s Famous personal bests – women
A listing of all Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest personal bests for females only of 10 hot dogs or greater follows:
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Nathan’s Famous personal bests
A listing of all Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest personal bests 10 hot dogs or greater follows:
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All Nathan’s Famous Coney Island winners
Here is a list of all winners of a hot dog eating contest held at Nathan’s Famous in Coney Island in the database. Before 1980, competitions were held on various days throughout the summer. The first contest to receive news coverage was held on June 30, 1967 to commemorate the centennial of the hot dog. Walter Paul reportedly won that event with a reported total of 127 hot dogs in an hour.
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Paul Nicholson has posted a list of the 86 food YouTube channels with the most views in 2026. The only competitive eating / restaurant challenge accounts are Beard Meats Food (#3 317M views) and Matt Stonie (#32 25M views). First We Feast, producers of the "Hot Ones" spicy wing series, is the overall #1 channel with 566M views.
Number of Nathan’s qualifiers by contest year
Here is the number of Nathan’s Famous hot dog qualifiers in the database since 2002 by contest year. The list does not include non hot dog competitions like the 2005 UK sausage eating contest that awarded a finals spot.
| 2025-26 | 2 |
| 2024-25 | 6 |
| 2023-24 | 7 |
| 2022-23 | 6 |
| 2021-22 | 2 |
| 2020-21 | 0 |
| 2019-20 | 3 |
| 2018-19 | 16 |
| 2017-18 | 19 |
| 2016-17 | 19 |
| 2015-16 | 12 |
| 2014-15 | 15 |
| 2013-14 | 15 |
| 2012-13 | 12 |
| 2011-12 | 14 |
| 2010-11 | 15 |
| 2009-10 | 15 |
| 2008-09 | 18 |
| 2007-08 | 19 |
| 2006-07 | 14 |
| 2005-06 | 16 |
| 2004-05 | 14 |
| 2003-04 | 14 |
| 2002-03 | 13 |
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2025 Nathan’s men’s field statistics
Here are some statistics for the 2025 Nathan’s field. Explanation of the columns:
# Finals – number of Nathan’s finals appearances
Best – best finish in a Nathan’s final
Max – personal best Nathan’s result (finals and qualifiers)
Total – total number of hot dogs eaten in finals and qualifiers
Avg – average number of hot dogs (finals and qualifiers)
| # Finals | Best | Max | Total | Avg. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 1 | 76 | 1344 | 61.09 | Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
| 10 | 1 | 58 | 797.5 | 39.88 | Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti |
| 10 | 2 | 53 | 779.75 | 43.32 | Geoffrey Esper |
| 4 | 3 | 52 | 229.5 | 45.90 | James Webb |
| 8 | 3 | 48 | 523.25 | 40.25 | Nick Wehry |
| 2 | 6 | 43 | 43 | 43.00 | Ricardo Corbucci |
| 12 | 5 | 39 | 790.75 | 30.41 | Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan |
| 10 | 4 | 38 | 555.25 | 30.85 | Gideon Oji |
| 2 | 9 | 37 | 103 | 34.33 | Max Stanford |
| 4 | 9 | 34.5 | 286.5 | 22.04 | Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas |
| 5 | 7 | 33.5 | 322.5 | 26.88 | Derek Hendrickson |
| 7 | 4 | 32.5 | 537 | 26.85 | George Chiger |
| 2 | 14 | 29.5 | 74 | 24.67 | Radim Dvoracek |
| 1 | – | 25 | 25 | 25.00 | Cameron Meade |
| 1 | – | 23 | 23 | 23.00 | Jerome Burns |
All previous finals results for the field
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2025 Nathan’s women’s field statistics
Here are some statistics for the 2025 Nathan’s women’s field. Explanation of the columns:
# Finals – number of Nathan’s finals appearances
Best – best finish in a Nathan’s final
Max – personal best Nathan’s result (finals and qualifiers)
Total – total number of hot dogs eaten in finals and qualifiers
Avg – average number of hot dogs (finals and qualifiers)
| # Finals | Best | Max | Total | Avg. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1 | 51 | 478.50 | 39.88 | Miki Sudo |
| 14 | 1 | 32 | 583.25 | 26.51 | Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco |
| 1 | – | 23.5 | 23.50 | 23.50 | Domenica “Dee Street Eats” Dee |
| 15 | 2 | 21.25 | 487.00 | 15.71 | Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele |
| 8 | 3 | 16 | 174.25 | 13.40 | Katie Prettyman |
| 2 | 5 | 16 | 41.00 | 13.67 | Tandra Childress |
| 1 | – | 11.5 | 11.50 | 11.50 | Isabeau Pearl Prettyman |
| 7 | 6 | 11.25 | 110.50 | 10.05 | Jocelyn Young |
| 1 | – | 10.5 | 10.50 | 10.50 | Kelly Lewis |
| 3 | 9 | 10 | 40.90 | 8.18 | Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown |
| 3 | 14 | 8.75 | 33.00 | 6.60 | Elizabeth “Glizzy Lizzie” Salgado |
| 1 | – | 8.5 | 8.50 | 8.50 | Madison Barone |
| 1 | – | 8.5 | 8.50 | 8.50 | Camille O’Brien |
| 1 | – | 8 | 8.00 | 8.00 | Laura Beitel |
All previous finals results for the field:
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Raina Huang announced that her completion of the Kodiak Arrest challenge at Humpy's in Anchorage, Alaska gave her restaurant challenge wins in all fifty states. I think she is the fifth person and first female to accplish that feat after Randy Santel, Ramsey Hilton, Ivan Mendoza and Nathan Klein.
All time Chestnut vs. Kobayashi results
Here are the all time head to head results for Joey Chestnut vs. Takeru Kobayashi. They have faced 15 times from 2005 to 2010; Kobayashi finished ahead in 8 of the matchups. (This excludes the 2005 US Open of Competitive Eating, a 32 entrant tournament won by Kobayashi in which he did not face Chestnut.)
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Esstik passes 5 million youtube subscribers
Esttik from Spain recently exceeded 5 million subscribers for his youtube channel, making him the first European to exceed that benchmark. I think these are the competitive eating / food challenge channels with over 3 million subscribers:
- 16.4 Matt Stonie
- 9.31 Tzuyang
- 8.66 Hussain Sallam
- 5.28 Yuka Kinoshita
- 5.22 Wake N Bite
- 5.02 Furious Pete Czerwinski
- 5.00 Esttik
- 4.74 MaddyEats
- 4.68 Chicken Leg Piece
- 4.49 Viwa Food World
- 3.78 Nikicado Avocado
- 3.75 Beard Meats Food
- 3.46 Erik The Electric
Nathan Klein announced that he completed the Loco Moco Burrito Challenge at Aina Grill in Waipahu, HI to give him victories over restaurant challenges in all fifty states. I think the only other people to accomplish that milestone are Randy Santel, Ramsey Hilton and Ivan Mendoza. Is anyone aware of any others?
Nathan Klein attempted his 100th food challenge victory in the state of Michigan, the wing challenge at Mavrix Restaurant and Bar in Shelby Township.
Joey Chestnut vs. Geoff Esper since Jan 1, 2022
Here are the head to head results for Joey Chestnut vs. Geoff Esper in MLE contests since January 1, 2022. They have faced off 8 times in that period; Geoff had a better finish in 5 of those competitions.
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MLE victories since the start of 2022
Here are all the people who have a victory in a Major League Eating contest since January 1, 2022, excluding Nathan’s qualifiers. I am counting October’s Albuquerque corn dog eating contest won by Miki Sudo as a MLE event even though it was never listed on their website.
Geoff Esper 19 wins in 23 contests
Miki Sudo 4 in 23
Joey Chestnut 2 in 9
Nick Wehry 2 in 25
Derek Hendrickson 1 in 6
Gideon Oji 1 in 8
James Webb 1 in 5
All the contest victories follow after the jump:
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Australian food challenger "Hulk Smash Food" announced that he completed the Sarlacc Burger Challenge at Mod Eisley Cantina to attain his 1500th food challenge victory.
MrBeast just became the youtube channel with the most subscribers, surpassing PewDiePie. In 2020, MrBeast faced off against Joey Chestnut in a giant pizza slice challenge. Earlier this year, he produced a video of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory in which Matt Stonie and Joey Chestnut appeared.
On July 4, Michael Jenkins ate 117 oysters in 3 minutes to win a contest in Okeechobee, FL and attain his 100th eating competition victory.
Ethan Teske attained 300 successful restaurant challenges on a trip to Utah.
The Big Texan in Amarillo, TX has had its 72 ounce steak challenge finished in under an hour 10,000 times since its opening in 1960. The 10,000th success was by John Lamons on September 1.
The Big Texan in Amarillo, TX currently has 9,998 finishers of its 72 ounce steak over the 60 year history of the challenge.
The Badlands Chugs youtube channel has surpassed 3 million subscribers.
Randy Santel, Mitch Dombrowski, Naader Reda and Ramsey Hilton finished the 25 pound "King Kookamonga" burger challenge at Kooky Canuck in Memphis in 35:55 yesterday, giving Randy a total of 1000 restaurant challenge successes.
Joey Chestnut vs. Geoff Esper head to head results April 25, 2021
Here are the head to head MLE results for Joey Chestnut vs. Geoff Esper according to the eatfeats database. Esper currently has a 3 contest winning streak and has finished ahead of Chestnut in 8 of the 15 contests they have faced off since January 1, 2019
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