ESPN.com has a list of the highest paid competitors by sport which lists Joey Chestnut’s 2011 earnings as $205,000, the same value given in a ninemsn.au.com article earlier this year and represents a $20,000 decline from the $225,000 he reportedly earned in 2010.
It is surprising that Joey Chestnut’s overall earnings decreased from 2010 to 2011 when the sum of the public prizes he was awarded in those years increased from $32,500 to $43,000. $43,000 to $32,250. (A raise in the TooJay’s corned beef contest first prize from $5,000 to $12,500 was responsible for $7,500 of that increase.) The discontinuation of two 2010 exhibition series Joey Chestnut participated in, Jimmy John’s sandwich makers vs. eaters and competitions sponsored by Pepto Bismol in which Joey Chestnut faced a team of amateurs, might have been responsible for some of the decline.
Listings of Joey Chestnut’s results and public prizes in 2010 and 2011 follow after the jump.
2010
| $5000 |
2010 Mar 17 |
1st |
15.5 |
10 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
TooJay’s World Class Corned Beef Eating Championship |
Palm Beach Gardens, FL |
| $750 |
2010 Apr 17 |
2nd |
3.5625 |
10 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
Isle of Capri Lula Rib-Eating Championship |
Lula, MS |
| $1500 |
2010 Apr 24 |
1st |
8.44 |
10 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
World Deep Fried Asparagus-Eating Championship |
Stockton, CA |
| $1500 |
2010 May 1 |
1st |
19 |
10 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
World CheeseSteak Eating Championship |
Allentown, PA |
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2010 May 9 |
1st |
380 |
8 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
CP Biggest Eater – men |
Singapore, Singapore |
| $2000 |
2010 May 15 |
1st |
21 |
10 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
Niko Niko’s World Gyro Eating Championship |
Houston, TX |
|
2010 Jun 5 |
1st |
41 |
10 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
Pizza Hut Chow-lenge |
Los Angeles, CA |
| $10000 |
2010 Jul 4 |
1st |
54 |
10 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest |
Brooklyn, NY |
| $1500 |
2010 Jul 11 |
1st |
9.5 |
12 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
World Rib Eating Championship |
Lincoln City, OR |
|
2010 Jul 17 |
? |
? |
? |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
Jimmy John’s Freaky Fast Sandwich Makers vs Eaters |
Denver, CO |
|
2010 Jul 22 |
2nd |
20 |
5 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
Red Faction Mars Bar Eating Championship |
San Diego, CA |
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2010 Aug 21 |
2nd |
27 |
5 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
Joey Chestnut vs. 5 amateurs |
San Francisco, CA |
| $2500 |
2010 Sep 1 |
1st |
8 |
12 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
Best in the West Nugget Rib Eating Contest |
Sparks, NV |
| $750 |
2010 Sep 5 |
2nd |
4.55 |
12 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
U.S Buffalo Wing Eating Championship |
Buffalo, NY |
| $1500 |
2010 Sep 11 |
1st |
47 |
10 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
Garcia’s World Burrito Eating Championship |
Albuquerque, NM |
| $1250 |
2010 Sep 18 |
1st |
42 |
10 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
World Bratwurst Eating Championship |
Cincinnati, OH |
| $2500 |
2010 Sep 25 |
1st |
37 |
10 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
Upper Crust Pizza Eating World Championship |
Boston, MA |
| $1500 |
2010 Nov 7 |
1st |
43 |
10 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
Martorano’s Masters Meatball Championship |
Las Vegas, NV |
total $32,250
Events without published payouts: Pepto Bismol Joey Chestnut vs. amateurs series, Jimmy Johns Makers vs. Eaters series, Pizza Hut Chow-lenge, CP Biggest Eater, Red Faction Mars Bar eating contest
2011
| $12500 |
2011 Mar 17 |
1st |
14.5 |
10 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
TooJay’s World Class Corned Beef Eating Championship – professionals |
Palm Beach Gardens, FL |
| $1500 |
2011 Apr 13 |
3rd |
7.9375 |
12 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
Wingstop World Wing-Eating Championship |
Dallas, TX |
| $1500 |
2011 Apr 16 |
1st |
9.325 |
10 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
World Deep Fried Asparagus-Eating Championship |
Stockton, CA |
| $5000 |
2011 May 14 |
1st |
13 |
10 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
Wild Carp Week World Salt Potato Eating Championship |
Baldwinsville, NY |
| $2000 |
2011 May 15 |
1st |
21.5 |
10 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
Niko Niko’s World Gyro Eating Championship |
Houston, TX |
| $1500 |
2011 May 21 |
1st |
23 |
10 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
World CheeseSteak Eating Championship |
Allentown, PA |
|
2011 Jun 4 |
1st |
7.5 |
10 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
Pizza Hut Chow-lenge |
Los Angeles, CA |
|
2011 Jun 18 |
? |
39 |
5 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
Joey Chestnut Exhibition |
Beijing, China |
| $10000 |
2011 Jul 4 |
1st |
62 |
10 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest – men |
Brooklyn, NY |
| $2500 |
2011 Jul 29 |
1st |
53 |
10 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
Taco Bell Why Pay More Soft Taco Challenge |
San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| $2500 |
2011 Aug 31 |
1st |
7.6 |
12 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
John Ascuaga’s Nugget World Rib Eating Championship |
Sparks, NV |
| $750 |
2011 Sep 4 |
2nd |
6.13 |
12 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
US Chicken Wing Eating Championship |
Buffalo, NY |
| $2000 |
2011 Sep 17 |
1st |
35 |
10 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
Oktoberfest Zinzinnati World Bratwurst-Eating Championship |
Cincinnati, OH |
| $1250 |
2011 Oct 9 |
1st |
16 |
6 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
World Chili Eating Championship |
Washington, DC |
|
2011 Nov 19 |
2nd |
297 |
8 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
CP Biggest Eater Qualifier – professional |
Melbourne, VIC, Australia |
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2011 Nov 27 |
1st |
225 |
8 min |
Joey “Jaws” Chestnut |
CP Biggest Eater Qualifier – professionals |
Hong Kong, China |
Total: $43,000
Events without published payouts: Pizza Hut Chow-lenge, Nathan’s exhibition in Beijing, CP Biggest Eater qualifiers in Melbourne and Hong Kong, judging “Hottest Dog” contest in Brooklyn (may not have been MLE-sanctioned since Joey Chestnut did not eat competitively.)
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anonymous said
May 5, 2012 @ 11:40 am
We know he earned $43000 that is documented but there are no actual public payouts of pizza hut CP biggest eater qualifier etc that compensates for the remaining $160k that is unaccounted for
Anonymous said
May 5, 2012 @ 3:48 pm
“when the sum of the public prizes he was awarded in those years increased from $43,000 to $32,250.”
This is reversed. Regardless, no one will ever know what the eaters actually earned, those numbers are thrown out by MLE, the press can make mistakes etc. Only Joey really (and perhaps his accountant) knows what he made for those years and before and after. The big money amounts are all speculative. Same goes for other eaters though it is likely that no one has ever made close to what Joey has made and most have made very little if anything.
Joeys the man!!!! said
May 7, 2012 @ 2:05 am
Keep dreamin Kobi! Haha The armature contests ur puttin on will never pay out what real pros make. Long live the true champion of CE – jaws for life!!