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| 1st | 58 | $8,000.00 | Takeru Kobayashi | Nagano, Japan | |
| 2nd | 45 | $4,500.00 | Joey "Jaws" Chestnut | Westfield, IN | |
| 3rd | 39 | $2,500.00 | Pat "Deep Dish" Bertoletti | Chicago, IL | |
| 4th | 38.5 | $1,500.00 | Bob "The Notorious B.O.B." Shoudt | Royersford, PA | |
| 5th | 37 | $1,000.00 | Tim "Eater X" Janus | New York City, NY | |
| 6th | 34 | $750.00 | Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas | Alexandria, VA | |
| 7th | 31.5 | $600.00 | Rich "The Locust" LeFevre | Henderson, NV | |
| 8th | 22.25 | $500.00 | Crazy Legs Conti | New York City, NY | |
| 9th | 22 | $400.00 | Tim "Gravy" Brown | Chicago, IL | |
| 10th | 15.5 | $250.00 | Erik "The Red" Denmark | Seattle, WA | |
| 11th | 15 | Frank "the Kaiser" Wach | Chicago, IL | ||
| 12th | 13 | Jim Hamrick | Springfield, IL | ||
| 13th | 11 | "El Toro" Jimenez | Las Vegas, NV | ||
| 14th | 10 | PJ Kim | New York, NY | ||
| 15th | 9 | Damon "Whos ur daddy" Serignet | New Orleans, La | ||
| 16th | 6 | Tom Denure | Georgetown, WI |