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| 1st | 70 | $10,000.00 | Joey "Jaws" Chestnut | Westfield, IN | finals record |
| 2nd | 53 | $5,000.00 | Matt "Megatoad" Stonie | San Jose, CA | 9 less than 2015 finals |
| 3rd | 42 | $2,500.00 | Carmen Cincotti | East WIndsor, NJ | best finals debut since Kobayashi's 50 |
| 4th | 38 | $1,500.00 | Gideon Oji | Morrow, GA | Africa-born record |
| 5th | 37.5 | $1,000.00 | Geoffrey Esper | Oxford, MA | |
| 6th | 36 | $500.00 | Adrian "The Rabbit" Morgan | New Orleans, LA | |
| 7th | 31 | $450.00 | Erik "The Red" Denmark | Seattle, WA | |
| 7th | 31 | $450.00 | Yasir Salem | New York City, NY | |
| 9th | 29 | $350.00 | Rich "The Locust" LeFevre | Henderson, NV | |
| 10th | 28 | $300.00 | Marcos "The Monster" Owens | ||
| 11th | 27 | $250.00 | Juan "more bite" Rodriguez | Crestwood, IL | |
| 12th | 25 | $200.00 | Eric "Badlands" Booker | Selden, NY | |
| 13th | 24 | $150.00 | Brian "Dud Light" Dudzinski | Phoenixville, PA | |
| 14th | 16 | $100.00 | Steven Schuster | ||
| 15th | 12 | $50.00 | Dan "Big Cat" Katz | from BarstoolSports.com, had fake blood thrown on him by protestors | |
| 16th | 1 | Crazy Legs Conti | New York City, NY | assaulted by protestors, lowest non DQ finals total since Jed Donahue in 2006 |