Total hot dogs eaten and lifespan truncation

July 15, 2026 at 6:49 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:Health, Statistics

Happy National Hot Dog Day. In 2021, University of Michigan of researchers posted a study claiming that eating a hot dog would shorten the lifespan of its consumer by 36 minutes. Using that figure, the following table list the amount of lifespan truncation for competitive eaters from the combined totals of hot dog events in the eatfeats database. The statistics inclunde MLE contests, non-MLE competitions and exhibitions. The first column is the number of hot dog events for a given competitor.

# Hot Dogs Avg. Minutes Days
31 1870 60.32 67320 46.75 Joey “Jaws” Chestnut
27 1085.33 40.2 39071.88 27.13 Pat “Deep Dish” Bertoletti
45 1057.75 23.51 38079 26.44 Eric “Badlands” Booker
59 988.83 16.76 35597.88 24.72 Crazy Legs Conti
25 976.25 39.05 35145 24.41 Tim “Eater X” Janus
32 941.75 29.43 33903 23.54 Bob “The Notorious B.O.B.” Shoudt
34 921.25 27.1 33165 23.03 Erik “The Red” Denmark
15 876.25 58.42 31545 21.91 Takeru Kobayashi
33 876 26.55 31536 21.9 Rich “The Locust” LeFevre
26 869.5 33.44 31302 21.74 Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas
20 864.12 43.21 31108.5 21.6 Geoffrey Esper
26 863.12 33.2 31072.5 21.58 Molly Schuyler

27 813.75 30.14 29295 20.34 Adrian “The Rabbit” Morgan
54 765.5 14.18 27558 19.14 Dale “Mouth of the South” Boone
27 756.25 28.01 27225 18.91 “The Lovely” Juliet Lee
19 741 39 26676 18.52 Matt “Megatoad” Stonie
51 709.25 13.91 25533 17.73 William “Wild Bill” Myers
16 630.5 39.41 22698 15.76 Nick Wehry
25 628 25.12 22608 15.7 Michelle “Cardboard Shell” Lesco
20 616.42 30.82 22191.12 15.41 Gideon Oji
27 614.75 22.77 22131 15.37 Yasir Salem
23 613.5 26.67 22086 15.34 George Chiger
29 612 21.1 22032 15.3 “Buffalo” Jim Reeves
16 599.25 37.45 21573 14.98 Miki Sudo
20 549.5 27.48 19782 13.74 Juan “more bite” Rodriguez
34 525.5 15.46 18918 13.14 Larell Marie “The Real Deal” Mele
23 519.25 22.58 18693 12.98 Allen “Shredder” Goldstein
18 507 28.17 18252 12.68 Jamie “Bear” McDonald
21 500.5 23.83 18018 12.51 Pat “from Moonachie” Philbin
25 495.16 19.81 17825.76 12.38 David “Tiger Wings and Things” Brunelli
19 478.25 25.17 17217 11.96 Tim “Gravy” Brown
25 464.75 18.59 16731 11.62 “Nasty” Nathan Biller
13 462.25 35.56 16641 11.56 Dan “killer” Kennedy
19 457.5 24.08 16470 11.44 Brian “Dud Light” Dudzinski
18 457 25.39 16452 11.42 Pablo Martinez
23 450.25 19.58 16209 11.26 Ronnie “MegaByte” Hartman
21 439.5 20.93 15822 10.99 Pete “PrettyBoy” Davekos
22 436.75 19.85 15723 10.92 “Big” Brian Subich
17 392 23.06 14112 9.8 Sean “Flash” Gordon
18 388.3 21.57 13978.8 9.71 Micah “Wing Kong” Collins
16 383 23.94 13788 9.57 Steve Hendry
14 382.5 27.32 13770 9.56 Derek Hendrickson
9 376 41.78 13536 9.4 Darron Breeden
9 349 38.78 12564 8.72 James Webb
15 346 23.07 12456 8.65 Darrien “Cheesecurd” Thomas
8 324 40.5 11664 8.1 Carmen Cincotti
13 317.62 24.43 11434.5 7.94 Hall “Hoover” Hunt
24 314.25 13.09 11313 7.86 “Gentleman” Joe Menchetti
16 308.75 19.3 11115 7.72 Ron Koch
17 289 17 10404 7.22 Brandon Clark
17 279 16.41 10044 6.98 Carlene LeFevre
11 262.5 23.86 9450 6.56 Marcos “The Monster” Owens
10 261.5 26.15 9414 6.54 Derek Jacobs
15 255.9 17.06 9212.4 6.4 Russ “The Black Hole” Keeler
15 251.5 16.77 9054 6.29 Eric “Steakbellie” Livingston
11 248 22.55 8928 6.2 Tom “Goose” Gilbert
7 243 34.71 8748 6.08 Max Stanford
18 242.5 13.47 8730 6.06 Wayne “wayneywonder” Algenio
14 234.25 16.73 8433 5.86 Johnnie Excel
14 232 16.57 8352 5.8 “Hungry” Charles Hardy
12 226.5 18.88 8154 5.66 Meredith Boxberger
8 223 27.88 8028 5.58 Aaron “A-Train” Osthoff
13 214 16.46 7704 5.35 Juan “Hungry Saiyan” Neave
14 211 15.07 7596 5.28 Michael Diebold
19 211 11.11 7596 5.28 Michael Jenkins
13 206 15.85 7416 5.15 Frank “the Kaiser” Wach
23 203.25 8.84 7317 5.08 Mary “I Love ’em HOT!” Bowers
15 198.38 13.22 7141.5 4.96 Katie Prettyman
15 193.16 12.88 6953.76 4.83 Teddy Delacruz
13 192.5 14.81 6930 4.81 Kevin Ross
13 187 14.38 6732 4.68 Joe “JamminJoe” LaRue
14 187 13.36 6732 4.68 Mike “The Scholar” DeVito
5 186 37.2 6696 4.65 Max Suzuki
7 181 25.86 6516 4.53 Gordon “Hungry” Hazzard
23 178.9 7.78 6440.4 4.47 Andrew “A Bomb” Lane
7 172.5 24.64 6210 4.31 Bob “Killer” Kuhns
9 172.5 19.17 6210 4.31 Dave “U. S. Male” Goldstein
6 172.5 28.75 6210 4.31 Bartley Weaver, IV
8 170 21.25 6120 4.25 Marco “Mongo” Marquez
21 169.38 8.07 6097.5 4.23 Stephanie Wu
6 169 28.17 6084 4.22 Joel Hansen
11 166.75 15.16 6003 4.17 Sophia Devita
12 160.5 13.38 5778 4.01 “Beautiful” Brian Seiken
8 158.25 19.78 5697 3.96 Sarah “Unstoppable Bab” Rodriguez
6 151 25.17 5436 3.78 Ed “Cookie” Jarvis
7 146 20.86 5256 3.65 Radim Dvoracek
4 145.5 36.38 5238 3.64 Chip “The Phenom” Simpson
6 143.5 23.92 5166 3.59 Stephanie “Xanadu” Torres
9 142.5 15.83 5130 3.56 Justin Mih
21 142 6.76 5112 3.55 Rene Rovtar
7 141.75 20.25 5103 3.54 “The Natural” Arturo Rios, Jr.
13 141.5 10.88 5094 3.54 Jack “Snack Jack” Diamond
7 138.33 19.76 4979.88 3.46 Kevin “LA Beast” Strahle
10 132.5 13.25 4770 3.31 Will “The Champ” Millender, IV
6 131.5 21.92 4734 3.29 Damon “The Omen” Wells
5 130.5 26.1 4698 3.26 Jeff “The Beast Man” Butler
9 128.5 14.28 4626 3.21 Matthew Holowicki
16 128.3 8.02 4618.62 3.21 Sergio Reyes-Raya
16 128 8 4608 3.2 Paul “BoneBreaker” Barlow, Jr.
1 127 127 4572 3.18 Walter Paul
5 126.5 25.3 4554 3.16 Brett “The Branimal” Healey
11 126 11.45 4536 3.15 Damien Boykin
7 126 18 4536 3.15 Jack Legath
9 125 13.89 4500 3.12 Ryan “Max Carnage” Rodacker
12 124.25 10.35 4473 3.11 Naader “Freak8r” Reda
5 124 24.8 4464 3.1 “Furious” Pete Czerwinski
11 123 11.18 4428 3.08 Kyle “The Hammer” Hanner
6 121.5 20.25 4374 3.04 Steven Schuster
7 121 17.29 4356 3.02 Craig “The Keg” Reed
12 119.5 9.96 4302 2.99 Jocelyn Young
10 117.08 11.71 4214.88 2.93 Edward Chin
8 114.5 14.31 4122 2.86 Ed “The Animal” Krachie
4 114.5 28.62 4122 2.86 Adam “Beard Meats Food” Moran
4 113 28.25 4068 2.82 Scott “Scott Eats” Watkins
9 111.75 12.42 4023 2.79 Pete “Philly Guy” Miernicki
4 110.5 27.62 3978 2.76 Steve “The Rabbit” Hammond
6 110 18.33 3960 2.75 Randy Santel
9 110 12.22 3960 2.75 Eric “Silo” Dahl
5 109.5 21.9 3942 2.74 Josh Miller
5 108 21.6 3888 2.7 Pete “Broken Wing” Maurizio
3 107.25 35.75 3861 2.68 Sean “The Mouth” Yeager
9 107 11.89 3852 2.68 “Jalapeno” Jed Donahue
7 106.5 15.21 3834 2.66 Bryan “Big Sexy” Beard
9 105.25 11.69 3789 2.63 Matthew Raible
4 105.12 26.28 3784.5 2.63 Kazutoyo “The Rabbit” Arai
6 104.62 17.44 3766.5 2.62 Mark “The Human Vacuum” Lyle
7 104.5 14.93 3762 2.61 John “Step Daddy J” Jugovic
4 99 24.75 3564 2.48 Patrick Vandam
6 98.5 16.42 3546 2.46 Loren “Bubba” Yarbrough
7 98 14 3528 2.45 Ryan “The Abyss” Siciliano
4 97.5 24.38 3510 2.44 Jerome Burns
8 96 12 3456 2.4 Matt “Sweet Tooth” Cohen
4 94.5 23.62 3402 2.36 Juris “Dr. Bigtime” Shibayama
19 91.75 4.83 3303 2.29 Prudence DiBenedetto
5 91.5 18.3 3294 2.29 Tomas “Tommy Boy” Cortina
5 91.5 18.3 3294 2.29 Josh “The Goat” Krady
7 91.25 13.04 3285 2.28 Jacob Larry
3 91 30.33 3276 2.28 Balinda Gould
4 90.5 22.62 3258 2.26 Domenica “Dee Street Eats” Dee
7 90 12.86 3240 2.25 Bryan Crocker
13 89.25 6.87 3213 2.23 Julie Goldberg
6 88.75 14.79 3195 2.22 Daniella Gioia
9 88.25 9.81 3177 2.21 Don “Moses” Lerman
1 88 88 3168 2.2 MCLA
3 87 29 3132 2.17 “Team Gravy”
3 86 28.67 3096 2.15 “Team Gonzo”
4 85.75 21.44 3087 2.14 Hirofumi “Tokyo Terror” Nakajima
9 85.5 9.5 3078 2.14 Tim “Obi-Wing-Kenobi” Cain
5 83.5 16.7 3006 2.09 Pedram “In Jaws We Trust” Esmaeelzadeh
4 83 20.75 2988 2.08 Kenji Oguni
2 83 41.5 2988 2.08 Ricardo Corbucci
3 81.25 27.08 2925 2.03 Cameron Meade
6 80 13.33 2880 2 Damon “Whos ur daddy” Serignet
5 78.5 15.7 2826 1.96 Mike Springer
7 78.25 11.18 2817 1.96 Michael “Big Hoss” Deitz
8 78 9.75 2808 1.95 Andrew Kossuth
3 76.5 25.5 2754 1.91 William Lyon
7 76.25 10.89 2745 1.91 Nela Louise Zisser
5 74.25 14.85 2673 1.86 Mike Landrich
6 74 12.33 2664 1.85 Larry “The Legend” McNeil
4 74 18.5 2664 1.85 Jon Bello
6 74 12.33 2664 1.85 Jimme “JiminEater” Mares
4 74 18.5 2664 1.85 “Detroit Fire”
5 74 14.8 2664 1.85 Tandra Childress
4 73.5 18.38 2646 1.84 Miyuki “Eastern Queen” Iwata
3 73.5 24.5 2646 1.84 Yunho Choi
6 73 12.17 2628 1.82 Greg Webb
5 72 14.4 2592 1.8 Cal “Hulk Smash Food” Stubbs
6 70.5 11.75 2538 1.76 Kassandra Zapata
2 70.5 35.25 2538 1.76 Mayoi Ebihara
1 70 70 2520 1.75 Townie Team
2 69 34.5 2484 1.72 Nobuyuki “The Giant” Shirota
6 69 11.5 2484 1.72 Mark “the muncher” Williams
5 68.5 13.7 2466 1.71 David “The Termite” Wood
6 68.25 11.38 2457 1.71 Neslie Ricasa
4 66.33 16.58 2387.88 1.66 Kevin “Qwazy” Ambs
5 65.5 13.1 2358 1.64 Jason “The Erbivore” Erb
9 65.5 7.28 2358 1.64 Joel “The Cannon” Podelsky
4 65.5 16.38 2358 1.64 Joe “Big Boss” Tursi
4 65.5 16.38 2358 1.64 Maria “Edible”
5 65.25 13.05 2349 1.63 Oleg Zhornitskiy
7 64.75 9.25 2331 1.62 Marlene Wigginton
6 63.5 10.58 2286 1.59 Holly Titus
3 62.5 20.83 2250 1.56 Sharon Scholten
3 62.5 20.83 2250 1.56 Nickel Rivers
3 62.5 20.83 2250 1.56 “Big Eater Mike” Michael Whities
1 62 62 2232 1.55 Williams U
8 61.9 7.74 2228.4 1.55 Cherish “Five Pounds” Brown
7 61.5 8.79 2214 1.54 Brent Ricord
7 61 8.71 2196 1.52 Dee “Princess Pi-Anna” Martin
4 61 15.25 2196 1.52 BeeJay Alexander
3 60.5 20.17 2178 1.51 Tanner Gray
3 60 20 2160 1.5 Seaver “the Achiever” Miller
4 60 15 2160 1.5 Michael “Mailman” Doolin
7 59.5 8.5 2142 1.49 Andrew “The Bear” Kogutkiewicz
3 56.5 18.83 2034 1.41 Kyle “Kyle Can Eat” Hanney
2 56 28 2016 1.4 “Big” Ben Monson
6 56 9.33 2016 1.4 Raina “Blonde Candy” Huang
5 55 11 1980 1.38 Saoheng “The Stallion” Young
6 55 9.17 1980 1.38 Jimmy “The Spicialist” Lin
6 54.25 9.04 1953 1.36 Kathryn Tesch
4 54 13.5 1944 1.35 Doug “Cerebrus” Ecks
1 54 54 1944 1.35 MCLA Team
5 52.75 10.55 1899 1.32 Peter “Dirty Pete” Ritter
6 52 8.67 1872 1.3 “Hurricane” David Solomon
4 52 13 1872 1.3 “Detroit Police”
4 51.25 12.81 1845 1.28 James Burgess
6 51.25 8.54 1845 1.28 Kelly Wong
5 51 10.2 1836 1.27 Paul “Buffet Buster” Sakelarides
3 51 17 1836 1.27 Giovanne Costa
3 51 17 1836 1.27 Sven Pelman
3 51 17 1836 1.27 William Simmons
5 50.5 10.1 1818 1.26 Jon Davis
3 50 16.67 1800 1.25 Peter Parker
1 50 50 1800 1.25 “Fall River Police”

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