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Who Won the 2025 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest? Men’s & Women’s Live Updates and Results
Joey Chestnut is back and Miki Sudo never left. The greatest man and woman in hot dog eating history are both competing at the 2025 Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest.
Chestnut is returning from a one-year ban to try and win his mustard yellow belt back from 2024 champion Pat Bertoletti. Chestnut had won 16 of the previous 17 contests. In the women's contest Sudo, coming off a record 51 hot dogs last year, is looking for her 11th title in 12 years.
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2025 Men's Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest Live Results
Eater | Hot dogs | Dogs per minute |
|---|---|---|
Joey Chestnut | 70.5 | 7.1 |
Patrick Bertoletti | 46.5 | 4.7 |
James Webb | 45.5 | 4.56 |
Live updates
That's all folks. Have a safe holiday.
- 12:55 p.m. Joey Chestnut has won the competition for the 17th time. Official counts to follow shortly, but he downed an unofficial 70 dogs.
- 12:54 p.m. One minute to go. Chestnut has 64 dogs down, and the current runner-up is at 42.
- 12:52 p.m. With three minutes left, Chestnut has 56 dogs down. The record (his own) is 76.
- 12:50 p.m. Halfway done, Chestnut has downed a remarkable 46 dogs. The record could be in play.
- 12:49 p.m. Chestnut's lead is growing. He now has a 13-dog lead with six minutes remaining.
- 12:47 p.m. Bertoletti, Webb, and Esper are all keeping it interesting, but a lot of time (seven-plus minutes) remain.
- 12:46 p.m. One minute in of 10. Chestnut leads with 11 dogs. Next highest is eight.
- 12:41 p.m. Joey Chestnut is back. After a hiatus from the event last year, he received a large cheer upon his introduction at Coney Island this year (with chants of "Joey" preceding his introduction). Now, let's get eating.
- 12:30 p.m. George Shea is back on the mic for eater introductions for the men's competition.
- 12:00 p.m. Here we go. The festivities are ready to get going. Joey Chestnut is back.
2025 Women's Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest Results
Eater | Hot Dogs | Dogs Per Minute |
|---|---|---|
Miki Sudo | 33 | 3.3 |
Michelle Lesco | 22.75 | 2.3 |
Domenica Dee | 22.5 | 2.3 |
Live Updates
- 11:14 a.m. "I'm thinking the buns were more filling than usual," Sudo said after the contest, as for her lower than average dogs per minute pace.
- 11:11 a.m. Miki Sudo wins with 32 dogs. It's her 11th pink belt.
- 11:10 a.m. A minute to go. Sudo has a 10-dog lead.
- 11:07 a.m. Sudo is starting to pull away, it looks like, holding a seven-dog lead over Lesco with fewer than four minutes to go.
- 11:05 a.m. Sudo is protecting her lead, but Lesco is keeping it interesting. With six minutes to go, Sudo has 15, Lesco 11.
- 11:02 a.m. Two minutes in, and Miki Sudo is in the lead with 10 dogs down. Michelle Lesco trails with 7.
- 11:00 a.m. Eating has begun.
- 10:57 a.m. Defending champion Miki Sudo was announced to a big cheer. We are nearly ready to get eating.
- 10:50 a.m. George Shea has taken the mic. Women's introductions are starting.
- 10:48 a.m. The women's event is getting ready to start introductions.
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