Joey Chestnut is prepping for Nathan’s Hot Dog contest. Here’s how a lot prize cash he can win

“I’m hungry. That’s all it’s. I’m staying hungry it doesn’t matter what. I’m anticipating to eat uncomfortable and bloated and I’m ignoring no matter emotions it takes to get there,” Chestnut advised The Post. 

When requested if he feels the stress, the 41-year-old added: “I wouldn’t say stress, it’s extra of assist. Every now and again you get a bit of little bit of stress from people who find themselves betting. Like, “Oh, you could get this Over.” I’m like, “Oh my god, the Over’s actually excessive this yr (chuckle).”

Joey Chestnut can be combating (reasonably consuming) for an enormous prize cash on July 4. Here are particulars about how a lot he can win. 

Prize cash for Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest 2025

Total Purse: The contest affords a $40,000 purse, cut up evenly between the boys’s and girls’s divisions, with $20,000 allotted to every. 

Payout construction:

1st Place (Winner): $10,000 for each the boys’s and girls’s champions. 

2nd Place: $5,000, awarded to the runner-up in every division.

third Place: $2,500, for third-place finishers.

4th Place: $1,500, for fourth-place opponents.

fifth Place: $1,000, for fifth-place finishers. 

Historically, Nathan’s has provided non-cash prizes, equivalent to a 2004 journey package deal from Orbitz, however no such awards are confirmed for 2025. 

How is Joey Chestnut getting ready?

Chestnut started coaching in April 2025, as he usually does, with apply contests simulating the 10-minute occasion. His routine entails overcoming the psychological barrier of feeling full, a ability honed since his 2007 debut.

With a document of 76 scorching canines and buns (HDB) in 2021 and 83 HDB in a 2024 Netflix particular in opposition to Takeru Kobayashi, Chestnut is projected to exceed 71.5 HDB in 2025.