- Joey Chestnut is a -2000 favorite to win the 2025 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest after not being able to participate last year.
- His line for total hot dogs eaten sits at 71.5. He holds the event record with 76 hot dogs eaten in 2021.
NEW YORK – The 2025 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest is set to take place this Friday on the 4th of July as the all-time leader in wins, Joey Chestnut, makes his return after a one-year hiatus. Here are the contestants with the best odds to win the event.
Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest Odds
- Joey Chestnut -2000
- Patrick Bertoletti +900
- Geoffrey Esper +2000
- James Webb +2000
- Nick Wehry +3500
- Derek Hendrickson +5000
Online sportsbooks have Joey Chestnut as the clear and overwhelming favorite, and for good reason. Chestnut leads the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in all-time wins with 16, six more than all-time women’s leader Miki Sudo and ten more than Takeru Kobayashi, the next closest male participant.
Last year, Chestnut was unable to participate in the contest due to a sponsorship conflict, allowing Patrick Bertoletti to win his first career Nathan’s title. Bertoletti sits firmly in second place with +900 odds. He recorded 58 total hot dogs consumed, a number that Chestnut has cleared in each of his Nathan’s appearances besides 2010 when he consumed just 54 hot dogs.
The question appears to be not who will win, but how much will Chestnut win by and how many hot dogs he will consume overall?
Joey Chestnut Total Hot Dogs Eaten
- Over 71.5 -120
- Under 71.5 -120
New York online sportsbooks have set his line at 71.5 total hot dogs consumed, a number that no contestant has cleared since Chestnut did it in 2021.
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Chestnut holds the event record with 76 total hot dogs eaten in 2021, but recorded under 70 hot dogs in both his 2022 and 2023 outings. However, Chestnut did compete in a separate event against Takeru Kobayashi which premiered on Netflix last year, consuming 83 hot dogs in the same ten-minute limit.
Chestnut was able to clear 70 hot dogs in six consecutive years during the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, a stretch running from 2016–2021.
After losing his streak of consecutive Nathan’s titles and proving he still has what it takes against Kobayashi, bettors should consider taking the over on this line as Chestnut looks to come back with a vengeance.
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