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Nathan’s Hot Dog contest: Matt Stonie net worth

By Scott Rogust

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 04: Matt Stonie competes in the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest on July 4, 2018 in the Coney Island neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Steven Ferdman/WireImage)
NEW YORK, NY - JULY 04: Matt Stonie competes in the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest on July 4, 2018 in the Coney Island neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Steven Ferdman/WireImage) /
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Matt Stonie defeated Joey Chestnut in the 2015 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. Here is his net worth.

Back in 2015, Joey Chestnut was looking to win his ninth-consecutive Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest title. That did not come to fruition, as Matt Stonie ate 62 hot dogs as compared to Chestnut’s 60 to pick up the monumental upset.

With the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest returning once again on the Fourth of July, you may be wondering, what is Stonie’s net worth? He was the one to put a dent in Chestnut’s reign of dominance, after all.

Matt Stonie net worth

According to CelebrityNetWorth.com, Stonie has a net worth of $3 million.

When Stonie picked up the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest title in 2015, he did take home $40,000 in prize money, per Major League Eating’s official website. That has been the prize money rewarded as of 2021.

Stonie owns a variety of records in eating foods such as pasta, birthday cake, MoonPies, bacon, peeps, pork roll sandwiches, and popcorn. You can check out his full list of accomplishments on his official Major League Eating profile.

This year, Chestnut is looking to claim his 15th Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating contest title, all the while standing on crutches.

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