Editing Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest (section)

===By contest type===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+Joint male & female competitions (1967, 1972–1974, 1978–2010)
|-
!scope=col| No. of Titles
!scope=col| Name
!scope=col| Year(s)
|-
| align="center"| 6
| {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Takeru Kobayashi]]
| 2001–2006
|-
| align="center"| 4
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Joey Chestnut]]
| 2007–2010
|-
| align="center"| 3
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Michael DeVito|Mike DeVito]] 
| 1990,{{ref|reference_name_A|a}} 1993–1994
|-
| align="center"| 3
| {{flagicon|USA}} Jay Green
| 1988–1990{{ref|reference_name_A|a}}
|-
| align="center"| 2
| {{flagicon|USA}} Frankie Dellarosa
| 1991–1992
|-
| align="center"| 2
| {{flagicon|USA}} Ed Krachie
| 1995–1996
|-
| align="center"| 2
| {{flagicon|Japan}} Hirofumi Nakajima
| 1997–1998
|-
| align="center"| 2
| {{flagicon|USA}} Walter Paul
| 1967 <small>''(Centennial celebration of the invention of the hot dog)''</small>, 1974 <small>''([[Labor Day]])''</small>{{ref|reference_name_A|a}}
|-
| align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|USA}} Steven Abrams
| 1982
|-
| align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|USA}} Melody Andorfer
| 1972 <small>''(Labor Day)''</small>
|-
| align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|Japan}} Kazutoyo Arai
| 2000
|-
| align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|USA}} Joe Baldini
| 1980{{ref|reference_name_A|a}}
|-
| align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|USA}} John Connolly
| 1974 <small>''(Opening day of Coney Island's summer season)''</small>
|-
| align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|USA}} Thomas DeBerry
| 1981
|-
| align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|GER}} Birgit Felden
| 1984
|-
| align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|USA}} Luther Frazier
| 1979{{ref|reference_name_A|a}}
|-
| align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|USA}} Emil Gomez
| 1983
|-
| align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|USA}} Mark Heller
| 1986
|-
| align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|USA}} Manel Hollenback
| 1978{{ref|reference_name_A|a}}
|-
| align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Steve Keiner]]
| 1999
|-
| align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|USA}} Jim Mattner
| 1979{{ref|reference_name_A|a}}
|-
| align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|USA}} Roberto Muriel
| 1974
|-
| align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|USA}} Oscar Rodriguez
| 1985
|-
| align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|USA}} Jason Schechter
| 1972 <small>''([[Memorial Day]])''</small>
|-
| align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jerry Butler (actor)|Paul Siederman]]
| 1980{{ref|reference_name_A|a}}
|-
| align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|USA}} Kevin Sinclair
| 1978{{ref|reference_name_A|a}}
|-
| align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|USA}} Paul Sirop
| 1974 <small>''(Labor Day)''</small>{{ref|reference_name_A|a}}
|-
| align="center"| 1
| <small>''(unknown)''</small>
| 1973
|-
| align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|USA}} Don Wolfman
| 1987
|}
{{note|reference_name_A|a}} the 1974 ''[[Labor Day]]'' and 1978, 1979, 1980, and 1990 ''[[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]]'' competitions ended in ties

{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+Men's-only competitions (1975, 2011–Present)
|-
!scope=col| No. of Titles
!scope=col| Name
!scope=col| Year(s)
|-
| align="center"| 11
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Joey Chestnut]]
| 2011–2014, 2016–2023
|-
| align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Patrick Bertoletti]]
| 2024
|-
| align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|USA}} Lonnie Brown
| 1975 <small>''([[Memorial Day]])''</small>
|-
| align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Matt Stonie]]
| 2015
|}

{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+Women's-only competitions (1975, 2011–Present){{ref|reference_name_A|a}}
|-
!scope=col| No. of Titles
!scope=col| Name
!scope=col| Year(s)
|-
| align="center"| 8
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Miki Sudo]]
| 2014–2020, 2022–2023
|-
| align="center"| 3
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Sonya Thomas]]
| 2011–2013
|-
| align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Michelle Lesco]]
| 2021
|-
| align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|USA}} Sharlene Smith
| 1975 <small>''([[Memorial Day]])''</small>
|}
{{note|reference_name_A|a}} prior to restructuring the competition to offer women's-only contests, the media was known to use the term "women's category" to describe female participation;<ref>{{cite web|title=Ready, set, eat (caption)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/277359883/?terms=%22Takeru%20Kobayashi%22&match=1|work=[[Tulare, California|Tulare]] ([[California|Calif.]]) Advance-Register (sec. A, p. 4)|date=July 5, 2004|access-date=July 9, 2022|archive-date=July 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709010609/https://www.newspapers.com/image/277359883/?terms=%22Takeru%20Kobayashi%22&match=1|url-status=live}}</ref> the top-finishers of the "women's category" in this era included, for '''2003:''' [[Sonya Thomas]] (25), '''2004:''' Sonya Thomas (32), '''2005:''' Sonya Thomas (37), '''2006:''' Sonya Thomas (37), '''2007:''' Sonya Thomas (39), '''2008:''' Sonya Thomas (34), '''2009:''' Sonya Thomas (41), and '''2010:''' Sonya Thomas (36)<ref>{{cite web|title=Nathan's Annual Hot Dog Eating Contest|url=https://www.yummymath.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/hot-dog-eating.pdf|work=yummymath.com|access-date=July 9, 2022|archive-date=August 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807140359/https://www.yummymath.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/hot-dog-eating.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+One-on-One Challenges with Japan (1986, 1993, 1996)
|-
!scope=col| No. of Titles
!scope=col| Name
!scope=col| Year
|-
| align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Michael DeVito|Mike DeVito]]
| 1993 <small>''(October 27)''</small>
|-
| align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|Japan}} Hirofumi Nakajima
| 1996 <small>''(December 4)''</small>
|-
| align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|Japan}} Hiroaki Tominaga
| 1986 <small>''(February 11)''</small>
|}