Miki Sudo holds the women’s world record for most hot dogs eaten in 10 minutes. She set the record by eating 51 hot dogs and buns at the 2024 Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest.
Sudo became the dominant women’s competitor at Nathan’s after defeating Sonya Thomas in 2014. She has won the women’s title repeatedly, although she missed the 2021 contest while pregnant. Her record-breaking performances helped make the women’s competition a major part of the event’s modern history.
The official count includes hot dogs and buns, commonly abbreviated as HDB. That detail matters because competitive-eating records are not based only on sausages. Sudo previously held the women’s record with 48.5 hot dogs in 10 minutes, a mark she set in 2020, before surpassing it in 2024. Michelle Lesco and Sonya Thomas are notable competitors, but neither holds the current women’s record.