World's Strongest Man 2025: Date, start time, participants, TV channel and stream for HUGE Sacramento showdown
WORLD'S Strongest Man is BACK for another year of thrilling action in California.
Three-time winner Tom Stoltman will return to defend his title, last picking up the win in 2024, after previous wins in 2021 and 2022.
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Stoltman reportedly took home around $100,000 for his victory last year.
He also set a piece of history, becoming one of just seven men to win the competition more than three times.
However, he will have to see of brother Luke Stoltman alongside a whole field of competitors.
Former winners Mariusz Pudzianowski and Eddie Hall recently stepped into the MMA ring, with Hall scoring a brutal 30-second KO win.
Pudzianowski currently holds the record for the most World's Strongest Man victories, with seven.
How can I watch World's Strongest Man 2025 and is there a live stream
World's Strongest man 2025 is not available on TV in the UK.
The only way to catch all the action from Sacramento is to get a ticket to see the event LIVE.
SunSport will be bringing you all of the updates from what stands to be a thrilling final day with our comprehensive live blog.
World's Strongest Man 2025 schedule
Qualifying round - May 15
Loading Medley - 6pm BST
Deadlift - 10pm BST
Overhead Medley - 1am BST (May 16)
New CCTV of Eddie Hall's furious row reveals moment ex-World's Strongest Man 'saw red' before chasing down 'stalker's' car
Qualifying round - May 16
Titan's Toss - 6pm BST
Stone Medley - 1am BST (May 17)
Final - May 17
Knaack Carry & Hoist - 6pm BST
Knaack Tools of a Strongman Award - 7pm BST
Deadlift - 9pm BST
Hercules Hold -12am (May 18)
Final - May 18
Flintstone Barbell - 6pm BST
Jimmy Pollock Award - 10pm BST
Atlas Stones - 10:30pm BST
SBC World's Strongest Man trophy celebration - 11:30pm BST
World's Strongest Man 2025 participants
Austin Andrade
Maxime Bourdeault
Wesley Derwinsky
Thomas Evans
Shane Flowers
Ondrej Fojtu
Andrew Flynn
Nick Guardione
Lucas Hatton
Paddy Haynes
Tristian Noath
Mitchell Hooper
Bryce Johnson
Mateusz Kieliskowski
Pavlo Kordiyaka
Trey Mitchell
Evans Nana
Mathew Ragg
Rayno Nel
Like Richardson
Jaco Schoonwinkel
Evan Singleton
Luke Stoltman
Tom Stoltman
Eddie Williams
What is the World's Strongest Man 2025 prize money?
The exact prize fund for this year's competition is yet to be revealed, but reports suggest that it could be higher than the 2024 winnings.
Tom Stoltman pocketed $100,016 for lifting last year's crown, according to reports.
But the total prize pot was reportedly a record-breaking sum of $263,200.
Looking ahead to the 2025 edition, we could see a further increase on top of the big bucks earned by winners in previous years.
Prize money is also given to the runners-up for their efforts and cash is distributed among the top performers.
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