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.
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.
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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)
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.
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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.