Tom Brady Wins $1M Fanatics Games Event over Kevin Durant, Eli Manning, Harden, More

The Fanatics Fest NYC 2025 held its new Fanatics Games event on Sunday, pitting a number of current and former athletes—including Kevin Durant, Eli Manning, James Harden, Joe Burrow, Travis Hunter and CeeDee Lamb, among others—and celebrities against fans in eight skill-based challenges.

It was only fitting that the NFL's G.O.A.T., former quarterback Tom Brady, won the event after finishing with 399.1 total points, per Ben Burrows of Cllct. Brady collected the $1 million prize in the process.

Brady won't be keeping all of his winnings, as he said he would give every fan entrant $5,000:

UFC fighter Justin Gaethje finished second (345.4 points) and took home a 2025 Ferrari 296 GTB, per Burrows, while fan Matt Dennish came in third (326 points) and claimed a 2003-04 LeBron James Topps Chrome Gold Refractor. He later traded that to Brady for $250,000 alongside a signed Brady jersey and trading card.

Participants competed in eight events: Quarterbacking skills (football), around the world (basketball), goal-scoring (soccer), pitching accuracy (baseball), washing-dryer puck-shooting (hockey), superstar entrance (professional wrestling), striking challenge (MMA) and closest to the pin (golf).

Seeing athletes compete in sports other than their own provided some moments of levity, including for the recently-traded Durant:

Durant, who is heading to Houston after Sunday's blockbuster trade between the Rockets and Phoenix Suns, finished 97th with 56.4 points. In his defense, he may have been a bit distracted by the day's prior events.