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Tom Brady Wins $1M In First-Ever Fanatics Games – Give Money To 50 Fans

TAMPA, FLORIDA - JANUARY 16: Tom Brady #12 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers yells as he runs on the field prior to the NFC Wild Card playoff game against the Dallas Cowboys at Raymond James Stadium on January 16, 2023 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

Future Hall-of-Fame quarterback Tom Brady became the first ever winner of the Fanatics Games in New York on Sunday.

The event puts athletes and fans against each other in a series of competitions. The 100 participants compete in a quarterback skills challenge, a basketball shooting challenge, a soccer goal-scoring challenge, a baseball pitching challenge, a hockey shooting challenge, a WWE-style entrance challenge, and a closest-to-the-pin golf challenge.

Brady finished with 399.1 points to win. UFC fighter Justin Gaethje finished in second with 345.5 points, winning a Ferrari 812 GTS.

Brady’s reward, a $1 million prize, he said, will be split among the 50 fans who competed in the event, with $5,000 each. The remaining money will be donated to charity.

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Six fans finished in the top ten, with the third-place winner being third-grade teacher Matt Dennish. Dennish won a 2003-04 Topps Chrome Gold Refractor LeBron James rookie card, which he reportedly sold to Brady for $250,000.

Other athletes who competed in the event include James Harden, Eli Manning and Tyreek Hill, among others.

Travis Hunter finished with the lowest score of any athlete with a 51.6.

The games were part of the Fanatics Fan Fest weekend, which included other events such as athletes speaking live, autographs and a press conference for the fight between Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford.