Last updated on June 30th, 2025
The CrossFit Games have crowned the Fittest Man and Fittest Woman on Earth since its inaugural competition in 2007. However, this year looks different.
- With new opportunities to compete against top-tier fields on the World Fitness Project (WFP) Tour, athlete pools at in-person events shifted from what we grew accustomed to in 2025.
While fans now have more chances to watch their favorite athletes compete, questions abound about the strength of each field.
Below, we’re stacking the roster for the CrossFit Games against the 30 men and 30 women leading the WFP after Tour Event I in order to compare them.
In order to do this, we considered four metrics:
- Athletes with at least one CrossFit Games podium finish.
- Athletes with at least one top 10 CrossFit Games finish.
- Athletes with more than two CrossFit Games appearances.
- Athletes with no individual CrossFit Games experience.
In each category — on both the men’s and women’s side, without exception — the WFP has the edge. Here’s how it all breaks down.
Women
Podium Finishes
- The CrossFit Games: 2
- Tia-Clair Toomey-Orr
- Arielle Loewen
- The WFP: 4
- Loewen
- Laura Horvath
- Emma Lawson
- Emily Rolfe
Top 10 Finishes
- The CrossFit Games: 8
- Alex Gazan
- Danielle Brandon
- Brooke Wells
- Alexis Raptis
- Haley Adams
- Madeline Sturt
- Loewen
- Toomey-Orr
- The WFP: 11
- Gazan
- Brandon
- Wells
- Raptis
- Sturt
- Loewen
- Lawson
- Horvath
- Rolfe
- Paige Semenza
- Bethany Flores
More Than Two Games Appearances
- The CrossFit Games: 9
- Toomey-Orr
- Gazan
- Brandon
- Wells
- Raptis
- Adams
- Loewen
- Sturt
- Seungyeon Choi
- The WFP: 13
- Gazan
- Brandon
- Loewen
- Lawson
- Raptis
- Horvath
- Sturt
- Wells
- Semenza
- Flores
- Rolfe
- Dani Speegle
- Emma Tall
No Games Experience
- The CrossFit Games: 9
- Luiza Marques
- Lucy McGonigle
- Siria Meha
- Anikha Greer
- Mirjam von Rohr
- Jennifer Muir
- Christian Livaditakis
- Mariana Meza
- Lydia Fish
- The WFP: 7
- Oda Lundekvam
- Vår Thurmann-Moe
- Trista Smith
- Ella Wilkinson
- Emily Rethwill
- Greer
- Fish
Men
Podium Finishes
- The CrossFit Games: 6
- Justin Medeiros
- Ricky Garard
- Roman Khrennikov
- Dallin Pepper
- James Sprague
- Jeff Adler
- The WFP: 10
- Medeiros
- Garard
- Khrennikov
- Pepper
- Sprague
- Adler
- Pat Vellner
- Noah Ohlsen
- Sam Kwant
- Björgvin Karl Guðmundsson
Top 10 Finishes
- The CrossFit Games: 10
- Medeiros
- Garard
- Khrennikov
- Pepper
- Sprague
- Adler
- Jonne Koski
- Jayson Hopper
- Jay Crouch
- Austin Hatfield
- The WFP: 18
- Medeiros
- Garard
- Khrennikov
- Pepper
- Sprague
- Adler
- Koski
- Hopper
- Crouch
- Hatfield
- Kwant
- Ohlsen
- Vellner
- Guðmundsson
- Gui Malheiros
- Jelle Hoste
- Chandler Smith
- Travis Mayer
More Than Two Games Appearances
- The CrossFit Games: 9
- Koski
- Hopper
- Medeiros
- Khrennikov
- Pepper
- Crouch
- Adler
- Moritz Fiebig
- Colten Mertens
- The WFP: 15
- Koski
- Hopper
- Medeiros
- Khrennikov
- Pepper
- Crouch
- Vellner
- Adler
- Mertens
- Ohlsen
- Malheiros
- Smith
- Kwant
- Guðmundsson
- Mayer
No Games Experience
- The CrossFit Games: 8
- Henrique Moreira
- Toby Buckland
- Isaac Newman
- Morteza Sedaghat
- Ty Jenkins
- Bill Leahy
- Jorge Fernandez
- Colin Bosshard
- The WFP: 5
- Nate Ackermann
- Tola Morakinyo
- Colin Bosshard
- Tanner Balazs
- Daniel Camacho
The Big Picture
When it comes to experience and credentials, at least on paper, the WFP seems to have the stronger roster this season. Of course, this is just one breakdown using one set of metrics.
The CrossFit Games still has something the WFP doesn’t: The G.O.A.T., Toomey-Orr, who announced recently that she will be aiming for her eighth CrossFit Games title in Albany, NY, this August.
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