Beat Neymar, Win $500,000
"Beat Neymar, Win $500,000" is a YouTube video by American YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, known online as MrBeast. Released on May 24, 2025, it features soccer player Neymar, basketball player Stephen Curry, tennis player Serena Williams and baseball player Aaron Judge competing head‑to‑head against different contestants in a series of athletic challenges, for a top prize of USD $500,000.
Background
This video follows MrBeast’s tradition of high‑stakes celebrity‑versus‑public challenge content, including prior videos like "Beat Ronaldo, Win $1,000,000". Neymar, Curry, Williams and Judge replace previously featured celebrities in other videos, bringing the same "star-power" to the competition itself.
The video featured several professional athletes, including Aaron Judge, the captain of the New York Yankees. In his segment, Judge competed in a home run challenge against Chandler Harlow, a member of the MrBeast team. The challenge was designed with modified rules to give Chandler a fair chance, though Judge easily won the contest with the most number of home-runs.
Format and Challenges
Each athlete competed one-on-one in their sport—penalty shootouts with Neymar, three-point contests with Curry, and serve returns versus Williams, against ordinary participants. Winners would receive up to $500,000, while if the celebrities won, the money went to a charity of their choosing. The Instergram‑tagged video reached millions of views rapidly post‑release.
Notable outcome
A former Huntington University soccer player, Higor Barbieri, beat Neymar in the goal-scoring challenge and won the full prize jackpot of $500,000.
Reception and Discussion
Within hours of release, the video accrued over 21 million views and one million likes, garnering widespread media and fan attention.The video currently has over 150 million views and over 3.5 million likes as of July, 2025. Viewer commentary picked up notable debate about the fairness of a breath‑holding segment in which a professional breath‑holder reportedly pre‑breathed pure oxygen, giving an unfair edge—a point raised and discussed in the official Reddit discussion.
Sponsorship
The video was sponsored by T-Mobile, which partnered with the MrBeast production team for the video. T-Mobile’s “Magenta Status” rewards program was promoted in the description of the video as well.