Overview

• The field features seven females and five males selected for the 11th annual bracket at the Southwest Alaska park.
• Daily presentations accompany open voting, with the champion to be crowned on Fat Bear Tuesday, September 30.
• Two-time winner Grazer (No. 128), about 20 years old, enters again seeking a third straight title.
• Massive male Chunk (No. 32) weighs over 500 kilograms and kept feeding on salmon despite a broken jaw reported this summer.
• Rangers frame the contest as conservation outreach as newcomers and standouts—including No. 99, veteran No. 856, No. 910, and Grazer’s hefty young daughter—join the lineup.