MrBeast Beat LeBron in Akron. His NBA Tryout Went Worse.

MrBeast beat LeBron James in a three point contest in Akron, Ohio, in a video released Saturday, October 31, and the next day said his own NBA tryout did not go as well as he hoped. The first half is documented by several outlets. The second half is a single line of caption, and no outlet has described what the tryout looked like.

Saturday, October 31, One Shot Each

The video is titled "Beat LeBron, Win $100,000" and went up on MrBeast's YouTube channel on Saturday, October 31, 2026. LeBron James, Caitlin Clark, Erling Haaland, Simone Biles and Alysa Liu appear, each in a challenge tied to their own sport, and reports also place cricketer Hardik Pandya and chef Gordon Ramsay in the lineup.

The closer is a one on one three point shooting contest between MrBeast and James, filmed in James' hometown of Akron. MrBeast narrowly won, and the prize went to charity. MrBeast's own description of the video was that he challenged the biggest stars in the world to beat him at their own game with a few twists, which is the whole format in one sentence. He also told viewers to watch it as soon as possible to avoid spoilers, a sign that the result of the Akron contest was meant to be the thing people raced to learn before it reached their feeds.

Clark Took Her Segment to a Charity Total of Ninety Thousand

Caitlin Clark's segment is where reports diverge on detail and agree on the sum. One account has her making four three pointers for $40,000 to her chosen charity and then going for the half court shot. Another says she made the half court shot on her second attempt. Both put the total at $90,000, and a Yardbarker headline has her warning MrBeast "You're cooked" before the shootout.

That is a cleaner result than it sounds. A creator who built a channel on giving money away booked an athlete whose shooting is her trade, and the money moved from him to a charity she picked. Clark is also a product story this fall: her first signature shoe, the Nike Caitlin 1, went on sale October 1, so the segment landed in a month when she was already the most visible name in the lineup.

Why the Athletes Say Yes

Read the incentives and the format explains itself. The prize goes to charity, not to the athlete, so an athlete risks nothing but a loss on camera, and a loss on camera against a creator who has a record of paying out is a small cost. Pandya, according to Khelnow, won $100,000 in a baseball challenge and donated the entire prize, which shows the pattern holds outside basketball.

MrBeast has run this play before. His 2025 NBA All Star stunt with Damian Lillard, covered by Sportico as a halfcourt shot with money attached, was framed by Yahoo Sports as a $100K, 100 million view stunt. The October 31 video is the bigger version: more names, more sports and the same hook that a famous person is about to be beaten at their own game, or is not.

The weak point of the format is the twist, and it is also the part that keeps the format watchable for people who do not follow any of the sports. The twist is the part that sets the odds. Each "few twists" rule changes the odds just enough that a creator with no playing career can win on camera, and that is the part of the video viewers will argue about.

The Tryout Line

On November 1 at 16:03 UTC, MrBeast asked Caitlin Clark whether she thought he had a shot at the NBA, and 14 minutes later he said his NBA tryout did not go as well as he hoped. That is the full public record of the tryout. No outlet has described a roster, a team, a court or a result, and nothing indicates a league tryout took place.

The most accurate reading is a bit that extends a video through a second day. It keeps two names, MrBeast and Clark, in the same sentence after the upload week, and it costs nothing. If a longer video or a real tryout arrives, that reading changes; until then the documented facts are a three point contest in Akron, a $90,000 total from Clark's segment, and one line of caption about a tryout that went badly.