The seventh season of American Ninja Warrior premiered on NBC on May 25, 2015. Hosts Matt Iseman and Akbar Gbaja-Biamila returned for their respective sixth and third seasons while newcomer Kristine Leahy joined as sideline reporter, replacing Jenn Brown. In addition, this season's grand prize was increased from $500,000 to $1,000,000. The season concluded on September 14, 2015.

For the first time in American Ninja Warrior history, a competitor completed Stage 3 in the Las Vegas National Finals. Both Geoff Britten and Isaac Caldiero completed Stage 3 and climbed Stage 4 in the allotted time of 30 seconds and achieved "Total Victory." Caldiero made the climb in the faster time and was the first competitor to be awarded the grand prize of $1,000,000. However, the title of "First American Ninja Warrior" was unofficially awarded by the community to Britten for being the first to climb the tower.

Changes This season's grand prize was doubled from $500,000 to $1,000,000.

Cities

In addition to the six cities (Venice Beach, Kansas City, Houston, Orlando, Pittsburgh, and San Pedro (Military)), the national finals were once again held in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Obstacles

City Qualifying & Finals EventObstacles FinishersVenice Beach QualifyingQuintuple StepsMini Silk SliderTilting TableSpin CycleHourglass DropWarped WallN/A7 Finals Salmon Ladder Rumbling Dice Clear Climb Invisible Ladder1Kansas City QualifyingBig DipperFloating TilesModified Ring TossBungee RoadN/A38Finals Salmon Ladder Flying Shelf Grab Body Prop Invisible Ladder3Houston QualifyingTilting SliderSpinning LogCargo CrossingSwinging SpikesN/A15 Finals Salmon Ladder Walking Bar Crazy Cliffhanger Invisible Ladder2Orlando QualifyingRolling LogPaddle BoardsTire SwingDouble Tilt LadderN/A25 Finals Salmon Ladder Cannonball Alley Double Helix Invisible Ladder2Pittsburgh QualifyingLog GripSnake CrossingWind ChimesDevil StepsN/A22 Finals Salmon Ladder Floating Monkey Bars Doorknob Arch Invisible Ladder2San Pedro (Military) QualifyingJump HangLog RunnerMonkey PegsI-Beam CrossN/A10 Finals Salmon Ladder Swinging Frames Globe Grasper Invisible Ladder1

National Finals EventObstacle(s) Finishers Stage 1 Piston Road Propeller Bar Silk Slider Jumping Spider Sonic Curve Warped Wall Coin Flip Triple Swing38 Stage 2 Rope Jungle Double Salmon Ladder Unstable Bridge Butterfly Wall Roulette Row Wall Lift8 Stage 3 Psycho Chainsaw Doorknob Grasper Floating Boards Ultimate Cliffhanger Pole Grasper Hang Climb Area 51 Flying Bar2 Stage 4 Rope Climb2

City Qualifying

Venice Beach Qualifying

Rank Finalist Outcome Obstacle/Time 1 Kevin Bull Completed 0:56.40 (POM Wonderful Run of the Night) 2 Alan Connealy Completed 1:28.32 3 Nicholas Coolridge Completed 1:29.49 4 Alvaro Campos Completed 1:46.32 5 Travis Brewer Completed 2:07.63 6 Grant McCartney Completed 2:35.53 7 Almas Meirmanov Completed 2:36.16 8 Sam Goldstein DQ Hourglass Drop (0:19.68) 9 David Campbell DQ Hourglass Drop (0:22.78) 10 Michael Skiba Failed Hourglass Drop (0:29.30) 11 Jason Tirado Failed Hourglass Drop (0:31.77) 12 Dustin Rocho Failed Hourglass Drop (0:34.51) 13 Johnnie Ho Failed Hourglass Drop (0:36.27) 14 Michael Burkett-Crist Failed Hourglass Drop (0:37.08) 15 Heath Burian Failed Hourglass Drop (0:37.22) 16 Theo Agu Failed Hourglass Drop (0:37.45) 17 Matthew Dodd Failed Hourglass Drop (0:41.06) 18 Shane Hernandez Failed Hourglass Drop (0:46.07) 19 Travis Weinand Failed Hourglass Drop (0:46.48) 20 Aveo Torre Failed Hourglass Drop (0:48.21) 21 Guy Catz Failed Hourglass Drop (0:51.33) 22 Ben Melick DQ Hourglass Drop (0:55.05) 23 Nir Halfon Failed Hourglass Drop (1:00.43) 24 Rashad Richardson DQ Hourglass Drop (1:07.89) 25 Jackson Meyer Failed Hourglass Drop (1:13.58) 26 Paul Mangasarian Failed Hourglass Drop (1:13.68) 27 Ryan Robinson DQ Hourglass Drop (1:17.72) 28 Jessie Graff Failed Hourglass Drop (1:19.22) 29 Everest Ling Failed Hourglass Drop (1:20.28) 30 Arnold Hernandez DQ Hourglass Drop (1:21.46)

Kansas City Qualifying

Rank Finalist Outcome Obstacle/Time 1 Lorin Ball Completed 0:58.34 2 Paul Kasemir Completed 1:03.07 3 Zac Eddington Completed 1:17.10 4 Lance Pekus Completed 1:21.69 5 Jake Murray Completed 1:22.37 6 Kevin Hogan Completed 1:23.65 7 TJ Sanderson Completed 1:36.02 8 Dan Yager Completed 1:41.03 9 Josh Cook Completed 1:42.65 10 Alan Adams Completed 1:44.50 11 Isaac Caldiero Completed 1:53.42 12 Dan Banura Completed 1:55.34 13 Brandon Berrett Completed 1:57.56 14 Jason Williams Completed 2:03.56 15 Michael Silenzi Completed 2:06.25 16 Brandon Mears Completed 2:09.27 17 Spenser Mestel Completed 2:09.46 18 James Fenby Completed 2:12.99 19 Brian Beckstrand Completed 2:14.41 20 Dan Polizzi Completed 2:17.88 21 Ethan Swanson Completed 2:17.99 22 Karson Voiles Completed 2:18.28 23 Dave Cavanagh Completed 2:23.64 24 Mike McKenzie Completed 2:25.81 25 Christopher Lange Completed 2:38.49 26 Ian Dory Completed 2:40.23 27 Michael Stanger Completed 2:40.30 28 Dan Holguin Completed 2:44.27 29 Dennis Lappin Completed 2:48.35 30 Tavares Chambliss Completed 2:49.95 31 Brian Arnold Completed 2:51.75 32 Jon Stewart Completed 2:57.01 33 Robert Taylor Completed 2:57.72 34 Lutalo Sephers Completed 3:02.43 35 Brendan Couvreux Completed 3:07.23 36 Noah Kaufman Completed 3:35.61 37 Meagan Martin Completed 4:00.34 (POM Wonderful Run of the Night) 38 Gabe Blomgren Completed 4:26.20

Houston Qualifying

Rank Finalist Outcome Obstacle/Time 1 Daniel Gil Completed 1:30.78 (POM Wonderful Run of the Night) 2 Brent Steffensen Completed 1:49.96 3 Thomas Stillings Completed 2:20.57 4 Dillon Gates Completed 2:20.81 5 Geoff Lancaster Completed 2:21.59 6 Andrew Lowes Completed 2:36.71 7 Tremayne Dortch Completed 2:51.55 8 Abel Gonzalez Completed 3:03.72 9 Nathan Jasso Completed 3:06.17 10 Ryan McCoy Completed 3:07.16 11 Sam Sann Completed 3:10.43 12 Joe Calderon Completed 3:17.27 13 Jon Horton Completed 3:30.32 14 Tony Matesi Completed 3:40.06 15 Jonathan Parr Completed 4:25.60 16 Jeremiah Morgan Failed Swinging Spikes (0:52.58) 17 Joshua Grant Failed Swinging Spikes (0:59.61) 18 Anthony Scott Failed Swinging Spikes (1:06.05) 19 Evan Dollard Failed Swinging Spikes (1:24.52) 20 Travis Iverson Failed Swinging Spikes (1:25.57) 21 Brock Riebe Failed Swinging Spikes (1:26.62) 22 Karsten Williams Failed Swinging Spikes (1:27.47) 23 Kevin Klein Failed Swinging Spikes (1:28.34) 24 Vance Yarter Failed Swinging Spikes (1:28.47) 25 Clayton Coufal Failed Swinging Spikes (1:28.48) 26 Robert Ing Failed Swinging Spikes (1:28.96) 27 Tyler Fisher Failed Swinging Spikes (1:31.32) 28 Darren Fagan Failed Swinging Spikes (1:33.28) 29 David Yarter Failed Swinging Spikes (1:38.73) 30 Christopher Janes Failed Swinging Spikes (1:41.94)

Orlando Qualifying

Rank Finalist Outcome Obstacle/Time 1 Jon Alexis Jr. Completed 1:37.75 2 James McGrath Completed 2:00.99 3 Flip Rodriguez Completed 2:09.45 (POM Wonderful Run of the Night) 4 Travis Rosen Completed 2:12.23 5 Cory Cook Completed 2:19.91 6 Neil Craver Completed 2:22.72 7 Drew Drechsel Completed 2:29.14 8 JJ Woods Completed 2:33.85 9 Adam Arnold Completed 2:43.17 10 Hunter Sipes Completed 2:50.30 11 Kenneth Niemitalo Completed 3:12.08 12 Rich Shoemaker Completed 3:21.35 13 Jo Jo Bynum Completed 3:24.72 14 Solomon Harvey Completed 3:36.13 15 Eddy Stewart Completed 3:45.29 16 Reko Rivera Completed 3:48.20 17 James Bogle Jr. Completed 3:48.77 18 Luis Alemany Completed 3:55.91 19 Stephens Nunnally Completed 4:06.55 20 Chad Hohn Completed 4:09.23 21 Gordon White Completed 4:16.95 22 Alexio Gomes Completed 4:19.51 23 Matt Jordan Completed 4:21.05 24 Adam Williams Completed 4:33.06 25 Shaun Murray Completed 4:33.79 26 Kyle Johnson Failed Warped Wall (2:08.59) 27 Sean Clayton Failed Double Tilt Ladder (1:22.70) 28 Matthew Schumann Failed Double Tilt Ladder (1:30.25) 29 Idoko Abuh Failed Double Tilt Ladder (1:32.44) 30 Jesus Fernandez Failed Double Tilt Ladder (1:49.79)

Pittsburgh Qualifying

Rank Finalist Outcome Obstacle/Time 1 Elet Hall Completed 1:22.71 (POM Wonderful Run of the Night) 2 Joe Moravsky Completed 1:34.17 3 Dustin Sanderson Completed 1:46.54 4 Justin Kydd Completed 2:10.42 5 Mike Meyers Completed 2:34.53 6 Luciano Acuna Jr. Completed 2:40.04 7 Danny Johnson Completed 2:41.78 8 Pavel Fesyuk Completed 3:01.38 9 Adam Grossman Completed 3:03.37 10 Brian Wilczewski Completed 3:20.54 11 P.J. Granger Completed 3:31.90 12 Geoff Britten Completed 3:41.81 13 Adam Mihm Completed 3:44.64 14 Alex D'Aquila Completed 3:45.16 15 Ron Schmidt Completed 4:10.45 16 Joe Archambault Completed 4:15.64 17 Mike Bernardo Completed 4:25.15 18 Jazon Khazi Completed 4:33.23 19 Kelly Mohler Completed 4:41.68 20 Todd Mitchell Completed 4:51.54 21 Sean Darling-Hammond Completed 5:32.64 22 Jamie Rahn Completed 6:06.95 23 Miles Avery Failed Warped Wall (3:01.63) 24 Chad Sanderson Failed Devil Steps (1:14.00) 25 David Bozak Failed Devil Steps (1:40.04) 26 Tim Mitroka Failed Devil Steps (2:14.36) 27 Aaron Himelright Failed Devil Steps (2:15.58) 28 Ryan Ripley Failed Devil Steps (2:15.73) 29 Michelle Warnky Failed Devil Steps (2:42.73) 30 Scott Maxson Failed Devil Steps (2:44.24)

San Pedro (Military) Qualifying

Rank Finalist Outcome Obstacle/Time 1 Robin Pietschmann Completed 3:05.51 (POM Wonderful Run of the Night) 2 Caleb Hayre Completed 3:14.85 3 Seth Caskey Completed 3:26.67 4 Ahmed Toure Completed 3:44.53 5 Matthew Jensen Completed 3:46.35 6 Joel Blair Completed 3:52.69 7 Steve Martin Completed 4:14.70 8 Van Tran Completed 4:20.75 9 Ryan Stratis Completed 4:25.65 10 Dustin McKinney Completed 5:11.97 11 Nathan Tucker Failed I-Beam Cross (1:18.90) 12 Arnold Dinh Failed I-Beam Cross (1:30.83) 13 Casey Thornton Failed I-Beam Cross (1:37.88) 14 Justin Gielski Failed I-Beam Cross (1:54.74) 15 Jason Cantu Failed I-Beam Cross (2:02.06) 16 Preston Griffall Failed I-Beam Cross (2:04.48) 17 Randall Forsythe Failed I-Beam Cross (2:11.25) 18 Jeremy Prather Failed I-Beam Cross (2:14.46) 19 Omar Payton Failed I-Beam Cross (2:23.41) 20 Deon Graham Failed I-Beam Cross (2:24.09) 21 Benjamin Barrett Failed I-Beam Cross (2:28.33) 22 Kyle Durand Failed I-Beam Cross (2:29.53) 23 Jeremy Guarino Failed I-Beam Cross (2:31.76) 24 Christopher Moore Failed I-Beam Cross (2:41.57) 25 Trevor Parks Failed I-Beam Cross (3:16.13) 26 Darren Virgo Failed I-Beam Cross (3:25.69) 27 Joel Burkhalter Failed Monkey Pegs (0:49.34) 28 Vincent Klapper Failed Monkey Pegs (0:50.73) 29 Dean Mosier Failed Monkey Pegs (0:51.71) 30 Alexander Panyasiri Failed Monkey Pegs (0:53.15)

City Qualifying Leaderboard