Tyler Toney and his "Dude Perfect" costars are known for creative trick shots and absurd
dares.
But did you know Toney has also saved rhinos and shattered world records?
Keep watching to learn more about YouTube's favorite bearded renaissance man!
The "Dude Perfect" team spends a lot of their time competing against each other in what
they call "battles," which are based on the original competitions that spawned the channel.
These can be anything from demolition derby to a giant version of Pictionary.
According to the official "Dude Perfect" wiki, Toney has the most battle wins out of the
entire "Dude Perfect" ensemble cast, with 26 solo battle wins.
He currently has a twelve-win lead on any of his other cast mates.
The battle videos are some of the highest-viewed videos on their main YouTube channel, with
their most recent airsoft battle video amassing over 12 million views in under 4 months.
In addition to the sports-based competitions, Toney has also performed well in the "Dude
Perfect: Overtime" segments "Wheel Unfortunate" and "Cool Not Cool".
First and foremost, Toney is an avid hunter and fisherman.
There are pictures of him all over his Instagram with fish, ducks, turkeys, geese, and larger
game.
From reading some of the descriptions on these posts, it appears as though he does his due
diligence as far as getting permits, sticking to quotas, and generally respecting the local
wildlife.
He also seems to work hard at passing down these practices to his children in a responsible
way.
In addition to hunting, Toney participates in animal conservation efforts as well.
As recently as May of 2021, he traveled with the "Dude Perfect" crew to South Africa and
participated in some rhino rescue with the Rhino 911 organization.
In total, they helped tranquilize five animals so that veterinarians could get close enough
to treat them for injuries sustained from illegal poachers.
It seems that some of these efforts may be having a positive effect, as some species
of rhino in South Africa are rising in numbers and getting closer to being taken off of the
Critically Endangered list according to the World Wildlife Fund.
Social media has been picking apart the "Dude Perfect" videos for years, accusing them of
using CGI and other tricks in order to fake their shots.
It got so heated at one point that the group did an interview on "The Today Show" to address
the controversy, and they emphatically repeated that they do not fake their trick shots in
any way.
Obviously, that won't stop people from leveling criticism at the group, but Toney doesn't
seem very bothered by this.
In fact, when people first started questioning the veracity of their videos, he took the
criticism in stride.
"If people are thinking that there's no way it can actually be done in real life, then
we're obviously doing something right."
After such a wide array of success, it's hard to say exactly how much Toney is worth.
He's been collaborating for years with his four other YouTube partners, which means that
his net worth is intrinsically tied in with theirs.
Even when trying to guess how much the group as a whole is worth, the numbers can vary.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Toney could be worth around $10 million assuming the channel's
net worth is evenly split among the cast members.
Other websites, such as Wealthy Gorilla, suggest a more conservative group net worth of $30
million, but that's nothing to sneeze at.
The "Dude Perfect" group aren't just wasting their money on frivolous purchases, either.
All five cast members are pretty charitable, with Toney being far from the exception.
In addition to flying to South Africa to help endangered species, he's joined his professional
partners in donating to organizations like Charity: Water, Compassion International,
and even the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
From charity to trick shots, it's no secret that the "Dude Perfect" guys love taking their
challenges to the next level, especially when world records are involved.
Currently, Toney reigns supreme as a four-time Guinness World Record holder just on his own,
not even counting the group awards that they have all earned collectively.
His first award was won on January 23, 2017, when Toney threw a football into a basketball
hoop from 50 yards away.
He added a second world record to his resume the very next day, after successfully throwing
another football through a hoop from over 99 feet in the air.
The following year, Toney set a particularly slimy world record when he crushed 45 eggs
with his toes in 30 seconds.
In 2019, he won himself another award plaque for successfully slicing 66 lemons and limes
in 30 seconds for one of their "Overtime" segments.
As of Spring 2022, none of these records have been surpassed by any challengers, and it
should be interesting to see what sorts of records he and his buddies try to set in the
future.
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