Contender

Contender can refer to:

• Contender (stock character), commonly used in books, TV shows, plays, and films
• The Contender (TV series), a boxing-based reality television series or its spinoffs:
  • The Contender 2
  • The Contender Challenge: UK vs. USA
  • The Contender 3
  • The Contender Asia
  • The Contender 4
  • The Contender Australia
• The Contender (Robert Lipsyte novel), 1967 novel by Robert Lipsyte
• The Contender (2000 film), 2000 film starring Gary Oldman, Joan Allen, and Jeff Bridges
• The Contender (1944 film), film directed by Sam Newfield
• The Contender (book), code name for an unreleased book by author Darren Shan
• "The Contender", a song by Menahan Street Band on the album Make the Road by Walking
• Contender (dinghy), type of sailing dinghy
• The Contender (firearm), single shot, break-action firearm made as a pistol or rifle, manufactured by Thompson Center Arms
• a variety of green beans
• a song by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart from the album The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
• The Contenders, a 2011 C-SPAN series about influential American presidential nominees