EXHIBIT 99.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Papa John’s International, Inc. (the “Company”), on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 30, 2003, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, John H. Schnatter, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge the Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

May 12, 2003	/s/ John H. Schnatter
	John H. Schnatter
	Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President