Current Champion
Nikolas Polsinelli, career statistics:
44 correct, 6 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
35.96% in first on buzzer (41/114)
4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $10,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,500
To win:
3 games: 64.111%
4: 41.102%
5: 26.351%
6: 16.894%
7: 10.831%
Avg. streak: 3.786 games.
(Click Here for Methodology)
Upcoming Encore Presentations
October 3-4: S42 E175 (May 8, 2026)
October 10-11: S42 E176 (May 11, 2026)
(Source: Bell Fibe TV program guide)
All Time Winnings
All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Regular Play Only:
1. Ken Jennings $2,520,700
2. James Holzhauer $2,462,216
3. Matt Amodio $1,518,601
4. Amy Schneider $1,382,800
5. Jamie Ding $882,605
6. Cris Pannullo $748,286
7. Mattea Roach $560,983
8. Jason Zuffranieri $532,496
9. Scott Riccardi $455,000
10. David Madden $430,400
11. Julia Collins $428,100
12. Matt Jackson $411,612
13. Austin Rogers $411,000
14. Ray Lalonde $386,400
15. Harrison Whitaker $373,999
16. Adriana Harmeyer $349,600
17. Caleb Groen $346,968
18. Adam Remsen $306,415
19. Ryan Long $299,400
20. Arthur Chu $297,200
All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Including Tournaments (and Consolation Prizes):
1. Brad Rutter $4,968,436
2. Ken Jennings $4,372,700
3. James Holzhauer $3,614,216
4. Matt Amodio $1,964,601
5. Amy Schneider $1,864,800
6. Yogesh Raut $1,598,403
7. Victoria Groce $1,023,801
8. Mattea Roach $897,983
9. Jamie Ding $885,605
10. David Madden $785,733
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Andrew He $684,365
14. Larissa Kelly $671,930
15. Matt Jackson $623,612
16. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
17. Paolo Pasco $548,717
18. Scott Riccardi $533,000
19. Jerome Vered $499,102
20. Julia Collins $495,767
21. Austin Rogers $493,000
22. Juveria Zaheer $491,000
23. Ben Ingram $449,201
24. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
25. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
We started four weeks ago with 37 people ultimately having a chance of being crowned Tournament of Champions winner. After 20 incredibly exciting games, we are now down to three. We’ve seen so much incredible play over these last few games and have found three very deserving finalists.
30th Tournament of Champions Final:
Amy Schneider
Oakland, California
1379 correct, 87 incorrect
64/78 on rebound attempts (on 167 rebound opportunities)
51.90% in first on buzzer (1267/2441)
68/78 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $215,200)
29/43 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $26,233
Predictions:
38.962% to win the tournament
Andrew He
San Francisco, California
182 correct, 21 incorrect
12/13 on rebound attempts (on 26 rebound opportunities)
42.61% in first on buzzer (170/399)
8/13 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $32,800)
3/7 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,429
Predictions:
43.417% to win tournament
Sam Buttrey
Pacific Grove, California
157 correct, 12 incorrect
10/11 on rebound attempts (on 25 rebound opportunities)
42.69% in first on buzzer (146/342)
5/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $10,600)
4/6 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,467
Predictions:
17.621% to win tournament
Andy’s Thoughts:
Odds: Andrew +110 Amy +140 Sam +440
We are now down to three players, all Californians: Amy Schneider, Andrew He, and Sam Buttrey. One major advantage to the “first to three wins” format is that it incentives taking chances, especially on the Daily Doubles. If you get a Daily Double incorrect, you’re not going to find yourself eliminated from the tournament (as long as you have the mindset to bounce back). Andrew definitely has proved his ability, both on making incredibly large Daily Double wagers and bouncing back from missing them (after all, he bounced back to defeat Jonathan Fisher in the quarterfinals). It’s on that Daily Double ability that the prediction model has pegged Andrew as the slight favorite to win.
However, Amy is still incredibly strong and has a very deep knowledge base. She didn’t win 40 games for no reason—and she’s already beaten Andrew once. She is 100% in prime position to take down the $250,000 first prize.
A number of you will also look at this preview and think that the best value lies in Sam—and an eye test might agree with that. But, of the three players, Sam does currently have both the lowest rate of finding Daily Doubles and the lowest average Daily Double bet—and in a tournament where finding and taking full advantage of those clues has been so crucial, Sam might be coming into this final at a disadvantage. But, he had the ability to defeat Matt Amodio and he has still never lost a game of Jeopardy. (One more note regarding Sam, regarding his age: There are news outlets that have placed his age as significantly higher than I believe it is. According to this post (after the Professors Tournament) from his prep school alma mater, Philip Exeter Academy, Sam was a member of their class of 1979. That would put Sam in his early 60s, and quite possibly the oldest player ever to make the finals of a Tournament of Champions. (The oldest I could find were Lou Pryor (1991) and Marilyn Kneeland (1993), who both reached the final at the age of 57.)
Absolutely anything can happen over the next three to seven games, though. I can’t wait!
Chances of 3 games: 12.251%
Chances of 4 games: 23.439%
Chances of 5 games: 29.726%
Chances of 6 games: 23.452%
Chances of 7 games: 11.132%
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