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.
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Upcoming Encore Presentations
September 26-27: S42 E174 (May 7, 2026)
October 3-4: S42 E175 (May 8, 2026)
October 10-11: S42 E176 (May 11, 2026)
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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
For the next two weeks (and four days), 27 of the 30 players from Season 35’s two Teen Tournaments return for the High School Reunion Tournament. Emma Arnold, Rotimi Kukoyi, and Sophia Weng were unable to take part for various reasons and have been promised a future re-appearance on the show.
In case you want to watch the first appearances of these players, Jeopardy!’s YouTube channel has the 20 episodes of the Season 35 teen tournaments.
Some of the players will want to prove that their first performance was no accident. Others, for various reasons, will have some sort of redemption on their mind and will want to make the most of their second chance. It will be an exciting few weeks!
As always, my tournament prediction model has run 100,000 simulations of the tournament to devise its predictions.
Monday, February 20:
Audrey Sarin
Senior at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
Seattle, Washington
12 correct, 1 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,400
Predictions:
27.314% to win quarterfinal
13.236% to win semifinal
1.553% to win tournament
Maya Wright
Senior at Emory University
Peachtree City, Georgia
85 correct, 7 incorrect
6/6 on rebound attempts (on 13 rebound opportunities)
35.71% in first on buzzer (80/224)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,600)
2/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,700
Predictions:
41.133% to win quarterfinal
13.600% to win semifinal
4.469% to win tournament
Rohit Kataria
Junior at Vanderbilt University
Wheelersburg, Ohio
16 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,400
Predictions:
31.553% to win quarterfinal
8.760% to win semifinal
2.186% to win tournament
Andy’s Thoughts: Based solely on past performance, Maya would look like the favorite here; after all, she was a finalist in her tournament, whereas Audrey and Rohit both were eliminated in the quarterfinals. However, what we don’t know is how each player’s skills have changed over the past four years. I’m certainly curious to see how things play out!
Tuesday, February 21:
Avi Gupta
Senior at Stanford University
Portland, Oregon
95 correct, 5 incorrect
5/5 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
38.43% in first on buzzer (88/229)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $9,000)
4/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,150
Predictions:
45.970% to win quarterfinal
19.875% to win semifinal
8.878% to win tournament
Jack Izzo
Senior at Northwestern University
San Diego, California
38 correct, 6 incorrect
0/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
33.33% in first on buzzer (38/114)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$4,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,800
Predictions:
29.367% to win quarterfinal
9.239% to win semifinal
2.688% to win tournament
Alison Purcell
Senior at the University of Texas at Austin
Bellaire, Texas
13 correct, 1 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,800
Predictions:
24.663% to win quarterfinal
6.887% to win semifinal
1.695% to win tournament
Andy’s Thoughts: Avi comes into this tournament as the favorite; he was the strongest player in the two tournaments combined four years ago. But four years is a long time; it’s definitely a wide-open tournament, in my opinion. By this time, we’ll definitely have more of an idea how things will shake down over the 14-game event. Especially with everyone coming back, the potential storylines are endless; some players, like Avi, might be gunning for the ToC spot they didn’t get before, while others might be out for redemption after their first appearance might not have gone perfectly for them. It’s very intriguing!
Wednesday, February 22:
Stephanie Pierson
Junior at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Macon, Georgia
14 correct, 2 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,000
Predictions:
23.694% to win quarterfinal
6.031% to win semifinal
1.361% to win tournament
Autumn Shelton
Junior at Princeton University
Lamar, Missouri
35 correct, 4 incorrect
3/5 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
25.44% in first on buzzer (29/114)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $200)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,600
Predictions:
37.148% to win quarterfinal
13.024% to win semifinal
4.513% to win tournament
Sreekar Madabushi
Junior at the Georgia Institute of Technology
Basking Ridge, New Jersey
20 correct, 1 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,600)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,400
Predictions:
39.158% to win quarterfinal
14.094% to win semifinal
5.141% to win tournament
Andy’s Thoughts: Sreekar is definitely one of those players who I think is out for redemption during this tournament; he had 20 correct but didn’t make the semifinals because of a conservative Final Jeopardy! bet. Autumn was a semifinalist, while Stephanie bowed out in the quarters. The prediction model likes Sreekar or Autumn, but it’s so difficult to predict anything with four-year-old data.
Thursday, February 23:
Justin Bolsen
First-year student at Brown University
Canton, Georgia
38 correct, 6 incorrect
3/4 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
30.70% in first on buzzer (35/114)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $900)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,700
Predictions:
34.848% to win quarterfinal
12.905% to win semifinal
4.595% to win tournament
Shriya Yarlagadda
Sophomore at Harvard University
Grand Blanc, Michigan
33 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
24.56% in first on buzzer (28/114)
4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,800)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,000
Predictions:
32.803% to win quarterfinal
12.044% to win semifinal
4.258% to win tournament
Teagan O’Sullivan
First-year student at American University
Watertown, Massachusetts
43 correct, 6 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
39.47% in first on buzzer (45/114)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$500)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,700
Predictions:
32.349% to win quarterfinal
11.687% to win semifinal
4.180% to win tournament
Andy’s Thoughts: The prediction model thinks this is one of the two most evenly-matched quarter-finals, with all three players between 32-35% chance to win. Justin may be in search of redemption after missing a late True Daily Double in his tournament; it’s also a matchup between three semifinalists from the Spring 2019 tournament.
Friday, February 24:
Jackson Jones
Junior at Vanderbilt University
Louisville, Kentucky
45 correct, 5 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
38.26% in first on buzzer (44/115)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,000
Predictions:
44.455% to win quarterfinal
18.431% to win semifinal
8.012% to win tournament
Ryan Presler
Senior at Brandon Valley High School
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
67 correct, 3 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 15 rebound opportunities)
26.32% in first on buzzer (60/228)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,000)
2/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,550
Predictions:
33.100% to win quarterfinal
11.591% to win semifinal
4.007% to win tournament
Isabella Pagano
First-year student at Caltech
Libertyville, Illinois
14 correct, 2 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,000
Predictions:
22.445% to win quarterfinal
6.117% to win semifinal
1.458% to win tournament
Andy’s Thoughts: This match was one tiebreaker away from being a rematch of the 2019 final, at least between Jackson and Ryan. In between, I think Isabella got a difficult draw here. Ryan is in the tournament after initially being the alternate, after Rotimi Kukoyi was unable to participate.
Monday, February 27:
Rohan Kapileshwari
Senior at the Universty of Texas at Austin
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
40 correct, 7 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
38.60% in first on buzzer (44/114)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,400
Predictions:
32.491% to win quarterfinal
10.667% to win semifinal
3.397% to win tournament
Claire Sattler
Senior at Yale University
Bonita Springs, Florida
81 correct, 12 incorrect
7/8 on rebound attempts (on 15 rebound opportunities)
33.48% in first on buzzer (75/224)
5/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,000)
3/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,550
Predictions:
39.964% to win quarterfinal
15.001% to win semifinal
5.665% to win tournament
Rhea Sinha
Cornell University graduate
Chatham, New Jersey
15 correct, 3 incorrect
0/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,800
Predictions:
27.545% to win quarterfinal
8.112% to win semifinal
2.238% to win tournament
Andy’s Thoughts: Claire is the favorite in this quarterfinal—after all, she has her own tournament championship to defend! Of course, she’ll also have a target on her back, having a tournament win under her belt.
Tuesday, November 28:
Lucas Miner
Junior at Yale University
Miami, Florida
73 correct, 13 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
31.14% in first on buzzer (71/228)
3/7 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,000)
4/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,950
Predictions:
36.808% to win quarterfinal
12.085% to win semifinal
3.921% to win tournament
Anish Maddipoti
Junior at the University of Texas-Austin
Austin, Texas
17 correct, 5 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,400)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,200
Predictions:
25.313% to win quarterfinal
6.544% to win semifinal
1.475% to win tournament
Audrey Satchivi
Senior at Indiana University-Bloomington
Carmel, Indiana
32 correct, 2 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 11 rebound opportunities)
23.68% in first on buzzer (27/114)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,400
Predictions:
37.879% to win quarterfinal
12.697% to win semifinal
4.229% to win tournament
Andy’s Thoughts: Despite Lucas being a finalist, Audrey played very well in her tournament and comes into this match as a slight favorite. (It just goes to show how much luck is often in these tournaments in general; the margin between winning and losing is so small in many cases.) Those margins are what make predicting these events so difficult.
Wednesday, March 1:
Tim Cho
Senior at Columbia University
Champaign, Illinois
40 correct, 6 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
34.21% in first on buzzer (39/114)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,400)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,900
Predictions:
46.366% to win quarterfinal
17.101% to win semifinal
6.494% to win tournament
Dan Oxman
Senior at the University of Maryland
South Orange, New Jersey
15 correct, 11 incorrect
0/2 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57)
0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$3,000)
0/0 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $600
Predictions:
16.768% to win quarterfinal
2.936% to win semifinal
0.367% to win tournament
Eesha Sohail
UCLA graduate
Bakersfield, California
37 correct, 6 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
34.21% in first on buzzer (39/114)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,700
Predictions:
36.866% to win quarterfinal
11.619% to win semifinal
3.499% to win tournament
Andy’s Thoughts: Redemption is definitely the theme of quarterfinal #8: Tim is the favorite here, having nearly defeated tournament winner Claire Sattler in the semifinals. Dan will hopefully make a good showing; this tournament is a perfect chance at redemption for him, after giving 11 incorrect responses back in 2018. Meanwhile, Eesha herself would have been a finalist had her Final Jeopardy! wager in 2019 been less aggressive.
Thursday, March 2:
Hannah Nekritz
Senior at Brandeis University
Stamford, Connecticut
30 correct, 3 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
25.44% in first on buzzer (29/114)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,500
Predictions:
33.472% to win quarterfinal
10.702% to win semifinal
3.235% to win tournament
Caleb Richmond
Sophomore at Georgetown University
Bedford, New Hampshire
38 correct, 6 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
34.21% in first on buzzer (39/114)
1/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$4,000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,600
Predictions:
33.884% to win quarterfinal
10.958% to win semifinal
3.333% to win tournament
Maggie Brown
Sophomore at the University of West Florida
Pensacola, Florida
12 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,500)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,200
Predictions:
32.644% to win quarterfinal
10.382% to win semifinal
3.153% to win tournament
Andy’s Thoughts: Another very even quarterfinal is predicted here, despite Maggie not reaching the semis four years ago. (Blame Lord of the Flies for that one.) This is one of those games where you definitely couldn’t say the prediction model got it wrong, regardless of the result.
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