Current Champion
Matthew Riggle, career statistics:
47 correct, 6 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
41.23% in first on buzzer (47/114)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,300
To win:
3 games: 68.027%
4: 46.277%
5: 31.481%
6: 21.415%
7: 14.568%
Avg. streak: 4.128 games.
(Next game: September 14)
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Upcoming Encore Presentations
August 12: S42 E98 (January 21, 2026)
August 13: S42 E99 (January 22, 2026)
August 14: S42 E100 (January 23, 2026)
August 15-16: S41 E141 (March 24, 2025)
August 17: S42 E101 (January 26, 2026)
August 18: S42 E105 (January 30, 2026)
August 19: S42 E102 (January 27, 2026)
August 20: S42 E103 (January 28, 2026)
August 21: S42 E104 (January 29, 2026)
August 22-23: S41 E142 (March 25, 2025)
August 24: S42 E106 (February 2, 2026)
August 25: S42 E107 (February 3, 2026)
August 26: S42 E108 (February 4, 2026)
August 27: S42 E109 (February 5, 2026)
August 28: S42 E110 (February 6, 2026)
August 29-30: S41 E143 (March 26, 2025)
(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 $1,098,403
7. Mattea Roach $897,983
8. Jamie Ding $885,605
9. David Madden $785,733
10. Victoria Groce $773,801
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Larissa Kelly $671,930
14. Matt Jackson $623,612
15. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
16. Andrew He $534,365
17. Scott Riccardi $533,000
18. Jerome Vered $499,102
19. Julia Collins $495,767
20. Austin Rogers $493,000
21. Ben Ingram $449,201
22. Paolo Pasco $448,717
23. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
24. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
25. Juveria Zaheer $441,000
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Welcome to my latest Sunday Mailbag column! As always, email mailbag@thejeopardyfan.com and I may potentially answer your question in the column!
Where’s My Jeopardy?
A frequent question I’ve gotten over the years asks,
Why did the wrong episode air tonight? Did that happen everywhere?
The following is informed by discussions that I’ve had with friends over the years who work within master control rooms in TV stations.
Basically, Jeopardy! is what is known as syndicated television—essentially, TV stations across the United States and Canada, needing to fill extra time in their schedule, purchase the rights to air TV programs in their markets. (Generally, game shows, court shows, talk shows, “entertainment news” shows, and reruns of prime time programs enter into syndication for local stations to air.)
When it comes to shows like Jeopardy! or Entertainment Tonight, that day’s episode is provided to the local affiliates. (I won’t get into the specific details of exactly how the system works in this column, though). However, the system isn’t foolproof, and there can be instances where the affiliate has technical difficulties with that day’s episode and would need to rely on their respective emergency policy. Each show has different “what to do in case of emergency” policies—a show like Entertainment Tonight will have an “evergreen” episode with a number of “fluff” pieces that would take a long time to actually go stale. However, what most Jeopardy! stations do is just keep the previous day’s episode as an “emergency” episode and air that in place of the day’s usual episode if there’s an issue.
So, if you’re seeing the wrong episode, know that it’s not an ideal situation, and that your local station has had technical difficulties that day and has aired its “emergency” episode instead. I’m sure they’re not exactly thrilled that it’s happened either, as upset Jeopardy! fans are not a demographic that these stations particularly enjoy receiving viewer feedback from.
And, if you stumble upon an incorrect episode a few days later on your DVR? It’s worth checking, but another possibility is that your DVR just recorded the wrong episode that day, especially in a market that airs Daytime Jeopardy (a separate syndication package with a second, rerun episode, designed to air in daytime.) The fewer reports that come in on the airdate itself, though, the higher the likelihood that your DVR messed up, though.
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Minima & Maxima
What are the various minimum and maximum possible scores for the various current formats we’re seeing on Jeopardy!?
I think many people are probably most aware of the current “maximum possible total” of a game of Jeopardy! in the United States is $566,400. This is possible if all three Daily Doubles are in the top row, one player gets all 61 clues correct, bets the maximum every time (including in Final Jeopardy), and plays the Daily Double as the last clue(s) of the round.
But what about some of the other situations? What’s the minimum possible total? Or, what are the minimum and maximum for Celebrity Jeopardy! or Jeopardy! UK?
Let’s start with the maximums: Following the same algorithm—all Daily Doubles in top row, one player gets every clue correct, betting the maximum each time, including Final, and playing the Daily Double as the last clue(s) of every round, the maximum possible Celebrity Jeopardy! total would be a whopping $2,683,200. (Certainly, the six Daily Doubles add up!)
Over in the United Kingdom, with the smaller point values, three boards, and only four Daily Doubles, that makes the maximum total £151,600.
Now, what about the minimum possible totals? In order to calculate this, again, the Daily Doubles need to be in the top row. In this situation, one player would get every clue in the game incorrect and therefore lose money on each clue. That being said: the Daily Doubles could be played at any point in the round, as the bet is always going to be capped at the maximum value on the board. ($1,000 and $2,000 in regular Jeopardy!, $500, $1,000, and $1,500 in Celebrity, and £150 and £300 over in the UK.)
So, what are these minimums? In regular Jeopardy!, the lowest possible score is -$58,000. (For all of these, I’m going to leave the calculations to the reader; however, I have run each of these scenarios through the same game chart Excel spreadsheet that I use to calculate stats as each game airs). In Celebrity Jeopardy, the extra three Daily Doubles mean we have a lowest possible score of -$59,600. And, finally, in the UK, the smaller clue values and 4 Daily Doubles mean your lowest possible score is -£10,350.
It should be noted that, in all of these minimums, you have to have the first selection of the round, as otherwise, you won’t be able to gain control of the board to select the first Daily Double of the game.
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