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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As a way of producing more editorial content and general content for the website, I’ve decided to add a new section: Andy’s Weekly Thoughts, where I basically give my own opinion as to the goings-on in the world of Jeopardy! every week. Normally, this will come out around midday on Saturday.
Benedick vs. Benedict
The week’s biggest controversy in the eyes of the fans was the circumstances behind Ben Chan’s defeat on Tuesday, where he believed that the two lovers in Much Ado About Nothing were Beatrice and Benedict, instead of Beatrice and Benedick. It’s a situation compounded by the fact that several people, including most notably composer Hector Berlioz, transcribed the character’s name as Benedict in his own opera about the two characters. Unfortunately for Ben, the show ruled that Benedict was, in the context of Shakespeare (if you’ll remember, Shakespeare was clearly noted in the name of the category), not the name of the character, and because it’s two different names that are generally pronounced differently, writing Benedict and not Benedick makes the response incorrect. You’ll note that this isn’t the first time a 5+-time champ has fallen to what fans might see as a “spelling error”; 5-time champ Scott Lord lost in 2016 due to his response of “Scherazade” instead of Scheherazade. Stranger things have happened, but I highly doubt we’ll see Ben back in regular play.
On Betting In The Masters Final
Many people saw how Jeopardy! Masters turned out on Wednesday night and assumed that Mattea over-bet in Game 2 of the Final, handing victory over to James. Even some commenters on JBoard suggested that it was such a sure thing that James would bet small that it should have been countered. I absolutely disagree. You might remember that Mattea also led James going into Final Jeopardy! in semifinal #2 on Monday night; in that game, James made a peculiarly large wager that certainly left me at least wondering a little bit. Monday night’s bet out of James was 100% a gambit—it was a situation where he did not have a great deal to risk, as he had pretty much almost guaranteed his spot in the finals already—and it would have put enough doubt in the minds of anyone keeping an eye on his betting tendencies to potentially force a cover bet down the line in a more crucial situation. And as everyone saw in the final on Wednesday, that appears to have worked in James’s favor.
Again, hindsight is 20-20 in this, but the difference between Ken in 2020 and Mattea in 2023—and one reason why I think James won in 2023 and not in 2020—Ken was not afraid to go all-in at every single opportunity—and that includes the first Final Jeopardy! of the two-part final. The extra $8,800 that Mattea left on the table in Game 1 ended up being the difference between having a runaway or not going into Final Jeopardy! in Game 2.
Regarding Friday’s Categories
I knew I’d be poking a hornet’s nest and sticking my neck out a little bit when I expressed my concerns over Friday’s categories. I’d absolutely like to thank many of my regular readers who took my concerns and saw fit to comment things along the lines of, “Thank you very much, I did not know that and I learned something today.” When it comes down to it, Jeopardy! is about learning, and I absolutely appreciate those who took that as a learning opportunity.
Remember: Jeopardy! Is A Zero-Sum Game
Contestants and fans alike are reminded that Jeopardy! is essentially a zero-sum game—one person’s success always comes at the expense of two other players who were defeated in the same episode. Thus, while it’s obviously an incredible accomplishment to have won on the show, everyone should keep in mind that the margins between victory and defeat are often very small and that everyone who makes it onto the Alex Trebek Stage should be celebrated, not just the champions.
On Normal Episodes
One user took it upon themself late in the week to start a Reddit thread decrying the level of play on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. One of the best parts of Harry Friedman’s time as Executive Producer was that Harry would let the great moments happen organically. And sometimes that meant that there would be a string of very normal, nondescript episodes. Not everything needs to be an event. Yes, it’s obviously nice when we get to watch a champion of Ben Chan’s caliber play, but that absolutely does not need to be the norm. We should still be able to watch—and enjoy—three North Americans live out their dream five nights a week.
In Conclusion
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