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
It started early on Friday, much earlier than it normally does.
At 1:37 PM Eastern on Friday, January 5, I received the following comment in the comment moderation queue here at The Jeopardy! Fan.
“Brandon did not answer the last question in double jeopardy in the form of a question. This would have made the game a runaway for Sean.”
Over the evening and throughout yesterday, they continued.
“A big injustice for Sean.” “He shouldn’t have won.” “Therefore, he should probably not be the winner tonight.” “But I think Sean should get a invite [sic] back.” “Sean Sullivan was the winner!” “He should NOT be champion, Sean should.” By my count, there were at least twelve of them left on this site alone. None of them were approved.
Others felt the need to complain publicly to the show via Facebook and Twitter.
To these people, I have two things to say:
1) You’re wrong.
2) This is absolutely, 100%, casual racism at work.
To point #1: As was demonstrated on Monday, on the show, “Every contestant response is reviewed at the Judges’ Table during live gameplay to ensure that it is complete and accurate.” Thus, every single one of Brandon’s responses were reviewed live by the judges to ensure that they were, in fact, in the form of a question. If the judges were not satisfied, they would have gone back and made the correction. The fact that they did not make a correction means that Brandon’s responses were phrased adequately in the eyes of the judges.
Furthermore, if you’re still not convinced, you can listen to the audio for yourself. A quick “Who is” is clearly there before Kaiser.
To point #2: I am often on the Internet watching people comment about Jeopardy!, and this isn’t the first time that I have seen viewers complain about phrasing. It happens quite frequently. However, and this is the big difference here, never have I seen so many people demanding that a player should not be considered the rightful winner of a game over such a matter. It is obvious that there were viewers who, however subconsciously, felt that a white contestant had been unfairly disadvantaged in favor of a black contestant, and reacted harsher and stronger than they otherwise would have.
And that’s racist.
And that needs to stop.
I realize that it might be a subconscious bias, but that’s one reason why I’m pointing it out. Jeopardy! fans are supposed to be smarter and more enlightened than this. Let’s do better in the future.