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
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
One comment that I have heard quite often in the past week is that Canadians dominate on Jeopardy; thus, the Americans are afraid of being shown up. I thus decided to take a look at the data to see if that fun Canadian theory actually plays out.
Looking At The Data
I’ve gone back to the beginning of Season 21, and searched J! Archive for “Canada”. This brings up every contestant who elected to represent Canada as a contestant, either as a “from” or “originally from”. There are obviously some other expats who were missed, but they also generally don’t get noticed by the general populace as it stands. Season 21 is a convenient starting point, as the Archive has complete information from that point forward, and it also was the beginning of the “challengers get significantly more rehearsal time” era of the show. Since then, a returning champion averages very close to a 50% win percentage (calculations will therefore tell you that a challenger has a 25% chance of winning a game, and the average champion’s run is exactly 2 victories.) As you can see below, while Canadians have had a signficant dry spell as of late, over the past eleven years and change, Canadians have had a reasonably good record on the program, at least when starting out.
21
2
0
0
0.0
22
26
11
17
1.5
23
7
2
4
2.0
24
7
2
4
2.0
25
8
4
8
2.0
26
1
1
3
3.0
27
5
2
3
1.5
28
0
0
0
0.0
29
9
2
3
1.5
30
12
6
8
1.3
31
8
1
5
5.0
32
5
0
0
0.0
Total
90
31
55
1.8
Expected
90
22.5
45
2.0
What does this mean?
Well, what it means is that while Canadians are better-than-average when it comes to actually winning on the show, Canadians certainly seem to have a slightly-below-average record in stringing together a ToC-level run. (If you consider generally 400 contestants playing for 13 ToC slots, the chances of there being 2 or fewer representatives in an average selection of 90 contestants come in at about 40%; Canada’s only ToC representatives in this time frame have been Doug Hicton and Andrew Haringer).
In conclusion: I’d hardly call that “domination”. Sorry, guys, but the Americans just aren’t being shown up very much by us.