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Season 3 Of Jeopardy! Masters Returns April 30 With 9 Players (Updated With Format + Episode 1 Matchups)
Current Champion
Matthew Riggle, career statistics:
97 correct, 14 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 11 rebound opportunities)
43.86% in first on buzzer (100/228)
4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,800)
2/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,450
To win:
5 games: 60.268%
6: 36.322%
7: 21.891%
8: 13.193%
9: 7.951%
Avg. streak: 5.517 games.
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Upcoming Encore Presentations
September 19-20: S42 E173 (May 6, 2026)
September 26-27: S42 E174 (May 7, 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
Changes are coming to Jeopardy! Masters, whose third season premieres on ABC on April 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM Eastern, as announced today.
The biggest change is that nine players will be competing instead of six. Joining returnees Victoria Groce and Yogesh Raut are the three finalists from the 2025 Tournament of Champions (Adriana Harmeyer, Isaac Hirsch, and Neilesh Vinjamuri), the three finalists from the 2025 Jeopardy Invitational Tournament (Matt Amodio, Juveria Zaheer, and Roger Craig), and Brad Rutter, making his first appearance on the Alex Trebek Stage since the 2020 Greatest of All Time tournament.
It is currently presumed that James Holzhauer has elected to take a sabbatical, though no information on this front is public at this time.
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The Format
This season of Jeopardy! Masters will be contested over nine hour-long episodes. Three players will be eliminated after a 3-episode “knockout round”, two more after a 3-episode “quarter-final” round, which will bring us to 4 players in a 2-episode semifinal round and a 3-player 2-game total-point final similar to Seasons 1 & 2. According to The Futon Critic, the series will be airing weekly on Wednesdays.
Editorially, I think I have to come out in favor of this updated format. It will force the overall winner of the event to be consistently strong over the nine weeks—a cold start could leave a player in danger of being eliminated early. Moreover, I think it will cause players to emphasize winning games again and betting aggressively in Final Jeopardy to win games, with there being fewer games to recover from a loss.
The Schedule
According to ABC’s press release, the opening episode on April 30 will feature Victoria Groce, Yogesh Raut, and Brad Rutter in Game 1 with Matt Amodio, Roger Craig, and Juveria Zaheer in Game 2. This presumably leaves Neilesh Vinjamuri, Isaac Hirsch, and Adriana Harmeyer to compete in Game 3 on May 7.
According to the Unified Prediction Model here on the site: Game 1 gives Victoria a 40% chance of winning, Yogesh 32%, and Brad 28%. Game 2 gives Matt a 36% chance of winning, Roger 35%, and Juveria 29%, while Game 3 has Neilesh with a 40% chance of winning, Isaac 32%, and Adriana 28%.
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Player Rankings
Here is how the Unified Prediction Model ranks the nine players in the field, by Adjusted Performance Mean:
- Victoria Groce, 21489
- Yogesh Raut, 19658
- Matt Amodio, 17153
- Brad Rutter, 16304
- Roger Craig, 15521
- Neilesh Vinjamuri, 14418
- Juveria Zaheer, 13892
- Isaac Hirsch, 13033
- Adriana Harmeyer, 12240
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