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
Today’s contestants:
Dane Petersen, a public relations and marketing manager from Arlington, VA
Neil Thom, an attorney from Columbus, GA
Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, UT (2-day total: $59,201)
Jeopardy! round categories: AUTHORS, SPORTS QUOTES, “E”OGRAPHY, IF YOU’RE GOING TO DO IT…, BUSINESSMEN, NUMERICAL HOMOPHONES
After Dane was first in on two of the first three clues of the game, Ken found his buzzer groove and reeled off 10 in a row, including his first run category: AUTHORS
SPORTS QUOTES $200: Before winning the World Heavyweight title, he said he wasn’t “the greatest; I’m the double greatest”
An oft-forgotten quote in this game: facing a BUSINESSMEN Daily Double, Ken remarked, “I’m not really crazy about the category” and simply bet its $1,000 clue value. Considering how his run ended in November, that makes a lot of sense! The more interesting part of the exchange? When Alex prodded him a bit, Ken joked “Come the revolution, we’re gonna string them up.”
By the end of the round, Ken had run the aforementioned AUTHORS, gone 4/5 in BUSINESSMEN, and 3/5 in “E”OGRAPHY! There was only one $600 neg by Ken in the entire round and no Triple Stumpers!
After the J! Round: Ken $10,200 Neil $4,600 Dane $2,600
Double Jeopardy! categories: GONE WITH THE WIND, FRANKLY, MY DEER, I DON’T, GIVE “A”, HOOVER DAM
After 16 clues in this round, the scores were: Ken $15,000 Neil $11,400 Dane $5,000. Ken then proceeded to run off 11 clues in a row (and 12 of the final 14). Neil got 1.
The turning point may have been when Ken jumped in in front of Neil the attorney on this $2000 clue in I DON’T: I hire barristers but don’t argue high court cases myself because I’m this type of British lawyer (What is a solicitor) – Alex even noted “got in there before Neil”.
Ken then proceeded to run FRANKLY and MY DEER, both of which contained Daily Doubles. Ken was still betting conservatively at this point on his Daily Doubles – which in hindsight makes a lot of sense. When you’re steamrollering your opposition, you don’t want to give them an opening. (I seem to recall taking a decidedly different viewpoint on this as a 20-year-old in 2004).
In addition to running FRANKLY and MY DEER, Ken went 3/5 in GONE WITH THE WIND and HOOVER DAM.
Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Ken $33,600
Neil $12,200
Dan $5,000
Final Jeopardy! category: RECORD HOLDERS
Final Jeopardy! clue: Phoebe Snetsinger, she of the apropos first name, set a record for this activity, about 8,400 species
What is birdwatching?
Dane 5000 – 3000 = 2000 (What is naming?) Neil 12200 – 2000 = 10200 (What is butterfly collecting?) Ken 33600 + 3400 = 37000 (3-day total: $96,201)
Ken’s finished this game with 18 correct in each round. I distinctly remember watching this game back in June of 2004 and thinking “I think that we may have something special on our hands here.” Obviously, we did.
Ken’s stats through 3 games:
98 correct (37 today, including Final)
7 incorrect (1 today)
5/5 on Daily Doubles
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
53.80% in first on buzzer
Average Coryat Score: $26,733
5 correct responses in a category: 3 times
4 correct responses in a category: 7 times
3 correct responses in a category: 11 times
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