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
Andy here with the last recap of the week!
Today’s players: Evan Perkins, Verna Kale, and John Schultz!
J! round categories:
CLASSICAL MUSIC…ON BANJO!
GOOD MOUSE KEEPING
GREEK LETTERS TODAY
COACHING IN THE NFL
THE “URT” LOCKER
THIS ONE’S FOR THE LADIES
It looked like Verna had a great deal of difficulty ringing in over the first fifteen clues; she didn’t even get in once!
Scored at the first break:
John $3,200
Evan $1,800
Verna $0
Evan’s family went to the 1980 Summer Olympics — in spite of the boycott — and brought back a whole bunch of Soviet memorabilia! This includes a Soviet Life magazine which talks about how safe Chernobyl is!
John wears a pink shirt every Friday! Yes, he was wearing one today!
In case you were wondering — yes, the CLASSICAL MUSIC…ON BANJO category did have the William Tell Overture. Evan did very well in that category!
GOOD MOUSE KEEPING $400 had the Daily Double; Evan played it on clue #26, just after the minute-to-go signal! Scores:
John $5,200
Evan $3,400
Verna $2,400
Evan bet a full $3,400! His clue: From the Latin for “little mouse”, these body parts are so named as their movements under the skin resemble mice. Evan went for “arteries” and fell to $0.
Two clues went unplayed; scores after the J! round:
John $5,200
Verna $3,400
Evan -$400
DJ! round categories:
FAMOUS FIRST WORDS
PUNCTUATION
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETARY
MOVIE TITLE ADD A LETTER
YUKON
DO IT
I quite enjoyed the YUKON category!
DO IT was a category that should be answered “How do you?”. Of course, the contestants failed with that conceit.
I went 5/5 in MOVIE TITLE ADD A LETTER: $2000 was “1997: A janitor at M.I.T. solves the problem of a woven fabric used for trousers”
FAMOUS FIRST WORDS $1200 had the first Daily Double! John played it, with scores at:
John $13,200
Verna $11,400
Evan $2,400
John bet $5,800. His clue: In 1933 the first of these addresses began “I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the U.S. about banking”. His correct response put him at $19,000!
ARLINGTON $1600 had the final Daily Double; Evan got onto a bit of a roll before he got to play it! Scores:
John $21,000
Verna $13,400
Evan $5,200
Evan went $5,000. His clue: This man who argued Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court is buried in Section 5. Evan went for Oliver Wendell Holmes and fell to $200.
Scores after the DJ! round:
John $19,800
Verna $13,400
Evan $200
FJ! category: FAMOUS AMERICANS
FJ! clue: In 1982, 72 years after his death, he became the first person inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians
Evan 200 – 199 = 1
Verna 13400 + 13400 = 26800
John 19800 + 10200 = 30000 (2 day champ, $57,600)
John will be back to defend on Monday!