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
September 26-27: S42 E174 (May 7, 2026)
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
Great news – Vijay Balse, winner of the 2010 Tournament of Champions, has agreed to be interviewed for this blog! He earned more than $80,000 as a 4-time champion in his regular episodes, and he beat the heavy-hitters of season 26 for another $250,000 at the Tournament of Champions. Clearly he knows what he’s doing, so if you want to be on the show someday and you have any questions for him, send them to me via a comment here, e-mail (thejeopardyfan@gmail.com), or Twitter (@vamosdavid).
Kids Week wrapped up on Friday. I’m thankful that it’s one week instead of the two that most other Jeopardy! tournaments are. I didn’t make my goal of getting every question correct. My best result of the week was 27/30. Did you guys try it, and if so, how did you do? I did go 5/5 on Final Jeopardy, though, and yesterday’s was a triple-stumper. In Books for Kids: “In Wonderland, Alice comes upon a mad tea-party attended by the hatter, march hare, and this creature, who’s asleep.”*
I was a little bummed when on Wednesday’s episode the contestants went to the spelling category last. I rejoice when that category comes up! They needn’t have worried; there were no triple-stumpers, unlike in the last category they chose on Tuesday, Radio Disney, which had four. The first clue I missed Wednesday was this one in What’s for Lunch?: “How about some Middle East fast food? This sandwich of fried chickpea balls and tahini sauce.”* (And I won’t make a joke about feeling awful for missing it!)
Next week, we are back to regular episodes!
*the dormouse, falafel