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
Today’s contestants were pretty evenly matched. Scores at the first break were $2200 for 1-day champ Robert Knecht Schmidt from OH, $4000 for Rachel Pildis from IL, and $2800 for Nick Gorski of VA. Another indicator: All of three of them gave ridiculous answers to a clue at some point in the game.
$1000 in Movies’ Alternate Endings: “The original script for this Jamie Foxx film set in Saudi Arabia had his FBI team getting blown up.”* (Robert’s response: Miami Vice. Rachel seemed to enjoy that one!)
$400 in Story Problems: “12 hens each lay a half-dozen eggs, but 2 get broken; then a hen lays one more, leaving this many unbroken eggs.” (Nick’s response: 5)
And finally, $800 in Story Problems: “If a lepidopterist spots 4 butterflies, each with 3 black spots and 5 yellow spots, he spots this many spots.” (Rachel’s response: 60)
So can you think of any other ridiculous responses that you’ve seen in past episodes? One springs to mind for me, and I’ll write about it in the next entry.
Nick was in the lead with $14800 at the end of the Double Jeopardy round, which surprisingly had 2 clues shy of 3 categories remaining when Alex announced that there was less than a minute to go in the round! Rachel had $9800, and Robert had $5400. The Final Jeopardy clue was a snap. Religion: “In 1875, she wrote, ‘Jesus of Nazareth was the most scientific man that ever trod the globe.'” Robert got the right answer but wagered nothing! That hurts even a spectator! Rachel, too, got it right and added $2200 to her score, which makes $12000 and more than twice Robert’s total at the end of Double Jeopardy anyway. Nick got it wrong and lost $4801, putting him in second place and making Rachel the champion!
And the answers to the last calendar clues: Devil in a Blue Dress and Michael Moore.
*The Kingdom, 71, 32, Mary Baker Eddy