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
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
Today in Jeopardy! history: Ken Jennings’ first game. I recapped his first game from 2004 today.
Today’s contestants:
Ed Brown, a lighting designer from Pasadena, CA
Ariel Watkins, a graduate student from Monterey, CA
Kelly Bayles, a librarian from Tulsa, OK (1-day total: $16,900)
Miss Buzzy Cohen? I interviewed him recently for #JeopardyLivePanel.
Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Kelly $20,600
Ed $10,200
Ariel $1,600
Final Jeopardy! category: 20TH CENTURY NOTABLES
Final Jeopardy! clue: Despite protests in 2009 some of his personal effects as seen here were sold at auction
Who is Mohandas Gandhi? (Incorrect responses, if any, will be in the comment section, as well as full stats.
Ariel 1600 – 1400 = 200
Ed 10200 – 6999 = 3101
Kelly 20600 – 0 = 20600 (2-day total: $37,500)
This week’s Poll of the Week contains two cute dogs. Who wore the Jeopardy! hat better?
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Incorrect responses to Final Jeopardy:
Ariel: Osama Bin Laden
Ed: (John Wayne) Gacy
Kelly: (Ernest) Hemingway
Stats:
Kelly 20,200 Coryat, 27 correct, 2 incorrect, 47.37% in first on buzzer
Ed 8,200 Coryat, 18 correct, 6 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer
Ariel 1,600 Coryat, 4 correct, 0 incorrect, 5.26% in first on buzzer
Kelly Bayles, through 2 games:
45 correct
6 incorrect
2/2 on Daily Doubles
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
39.64% in first on buzzer
Average Coryat: $18,400
Kelly Bayles, to win:
3 games: 66.07%
4: 43.66%
5: 28.84%
6: 19.06%
7: 12.59%
Avg. streak: 3.947 games. #Jeopardy