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
I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that the first Sports Jeopardy episode is available on Crackle. I watched about an hour after it came out. Thoughts? My one is: I should’ve taken notes. But I didn’t expect to write much on this here! I do want to point out this Twitter conversation and I encourage you to chime in, here or there!
@MikeSmarge@vamosdavidhttp://t.co/TpAWxRqlyTScore all three contestants and yourself via this method.— MrMichael (@mrmichael21)September 24, 2014
Yesterday on the regular version, Catherine Hardee won for the first time.
Irv Murray
Catherine
Laura Dziorny
This episode is blessedly free of video clues, that I’d have to post anyway.
We’d only seen one clue, which Irv answered, when he found the Daily Double in 2 Presidents, Same Last Name. He had 200, and risked 1000 on this clue: “They were separated by only one other president.” He got it right. At the first break:
Catherine 2600 (4 right)
Laura 4800 (7 right)
Irv 1600 (2 right and one wrong)
At the end of the round:
Catherine 7400 (9 right)
Laura 6000 (3 right)
Irv 4400 (3 right and one wrong)
I think I’d have gotten this anyway in Play Bill, but I just read today about this guy in Arthur Ashe’s book Days of Grace: “If Barack Obama wanted a ringer on his basketball team, he’d choose this former Knick who also played in the Senate.” Irv soon found the Daily Double in the category.
Catherine 15800 (6 right)
Laura 8000 (4 right and one wrong)
Irv 6400 (3 right and one wrong)
Irv wagered 3000 on this clue: “This former education secretary & drug czar often speaks out for traditional values.” I’d have known this one even if one of his books wasn’t handed out at the National History Bowl my first year there. Irv got this too! Good; I don’t want Catherine to run away with this! She found the next Daily Double though in American Literature.
Catherine 17000 (One right)
Laura 8800 (One right)
Irv 9800 (One right)
Catherine wagered 3000 too on this clue: “In 1830 he had 5 tales & sketches published in the Salem Gazette.” She and I knew this one.
Somehow this was a triple-stumper, in Art Rockers: “His paintings include ‘John’s Room’ & ‘Yellow Linda with Piano.'” Even if it wasn’t at 400!
Oh goody, it’s not a runaway at the end of the round:
Catherine 17600 (2 right and 2 wrong)
Laura 9600 (One right)
Irv 9800 (One right and one wrong)
The Final Jeopardy category is Alliteration. Is that a first? This is the clue: “This metaphor used by Shakespeare & Coleridge to denote an ending is based on a legend that never really happens in nature.” Laura missed it and lost 7000. Irv didn’t write anything and lost 9000. 🙁 Catherine didn’t write anything either, and lost just 2001. So we’ll see her tomorrow.
One year ago: The Daily Fail
Two years ago: It Takes Two, Baby
Three years ago: The Premiere…It’s Here!
Four years ago: Interview with Ryan Chaffee, Part Two