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
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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
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Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Caroline Coughlin, an economic researcher from Somerville, Massachusetts
Caleb Phillips, an account manager from Austin, Texas
Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat & law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey (26-day total: $732,000)
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
A new week on Jeopardy! sees Jamie Ding enter as a 26-day champion. It was alluded to on the show’s Substack at the end of last week, but in show production time, this would be the fourth consecutive day that the show is in studio—quite rare for the show. Jamie did say he thought his stamina was holding up well, but we shall see what happens. Certainly, today’s challengers in Caleb Phillips and Caroline Coughlin hope that Jamie doesn’t quite have the same energy.
In terms of what is at stake today for Jamie? He is $16,286 away from surpassing Cris Pannullo for 5th place on the all-time regular play winnings list. I should also note that the show-calculated all-time winnings list (in this case, the one including tournaments) and the fan-calculated all-time winnings list do differ in methodologies: the show only includes tournament winnings if a player reaches the final of a tournament, with quarterfinal and semifinal tournament winnings being classified as consolation prizes and not counted by the show. In general, though, any fan-compiled list of all-time winnings over the years has generally included those consolation prizes—the thought here is that the IRS certainly cares about such consolation prizes, thus, I still think the show should as well.
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Final Jeopardy! Category: Mountains
Final Jeopardy! Clue: “Heidi” was set in Maienfeld, which is northeast from this 13,642-foot peak with a name that describes what Heidi is
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Correct response: What is Jungfrau?
More Information About Final Jeopardy!:
Jungfrau, German for “young woman” or “maiden”—also describing the title character of the 19th-century Johanna Spyri work—is one of the most distinctive peaks of the Swiss Alps. The area is also home to the Bernese high-altitude building known as the “Top of Europe”.
I’m not sure how this one will play—if you are familiar with or remember Jungfrau in Switzerland, you should be able to get there, but that’s also a lot of Swiss Alps mountains to sift through as well. The fact that there are additional colloquial translations of “Jungfrau” also gives me significant pause, and I’m at least left partly feeling that maybe this Final should have been left in the writers’ room?
Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, April 20, 2026 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: A Word From The Founding Fathers; Australian Geography; Et “Tu”; Hearing Voices; Home Ownership Is Stressful; In Roget’s Thesaurus)
Jamie picked up 10 correct early, including the first Daily Double, to have a big lead at the interviews. After 15 clues, the scores were Jamie $8,800 Caleb $2,200 Caroline $600.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Jamie 10 correct 0 incorrect
Caleb 4 correct 0 incorrect
Caroline 1 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Caroline got to intern in the Scottish parliament and ended up campaigning against Scottish independence.
Caleb did the running with the bulls in Pamplona in 2012, where he fell.
Jamie did a playthrough of the Kingdom Hearts games on Twitch.
Jamie’s strong play continued, with him clearing the 20-correct-response mark through 30 clues. Jamie ran HOME OWNERSHIP, went 4/5 in synonyms and Et “Tu”, and 3/5 in Founding Fathers and Australian Geography. Caleb, for his part, went 3/5 in voice actors.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Jamie 21 correct 0 incorrect
Caleb 7 correct 0 incorrect
Caroline 1 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Jamie $14,200
Caleb $3,600
Caroline -$1,400
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Back In The New York Groove; Old Names For Things; The Family In The Plot; From The French; Hope; The Thing With Feathers)
Jamie jumped out to a big lead thanks to DD2 midway through Double Jeopardy; when he found DD3, he overbet, putting his runaway position at risk. Caleb nearly made him pay for it—Jamie needed the last clue of Double Jeopardy correct to cement that runaway.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Jamie 36 correct 2 incorrect
Caleb 17 correct 1 incorrect
Caroline 3 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 11 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Jamie $24,000
Caleb $10,000
Caroline $1,800
Final Jeopardy turned out to be a Triple Stumper, with Jamie losing just $3,000. He’s now a 27-day champion, winnings $753,000. He goes for #28 tomorrow.
Tonight’s results:
Caroline $1,800 – $1,800 = $0 (What is Swiss)
Caleb $10,000 – $0 = $10,000 (What is Mont Blanc?)
Jamie $24,000 – $3,000 = $21,000 (What is…the Eiger?) (27-day total: $753,000)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) IN ROGET’S THESAURUS $1000 (clue #11)
Jamie 4600 +2400 (Caleb 1400 Caroline 600)
2) OLD NAMES FOR THINGS $1200 (clue #2)
Jamie 15800 +5200 (Caleb 3600 Caroline -1400)
3) THE FAMILY IN THE PLOT $2000 (clue #25, $3600 left on board)
Jamie 35000 -13000 (Caleb 8400 Caroline 1800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 48
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Jamie 4 3 4 5 3 3 5*
Caleb 2 1 3
Caroline 5
DJ! Round:
Jamie 3* 5 4 3 5 4 2 3 2 3 5 1 3 5 5*
Caleb 2 4 2† 4† 2 1 4
Caroline 4 3 2
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Jamie 3.64
Caleb 2.50
Caroline 3.50
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 11 (0.07 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Jamie $31,600 Coryat, 36 correct, 2 incorrect, 59.65% in first on buzzer (34/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Caleb $10,000 Coryat, 17 correct, 1 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Caroline $1,800 Coryat, 3 correct, 2 incorrect, 8.77% in first on buzzer (5/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $43,400
Lach Trash: $3,800 (on 3 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,800
Lead Changes: 0
Times Tied: 0
Player Statistics:
Jamie Ding, career statistics:
875 correct, 67 incorrect
54/63 on rebound attempts (on 114 rebound opportunities)
51.66% in first on buzzer (794/1537)
42/58 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $82,900)
17/27 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $27,007
Caleb Phillips, career statistics:
17 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,000
Caroline Coughlin, career statistics:
3 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
8.77% in first on buzzer (5/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $1,800
Jamie Ding, to win:
28 games: 80.620%
29: 64.996%
30: 52.400%
31: 42.245%
32: 34.058%
Avg. streak: 31.160 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- It’s not often that an interview turns me against a contestant, but as someone who’d rather see an independent Scotland, I stopped cheering for Caroline after her interview.
- Today’s J!6 clues can be found at the monthly archive.
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