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
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Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Aaron Levine, a sports anchor from Seattle, Washington
Tom Devlin, an attorney from Washington, D.C.
Liam Starnes, a payment program manager from Columbus, Ohio
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Welcome to the 33rd Tournament of Champions! 21 of the best recent Jeopardy! players are competing for a top prize of $250,000. Our opening quarterfinal will be between Liam Starnes, Tom Devlin, and Aaron Levine. Based on winnings alone, Liam might be seen as the favorite–and I think he’ll have the largest cheering section among the home viewership. However, that by no means makes him a lock to take victory today. Tom is an incredibly strong player in spite of only three victories, while Aaron would absolutely be looking to follow in the footsteps of other low seeds that have managed to snag opening-round ToC victories.
In terms of airing, it should be noted that today’s holiday NBA games on NBC (and college basketball on FOX) may cause schedule disruptions if you watch on an NBC or FOX affiliate. Check your local listings, or Matt Carberry’s Google sheet tracking preemptions. As things stand now, it appears as though WILX in Lansing is planning on airing the game at 11:30 AM Eastern, which will mean—if that airing does happen—today’s results will be posted 30 minutes earlier than usual.
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Final Jeopardy! Category: Famous Photos
Final Jeopardy! Clue: Being only 5’5″, photographer Joe Rosenthal had to climb on top of a Japanese sandbag to snap a photo while on this peak
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Correct response: What is Mount Suribachi?
More Information About Final Jeopardy!:
Welcome to the 33rd Tournament of Champions! The material is more difficult, and the show usually asks for one more step to be taken. Regular play here would have asked for the island that the famous 1945 Joe Rosenthal World War II photograph was taken on—Iwo Jima—however, at the Tournament of Champions, our champions get asked for the specific peak on Iwo Jima, that being Mount Suribachi.
Will any of our players in studio make a “failing to completely read the clue” error today and respond with “What is Iwo Jima?” (If that does happen to you at home? Well, it is the Tournament of Champions.)
Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, January 19, 2026 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Literary Quotations; Anime; It’s Hyphenated; Iowa History; Let’s Tool Around; Switch The First Letter)
Liam found—and missed—the Daily Double a handful clues in; by the time the interviews rolled around it was Aaron who led, with scores at Aaron $2,000 Tom $1,600 Liam $1,200.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Aaron 3 correct 0 incorrect
Tom 3 correct 1 incorrect
Liam 5 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Aaron hired an Etsy witch before his J! tape day, much like the Mariners did.
Tom got a reaction on TikTok for getting a clue about Bad Baby correct.
Liam got to throw out the first pitch at a White Sox game—despite being a Cubs fan.
Tom had the best segment after the break—he went 3/5 in anime and 4/5 in hyphenated words—as he jumped into a lead after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Tom 11 correct 1 incorrect
Aaron 5 correct 2 incorrect
Liam 6 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Tom $5,000
Aaron $2,000
Liam $1,400
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: The Era Of Good Ceilings; What Are You Listening To?; It’s All From Greek To Me; Mountains; 20th Century Women Of The World; How Tariff-ic)
While Liam got DD2 correct, Tom continued his strong play. Aaron took the shot that he had to on DD3, but an incorrect response dropped him out of contention. Tom went 4/5 in ceilings, 3/5 in music, and 3/5 in words from Greek as he cruised to a runaway.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Tom 24 correct 2 incorrect
Liam 13 correct 3 incorrect
Aaron 9 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 8 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Tom $19,400
Liam $6,200
Aaron $1,600
Aaron was the only player correct in Final Jeopardy, but Tom’s runaway moves him to the semifinals!
Tonight’s results:
Aaron $1,600 + $1 = $1,601 (What is Mt. Suribachi (on Iwo Jima) Bring back the Sonics!)
Liam $6,200 – $6,200 = $0 (What is Iwo Jima?)
Tom $19,400 – $0 = $19,400 (What is Mt. Fuji Iwo Jima) (Semi-Finalist)
Chances of winning Tournament of Champions:
Scott Riccardi: 18.254%
Laura Faddah: 3.807%
Paolo Pasco: 14.478%
Tom Devlin: 13.871%
Andrew Hayes: 3.419%
Brendan Liaw: 3.204%
Allegra Kuney: 4.491%
Bryce Wargin: 2.543%
Cameron Berry: 3.493%
Ben Ganger: 4.372%
Ashley Chan: 2.327%
W. Kamau Bell: 1.619%
Alex DeFrank: 6.210%
Steven Olson: 5.022%
Josh Weikert: 2.122%
Matt Massie: 4.313%
Lisa Ann Walter: 1.261%
Mike Dawson: 2.344%
TJ Fisher: 2.850%
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) LITERARY QUOTATIONS $1000 (clue #5)
Liam 1600 -1600 (Tom -1000 Aaron 600)
2) HOW TARIFF-IC $2000 (clue #1)
Liam 1400 +2000 (Tom 5000 Aaron 2000)
3) 20th CENTURY WOMEN OF THE WORLD $1600 (clue #10, $21200 left on board)
Aaron 5600 -5600 (Liam 1400 Tom 9400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -100
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Liam 5 4 3 5*
Tom
Aaron 4
DJ! Round:
Liam 5* 4
Tom 3 5 4 3
Aaron 3 2 4 4*
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Tom 3.75
Aaron 3.40
Liam 4.33
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 8 (0.08 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Tom $19,400 Coryat, 24 correct, 2 incorrect, 42.11% in first on buzzer (24/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Aaron $7,200 Coryat, 9 correct, 3 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Liam $7,800 Coryat, 13 correct, 3 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $34,400
Lach Trash: $9,800 (on 12 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,800
Lead Changes: 2
Times Tied: 6
Player Statistics:
Liam Starnes, career statistics:
157 correct, 26 incorrect
8/10 on rebound attempts (on 38 rebound opportunities)
32.89% in first on buzzer (150/456)
11/15 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $41,590)
3/8 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,625
Tom Devlin, career statistics:
137 correct, 14 incorrect
10/10 on rebound attempts (on 21 rebound opportunities)
45.61% in first on buzzer (130/285)
5/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $15,600)
2/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,240
Aaron Levine, career statistics:
87 correct, 16 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 28 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (85/285)
6/10 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,100)
3/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,680
Andy’s Thoughts:
- WILX (Onondaga, MI) did air the game at 11:30 AM Eastern this morning.
- Despite Tom’s runaway, Daily Doubles are still incredibly important in modern Jeopardy, as evidenced by the fact that Aaron came a Daily Double response away from winning this game, despite the very wide disparity in correct response totals and Coryat score between Aaron and Tom.
- A reminder (as I have to say this every time this comes up): the show’s rules are that if a response is already in the form of a question—much like the 1995 Oasis album title—it does not need to be doubly phrased as a question. I realize there are potentially viewers who are less neurotypical and this may upset their sensibilities, but the show’s rules disagree.
- Due to the fact that this is a runaway game, no wagering suggestions will be posted.
- Today’s J!6 clues can be found at the monthly archive.
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