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Detailed statistics for the Monday, October 12, 2026 episode of Jeopardy! (Megan Whelan, Daniel Ransom, Greg Monson).

(TJF Plus) Daily Details - Monday, October 12, 2026

Published October 12, 2026 - 8:59 a.m. Modified October 12, 2026 - 1:41 p.m.

Current Champion

Greg Monson, career statistics:
40 correct, 12 incorrect
5/5 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
35.96% in first on buzzer (41/114)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $10,800)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,900

To win:
3 games: 60.736%
4: 36.889%
5: 22.405%
6: 13.608%
7: 8.265%

Avg. streak: 3.547 games.
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Upcoming Encore Presentations

October 10-11: S42 E176 (May 11, 2026)
October 17-18: S42 E177 (May 12, 2026)
October 24-25: S42 E178 (May 13, 2026)
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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:

Megan Whelan, a managing editor originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Daniel Ransom, a librarian from San Francisco, California

Greg Monson, a videographer from Portland, Oregon

Greg enters today's game as a 2-day champion with winnings of $31,300.

Andy's Pregame Thoughts:

Greg Monson enters this week as a 2-time definding champion; today, he faces off against Daniel Ransom and Megan Whelan as your challengers.

As often seems to be the case on holidays these days, there seems to have been an issue with the J!6 clues appearing at their usual time today. We shall see if they appear at some point throughout the day.

Final Jeopardy! Category: 2026 Farewells

Final Jeopardy! Clue: On his passing in 2026, England's The Guardian noted he found "freedom & fulfilment amid the blue skies & pools of California"

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Correct response: Who is David Hockney?

More Information About Final Jeopardy!:

"David Hockney changed the world just by looking at it". That was one of many tributes in The Guardian about the life of pop artist David Hockney, this one written by Jonathan Jones. Hockney's art of Southern California—especially the swimming pools—has been a favorite topic of the show over the years; the Bradford-born artist passed away on June 11 of this year.

I guarantee you that our players—likely not having been aware of the Dolly Parton category a couple of weeks back—would have been on very high alert for a clue about Dolly in this Final Jeopardy Round.

Game Recap & Tonight's Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here's the Monday, October 12, 2026 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: "Fall" Is Here; Magazines; U.S. Cities By Tallest Structure; Sploosh!; The Magical World Of Harry Potter; You're Just Dumb)

Greg dominated the opening segment, picking up the Daily Double as well as double-digit correct responses; at the interviews, the scores were Greg $8,400 Megan $1,800 Daniel -$800.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Greg 10 correct 0 incorrect
Megan 2 correct 0 incorrect
Daniel 0 correct 1 incorrect

Today's interviews:

Megan walked down the aisle to "You'll Never Walk Alone" because she's a huge Liverpool F.C. fan.
Daniel found one of his grandfather's marionettes.
Greg is wearing shirts designed by his wife.

Greg continued his strong play and held a big lead through 30. On the opening board, Greg ran Sploosh, got 4 in dumb, and got 3 in US cities by tallest structure, and "Fall", while Megan got 3 in the category I refuse to name again.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Greg 18 correct 0 incorrect
Megan 8 correct 0 incorrect
Daniel 0 correct 2 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Greg $11,400
Megan $3,800
Daniel -$1,200

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Historic Names; It Sounds Worse Than It Is; Native Americana; That's Repetitive; Hydrogen; Show Girls)

Greg's lead got even bigger when he found DD2 four clues in; after that, Greg cruised to a runaway despite a couple of incorrect responses. (Daniel found DD3 but sat third entering Final thanks to a response where he forgot his phrasing.) On that second board, Greg got 3 in historic names and things that sound worse than they are, while Daniel got 3 in Native Americana.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Greg 29 correct 2 incorrect
Megan 13 correct 0 incorrect
Daniel 7 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Greg $25,600
Megan $8,600
Daniel $6,600

Both Daniel and Greg were correct in Final Jeopardy; Greg's now a 3-day champion and will go for win #4 tomorrow.

Tonight's results:

Daniel $6,600 + $2,400 = $9,000 (Who's David Hockney?)
Megan $8,600 - $4,601 = $3,999 (Who is… Hi Scott + King)
Greg $25,600 + $3,400 = $29,000 (Who is Hockney) (3-day total: $60,300)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) MAGAZINES $800 (clue #10)
Greg 3600 +1400 (Daniel -800 Megan 1800)
2) HISTORIC NAMES $1600 (clue #4)
Greg 17000 +5000 (Daniel -1200 Megan 3800)
3) SHOW GIRLS $1200 (clue #21, $5600 left on board)
Daniel 4000 +3000 (Greg 24000 Megan 6600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 143

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Greg 5 4 3 4 4 5 4 4*
Daniel
Megan 5 3

DJ! Round:
Greg 4 5 4* 5 3 5 4 2 3 3 4
Daniel 5 5 5 3† 1† 4 2 3*
Megan 2† 4

† - selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Greg 3.95
Daniel 3.50
Megan 3.50

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 0 (0.00 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Greg $21,600 Coryat, 29 correct, 2 incorrect, 49.12% in first on buzzer (28/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Daniel $4,800 Coryat, 7 correct, 3 incorrect, 14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Megan $8,600 Coryat, 13 correct, 0 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $35,000
Lach Trash: $13,800 (on 11 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $5,200
Lead Changes: 0
Times Tied: 1

Player Statistics:

Greg Monson, career statistics:

70 correct, 14 incorrect
6/6 on rebound attempts (on 13 rebound opportunities)
40.35% in first on buzzer (69/171)
5/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $17,200)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,133

Daniel Ransom, career statistics:

8 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $4,800

Megan Whelan, career statistics:

13 correct, 1 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,600

Greg Monson, to win:

4 games: 69.001%
5: 47.611%
6: 32.852%
7: 22.668%
8: 15.641%
Avg. streak: 5.226 games.

Andy's Thoughts:

It bothers me greatly that I have to keep saying this following sentence: J.K. Rowling is currently actively using the continued cultural relevance of the Harry Potter as a cudgel to harm the transgender community and corporations who are promoting the Harry Potter franchise are actively complicit in this harm. It is the active use of the cultural relevance as a barometer for public acceptance of her viewpoints that is the reason why people keep calling for there to be no questions about this topic in competitive trivia, and why the removal of questions about other historically bad people is not being called for. Every single clue about the Harry Potter franchise on Jeopardy! does further harm—and this is incredibly disappointing from a production that is otherwise incredibly friendly towards the transgender community. Due to that, if they do appear, I am choosing to refuse to publish today's J!6 clues on this site out of protest.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Greg $25,600 Megan $8,600 Daniel $6,600)

Greg: Limit your bet to $8,399 and enjoy your victory. (Actual bet: $3,400)

Daniel: Second place is still up for grabs here. Because your score is between three-quarters and four-fifths of Megan, your best chance of taking second comes with a bet between $2,001 and $2,599. (Actual bet: $2,400)

Megan: Second place is still to play for. Standard cover bet over Daniel is $4,601. (Actual bet: $4,601)