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Detailed statistics for the Thursday, November 12, 2026 episode of Jeopardy! (Pete Haskin, Lilah Sturges, Will Goree).
(TJF Plus) Daily Details - Thursday, November 12, 2026
Current Champion
Will Goree, career statistics:
50 correct, 14 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
49.12% in first on buzzer (56/114)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $14,200)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,200
To win:
3 games: 64.675%
4: 41.829%
5: 27.053%
6: 17.496%
7: 11.316%
Avg. streak: 3.831 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:
Will enters today's game as a 2-day champion with winnings of $44,200.
Andy's Pregame Thoughts:
Will Goree is now a 2-time Jeopardy! champion; today, he goes for win #3 against Pete Haskin from Montpelier, Vermont, and Lilah Sturges from Portland, Oregon. Certainly, Will has shown very strong gross attempt numbers in his two victories—41 on Day 1, 45 on Day 2—but that also doesn't take into account his 12 unforced errors over those first two games. (Another reason why I think that "net attempts" is a better stat than "gross attempts": taking Will's incorrect responses after a buzz away gives him "net attempt" totals of 36 and 38.)
If you've been paying attention to On Camera Audiences, now that the show has announced tape dates on December 8 and 9, unless the show has taken the unprecedented step of not offering audience tickets for the Tournament of Champions, the ToC will very likely be taping on those dates. Furthermore, if last year's announcement schedule was any indication, it means that we'll be seeing the postseason field announcement taking place on December 7.
There are a few further things that I'd like to address: firstly, why do I make a point of talking about Final Jeopardy wagering strategy? I don't particularly want to be critical about contestants. But I also want to see players giving themselves the best opportunity to make boatloads of money on the Alex Trebek Stage. And if that means giving them the tools they need to succeed, then I will make a point of talking about that. And if a prospective contestant realizes they'll be talked about positively if they make a good wager and is spurred on to learn by the fear of playing poorly, then I've done my job. And quite frankly, if those prospective contestants see a bunch of alumni hanging out in a space of toxic positivity blindly giving support to players, those prospective contestants may just choose to skip learning about betting strategy.
Secondly, I need to keep reiterating the following strategic point that is derived from 1996 Tournament of Champions winner Michael Dupee's late-1990s book How to Get on Jeopardy and Win: if you choose to bet $0 in a Final Jeopardy that is not a runaway game, do not under any circumstances attempt a response to the clue. Because it is hard to make the case for the lack of knowledge that a $0 wager implies when you can at least give a reasonable response to the clue that might be right. (At least when you're betting $0 in a runaway, you can make the very reasonable case that you didn't want to wager any actual cash at that point.)
Thirdly, with Will's $0 wager yesterday, I think it's probably safe to say that Will's "default" is to wager $0 and any opponents should operate from that assumption when crafting their own strategies in this game.
Final Jeopardy! Category: Mountain Lore
Final Jeopardy! Clue: In 1923 Pope Pius XI declared this 11th century man the patron of mountaineers & the people of the Alps
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Correct response: Who is St. Bernard?
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St. Bernard was a well-known Catholic priest from the late 10th and early 11th century who worked in northern Italy and the Alps. In the Alpine mountain passes now named for him (Great St. Bernard and Little St. Bernard) between the Aosta Valley in Northwestern Italy and the Swiss canton of Valais in that country's southwest, St. Bernard opened a hospice at the peak of each pass, as he often saw travelers arrive distressed. Those hospices later became known for their mountain rescue dogs, and in 1923, St. Bernard was named the patron saint of mountaineers & the people of the Alps.
Honestly, this seems like the sort of Final Jeopardy designed to encourage cover bets from leaders in the round; I suspect that if Will were to make an unorthodox small wager from this situation that it might backfire on him.
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