Current Champion
Matthew Riggle, career statistics:
47 correct, 6 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
41.23% in first on buzzer (47/114)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,300
To win:
3 games: 68.027%
4: 46.277%
5: 31.481%
6: 21.415%
7: 14.568%
Avg. streak: 4.128 games.
(Next game: September 14)
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Upcoming Encore Presentations
August 12: S42 E98 (January 21, 2026)
August 13: S42 E99 (January 22, 2026)
August 14: S42 E100 (January 23, 2026)
August 15-16: S41 E141 (March 24, 2025)
August 17: S42 E101 (January 26, 2026)
August 18: S42 E105 (January 30, 2026)
August 19: S42 E102 (January 27, 2026)
August 20: S42 E103 (January 28, 2026)
August 21: S42 E104 (January 29, 2026)
August 22-23: S41 E142 (March 25, 2025)
August 24: S42 E106 (February 2, 2026)
August 25: S42 E107 (February 3, 2026)
August 26: S42 E108 (February 4, 2026)
August 27: S42 E109 (February 5, 2026)
August 28: S42 E110 (February 6, 2026)
August 29-30: S41 E143 (March 26, 2025)
(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 $1,098,403
7. Mattea Roach $897,983
8. Jamie Ding $885,605
9. David Madden $785,733
10. Victoria Groce $773,801
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Larissa Kelly $671,930
14. Matt Jackson $623,612
15. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
16. Andrew He $534,365
17. Scott Riccardi $533,000
18. Jerome Vered $499,102
19. Julia Collins $495,767
20. Austin Rogers $493,000
21. Ben Ingram $449,201
22. Paolo Pasco $448,717
23. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
24. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
25. Juveria Zaheer $441,000
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Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Dominex Kovacs, a software engineer from Sacramento, California
Erica Wagner, a high school English teacher from St. Louis, Missouri
Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat & law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey (18-day total: $530,372)
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Jamie Ding comes into today’s game as an 18-day champion; your challengers attempting to unseat him are Erica Wagner of St. Louis and Dominex Kovacs of Sacramento.
If he gets a 19th victory today, Jamie will tie David Madden and Jason Zuffranieri for the 8th-longest win streak on the show since the 5-game limit was removed in 2003. Jamie is also just $2,124 away from passing Jason’s regular-play total for 7th and $19,124 away from passing Jason for 14th on the all-time winnings list, including tournaments and consolation prizes. On the correct response front, it would take a record-breaking performance today for Jamie to pass anyone on that leaderboard, but Jamie is just a dozen away from 600.
I’ve received a few comments lately from people who think that the Unified Prediction Model actually underestimates Jamie’s chances of winning games. And I’m not quite certain that I agree with those assessments. The way Jeopardy! is designed ensures there’s enough variance in the game so no player is ever unbeatable, especially in the mid-2020s, when analytics are so readily available to everyone. With that variance, if a player like Jamie Ding or James Holzhauer ends up on the good side of that variance, all that means is that they’re likely going to win a whole boatload of money; it doesn’t affect their win chances that much. But if they end up on the bad side of that variance—say, the Daily Doubles don’t quite break to their advantage in either location or content—challengers in today’s day and age can be more than capable of taking a long-running champion down. And the Unified Prediction Model takes that variance into account.
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Final Jeopardy! Category: Pop Culture People
Final Jeopardy! Clue: Adopted in 1979, this name reflected size & strength as well as a promoter’s wish to appeal to Irish-American fans
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Correct response: Who is Hulk Hogan?
More Information About Final Jeopardy!:
How did wrestling star of the ’80s and ’90s Hulk Hogan get his name? In the late 1970s, Terry Bollea was appearing on a talk show in Memphis alongside Lou Ferrigno, who played TV’s Incredibly Hulk at the time. When his promoters at the time realized that Bollea was larger than Ferrigno, the nickname “Hulk” began to be used for the wrestler. As Terry “The Hulk” Boulder gained prominence in the wrestling world, WWE and Vince McMahon Sr. came calling. Wanting to appeal to the company’s fanbase in the Northeast—the home of a large Irish-American contingent, Bollea was given an alliterative Irish last name—Hogan—as he became one of the most recognizable wrestlers in history as Hulk Hogan.
It’s hard to say how this Final Jeopardy is going to play; I seem to recall Ken Jennings himself being a fan of 1980s wrestling, which, combined with Hulk Hogan’s passing last year, probably was enough for the show to run this as a Final Jeopardy clue today.
Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, April 8, 2026 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: A Historic Settlement; Video Game On!; Texas Places; The Middle Ages; Feds; Just Before Sunrise)
Jamie found the Daily Double immediately, using it to get off to a good start. He led after 15 clues; scores at the interviews were Jamie $6,600 Dominex $1,800 Erica $1,400.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Jamie 9 correct 1 incorrect
Dominex 3 correct 1 incorrect
Erica 2 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Dominex is a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults).
Erica is also a cheer coach.
Jamie has a sister who both roasts him (and is incredibly supportive).
Jamie’s strong play continued as he picked up 10 more correct after the break; his score was in 5 figures through 30 clues. He also went 5/5 in The Middle Ages, 4/5 in words before “sunrise”, and 3/5 in Texas places and video games.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Jamie 19 correct 1 incorrect
Dominex 6 correct 1 incorrect
Erica 2 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Jamie $10,400
Dominex $3,800
Erica $1,400
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: A Historic Settlement; Starts With A Pronoun; 20th Century Lit; Climatology; Broadway Musicals; It’s The One-Letter Last Name Of…)
Did this game ever turn on its ear! Dominex found DD2 with exactly 50% of Jamie’s score and did what he needed to do—going all in, being correct, and finding himself tied for the lead. 3 clues later, Jamie had a chance to get a big lead back, but lost $8,000 on the Daily Double. By the end of the round, Jamie got close, but Dominex held the lead in this one entering Final Jeopardy. Is this the end of Jamie’s streak?
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Dominex 12 correct 1 incorrect
Jamie 30 correct 3 incorrect
Erica 6 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 11 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Dominex $17,600
Jamie $14,400
Erica $4,600
Heartbreakingly for Dominex, Final Jeopardy turned out to be a Triple Stumper. Going for the cover bet, it meant he dropped to second place after Jamie made a smart wager—and Jamie is now a 19-day champion. He’ll go for #20 tomorrow.
Tonight’s results:
Erica $4,600 – $4,400 = $200 (Who is ?)
Jamie $14,400 – $5,199 = $9,201 (Who was Rowdy Roddy Piper?) (19-day total: $539,573)
Dominex $17,600 – $11,201 = $6,399 (Who is)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) THE MIDDLE AGES $800 (clue #1)
Jamie 0 +1000 (Erica 0 Dominex 0)
2) A HISTORIC SETTLEMENT $1600 (clue #9)
Dominex 7400 +7400 (Jamie 14800 Erica 2600)
3) IT’S THE ONE-LETTER LAST NAME OF… $2000 (clue #12, $18000 left on board)
Jamie 16400 -8000 (Erica 2600 Dominex 16000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 151
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Jamie 4*
Erica
Dominex
DJ! Round:
Jamie 4 2 3 5 5*
Erica 4 5
Dominex 3 3 4* 3 4
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Jamie 3.83
Dominex 3.40
Erica 4.50
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 $22,200 Coryat, 30 correct, 3 incorrect, 52.63% in first on buzzer (30/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Dominex $11,800 Coryat, 12 correct, 1 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Erica $4,600 Coryat, 6 correct, 1 incorrect, 10.53% in first on buzzer (6/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $38,600
Lach Trash: $10,400 (on 11 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $5,000
Lead Changes: 8
Times Tied: 1
Player Statistics:
Jamie Ding, career statistics:
618 correct, 42 incorrect
40/43 on rebound attempts (on 78 rebound opportunities)
51.80% in first on buzzer (560/1081)
28/38 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $71,900)
12/19 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $27,074
Erica Wagner, career statistics:
6 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
10.53% in first on buzzer (6/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $4,600
Dominex Kovacs, career statistics:
12 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,400)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,800
Jamie Ding, to win
:
20 games: 74.259%
21: 55.144%
22: 40.949%
23: 30.409%
24: 22.581%
Avg. streak: 21.885 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I think we can probably say that Dominex is going to be a shoo-in to appear in Second Chance next postseason.
- The 5/5 in this video game category today shows, in my opinion, that the contestants should be able to handle this material in the mid-2020s. The show should not be afraid to have video game categories more often in the future.
Today’s J!6 clues can be found at the monthly archive. Speaking of this: it’s quite rich for today’s J!6 clues to include a clue about the proper pronunciation about a place in Texas when Ken once again butchers the pronunciation of a Canadian place. It’s incredibly disrespectful of the show towards both Canada and Newfoundland.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Dominex $17,600 Jamie $14,400 Erica $4,600)
Jamie: Your best chance of winning today comes if you bet between $3,201 and $5,199. (You can’t bet the more ideal $6,401 here because doing so would give Erica a hope of victory.) (Actual bet: $5,199)
Erica: Even though you’ll need an overbet from Jamie to have a chance, you can still pass Dominex if he’s incorrect, you’re correct, and you bet at least $1,800. (Actual bet: $4,400)
Dominex: Standard cover bet is $11,201. Get Final Jeopardy! correct and you take down the superchamp no matter what he does! (Actual bet: $11,201)
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