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
October 3-4: S42 E175 (May 8, 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
Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category U.S. Landmarks) for Tuesday, December 18, 2018 (Season 35, Episode 72):
The 1st segment of this was dedicated on July 4, 1930; the next, Aug. 30, 1936; section 3, on Sept. 17, 1937 & the last, on July 2, 1939
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Anne Cushman, a flight attendant from Denton, Texas
Conor McMahon, a museum curator from Rapid City, South Dakota
Jackie Fuchs, an attorney & writer from Los Angeles, California (2-day total: $34,089)
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Correct response: What is Mount Rushmore?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
Located in Keystone, South Dakota, a 23 mile drive from Rapid City, Mount Rushmore depicts US Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt. There were multiple dedications at Rushmore, including the original dedication of it as a national memorial prior to the beginning of carving in 1925.
Sculptor Gutzon Borglum directed most of the work, but he died in 1941 before the work was completely finished; his son Lincoln Borglum completed the project.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Jackie $12,400
Conor $12,000
Anne $9,600
Tonight’s results:
Anne $9,600 – $9,599 = $1 (What is Route 66?)
Conor $12,000 + $12,000 = $24,000
Jackie $12,400 + $12,200 = $24,600 (3-day total: $58,689)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Jackie $6,400
Anne $4,800
Conor $4,000
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) BODIES OF WATER $600 (2nd pick)
Anne 400 -1000 (Jackie 0 Conor 0)
2) TREES $1600 (17th pick)
Conor 8400 -3000 (Jackie 10800 Anne 8800)
3) DO YOU COMPUTE? $1200 (25th pick) (Last clue of the round)
Conor 7000 +5000 (Jackie 12400 Anne 9600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -64
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: NO. 1 SONGS $800, DO YOU COMPUTE? $400, $800 & $2000, IMPOSSIBLE WORDS $400
Total $ Left On Board: $4,400
Game Stats:
Jackie $12,400 Coryat, 15 correct, 2 incorrect, 30.77% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts
Conor $11,200 Coryat, 14 correct, 2 incorrect, 25.00% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts
Anne $10,600 Coryat, 17 correct, 2 incorrect, 30.77% in first on buzzer, 2/2 on rebound attempts
Combined Coryat Score: $34,200
Lach Trash: $10,200 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $5,200
Jackie Fuchs, stats to date:
51 correct, 9 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts
32.47% in first on buzzer (50/154)
2/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,800)
3/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,200
Jackie Fuchs, to win:
4 games: 37.08%
5: 13.75%
6: 5.10%
7: 1.89%
8: 0.70%
Avg. streak: 3.589 games.
Tournament of Champions projections:
With a projected 168 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 500,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 4.7731 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.83).
An average of 8.7652 4+-time champions (standard deviation 2.2792).
An early cutoff took place 33.278% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Jackie Fuchs qualified 14.860% of the time.
Dave Leffler qualified 37.499% of the time.
Alex Schmidt qualified 14.585% of the time.
Mary Ann Borer qualified 3.313% of the time.
Kyle Becker qualified 0.067% of the time.
Scott McFadden qualified 0.001% of the time.
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