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
Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category 21st Century Oscars) for Monday, December 31, 2018 (Season 35, Episode 81):
Before she was 25, she became the youngest performer to receive a second Best Actress nomination
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Jan Corsetty, a database administrator from North Potomac, Maryland
Kevin Patterson, a management consultant from Cambridge, Massachusetts
James Rodrigues, a filmmaker from New York, New York (1-day total: $27,400)
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Correct response: Who is Jennifer Lawrence?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
Jennifer Lawrence’s first two Oscar nominations came for the 2010 film Winter’s Bone and the 2012 film Silver Linings Playbook, winning for the latter. She then received a third nomination (Best Supporting Actress, for American Hustle) at the age of 23. She was also the highest-paid actress in the world in 2015 and 2016, thanks to her role (among others) as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games films.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Kevin $12,800
James $10,000
Jan $9,400
Tonight’s results:
Jan $9,400 – $9,400 = $0 (Who is Adams?)
James $10,000 – $10,000 = $0 (Who is Ha Portman?)
Kevin $12,800 + $7,201 = $20,001 (1-day total: $20,001)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
James $6,400
Jan $3,400
Kevin $1,600
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) A FISTFUL OF HEROES $1000 (5th pick)
James 1200 -1200 (Kevin 0 Jan 0)
2) AMERICAN AUTHORS $2000 (7th pick)
Kevin 4800 -3000 (James 8000 Jan 7000)
3) ABOUT A HORSE $1600 (21st pick)
Kevin 9600 +2600 (Jan 8600 Kevin 7400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -127
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: GOING TO SEE AMMAN $400
Total $ Left On Board: $400
Game Stats:
Kevin $14,800 Coryat, 17 correct, 2 incorrect, 28.57% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts
James $11,200 Coryat, 19 correct, 2 incorrect, 35.71% in first on buzzer
Jan $9,400 Coryat, 11 correct, 1 incorrect, 21.43% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $35,400
Lach Trash: $12,400 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $5,800
James Rodrigues, final stats:
40 correct, 4 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts
33.04% in first on buzzer (37/112)
0/1 on Daily Doubles
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,300
Kevin Patterson, stats to date:
18 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts
28.57% in first on buzzer (16/56)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$400)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,800
Kevin Patterson, to win:
2 games: 42.66%
3: 18.20%
4: 7.76%
5: 3.31%
6: 1.41%
Avg. streak: 1.744 games.
Tournament of Champions projections:
With a projected 159 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 500,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 4.42 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.7577).
An average of 8.0056 4+-time champions (standard deviation 2.1805).
An early cutoff took place 26.044% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Kevin Patterson qualified 3.766% of the time.
Dave Leffler qualified 46.143% of the time.
Alex Schmidt qualified 20.387% of the time.
Jackie Fuchs qualified 5.530% of the time.
Mary Ann Borer qualified 1.165% of the time.
Kyle Becker qualified 0.121% of the time.
Miscellaneous:
- During calendar year 2018, including all tournaments and consolation prizes, Jeopardy! awarded $5,451,970 in prize money.
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