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)
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 Small Countries) for Wednesday, July 5, 2017:
This tiny island nation 700 miles northeast of Madagascar makes a great addition to a classic tongue twister
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Chloë Zung, a customer experience advisor from Armonk, New York
Sebastian Davis, an independent filmmaker from Los Angeles, California
Jon Eisenman, an attorney from Los Angeles, California (3-day total: $64,300)
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With 115 islands, capital Victoria, and population under 100,000, Seychelles is the least populous sovereign African country.
Of course, the classic tongue twister “She sells seashells by the seashore”. On the Seychelles? You try saying that five times fast!
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Scores going into Final:
Jon $11,000
Chloë $9,000
Sebastian $8,000
Final results:
Sebastian $8,000 + $4,000 = $12,000 (What are Mauritius? Scychelles?)
Chloë $9,000 – $7,027 = $1,973 (What is Kiribati?)
Jon $11,000 + $7,001 = $18,001 (4-day total: $82,301)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Chloë $6,200
Sebastian $3,400
Jon $1,800
Opening break taken after: 14 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) IN THE OLYMPIC CITY $1000 (27th pick)
Chloë 3000 +3000 (Sebastian 3600 Jon 1800)
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2) LITERARY SPOILER ALERT $1600 (14th pick)
Jon 8600 -2000 (Chloë 9000 Sebastian 5800)
3) I RULED IN BRITAIN FOR 50+ YEARS $1600 (19th pick)
Sebastian 6200 -1000 (Chloë 11000 Jon 6600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 61
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! round: SAME CONSONANT WORDS $1200 & $1600
Total $ Left On Board: $2,800
Game Stats:
Jon $13,000 Coryat, 15 correct, 4 incorrect, 32.73% in first on buzzer
Sebastian $9,000 Coryat, 18 correct, 5 incorrect, 38.18% in first on buzzer
Chloë $7,000 Coryat, 11 correct, 1 incorrect, 14.55% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $11,000 (on 12 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $11,200
Jon Eisenman, stats to date:
80 correct
11 incorrect
3/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$3,300)
3/4 in Final Jeopardy
33.63% in first on buzzer (75/223)
Average Coryat: $15,400
Jon Eisenman, to win:
5 games: 52.62%
6: 27.69%
7: 14.57%
8: 7.67%
9: 4.03%
Avg. streak: 5.111 games.
With a projected 37 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 1.6736 5+-time champions (standard deviation 0.96253).
An average of 2.8544 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.0448).
An early cutoff took place 2.868% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Jon Eisenman qualified 53.874% of the time.
Tim Kutz qualified 66.135% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 26.088% of the time.
Rob Liguori qualified 0.318% of the time.