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 Ancient Times) for Tuesday, July 9, 2019 (Season 35, Episode 217):
In 1955 King Paul of Greece unveiled a statue of this hero near the cliffs where he died in the 5th century B.C.
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Kevin Paquette, a math teacher from Charlottesville, Virginia
Hannah Safford, an engineering Ph.D student from Davis, California
Ryan Bilger, a student from Macungie, Pennsylvania (3-day total: $96,650)
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Correct response: Who is Leonidas?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
Leonidas I, King of Sparta, is well-known today for leading an alliance of Greek city-states against the Persians in a last stand at the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae; Xerxes I of Persia had amassed a massive army and wished to conquer all of Greece. During the opening of the battle, the vastly outnumbered Greeks managed to block the Persians until a local resident (Ephialtes) betrayed the Greeks by pointing out an alternate route around to the Persians. The Greeks were then outflanked; Leonidas covered the retreat of many of the Greek forces in a last stand. Leonidas and the entirety of the remaining Greeks were killed.
In 1955, a bronze statue called the Leonidas Monument, by Vassos Falireas, was erected at Thermopylae.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Ryan $17,600
Kevin $12,400
Hannah $8,800
Tonight’s results:
Hannah $8,800 – $0 = $8,800 (Who is Agamemnon?)
Kevin $12,400 – $5,201 = $7,199 (Who was Achilles?)
Ryan $17,600 – $7,201 = $10,399 (4-day total: $107,049) (Who is Achilles?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Kevin $7,600
Ryan $1,000
Hannah -$400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) A LABYRINTHINE CATEGORY $1000 (30th pick)
Kevin 6600 +1000 (Ryan 1000 Hannah -400)
2) PLASMA $1600 (24th pick)
Hannah 10400 -2000 (Kevin 14400 Ryan 6200)
3) PICTURE IN PICTURE $1200 (27th pick, $5,600 left on board)
Ryan 7000 +7000 (Kevin 14400 Hannah 8800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 96
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $0
Game Stats:
Ryan $11,800 Coryat, 16 correct, 5 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer, 1/2 on rebound attempts
Hannah $10,800 Coryat, 14 correct, 5 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer, 0/1 on rebound attempts
Kevin $12,400 Coryat, 19 correct, 2 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer, 2/2 on rebound attempts
Combined Coryat Score: $35,000
Lach Trash: $10,000 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,000
Ryan Bilger, stats to date:
94 correct, 8 incorrect
2/4 on rebound attempts (on 11 rebound opportunities)
39.19% in first on buzzer (87/222)
7/7 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $35,800)
3/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,150
Ryan Bilger, to win:
5 games: 83.725%
6: 70.099%
7: 58.690%
8: 49.139%
9: 41.141%
Avg. streak: 9.144 games.
Methodology: https://thejeopardyfan.com/2019/04/jeopardy-predictions-updated-methods.html
Tournament of Champions projections:
With a projected 53 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 500,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 2.1648 5+-time champions (standard deviation 0.9988).
An average of 3.3379 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.2193).
An early cutoff took place 0.110% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Ryan Bilger qualified 99.684% of the time.
Eric R. Backes qualified 88.236% of the time.
Anneke Garcia qualified 59.845% of the time.
Lindsey Shultz qualified 20.043% of the time.
Dave Leffler qualified 0.008% of the time.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Kevin would have been in a much stronger position in Final Jeopardy! had he not been incorrect on the final clue of Double Jeopardy.
- Hannah’s chances of winning would have been significantly higher had she wagered exactly $1,600 in Final Jeopardy.
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