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.
(Click Here for Methodology)
Upcoming Encore Presentations
October 3-4: S42 E175 (May 8, 2026)
October 10-11: S42 E176 (May 11, 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 Nations of the World) for Thursday, June 29, 2017:
Its contiguous territory covers 36 degrees of latitude, the longest stretch of any country not in the top 10 in area
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Megan Williams, a chief of operations from Brooklyn, New York
Clint Thompson, a project manager from Putnam, Connecticut
Nathan Flynn, an English teacher fro Royal Oak, Michigan (1-day total: $18,001)
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Chile is long and narrow, extending over 2,500 miles north-south, but only averages 110 miles east-west.
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Scores going into Final:
Clint $19,800
Nathan $10,995
Megan $6,200
Final results:
Megan $6,200 + $6,200 = $12,400
Nathan $10,995 + $6,615 = $17,610
Clint $19,800 + $2,200 = $22,000 (1-day total: $22,000)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Nathan $5,400
Megan $5,000
Clint $4,800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) ADD A LETTER $600 (9th pick)
Megan 400 +1000 (Nathan 1600 Clint 1200)
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2) WORLD HISTORY $1200 (1st pick)
Clint 4800 +1800 (Nathan 5400 Megan 5000)
3) ECONOMICS $1600 (29th pick, $2000 left on board)
Nathan 11000 -5 (Clint 19800 Megan 6200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 137
Unplayed clues: None!
Game Stats:
Clint $19,200 Coryat, 20 correct, 1 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer
Nathan $11,000 Coryat, 17 correct, 2 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer
Megan $5,800 Coryat, 12 correct, 4 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $12,000 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,000
Nathan Flynn, final stats:
34 correct
4 incorrect
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,995)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
28.07% in first on buzzer (32/114)
Average Coryat: $11,900
Clint Thompson, stats to date:
21 correct
1 incorrect
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,800)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57)
Average Coryat: $19,200
Clint Thompson, to win:
2 games: 65.31%
3: 42.66%
4: 27.86%
5: 18.20%
6: 11.89%
Avg. streak: 2.883 games.
With a projected 41 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 1.4779 5+-time champions (standard deviation 0.94398).
An average of 2.3072 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.134).
An early cutoff took place 1.826% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Clint Thompson qualified 23.062% of the time.
Tim Kutz qualified 77.038% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 34.022% of the time.
Rob Liguori qualified 6.208% of the time.
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For reference, the ten countries eliminated by the clue’s concluding clause:
Russia, Canada, United States, China, Brazil, Australia, India, Argentina, Kazakhstan, Algeria.
Chile ranks 38th on the list (which includes internal waters).