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)
(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 The British Empire) for Monday, May 22, 2017:
The city that some 19th century Englishmen called “Caranjee” is now the biggest city in this country
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Tanya Obreiter, a cell biologist from Frederick, Maryland
Justin Braddock, a power engineer from Chattanooga, Tennessee
Ragavan Ramsubramani, a financial analyst from New York, new York (3-day total: $54,603)
We’re back to regular play after 2 weeks of the Teachers with 10 weeks to go to the end of the season!
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Today, “Caranjee” is known as Karachi, Pakistan. Its name dervies from that of the original settlement (Kalachi Jo-goth – the original tribe headmane was named Kalachi). It’s now one of the most populous cities on Earth.
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Scores going into Final:
Tanya $18,600
Ragavan $16,200
Justin $8,800
Final results:
Justin $8,800 + $1,200 = $10,000
Ragavan $16,200 – $16,199 = $1 (What is India?)
Tanya $18,600 + $16,205 = $34,805 (What is India Pakistan?) (1-day total: $34,805)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Tanya $5,800
Justin $5,600
Ragavan $4,000
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) BOOKS $1000 (9th pick)
Tanya 1200 +1200 (Ragavan 1400 Justin 1400)
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2) WORLD TOUR $1200 (1st pick)
Ragavan 4000 +3000 (Tanya 5800 Justin 5600)
3) 19th CENTURY CONGRESSMEN $1600 (19th pick)
Tanya 8600 +2000 (Ragavan 13000 Justin 8800)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! round: WEEDS $400 & $1600
$ Left On Board: $2000
Game Stats:
Tanya $18,000 Coryat, 17 correct, 0 incorrect, 25.45% in first on buzzer
Justin $8,800 Coryat, 17 correct, 2 incorrect, 34.55% in first on buzzer
Ragavan $14,400 Coryat, 17 correct, 1 incorrect, 29.09% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $8,400 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $2,400
Ragavan Ramsubramani, final stats:
76 correct
11 incorrect
4/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,900)
3/4 in Final Jeopardy
32.29% in first on buzzer (72/223)
Average Coryat: $13,533
Tanya Obreiter, stats to date:
18 correct
0 incorrect
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,200)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
25.45% in first on buzzer (14/55)
Average Coryat: $18,000
Tanya Obreiter, to win:
2 games: 61.26%
3: 37.52%
4: 22.99%
5: 14.08%
6: 8.62%
Avg. streak: 2.581 games.
With a projected 69 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 2.556 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.2371).
An average of 3.946 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.5032).
An early cutoff took place 21.592% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Tanya Obreiter qualified 18.773% of the time.
Tim Kutz qualified 34.952% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 8.222% of the time.
Rob Liguori qualified 1.419% of the time.
Miscellany
- Thanks to Jay Johnson for providing me with a full chart of this game.