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 Art & Pop Culture) for Thursday, May 25, 2017:
The Brooklyn mural seen here is an homage to this fictional group whose first appearance came in 1984
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Jon Groubert, a former attorney from Denver, Colorado
Melanie Tannenbaum Hepler, a fitness instructor from Newark, California
Mackenzie Vogt, a systems analyst from Point Pleasant, New Jersey (1-day total: $12,600)
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Scores going into Final:
Jon $13,400
Mackenzie $11,200
Melanie $1,800
Final results:
Melanie $1,800 – $1,800 = $0 (What is Power Rangers Teenage)
Mackenzie $11,200 + $11,200 = $22,400
Jon $13,400 + $9,001 = $22,401 (1-day total: $22,401)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Jon $4,600
Mackenzie $3,800
Melanie $1,800
(Judging note: The judges elected to throw out clue 25 and treat it as a non-event instead of a neg, taking away only $200 from Mackenzie for “medical examiner” vs. “coroner”.)
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) ISLE BE SEEING YOU $600 (18th pick)
Jon 1200 +1200 (Mackenzie 3600 Melanie 400)
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2) GET YOUR “PHIL” $1200 (5th pick)
Mackenzie 5000 -2000 (Jon 5400 Melanie 2200)
3) U.S. SENATORS $1600 (11th pick)
Mackenzie 4200 +3000 (Jon 7000 Melanie 2200)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: THE MAIN VEGETABLE $1000
DJ! round: OCEANOGRAPHY $1600 & $2000
$ Left On Board: $4,600
Game Stats:
Jon $12,800 Coryat, 17 correct, 3 incorrect, 31.48% in first on buzzer
Mackenzie $11,800 Coryat, 16 correct, 3 incorrect, 29.63% in first on buzzer
Melanie $1,800 Coryat, 13 correct, 4 incorrect, 27.78% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $11,800 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $11,200
Mackenzie Vogt, final stats:
42 correct
7 incorrect
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
40.37% in first on buzzer (44/109)
Average Coryat: $13,700
Jon Groubert, stats to date:
18 correct
3 incorrect
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,200)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
31.48% in first on buzzer (17/54)
Average Coryat: $12,800
Jon Groubert, to win:
2 games: 42.38%
3: 17.96%
4: 7.61%
5: 3.22%
6: 1.37%
Avg. streak: 1.735 games. #Jeopardy
With a projected 66 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 2.3837 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.194).
An average of 3.716 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.4493).
An early cutoff took place 17.070% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Jon Groubert qualified 6.688% of the time.
Tim Kutz qualified 39.775% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 10.360% of the time.
Rob Liguori qualified 1.508% of the time.
Miscellany
- Thanks to Jay Johnson for providing me with a full chart of this game, and thanks to Mark Barrett for additional assistance with today’s game.