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 The Civil War Era) for Tuesday, May 30, 2017:
The USA’s largest state school in 1861, by 1862 its enrollment had dropped by 90%
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Rand Wise, a math teacher from Decatur, Georgia
Kerry Benn, a legal news editor from Springfield, New Jersey
Jon Groubert, a former attorney from Denver, Colorado (3-day total: $76,191)
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Jon Groubert is on the 2nd page of our ToC Tracker. A win today would put him onto Page 1!
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The University of Virginia was the 2nd largest university in the United States prior to the Civil War. Its pre-war enrollment of 600 dropped 90% by 1862. It was thankfully spared in 1865 by Sheridan’s troops when they reached Charlottesville.
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Scores going into Final:
Jon $18,000
Kerry $13,000
Rand $11,000
Final results:
Rand $11,000 + $900 = $11,900
Kerry $13,000 + $1,000 = $14,000 (1-day total: $14,000)
Jon $18,000 – $8,001 = $9,999 (What is Annapolis?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Rand $4,600
Kerry $3,600
Jon $3,000
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) BEHIND THE BIBLICAL NAME $600 (28th pick)
Kerry 5600 -2000 (Rand 3600 Jon 2200)
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2) OCCUPATIONS IN THE NEWS $800 (18th pick)
Jon 8200 +3000 (Rand 8600 Kerry 8400)
3) SEOUL MAN & WOMAN $1600 (29th pick, $2,000 left on board)
Kerry 10000 +3000 (Jon 18000 Rand 11000)
Unplayed clues: None!
Game Stats:
Kerry $13,600 Coryat, 18 correct, 3 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer
Rand $11,000 Coryat, 14 correct, 1 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer
Jon $15,800 Coryat, 19 correct, 1 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $11,200 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $2,400
Jon Groubert, final stats:
89 correct
10 incorrect
5/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $15,195)
2/4 in Final Jeopardy
37.84% in first on buzzer (84/222)
Average Coryat: $17,950
Kerry Benn, stats to date:
19 correct
3 incorrect
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57)
Average Coryat: $13,600
Kerry Benn, to win:
2 games: 45.24%
3: 20.47%
4: 9.26%
5: 4.19%
6: 1.90%
Avg. streak: 1.826 games.
Avg. Total Winnings (including possible ToC): $34,468.
With a projected 63 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 2.28 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.1644).
An average of 3.5494 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.4098).
An early cutoff took place 14.405% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Kerry Benn qualified 7.842% of the time.
Tim Kutz qualified 43.368% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 11.886% of the time.
Rob Liguori qualified 1.689% of the time.