Today’s Final Jeopardy – Thursday, July 24, 2025

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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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 Theories) for Thursday, July 24, 2025 (Season 41, Game 229):

A version of this theoretical economic process was “horse & sparrow”; if you fed the horse enough oats, the sparrows fed afterwards

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Senay Goitom, a software engineer originally from Madison, Wisconsin

Sarah Rubenfeld, an attorney from Houston, Texas

Scott Riccardi, an engineer from Somerville, New Jersey (15-day total: $430,910)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Scott Riccardi just keeps making his way up the leaderboard; his 15^th win yesterday brought him to #8 overall in terms of regular play winnings and to #24 all time in terms of overall winnings, including all tournaments and consolation prizes. Today, he faces off against Sarah Rubenfeld and Senay Goitom in an attempt to match Ryan Long’s win total of 16 from 2022.

Correct response: What is trickle-down economics?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

(The following write-up is original content and is copyright 2025 The Jeopardy! Fan. It may not be copied without linked attribution back to this page.)

I love how Jeopardy! makes sure to emphasize theoretical in today’s Final Jeopardy clue, because as the world has seen for years: “trickle-down economics” does not work. It only makes the wealthy class wealthier—they do not use the claimed economic benefits to better the lives of the working class, which would be the sole benefit of making life economically easier for the wealthy.

Prior to the rebranding by Ronald Reagan as “trickle-down”, the idea behind the pejorative term used to describe many parts of supply-side theory was that feeding the horse enough oats would lead to extra oats being left as excrement, which would then be picked at by the sparrows.

I’m not sure how the judges will rule if a contestant chooses the slightly less specific “supply-side economics” on this Final; if you’re playing at home, I’d be more lenient and give you credit—but I could also see why the judges might not give credit.

Also, from a writing perspective: I suspect that someone on the writer’s team might have seen the viral Reddit post from a few months back over on “Today I Learned” and turned it into a Final Jeopardy clue.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, July 24, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: World Geography; The Movies; Inventors & Inventions; Kid Lit En Español; The Myth Behind The Zodiac Sign; It Starts With “Me”)

Scott found the Daily Double right before the break, bringing his score to five figures. After 15 clues, the scores were Scott $10,000 Sarah -$400 Senay -$600.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Scott 11 correct 1 incorrect
Sarah 1 correct 1 incorrect
Senay 1 correct 2 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Senay has recently started strength training.
Sarah has a great aunt who managed to get her family out of Austria before the Holocaust—and then became a spy.
Scott is more famous in his family for his cheesecake baking.

While Sarah and Senay both had good segments, Scott picked up another 6 correct responses to extend his lead.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Scott 17 correct 1 incorrect
Sarah 6 correct 1 incorrect
Senay 5 correct 2 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Scott $13,000
Sarah $1,400
Senay $600

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Classical Music; Reality TV; Geographic Literary Titles; What Are We Going To Do Now?; I’m Bored; A Sense Of Henri)

Sarah found DD2; unfortunately, she fell to $0 on an incorrect response. Not getting DD3 correct—ending the 2/2 streak Scott had been on—didn’t matter for our 15-time champ as he still cruised to a runaway.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Scott 27 correct 2 incorrect
Sarah 13 correct 2 incorrect
Senay 10 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 40 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Scott $20,400
Sarah $7,600
Senay $1,800

Sarah and Scott were both correct in Final; Scott goes for win #17 in tomorrow’s season finale!

Tonight’s results:

Senay $1,800 – $1,800 = $0 (What is consumer surplus?)
Sarah $7,600 + $0 = $7,600 (What is trickle down?)
Scott $20,400 + $3,690 = $24,090 (What is trickle down economics?) (16-day total: $455,000)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) KID LIT EN ESPAÑOL $1000 (clue #15)
Scott 7000 +3000 (Sarah -400 Senay -600)
2) I’M BORED $1600 (clue #8)
Sarah 3800 -3800 (Scott 17400 Senay -1000)
3) A SENSE OF HENRI $2000 (clue #16, $12800 left on board)
Scott 21400 -5000 (Sarah 2000 Senay -1000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -81

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Scott 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 5*
Sarah 4
Senay 3

DJ! Round:
Scott 4 5 3 5 2 5*
Sarah 4 3 4* 3† 4 3 4 4
Senay 3 2

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Scott 4.05
Sarah 3.67
Senay 2.67

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 40 (0.17 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Scott $23,400 Coryat, 27 correct, 2 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Sarah $11,400 Coryat, 13 correct, 2 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Senay $1,800 Coryat, 10 correct, 3 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $36,600
Lach Trash: $8,800 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,600
Lead Changes: 0
Times Tied: 0

Player Statistics:

Scott Riccardi, career statistics:

435 correct, 31 incorrect
25/26 on rebound attempts (on 68 rebound opportunities)
43.31% in first on buzzer (395/912)
22/29 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $56,000)
12/16 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $23,088

Sarah Rubenfeld, career statistics:

14 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$3,800)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,400

Senay Goitom, career statistics:

10 correct, 4 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $1,800

Scott Riccardi, to win:

17 games: 75.739%
18: 57.364%
19: 43.447%
20: 32.906%
21: 24.923%
Avg. streak: 19.122 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• No wagering suggestions will be posted due to today’s runaway game.
• Scott moves to a tie for 10th overall in terms of longest regular-play winning streaks, 18th in terms of all time winnings (including tournaments and consolation prizes), and 21st in terms of correct responses given on the show.
• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

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