Weekend Jeopardy! Recap – July 11 & 12, 2026

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 Toys & Games) for July 11-12, 2026 (Season 41, Game 136):

Preparing for a course on descriptive geometry & researching the 5 Platonic solids led a professor to invent this

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Brett Aresco, a writer & content strategist from Fairhope, Alabama

Clare Murray, an articling student from Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Alex DeFrank, an inventory specialist from Brooklyn, New York (1-day total: $42,401)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Our encore presentation this week features Alex DeFrank go for win #2 against Clare Murray of Toronto and Brett Aresco of Alabama.

I’m glad I do these encore presentation recaps; it permits me to remember what the show does with the encore presentations, and because a lot of other people still watch them, it allows me to keep up with the occasional conversation that happens because of the episodes that do air.

Additionally, make sure to look out tomorrow, as I’ll be posting my 2026 Jeopardy! Masters preview (as the tournament will be taping later this week.)

Correct response: What is the Rubik’s Cube?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

(The following write-up is original content and is copyright 2026 The Jeopardy! Fan. It may not be copied without linked attribution back to this page.)

Architecture professor Ernő Rubik was teaching a “descriptive geometry” course at the Budapest College of Applied Arts, where the course entailed having students solve three-dimensional problems with two-dimensional images. It was only envisioned as a puzzle once the cube got so jumbled that Rubik took a month to unjumble it. From there, it was patented in Hungary, and was discovered by the rest of the world at the 1980 Nuremberg Toy Fair, when a German marketer spotted it; the Rubik’s Cube then turned into a worldwide fad.

In order to redesign our merchandise area to serve you better in 2026, all merchandise sales have been temporarily taken offline. Look for a return in late 2026! All previous orders will still be supported.

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the July 11-12, 2026 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Note: If you’d like to see the full statistics from this game, check out the original recap, from March 17, 2025.

Game Recap:

Alex DeFrank had a significantly different game than his first one; instead of over $20,000 entering Final, he only had $9,800—thanks to a missed Daily Double and a half-dozen other incorrect responses. He also sat second thanks to Brett Aresco’s correct response on the first Daily Double.

That being said, Alex did pick up win number two courtesy his being the only player to successfully name the Rubik’s Cube in Final Jeopardy; Bree went for Tetris instead. Next week’s encore presentation will feature Alex going for win #3 against David DeBacker and Lily St. Laurent.

Scores going into Final:

Brett $9,800
Alex $8,800
Clare $2,800

Tonight’s results:

Clare $2,800 – $2,800 = $0 (What is Quirkle? Love you Bill & Ron! <3)
Alex $8,800 + $5,200 = $14,000 (What is Rubik’s Cube?) (2-day total: $56,401)
Brett $9,800 – $8,000 = $1,800 (What is Tetris?)

Game Stats:

Alex $13,800 Coryat, 26 correct, 7 incorrect, 52.63% in first on buzzer (30/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Brett $9,200 Coryat, 12 correct, 2 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Clare $6,200 Coryat, 9 correct, 3 incorrect, 15.79% in first on buzzer (9/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $29,200

---

Add The Jeopardy! Fan to your preferred sources on Google by clicking the button below!

Become a Supporter now! Make a monthly contribution to the site on Patreon!

Contestant photo credit: jeopardy.com

When commenting, please note that all comments on The Jeopardy! Fan must be in compliance with the Site Comment Policy.

If you are going to quote any information from this page or this website, attribution is required.

Have you had a chance to listen to our podcast game show, Complete The List, yet? Check it out! It's also available on Apple Podcasts.

---