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
September 26-27: S42 E174 (May 7, 2026)
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
Well, as has happened before, the sound wasn’t quite right when I watched Jeopardy! today. (Did that happen to anyone else?) The sound was ahead of the picture on the screen. For instance, the contestant names were off the screen before Johnny even read them. A bummer. I wound up watching it muted with the closed captioning, which, thankfully, was aligned correctly.
First, yesterday’s scores on the first day of the Teen Tournament, for those of you keeping track of semi-finalists/potential wild-cards (I didn’t keep track of my Coryat.):
Christian Ie 1 Kate Wadman 14400 Brandon Welch 35200
The contestants:
Kailyn LaPorte (the youngest contestant in the tournament!)
At the first break, Raphie had 3400, Steven had 400, and Kailyn had 1400. I was sweeping Land “Ha” when Kailyn found the Daily Double of the round in that category. She wagered 1400 of her 2200. (Raphie had 3800 and Steven had 1000.) This was the clue: “The Potomac River meets the Shenandoah at this West Virginia village famed for an abolitionist’s civil war raid.” I got it right and so did she. Then I swept Odd Words!
Raphie Cantor (He’s wanted to be on Jeopardy! since age 4!)
At the end of the round, Raphie had 4400, Steven had 3000, and Kailyn had 6000. Raphie found the first Daily Double three clues into the Double Jeopardy round, in 4-Letter Countries. He had 5200, Steven still had 3000, and Kailyn had 6400. Raphie wagered 1600 on this clue: “In September 1980, war broke out between these 2 countries and would last for 8 years.” Raphie missed it.
I was sweeping “Op” Culture when Kailyn found the next Daily Double there. (Hey, this Teen Jeopardy is pretty good for my confidence!) Kailyn had surged to the lead with 10800, while Raphie had 3600 and Steven had 4200. Kailyn wagered 2100 on this toughie: “The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with humorous effect.”. Kailyn missed it, and so did I.
At the end of the round, the match was quite even. Raphie had 12000, Steven had 12600, and Kailyn had 15100. The Final Jeopardy category was Literary Characters. This was the clue: “His ‘story was soon told, for the whole twenty years had been to him as one night.'” I got this one before Mr. Trebek was done reading the clue. I was surprised that both Raphie and Steven missed it. Don’t people read this in high school any more? They both lost 6000. Kailyn got it right and added 8000 to her score, making her an automatic semi-finalist. My Coryat score was 30400. Raphie‘s was 13200, Steven’s was 12600, and Kailyn’s was 16800.
Did you guys see the commercial advertising another opportunity to take the Jeopardy! test? Apparently it’s happening at the New York Times Travel Show on February 27th and 28th.
Steven Ho