Current Champion
Jennifer Leavey, career statistics:
31 correct, 6 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
26.32% in first on buzzer (30/114)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,000)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,100
To win:
3 games: 52.862%
4: 27.944%
5: 14.772%
6: 7.809%
7: 4.128%
Avg. streak: 3.121 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
(That sums up what follows, doesn’t it?)
Last night I had the pleasure of chatting with 19-time (yes, 19!) Jeopardy! champ, David Madden.
Madden has founded the National History Bee and Bowl and is currently traveling the country promoting its growth. In fact, when we chatted, David was in Tennessee, had just come from a tournament in Kentucky, and was headed to South Carolina. After that, he’ll be heading to Louisiana, then Georgia, then New Jersey, all this week. Next week he intends to be in Massachusetts and maybe Indiana. Phew! David says he puts in “110 hour weeks and loves every minute.”
The National History Bee and Bowl began with a tournament in May 2010. Thirty-four teams and 135 high school students from New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut participated. David says, “The idea was originally more just to do the pilot tournament for fun and maybe it would give me a leg up in finding a job as a history teacher, but then I realized the potential.”
David’s hard work is paying off: he says the number of participants he is expecting in Washington, D.C. (for the National Championships on April 16th and 17th) is “wildly exceeding” his predictions. He says, “I’ve been so gratified by the willingness of teams to come to D.C.”
David is turning the event into an unofficial Jeopardy! reunion that he has posted about twice on the Jeopardy! message boards. (That’s how I first found out about it.) David says so far he is expecting Bob Harris to be there (he is on the Bowl’s board of advisors), as well as Bill MacDonald, who beat David in the 2006 Tournament of Champions. Other possibilities include Dave Belote, who is also on the Bowl’s board of advisors, Aaron Thompson, and Roger Craig.
Come back tomorrow for David’s thoughts on Watson, and to find out how David succeeded on Jeopardy!