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
Since this is Kids Week, I decided to keep things interesting for myself and try two things: Instead of keeping track of my Coryat, try my hand (foot?) at standing up while playing. You may recall that someone had suggested that on the Jeopardy! message boards, to help an aspiring contestant build stamina. The idea was to play several games in a row like that, but I’ll watch one at a time, every day, like I normally would.
Also, in the past I’ve tried to get every single Kids Week question right in any given round, and I have not done it yet. I’m trying that, too.
As for the standing, it did feel really awkward. I just wanted to flop on the couch, also during the commercial breaks. But I’m gonna keep doing it this week.
Today’s contestants were Charlotte Scott, Aria Gerson, and Graham Doskoch.
The first clue of the game was a triple-stumper about football. I missed the very next clue, though: handball? I also missed basketball, for no good reason, as well as “spoken to” and butte. I totally said “plateau” and thought it was right. By the way, did you guys think Mr. Trebek shouldn’t have distracted Aria while she was thinking about her Daily Double? Four clues were left in the Jeopardy round, all in the Tweets category.
The first clue of the Double Jeopardy round was about John Paul Jones. I just toured the Naval Academy last week, and I’m reading a book about Jones! Whatcha Watchin’ and Go Figure messed me up in Double Jeopardy. I got “Animal Planet,” but only after Charlotte said “Animal Channel.” I also missed Bunker Hill, Benedict Arnold, and fish.
So I think I missed four in the Jeopardy round and eight in the Double Jeopardy round. I got the Final right, as did Graham. The girls both guessed “Bigfoot.” Graham didn’t wager anything, but he had a lock on the game.
So we’ll try this experiment tomorrow!