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
Andy here with the recap for Thursday! Your challengers today for Keith Whitener are Sarah Hayden Williams are Erik Greb!
Alex made a mention of yesterday’s Final; noting that Keith got lucky to find such a wheelhouse question for him! Apparently Keith even wrote an essay for a contest about yesterday’s answer!
J! round categories: THE 5 SENSES, HEARING, SMELL, TASTE, SITE, TOUCHÉ
Keith still seems to have his indifference while playing; If he goes on a run, it’ll take me a long while to warm up to it!
It was Erik who got to the first Daily Double, at the bottom of HEARING (it was a legal hearing-type category) Scores:
Erik $1,200
Keith $400
Sarah $400
Erik bet just $800. His clue: This 10-letter type of hearing figures out whether someone has the mental capacity to stand trial. Answering immediately and correctly brought him to $2,000.
Keith got some good buzzer timing down between the Daily Double and an early break (after just 13 clues); scores:
Erik $2,800
Keith $2,600
Sarah $400
Sarah talked about catering her own wedding. For 300 guests. I really don’t know that many people that would be at all interested in doing that! That being said, I did ask a caterer friend of mine on Twitter the same question; her response was “Absolutely!”
It seemed as if Sarah still had difficulties ringing in during the round; meanwhile, Keith got on his roll! By the end of the round, Keith had a commanding lead! Your scores:
Keith $9,400
Erik $2,400
Sarah $400
DJ! round categories: NAME THAT CENTURY; MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS; BOOKS & AUTHORS; EURO COINS; ONE MAN, ONE BOAT; A “HA”!
The Keith show continued merrily along during this round, though Sarah got in on the following for $2000 (category A “HA”: From the 13th to the 15th centuries, commercial activity in Northern Europe was dominated by this league)
Sarah got to the Daily Double as well, under BOOKS & AUTHORS $1600! Scores were:
Keith $14,200
Erik $4,400
Sarah $2,800
Sarah bet $2,000 here. Her scores: The title of this E.M. Forster novel refers to a country house, not to someone’s death. Anyone who’s ever read Prisoner of Trebekistan would be able to get this one immediately! I guess Sarah hasn’t, as she wasn’t able to come up with an answer, sadly. Her score fell to $800.
Just after the minute-to-go signal, the final Daily Double was found by Keith under ONE MAN, ONE BOAT $1600. Scores:
Keith $16,200
Erik $4,400
Sarah $800
I’d go really small here for a bet and then run out the clock on the low-valued clues left on the board. Keith chose $2,000 (honestly, a little rich for my tastes here!). His clue: Edward Miles took the short way around, sailing solo through this canal completed in 1869. His correct answer put him to $18,200
The end-of-round signal came with 3 clues left and only 1 clue after the Daily Double, cementing Keith’s lock!
Scores going into FJ!:
Keith $18,200
Erik $4,400
Sarah $800
FJ! category: WORLD LANGUAGES
FJ! clue: Of the Romance languages, it has the greatest number of native speakers in a single country
Sarah 800 – 799 = 1
Erik 4400 + 4400 = 8000
Keith 18200 + 8000 = 26200 (2-day champ, $51,200)
(This Final was very easy for me; it helped to remember what the world’s most populous countries are!)
I feel really badly for Sarah; it just wasn’t her day, and she’s probably gong to be one of those ex-contestants who won’t want to revisit or talk about her appearance too much! I wish things had gone better for her.
Keith will get to play again tomorrow!