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 tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Thursday, March 23, 2017:
Final Jeopardy! category: FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: The word that gave us “picaresque” may also have inspired the name of this clever valet featured in a 1786 opera
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Stephanie Garrone-Shufran, a teacher from Woburn, Massachusetts
Robin Devereux, an art dealer from Durham, North Carolina
Kevin Shrum, a retired adjunct professor from Fort Collins, Colorado (2-day total: $33,500)
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Figaro, of course, is the title character of Mozart’s 1786 opera The Marriage of Figaro, in which he is the valet to Count Almaviva.
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Scores going into Final:
Robin $14,000
Kevin $12,200
Stephanie $9,400
Final results:
Stephanie $9,400 + $8,000 = $17,400 (1-day total: $17,400)
Kevin $12,200 – $6,601 = $5,599 (What is ?)
Robin $14,000 – $10,401 = $3,599 (What is Picard?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Stephanie $7,400
Kevin $3,400
Robin $1,800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) ON THE BALLOT $800 (26th pick)
Kevin 3400 -2000 (Stephanie 7400 Robin 2400)
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2) ARCHITECTURE & BUILDING $1600 (4th pick)
Robin 3000 +3000 (Stephanie 7400 Kevin 4600)
3) WHERE IS IT? $1200 (18th pick)
Kevin 11400 -2000 (Robin 11600 Stephanie 6200)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! round: None!
$ Left on Board: $0
Game Stats:
Stephanie $9,400 Coryat, 15 correct, 2 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer
Kevin $16,200 Coryat, 23 correct, 3 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer
Robin $12,600 Coryat, 13 correct, 2 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $9,400
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,400
Kevin Shrum, final stats:
67 correct
7 incorrect
1/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$5,000)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
38.10% in first on buzzer (64/168)
Average Coryat: $15,333
Stephanie Garrone-Shufran, stats to date:
16 correct
2 incorrect
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
Average Coryat: $9,400
Stephanie Garrone-Shufran, to win:
2 games: 30.72%
3: 9.44%
4: 2.90%
5: 0.89%
6: 0.27%
Avg. streak: 1.443 games.
Avg Total Winnings (including possible ToC): $28,107
With a projected 81 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 2.9584 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.3286).
An average of 4.5799 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.6209).
An early cutoff took place 12.112% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Tim Kutz qualified 64.848% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 23.186% of the time.
Rob Liguori qualified 4.920% of the time.
Fred Vaughn qualified 0.858% of the time.
Miscellany:
- This is the first regular-play game since February 10 (and the first game overall since February 22) in which we saw all 61 clues.