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.
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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 today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category 19th Century Europe) for Friday, April 21, 2017:
Published in L’Aurore on January 13, 1898, it caused its author to be convicted of libel
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Meghan Phillips, a library and archives assistant from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
David Rigsby, a Social Security Administration attorney from Alexandria, Virginia
Nilanka Seneviratne, an international development nonprofit professional from Washington, D.C. (1-day total: $7,601)
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The Émile Zola letter “J’Accuse…!”, published in the French paper L’Aurore in January 1898, was an open letter to French president Félix Faure, and accused the French govenment of anti-Semitism in the jailing of French army officer Alfred Dreyfus. The intent was for Zola to get himself charged with libel against the government, in order to force the evidence surrounding Dreyfus’ conviction to be made public. While Zola was found guilty of libel, he fled to England, and Dreyfus was eventually exonerated.
You can find the full text of Zola’s letter at Wikisource.
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Scores going into Final:
Nilanka $12,100
David $10,200
Meghan $5,400
Final results:
Megan $5,400 – $5,001 = $399 (What is Dangerous Liaisons?)
David $10,200 – $2,000 = $8,200 (What is Madame Bovary?) (1-day total: $8,200)
Nilanka $12,100 – $8,301 = $3,799 (What is the Dreyfus Affair?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
David $8,200
Meghan $6,600
Nilanka $2,600
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) U.S. HERSTORY $1000 (15th pick)
David 2600 +2000 (Meghan 3600 Nilanka 1800)
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2) THE ANCIENT WORLD $2000 (10th pick)
Meghan 9400 -2000 (David 9400 Nilanka 8200)
3) BALLET $1200 (28th pick, $3,600 left on board)
Nilanka 12100 -100 (David 10200 Meghan 5400)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: IT’S NOT A TUBER $600
DJ! round: BALLET $2000
$ Left on Board: $2,600
Game Stats:
David $9,200 Coryat, 16 correct, 2 incorrect, 30.91% in first on buzzer
Nilanka $12,200 Coryat, 18 correct, 3 incorrect, 32.73% in first on buzzer
Meghan $7,400 Coryat, 14 correct, 3 incorrect, 29.09% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $11,400 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $11,200
Nilanka Seneviratne, final stats:
36 correct
9 incorrect
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$100)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
31.53% in first on buzzer (35/111)
Average Coryat: $13,300
David Rigsby, stats to date:
16 correct
3 incorrect
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
30.91% in first on buzzer (17/55)
Average Coryat: $9,200
David Rigsby, to win:
2 games: 30.14%
3: 9.09%
4: 2.74%
5: 0.83%
6: 0.25%
Avg. streak: 1.432 games.
Avg. Total Winnings (including possible ToC): $19,267
ToC projection update:
With a projected 80 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 2.9164 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.3231).
An average of 4.5124 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.6093).
An early cutoff took place 11.412% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Tim Kutz qualified 65.966% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 24.235% of the time.
Rob Liguori qualified 5.280% of the time.
Fred Vaughn qualified 0.914% of the time.
(Note: Due to the possibility of a WGA strike, I feel that it is more accurate for ToC projections to add 20 games to the end of the previous projected qualifying period.)
Miscellany:
- Since October 4, 2004, players are only 50% (23/46) on getting Daily Doubles correct when betting $100 or less.
- This is the first time since April 5 that all 3 players got 1 Daily Double.