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
Matt Amodio’s loss—whenever that may be—is going to be leaked in advance. And you’re very likely not going to be able to avoid it.
Unfortunately, that’s the nature of North American syndicated television.
If someone wants Matt’s loss to leak, it will leak. In order for the 200-plus local stations that air Jeopardy! on a daily basis to be able to air the episode (at times varying from noon to 10:30 PM Eastern, depending on where you live in North America), that episode needs to be distributed to the stations in advance. Once it goes out to the stations, hundreds of people have the ability to then leak the episode. And all it takes is one of them to do so.
This is how the video of Ken Jennings’ defeat got out, and this is how the video of James Holzhauer’s defeat got out: someone working at a TV station somewhere in the United States leaked a copy onto the Internet in advance. And once that copy gets onto the Internet, you can’t un-ring the bell: the Internet is going to know. (Places like r/Jeopardy might be able to staunch the bleeding, but their moderators have been given a nearly impossible task here. Even if they required moderator approval on every new post on the subreddit, the chances of them keeping spoilers out of individual comments will be next to impossible.)
Even on the day of his defeat, once the episode airs in Tyler-Longview, TX, Jackson, TN, or Meridian, MS (the three noon ET markets), you’re not going to be able to avoid the outcome: as soon as the episode has aired, it becomes newsworthy if the press decides it newsworthy, and you won’t be able to avoid the massive number of spoilers that will come out as publications put out their stories on the event.
Moreover, the hype about “tonight being the night that the streak ends” leads to an increase in viewership, especially live viewership, for the show itself. It’s generally shown to be a net positive for the show.
I know that a lot of people will be very angry at being spoiled when Matt does lose. But it’s unavoidable—and angry viewers will need to deal with it.
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