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
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
Welcome back to the tenth installment of Andy’s Weekly Thoughts, where I give my thoughts about various happenings in the world of Jeopardy!
Jeopardy’s Upcoming UK Version
Information about the upcoming UK version of Jeopardy! is starting to surface. According to UK game show information source Bother’s Bar, the hour-long episode will consist of two Jeopardy! Rounds (£25/£50/£75/£100/£150), followed by a Double Jeopardy! Round, and then Final Jeopardy. Bother’s Bar is predicting that wins will be in the range of £1,500. I’m not so sure. Stateside, an average win is in the range of about 35% to 40% of the total clue value of the board; even if it drops to 30% in the UK, that’s still going to be a shade under £3,000. (We’ll see who ends up being correct, though!)
Now That The Season’s Over: Yes, I Noticed This Too
In her fashion recap on Tuesday, Jeopardy! fashion connoisseur Lilly noted that “In the month of July, we have seen the majority of champions wearing a different outfit on Day 1 than is shown on their Contestant Zone headshot. Previously this had been a pretty rare anomaly worth pointing out— during the preceding six months of 2023 (January – June), the only other time an outfit mismatch like this occurred was Holly Hassel (June 14th).” As some who notices things like this—and generally doesn’t point it out when it happens, as I don’t want to be overt about spoiling that sort of a thing for my readership—I do find it annoying that the show’s web team has chosen this path, though I’m sure it wasn’t an intentional choice. It’s certainly one thing that I hope the web team tightens up for Season 40.
My Thoughts On Season 40’s Writing
The following is intended to be a very nuanced take on the major drama in the world of Jeopardy! regarding the writing for the early part of Season 40.
It’s unfortunately clear at this point that the AMPTP and its member production houses are going to continue to be greedy and not meet the very reasonable requests of the Writer’s Guild of America. For everyone who thinks that “repeated clues” are terrible, AI-generated content—where the AMPTP absolutely wants to go as a cost-saving measure—is absolutely going to be worse. There is absolutely no way that AI would ever be able to write content for Jeopardy! to nearly the same level that the show’s WGA writers write to.
But, I digress. It’s clear that Jeopardy! wants to get through this strike the same way that it got through the 2007–08 WGA strike: by reusing past clues. My thoughts on this development actually differ based on when the game boards were finalized. If these game boards were completely finalized before May 2, 2023, and were signed off on by the writers before the writers went on strike, I have absolutely no issue with “recycled” clues. The writers are welcome to put out whatever material that they would like, and if they think the best way to get through this era of the show is by re-using their best work, then I trust the writers. (And, as I’ve said multiple times to prospective contestants: use J! Archive. Go back 5-10 years, and study the material. It will help.) However, if these game boards were not finalized before the strike, and other workers are doing the work that the striking writers would otherwise do (that is, compiling and finalizing game material), then I hope that the WGA’s grievance policies hit Jeopardy! very hard for utilizing replacement workers in this instance. (And Jeopardy! would be very deserving of any grievances levied at it if it chose this route.)
I should also say: The Jeopardy Fan is an online publication dedicated to covering Jeopardy!. As best as I can tell, there have been no instructions from the WGA for publications to stop giving press coverage to struck productions—and until and unless that sort of directive comes from the WGA, I will continue to cover this show the same way that I always have.
Yes, I Said This Last Week, But It’s Really Worth Saying Again
As I said last week: there’s really a simple way for this strike to end, and that’s for the AMPTP to stop being greedy and give the WGA what the WGA is looking for.
In Conclusion
I’m sure that there will still be weekly columns throughout the summer; there’s certainly going to be enough news to warrant it!
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