Current Champion
Matthew Riggle, career statistics:
47 correct, 6 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
41.23% in first on buzzer (47/114)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,300
To win:
3 games: 68.027%
4: 46.277%
5: 31.481%
6: 21.415%
7: 14.568%
Avg. streak: 4.128 games.
(Next game: September 14)
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Upcoming Encore Presentations
August 24: S42 E106 (February 2, 2026)
August 25: S42 E107 (February 3, 2026)
August 26: S42 E108 (February 4, 2026)
August 27: S42 E109 (February 5, 2026)
August 28: S42 E110 (February 6, 2026)
August 29-30: S41 E143 (March 26, 2025)
August 31: S42 E111 (February 9, 2026)
September 1: S42 E112 (February 10, 2026)
September 2: S42 E113 (February 11, 2026)
September 3: S42 E114 (February 12, 2026)
September 4: S42 E115 (February 13, 2026)
September 5-6: S41 E144 (March 27, 2025)
September 7: S42 E116 (February 16, 2026)
September 8: S42 E117 (February 17, 2026)
September 9: S42 E118 (February 18, 2026)
September 10: S42 E119 (February 19, 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 $1,098,403
7. Mattea Roach $897,983
8. Jamie Ding $885,605
9. David Madden $785,733
10. Victoria Groce $773,801
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Larissa Kelly $671,930
14. Matt Jackson $623,612
15. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
16. Andrew He $534,365
17. Scott Riccardi $533,000
18. Jerome Vered $499,102
19. Julia Collins $495,767
20. Austin Rogers $493,000
21. Ben Ingram $449,201
22. Paolo Pasco $448,717
23. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
24. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
25. Juveria Zaheer $441,000
We’re now through six weeks of Season 40—here’s another week of editorial thoughts!
What Video Games Are Best For Jeopardy! Preparation?
In his interview on Monday’s show, Dane Reighard basically said that he prepared by playing Nintendo. This led to Lilly, in her fashion recap that night, asking “I would like to know what Nintendo game Dane played to exercise his buzzer thumb for Jeopardy!“.
While I don’t have a specific answer as to what game Dane would have played, I do have a suggestion—in fact, I have an entire genre’s worth of suggestions: Rhythm games.
Jeopardy! is a game where the all-time greats consistently signal as close to the exact millisecond as possible. Thus, the best training can be had when repeatedly trying to press a button as close as possible to the perfect moment in rhythm. Moreover, rhythm games provide instant feedback to players—you can immediately tell whether you are too early or too late.
It would be hard for me to recommend a specific game in the genre—so many rhythm games are based upon music, and differing tastes in music might mean that I would enjoy a different game than you, the reader, might. However, if you are a fan of the Final Fantasy series and its music, I highly recommend the 2023 game Theatrhythm Final Bar Line, available on the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
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You Don’t Like The Forrest Bounce? There’s Still A Really Easy Fix That’ll Neutralize It!
In the Jeopardy! Universe this week, William Hughes of the A.V. Club put out an interesting article regarding the Forrest Bounce; it’s been one of the rare articles recently where my disagreement with the author’s thesis hasn’t actually left me angry after reading it (even though the article’s subheading describes it as “effective but irritating”).
The article does raise a good point, though, in that the Bounce is at odds with how the show is written—and it’s a point that Alex Trebek always made: the categories are written to have a flow to them, and going from top to bottom, easy to hard, helps with the natural flow of the game.
However, there is still a really easy way to stop the current Daily Double hunting strategy in its tracks: make each row of the board—$200 through $1000 in the Jeopardy Round, $400 through $2000 in Double Jeopardy—equally likely to contain a Daily Double. If you take away the advantage to hunting around the bottom rows of the board (placing 20% of the Daily Doubles in the top row will do that), more players will take categories top-to-bottom.
A Suggestion I May Regret Making—But I’m Making It Anyway
While I generally disagree with those who are upset by the lack of regular play over the next few months—and I still believe that the general blame should be foisted in the direction of the AMPTP—there’s a simple olive branch that the show could extend to its fans who are hoping for more regular play: No reruns this summer, just run an extra 30 episodes of regular play.
As I said, I may end up regretting this suggestion—having no summer reruns would 100% take away my ability to recharge my own batteries in August and early September—but running 22+ weeks of regular play instead of 16+ weeks would allow for a larger Tournament of Champions field next fall, as well as for an extra 60 contestants to get on the show this season. While there are certainly more production expenses involved, it might be seen as a way for Michael Davies et al to tell a large portion of the fanbase “we know you’d like to see regular play, thanks for being fans, here’s another six weeks’ worth of regular play for you”.
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Some Alex Trebek On The Way Out
In June 1990, Alex Trebek hosted the NHL Awards, along with an opening rap, some stand-up, and famous Canadian figure skater Brian Orser—two years removed from an Olympic silver medal in Calgary, having lost the “Battle of the Brians” to Brian Boitano—serving as Alex Trebek’s figure-skating stunt double.
Here’s the full broadcast:
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