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Updated Exclusive: Audio-Only Play-In Round, Part Of Winter 2024 Champions Wildcard, To Air On TuneIn
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
September 11: S42 E120 (February 20, 2026)
September 12-13: S41 E145 (March 28, 2025)
September 19-20: S42 E173 (May 6, 2026)
September 26-27: S42 E174 (May 7, 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
Publisher’s Note: This article has been updated with new information on January 8, 2024.
The play-in games, announced here last month on The Jeopardy! Fan, that will be added to Winter 2024’s Champions Wildcard event will be airing on TuneIn Radio. These extra audio-only games will be hosted by Buzzy Cohen, who hosted the 2021 Tournament of Champions.
This news was confirmed earlier today on the Inside Jeopardy! podcast by Michael Davies and Sarah Foss.
Further information regarding the rollout of these episodes will be released by TuneIn Radio on Wednesday, January 10, as per a statement from the show.
Editorially, I am very glad to see that these games will be given some sort of airtime by the show; it’s important for transparency’s sake that this was done. I’m also glad for TuneIn’s sake that they’re able to continue their partnership with Jeopardy! and receive this new content.
Original article:
Many fans were wondering how the 54 spots in the upcoming Season 39 Champions Wildcard in January would be determined, being that there were going to be more potential contenders than the 54 spots available in the event.
We now have our answer.
According to a Season 39 contestant who has not taken part (nor will take part) in any Season 40 play, speaking to The Jeopardy! Fan on condition of anonymity, the lowest-ranked 1-day champions will have to compete in play-in games in order to qualify for Champions Wildcard. The play-in games won’t be aired on television and won’t have prize money. Champions Wildcard contestants were informed of this development via email.
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This is an unprecedented move by the show in terms of asking contestants to compete just for advancement, and this would certainly be the first instance of games being played but not actually airing on television.
The metric by which these players will be ranked has not been confirmed; though The Jeopardy! Fan does suspect that a likely metric would be money won.
Editorially, I’m not fundamentally opposed to the idea of “play-in” games, and I do think that it’s an interesting way to fit this competition within the constraints of a 230-episode season, especially considering the number of fans who are looking forward to the return of regular play. However, I do think that for transparency’s sake, the play-in shows do need to be posted online, as having to explain to fans that their favorite player lost an unaired play-in game and won’t be appearing any more on television, without giving those fans a chance to see it for themselves, doesn’t seem like a particularly pleasant feeling to me.
This is a developing news story and may be updated as further information is obtained.
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