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)
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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
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Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Guy Branum, a writer & comedian from West Hollywood, California
Michelle Tsai, a tutor originally from Honolulu, Hawai’i
Melanie Hirsch, an attorney from Silver Spring, Maryland
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Final Jeopardy! Category: 18th Century Lit
Final Jeopardy! Clue: In this work, “the boys and girls would venture to come and play at hide-and-seek in my hair”
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Correct response: What is Gulliver’s Travels?
Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, December 25, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: History On TV; On The Bookshelf; Fast Food; Give Me A Ring; The Movies; Homonymbly Yours)
Melanie, who found the Daily Double on clue #4, used that to help her lead after 15 clues; at the interviews, the scores were Melanie $5,400 Guy $4,200 Michelle $2,000.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Melanie 7 correct 1 incorrect
Guy 5 correct 0 incorrect
Michelle 3 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Guy saw the player who beat him at one of his shows.
Michelle has a very large cheering section, including her 96-year-old grandfather coming from Hawaii.
Melanie works with many other J! alums at the CFPB.
Guy picked up seven correct after the break to take the lead by the end of the board; Guy went 3/5 in History on TV, On the Bookshelf, and The Movies.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Guy 12 correct 0 incorrect
Melanie 8 correct 1 incorrect
Michelle 8 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Guy $6,000
Melanie $5,600
Michelle $4,800
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: People & Places; The Kaiser’s College Of Musical Knowledge; Science & Nature; Playing The Numbers; Comedians On TV; Tough 8-Letter Words)
Michelle found both Daily Doubles in the first 9 clues, getting both correct for $9,400; meanwhile, both Melanie and Guy stumbled with a pair of incorrect responses apiece as Michelle took a big lead into Final Jeopardy. By the end of the round, Michelle had gone 3/5 in Musical Knowledge, while Guy went 4/5 in Comedians on TV.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Michelle 18 correct 1 incorrect
Guy 22 correct 3 incorrect
Melanie 13 correct 4 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 8 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Michelle $24,600
Guy $8,000
Melanie $6,000
Melanie and Guy were correct in Final, both doubling up. Michelle, though, was not—and that makes things much closer going into tomorrow’s game, with Michelle’s “effective lead” just $1,600 over Guy and $3,600 over Melanie.
Tonight’s results:
Melanie $6,000 + $6,000 = $12,000 (What Is Gulliver’s Travels?)
Guy $8,000 + $8,000 = $16,000 (What is Gulliver’s Travels?)
Michelle $24,600 – $5,400 = $19,200 (What is Rapunzel…?)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) ON THE BOOKSHELF $600 (clue #4)
Melanie 200 +1000 (Michelle 800 Guy 800)
2) PLAYING THE NUMBERS $1600 (clue #5)
Michelle 6400 +6400 (Melanie 5600 Guy 4000)
3) PEOPLE & PLACES $1200 (clue #9, $22400 left on board)
Michelle 16400 +3000 (Melanie 2800 Guy 2000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 218
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Melanie 4 3*
Michelle 5
Guy 4
DJ! Round:
Melanie
Michelle 4 5 3 3 4* 3 4 5 3*
Guy
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Michelle 3.90
Guy 4.00
Melanie 3.50
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 8 (0.10 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Michelle $18,000 Coryat, 18 correct, 1 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 4/4 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Guy $8,000 Coryat, 22 correct, 3 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Melanie $5,600 Coryat, 13 correct, 4 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $31,600
Lach Trash: $9,600 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $12,800
Lead Changes: 5
Times Tied: 3
Player Statistics:
Melanie Hirsch, career statistics:
58 correct, 10 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
35.09% in first on buzzer (60/171)
2/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,200)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,933
Michelle Tsai, career statistics:
74 correct, 7 incorrect
8/9 on rebound attempts (on 18 rebound opportunities)
36.84% in first on buzzer (63/171)
4/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,600)
1/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $20,400
Guy Branum, career statistics:
55 correct, 7 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 14 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (54/171)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,800)
3/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,600
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