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 12: S42 E98 (January 21, 2026)
August 13: S42 E99 (January 22, 2026)
August 14: S42 E100 (January 23, 2026)
August 15-16: S41 E141 (March 24, 2025)
August 17: S42 E101 (January 26, 2026)
August 18: S42 E105 (January 30, 2026)
August 19: S42 E102 (January 27, 2026)
August 20: S42 E103 (January 28, 2026)
August 21: S42 E104 (January 29, 2026)
August 22-23: S41 E142 (March 25, 2025)
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)
(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
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Where Did The Text On Video Clues Go?
Joey writes,
Why has text captioning been removed from video clues? I can’t think of any reason for that feature to be taken away, other than simply not wanting to put the work to edit text into a few video clues.
On Friday’s show, Hans Zimmer read a few clues in the Movie Scores category. Hans Zimmer is a perfectly clear English speaker, but he still has a thick accent, and when he was reading quickly and off a prompter, it was not easy to parse the content of the clues he read. I still remember many years ago when there was a category read by a pharmaceutical executive which was seemingly recorded over Zoom with low-quality audio, and that was extremely difficult to parse. This is bad for the home viewer, and I can only imagine how difficult it is for the contestants in the studio.
This could also be an accessibility issue: a video clue without text captioning would give contestants (and players at home) who struggle with auditory processing a distinct disadvantage. A prominent US senator has brought this issue into the minds of more people recently, and I do not see any reason why Jeopardy could not bring back this feature that had been a part of the show for decades.
After researching when the change was made, I get to trot out a refrain here that I haven’t had a chance to use in a while: Blame Mike Richards.
This was a change made in the summer of 2020; Jimmy Kimmel’s clue on May 28, 2020 (the last celebrity clue of Season 36) had the clue text on screen, while categories from the start of Season 37 onwards do not, when Mike Richards became Executive Producer.
Why was the change made? I presume the show felt it sufficient to include the text in the closed captions instead. I certainly agree with you that it makes things much easier for the home viewer to always have the clue text on the screen. (And I’m sure that Mark over at J! Archive, who inputs the new games every day, would 100% agree with this assessment as well.)
As far as I’ve always been informed, though, the clue text appears in its normal location on the board when a celebrity is presenting a clue, so a contestant with auditory processing issues isn’t at a disadvantage on-set in that respect. However, I agree with you that the home viewer experience in that respect has worsened since Mike Richards made that change, and it’s a change that I’d like to see reverted back to how it was in the Harry Friedman era.
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