Historic Phrases

Season 42 September 10, 2025

Today’s Final Jeopardy – Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Today’s Final Jeopardy answer (in the category Historic Phrases) and statistics for the Wednesday, September 10, 2025 game between Leslie Oakerson, Paolo Pasco, and 1-day champion Ian Morrison.

Features, General January 12, 2017

A Streak Of Futility: Consecutive Games With The Leader Missing Final Jeopardy!

One thing that we’ve been tracking recently is quite an unfortunate streak of futility. We are currently at 13 consecutive games where the leader has…

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. Cris Pannullo $748,286
6. Mattea Roach $560,983
7. Jason Zuffranieri $532,496
8. Scott Riccardi $455,000
9. David Madden $430,400
10. Julia Collins $428,100
11. Matt Jackson $411,612
12. Austin Rogers $411,000
13. Ray Lalonde $386,400
14. Adriana Harmeyer $349,600
15. Ryan Long $299,400
16. Arthur Chu $297,200
17. Seth Wilson $265,002
18. Ben Chan $252,600
19. Jonathan Fisher $246,100
20. Tom Nissley $235,405

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 $1,954,601
5. Amy Schneider $1,864,800
6. Yogesh Raut $1,098,403
7. Mattea Roach $897,983
8. David Madden $785,733
9. Victoria Groce $773,801
10. Cris Pannullo $754,286
11. Larissa Kelly $671,930
12. Roger Craig $656,200
13. Matt Jackson $623,612
14. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
15. Jerome Vered $499,102
16. Julia Collins $495,767
17. Austin Rogers $493,000
18. Scott Riccardi $458,000
19. Ben Ingram $449,201
20. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
21. Adriana Harmeyer $441,600
22. Juveria Zaheer $441,000
23. Dan Pawson $436,902
24. Alex Jacob $431,802
25. Sam Kavanaugh $417,202