In 2020, he once again faced off with and won against Rutter, as well as James Holzhauer, in a special primetime series, Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time. Jennings regained the record after appearing on several other game shows, culminating with his results on an October 2008 appearance on Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, though Rutter retained the record for highest Jeopardy! winnings and once again passed Jennings' total after his victory in the Jeopardy! Battle of the Decades tournament. His total was surpassed by Rutter, who defeated Jennings in the finals of the Jeopardy! Ultimate Tournament of Champions, adding $2 million to Rutter's existing Jeopardy! winnings. His total earnings on Jeopardy! are $4,522,700, consisting of: $2,520,700 over his 74 wins a $2,000 second-place prize in his 75th appearance a $500,000 second-place prize in the Jeopardy! Ultimate Tournament of Champions (2005) a $300,000 second-place prize in Jeopardy! 's IBM Challenge (2011), when he lost to the Watson computer but became the first person to beat third-place finisher Brad Rutter a $100,000 second-place prize in the Jeopardy! Battle of the Decades (2014) a $100,000 second-place prize (his share of his team's $300,000 prize) in the Jeopardy! All-Star Games (2019) and a $1 million first-place prize in the Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time (2020).ĭuring his first run of Jeopardy! appearances, Jennings earned the record for the highest American game show winnings. In 2004, he won 74 consecutive Jeopardy! games before he was defeated by challenger Nancy Zerg on his 75th appearance. He also holds the record for the highest average correct responses per game in Jeopardy! history (for those contestants with at least 300 correct responses) with 35.9 during his original run (no other contestant has exceeded 30) and 33.1 overall, including tournaments and special events. He holds the record for the longest winning streak on Jeopardy! with 74 consecutive wins.
game show Jeopardy! which he currently hosts, sharing duties with Mayim Bialik. He is the highest-earning American game show contestant, having won money on five different game shows, including $4,522,700 on the U.S. To tune in, check local listings for show times and stations.Kenneth Wayne Jennings III (born May 23, 1974) is an American game show contestant turned host and author. Schneider’s next game will take place on Monday, Jan. In 2004, he set the record with 74 straight wins, meaning that Schneider has quite a ways to go.
“Thanks (and apologies!) to Patrick and Brittany, they were both solid early but I was just completely locked in for Double Jeopardy!”Īfter tying Amodio, only one contestant stands in the way of Schneider and her “Jeopardy!” crown: Ken Jennings, the show’s current host. Schneider ended the thread with a gracious note to her competitors. “But it’s hard to really have regrets about what was still the 5th-highest non-Holzhauer score ever!” “I kind of regret not betting the $40K (obviously), had I done so I would have had the highest single game total in history of anyone not named Holzhauer,” she continued, referring to James Holzhauer, the contestant whose third-place record for consecutive wins she beat last week. “Maybe had I not been spooked by my recent big-money misses I might have, but I’m not sure, it just felt like such a big amount to risk.” I could have bet up to $40,000 in Final, and I definitely considered it,” she reflected.
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