It's too difficult, and in some cases impracticable, to get the Archive to match the show's score values.Īnyway, Greg's "record", such as it was, might have been $8,500, and should probably be listed that way in the Archive. Sometimes amounts that have no correspondence to the clue values are added or deducted. The reason is that some scoring errors are too complicated to deal with simply by clicking a response toggle in a different way. that we should instead credit players with the money and note the scoring difference between what is shown in the Archive and what was shown on the show. We should possibly add a note to the top of any game that has a scoring error that affects either the game outcome or how much money was taken home.Įarly-season games were lousy with scoring errors.ĮDIT: now that I look more closely, the Archive addressed the scoring error by simply not crediting Greg with the money, just as happened in the show. I don't know how you want to deal with that on the list. The Archive might be different from what was on the show. Where on earth did I get 76 from? Thanks. **Brad's score was the highest broadcast up to that date, but was probably taped after Jeff Goldfarb's game. *Emily's score was announced on-air by Alex as a new record. : Ken Jennings ($75,000, record now more than double Jerome's previous record.) : Ken Jennings ($52,000, first of 3 games in which he ties the record) : Brad Rutter ($39,200, Million Dollar Masters game)** The highest-winning Jeopardy contestant of all time is still official GOAT Ken Jennings, who won over 2 million during his legendary 74-game run in 2004. Fortunately for us, her games aired early in the season, so now, thanks to TuneIn radio and the National Archives of Game Show History (and other resources) we can chronologically track the one-day record all the way from the beginning. Burnett bought his mother a condo with his winnings since she worked hard to pay for his private school education.According the the "This is Jeopardy!" book (2003), Elise Beraru was both the show's first 5-Time champion and Season 1's biggest one-day winner, with $23,800. He is the only champion to win the “Teachers Tournament” and “Tournament of Champions” gave him $480,334.
Colby BurnettĬolby Burnett has his own day in Illinois, Dec. He held the most record won during one game with over $77,000. This strategy was used to beat the quiz system “Watson” winning Craig $530,200. This computer scientist downloaded and categorized over $2,000 clues in order to find which categories were used the most. He selected the harder questions located at the bottom of the board.
He ended up with an impressive $532,496, in his pocket. Zuffranieri applied nine times to get on the show. She spent her $1 million earnings when she split it with her fellow contestants. A future contestant, David Maddox, inspired his friend’s winnings. She is the first woman to reach a winning streak that lasted for five episodes. Most of Kelly’s $660,930 comes from her time spent on Jeopardy. He ended up splitting the $1 million with fellow players Jennings and Kelly. His 19-game winning streak ties him with Zuffranieri as the fourth-longest. This player earns the fourth spot by winning $773,733. The game show “The Chase” and its reboot have used Craig in its shows. He also placed second in winning game streaks following his 32-game wins. The sports’ gambler earned over $131,000 in just one game, beating Roger Craig’s number. He was quick to hit the buzzer and gamble everything on popular and larger reward questions. He was able to turn his appearances on the show into a successful game show career. Holzhauer topped out at $2,962,216 during his time on Jeopardy. The former contestant hosted the game following the passing of Alex Trebek. Ken maxed out at $4,522,700 upon winning last year’s game. He first began his role as the top contestant 17 years ago when he first took the stage in 2004. Jennings is the most renowned winner after becoming the No.
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