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Brad Rutter is the biggest all-time money winner on Jeopardy! and briefly held the record for biggest cumulative game show winnings for any U.S. game show contestant. Rutter retained the record for Jeopardy! winnings with either $4,255,102 (or $4,270,102, including a pair of Chevrolet Camaros ).
Bradford Gates Rutter (born January 31, 1978) is an American game show contestant, TV host, producer, and actor. With over $5.1 million in winnings, he is the second-highest-earning American game show contestant of all time, behind Ken Jennings, and still the highest-earning contestant (primarily from special tournament events) on the U.S. syndicated game show Jeopardy!
Jennings holds numerous game show records: he is the highest-earning American game show contestant, having won money on five different programs, including $4,522,700 on Jeopardy!. His original appearance on the program marks the longest winning streak, and he also holds the record for the highest average correct responses per game.
All-time winnings: $4,938,436 Brad Rutter is by far the biggest winner of all time in Jeopardy! history . Rutter became a five-time champion in 2000 — but his streak didn’t end there.
At the time, his $18,000 win was the largest successful Daily Double wager in the show's history. [24] [25] Craig won the Tournament of Champions. In the finals, he defeated systems engineer Buddy Wright and writer Tom Nissley (the latter being the show's fourth highest all-time non-tournament money winner), to win the grand prize of $250,000. [26]
In more recent years, he won $200,000 for the IBM Tournament (but donated half to charity, as did Jennings), a third of the $1 million prize for the 2019 All-Star Games and $250,000 from a third ...
Who won the most money from 'Jeopardy!' all-time? Brad Rutter has won $4,938,436 — including tournaments — all-time on "Jeopardy!" According to the website , Ken Jennings is second on the list ...
(including his Tournament of Champions and The Greatest of All Time prizes), he is #3 on the list of all-time American game show winnings. The record-holder among women on Jeopardy! for regular series winnings is Amy Schneider, [227] with a total of $1,382,800 earned in 40 episodes between 2021 and 2022.