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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 ).
Jeopardy! has conducted a regular tournament called the "Tournament of Champions", featuring the most successful champions and other big winners who have appeared on the show since the last tournament. It was held every year during Art Fleming's hosting run and has been held roughly once a year, with some exceptions, since 1984.
Following this win, Olmstead held the record as the biggest winner in American television for over three years until it was broken by Jennings. He also held the record as the biggest winner on a primetime game show in U.S. television history for over twelve years before Kravis broke it on September 19, 2013. Jeopardy!, $25,901 [58] 6 Ed Toutant
Since its debut in 1984, "Jeopardy!" has become one of the nation's most popular and beloved trivia game shows. More than 8,000 episodes have aired and millions of Americans have watched with bated...
Here are the top 10 winners of Jeopardy! based on earnings. Who are the top 10 Jeopardy! winners? 10. Mattea Roach ($570,983) Mattea Roach during her Jeopardy! run. ABC.
A “Jeopardy!” legend, Holzhauer won 32 consecutive games and occupies all 10 spots on the list of highest single-game winnings, including the all-time record of $131,127 in 2019.
Her third place consolation prize of $1,000 was added to her winnings to give her a total of $429,100 – at the time, this was the third highest total earnings in Jeopardy! regular play history, only trailing Ken Jennings and David Madden. She trailed only Jennings (74) in number of games won and finished just ahead of Madden (19).
Amy Schneider (born May 29, 1979) is an American writer and game show contestant. [4] Winning 40 consecutive games on the quiz show Jeopardy! from November 2021 to January 2022 and the November 2022 Tournament of Champions, she holds the second-longest win streak in the program's history, behind only Ken Jennings (74 games), who hosted the show as she competed.