james holzhauer has won the most money overall on jeopardy.
james holzhauer has won the most money overall on jeopardy.
who has won the most money overall on jeopardy?
james holzhauer
the record holder for lifetime "jeopardy!"-related winnings is brad rutter, who has won a cumulative total of $4,355,102 across five episodes of the regular series (when the rules stipulated that a contestant who won five consecutive days retired undefeated) and six "jeopardy!" tournaments and events (winning four of those specials). he won $55,102 (excluding the value of two cars also won) over five regular episodes in 2000, the $100,000 first-place prize in the 2001 "jeopardy!" tournament of champions, the $1,000,000 first-place prize in the 2002 "jeopardy!" million dollar masters tournament, the $2,000,000 first-place prize (plus $115,000 in preliminary rounds) in the 2005 "jeopardy!" ultimate tournament of champions, the $200,000 third-place prize in the 2011 "jeopardy!" ibm challenge, the $1,000,000 first-place prize in the 2014 "jeopardy!" battle of the decades, and $333,333 – one-third of the $1,000,000 first-place prize – in the 2019 ""jeopardy!" all-star games", as captain of a three-person team of former champions. rutter passed jennings for all-time game show winnings in 2005 when he defeated jennings in the ultimate tournament of champions final, jennings regained the all-time game show record in 2008 after accumulating winnings in various non-"jeopardy!" shows, then rutter regained the all-time game show record in 2014 when he defeated jennings in the "jeopardy!" battle of the decades final, and extended his margin when he defeated captain-jennings' team in the "jeopardy!" all-star games. playing each other in four "jeopardy!" special events, rutter has three wins and a third-place finish, while jennings has four second-place finishes.
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james holzhauer (born july 1984), a professional sports gambler from las vegas, nevada and a native of naperville, illinois, set the single-game "jeopardy!" winnings record of $110,914 during his fourth appearance on the show in april 2019, beating the previous record of $77,000 previously held by roger craig. he eclipsed his own record on april 17, with a final single-game total of $131,127. he currently holds the top ten single-game winnings records. at $25,000, he also exceeded philip tiu's prior record of $19,000 for largest successful daily double wager. at $60,013, he exceeded his own prior record of $38,314 for largest successful final jeopardy wager of all time. before james, the record for largest successful final jeopardy wager was $34,000 held by austin rogers. his $298,687 total winnings across his first five days also surpassed the five-day record set by frank spangenberg. he is now the second-highest winning contestant in regular game (non-tournament) winnings, surpassed only by ken jennings. in addition to an aggressive wagering strategy, holzhauer also goes for the highest values on the board first to amass his totals quickly, make it more difficult for his opponents to catch up, and increase the money he has available to wager when he hits a daily double. he finally lost on june 3, 2019 to emma boettcher, making his 32 wins the second-longest day streak in show history, and his total winnings of $2,462,216 the second most money won in regular-season play. he also has won the third-most money overall in the show as of june 6th, 2019, and, counting winnings on all game shows, is fourth overall.
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