74 is the record for most wins in jeopardy.
74 is the record for most wins in jeopardy.
what is the record for most wins in jeopardy?
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"jeopardy!"s record for the longest winning streak is held by ken jennings, who competed on the show from june 2 through november 30, 2004, winning 74 matches before being defeated by nancy zerg in his 75th appearance. he amassed $2,522,700 over his 75 episodes, for an average of $33,636 per episode. at the time, he held the record as the highest money-winner ever on american game shows, and his winning streak increased the show's ratings and popularity to the point where it became tv's highest-rated syndicated program. in addition to these winnings on the daily "jeopardy!" series, jennings returned for a number of "jeopardy!" special tournaments, taking the second-place prize of $500,000 in the 2005 "jeopardy!" ultimate tournament of champions, the $300,000-second-place prize in the 2011 "jeopardy!" ibm challenge, the $100,000-second-place prize in the 2014 "jeopardy!" battle of the decades, and $100,000 – one-third of the $300,000 second-place prize – in the 2019 "jeopardy!" all-star games, as captain of a three-person team of former champions. this brings his lifetime "jeopardy!"-related winnings to $3,522,700.
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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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