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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).
Currently in its 41st season, Jeopardy! is one of the longest-running game shows of all time. The show has consistently enjoyed a wide viewership and received many accolades from professional television critics. With over 9,000 episodes aired, [5] the daily syndicated version of Jeopardy! has won a record 45 Emmy Awards as well as a Peabody Award.
Ken Jennings currently holds the all-time game show winnings record. A rule change imposed by Jeopardy! for the 2003–04 season set the stage for a new generation of game show winnings records. For Season 20, the show eliminated its long-standing rule limiting a champion's consecutive wins to five.
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.
After four nights of competition, we finally know who the greatest player in "Jeopardy!" history is.
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On November 18, 2019, ABC announced that the three highest-earning Jeopardy! contestants of all time—Jennings, Rutter, and Holzhauer—would compete in a best-of-seven prime-time tournament, Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time. The first contestant to win three matches receives the title and a grand prize of $1 million.
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. Additionally, Jennings was awarded the first-place prize in Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time (2020).