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He also received $250,000 for participating in the 2020 Jeopardy! "Greatest of All Time" tournament. The $100,000 that he won on Million Dollar Mind Game in 2011 was a portion of a $600,000 prize that was split between six contestants. Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time, $250,000 Million Dollar Mind Game, $100,000 [60] 3 James Holzhauer: $3,772,549
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 of her run on the program, Kelly was the highest-winning female contestant and ranked fifth in all-time in Jeopardy! earnings (excluding tournament winnings). [ 97 ] [ 98 ] [ 99 ] In addition to previously being the highest-winning female contestant in regular play, Kelly broke Ken Jennings 's record for most money won in five days ...
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.
Who won the most money from 'Jeopardy!' all-time? ... Holzhauer holds each of the top 10 single-game winning totals with No. 10 checking in at $89,229. His total earnings rank third all-time at ...
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 ...
At the time, he held the record as the highest money-winner ever on American game shows. His winning streak increased the show's ratings and popularity to the point where it became TV's highest-rated syndicated program [ 211 ] and second highest-rated overall program, behind only CSI . [ 210 ]
Jennings won the $500,000 prize for second place, but as a result of the Ultimate Tournament, Rutter temporarily displaced him as the highest overall winner of money on game shows. He returned for the 2011 Jeopardy ' s " IBM Challenge", which featured the company's Watson against Jennings and Rutter in two matches played over three days, the ...