Top 5 ‘Jeopardy!’ champs with most consecutive victories
Jamie Ding of New Jersey is among the Top 5 ‘Jeopardy!’ champs based on most consecutive victories on the show.
New Jersey’s Jamie Ding continued his impressive “Jeopardy!” run, winning his 25th straight game on the game show.
On the Thursday, April 16 episode, the Lawrenceville resident easily bested his opponents: Andrew Younger, a non-profit director from San Diego, and Erin Adams, a community college professor from Orlando.
As has been Ding’s trademark through most of this run, the game was over heading into Final Jeopardy. Ding had $27,600 to Younger’s $6,200 and Adams’ $3,800, TheJeopardyFan.com reported.
Thursday’s Final Jeopardy was: “In 2005 a church begun in 1882 became the tallest building in this city.”
All three contestants knew the correct reponse: “What is Barcelona?”
Ding risked $7,400 to finish with $35,000 and bring his 25-day total to $702,000.
He is closing in on sixth place on the regular-season money list and fellow New Jerseyan Cris Pannullo, an Ocean City native who won $748,286 while winning 21 games in 2022, according to Jeopardy.com.
Ding remains in fifth place on the all-time consecutive victory list, trailing James Holzhauer, who won 32 games 2019. (See lists below)
He did move up to 12th on the all-time money list (including tournaments), according to TheJeopardyFan.com.
“Jeopardy!” first aired in 1964 and ran until 1975, before coming back in 1978-1979 and then again for good in 1984. It was not until September of 2003 that the show lifted the five-game win limit.
Who is Jamie Ding?
Ding, who works for the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, has secured a spot in the season-ending Tournament of Champions.
He has a supporter in New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill, who applauded Ding after he set an impressive record on the show that began 62 years ago.
On the March 17 show, Ding set the mark for highest Coryat score with with $42,400, topping the record of $39,200 achieved by now “Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings on June 10, 2004, according to TheJeopardyFan.com. On the April 1 show, Ding tied Jennings with at $39,200 Coryat. A Coryat score, named after a former contestant, is the sum of the natural value of any clues without Daily Doubles or Final Jeopardy.
“Let’s hear it for @njhousing’s very own Jamie Ding!” Sherrill tweeted on Tuesday. “Last night, he secured the title of the New Jersey player with the most wins in Jeopardy history. Keep on making New Jersey proud!”
Sen. Andy Kim has also tweeted out congratulations to Ding during his run.
While Sen. Cory Booker tweeted on April 1: “Jamie Ding! Making New Jersey proud! This Lawrenceville resident spends his days helping fund affordable housing across the Garden State, then goes on national TV and dominates. The man answers trivia on @Jeopardy and houses people for a living. New Jersey does not miss. Keep buzzing, Jamie.”
Originally, Ding is from the Detroit area, having graduated from Grosse Pointe North High School in 2009. He graduated from Princeton University in 2013.
Ding told his alma mater that being on the show is “phenomenal.”
His father is Dr. Yuchuan Ding, a professor of neurosurgery at Wayne State University in Detroit.
“I didn’t realize he could go this far, but I think he deserves that because he’s been interested in this kind of knowledge for a long time,” Dr. Ding told the university.
The Ding family even got to attend a celebration at the governor’s mansion in New Jersey to recognize his “Jeopardy!” achievements.
He and his sister have a Instagram account where they review General Tsos chicken at restaurants called: @attorneygeneraltsos. Ding talked about it on the show.
Top 10 ‘Jeopardy!’ consecutive wins
Here are the Top “Jeopardy!” contestants in terms of consecutive wins, according to Jeopardy.com:
- Ken Jennings, 74 games, 2004
- Amy Schneider, 40 games, 2022
- Matt Amodio, 38 games, 2021
- James Holzhauer, 32 games, 2019
- Jamie Ding, 25 games, current
- Mattea Roach, 23 games, 2022
- Cris Pannullo, 21 games, 2022
- Julia Collins, 20 games, 2014
- Jason Zuffranieri, 19 games, 2019
- David Madden, 19 games, 2005
Top 10 ‘Jeopardy!’ regular-season money
Here are the Top “Jeopardy!” contestants in terms of money won during regular-season play, according to Jeopardy.com:
- Ken Jennings, $2,520,700
- James Holzhauer, $2,462,216
- Matt Amodio, $1,518,601
- Amy Schneider, $1,382,800
- Cris Pannullo, $748,286
- Jamie Ding, $702,000
- Mattea Roach, $560,983
- Jason Zuffranieri, $532,496
- Scott Riccardi, $455,000
- David Madden, $430,400
