ken jennings won the most money on jeopardy.
what was the most money won on jeopardy?
ken jennings
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.
jeopardy!
jeopardy (disambiguation)





























jeopardy usually refers to "jeopardy!", a television game show.





























jeopardy may also refer to:





























section::::film and television.





























bullet::::- "jeopardy!" (franchise), media franchise that began with a television quiz show





























bullet::::- "jeopardy!" (uk game show), a british adaptation of the american game show





























bullet::::- "jeopardy" (film), a 1953 film starring barbara stanwyck and ralph meeker





























bullet::::- "jeopardy" (tv series), a dramatic bbc tv series





























bullet::::- "jeopardy" ("ncis"), an episode of "ncis"





























section::::music.





























bullet::::- "jeopardy" (album), a 1980 album by the sound





























bullet::::- "jeopardy" (song), a 1983 song by the greg kihn band





























section::::other uses.
jeopardy (disambiguation)