who has the longest winning streak on jeopardy
Kenneth Wayne Jennings III
title: Jeopardy! text: of the Decades. The highest-earning all-time "Jeopardy!" contestant is Brad Rutter, who has won a cumulative total of $4,355,102. He became an undefeated champion in 2000 and later won an unprecedented four "Jeopardy!" tournaments: the 2001 Tournament of Champions, the 2002 Million Dollar Masters Tournament, the 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions, and the 2014 Battle of the Decades. Rutter broke Jennings's record for all-time game show winnings when he defeated Jennings and Jerome Vered in the Ultimate Tournament of Champions finals. Jennings regained the record through appearances on various other game shows, culminating in an appearance on "Are You Smarter title: Jeopardy! text: games and total winnings—is Julia Collins, who amassed $429,100 over 21 games between April 21 and June 2, 2014. She won $428,100 in her 20 games as champion, plus $1,000 for finishing third in her twenty-first game. Collins also achieved the second-longest winning streak on the show, behind Jennings. The streak, which was interrupted in May by the Battle of the Decades, was broken by Brian Loughnane. The highest single-day winnings in a "Celebrity Jeopardy!" tournament was achieved by comedian Andy Richter during a first-round game of the 2009–2010 season's "Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational", in which he finished with $68,000 title: Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions text: Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions The "Jeopardy!" Tournament of Champions is an annual tournament featuring the longest-running champions and biggest money winners from the past season or seasons of "Jeopardy!" The tournament began in 1964 during Art Fleming's tenure as host, and has continued into the Alex Trebek era of the show. There have been seven years in which the Tournament was skipped altogether (1984, 1997, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2018), and eight seasons (1, 17, 20, 23, 27, 30, 33, and 35). The brief 1978–79 revival, which aired for five months, is known to have had a Tournament as title: Thom McKee text: days records were broken by "100%" contestant Ian Lygo in 1998, while the winnings record was broken by Michael Shutterly during the original 15-night run of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" in 1999, where he won $500,000. McKee still holds the American record for most consecutive games played (88 games, 43 wins), due to the nature of "Tic Tac Dough" making ties possible (and frequent). However, "Jeopardy!" contestant Ken Jennings (who himself set a new cash winnings record), beat the wins record with 74, and most consecutive days with 75 in 2004–05. McKee was a subject on the Robin title: Jeopardy! text: than a 5th Grader?" on October 10, 2008. In 2014, Rutter regained the title after winning $1,000,000 in the Battle of the Decades, defeating Jennings and Roger Craig in the finals. Craig is the holder of the all-time record for single-day winnings on "Jeopardy!". On the episode that aired September 14, 2010, he amassed a score of $47,000 after the game's first two rounds, then wagered and won an additional $30,000 in the Final Jeopardy! round, finishing with $77,000. The previous single-day record of $75,000 had been set by Jennings. The record-holder among female contestants on "Jeopardy!"—in both number of