Final Jeopardy! Round statistics for Season 12

DJ! FinisherAll gamesRegular play games
1st139/229(60.70%)102/180(56.67%)
2nd130/229(56.77%)98/180(54.44%)
3rd118/223(52.91%)88/176(50.00%)
All387/681(56.83%)288/536(53.73%)

Number of regular play games in which two challengers played Final: 173

Out of those 173 games, number of games in which the returning champion at the far left lectern finished Double Jeopardy! with a zero or negative score: 0 (0.00%)

Out of those 173 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right lectern gave the correct response: 83 (47.98%)

Out of those 83 games, number of games in which the challenger at the middle lectern also gave the correct response: 53 (63.86%)

Out of the 173 regular play games in which two challengers played Final, number of games in which the challenger at the middle lectern gave the correct response: 97 (56.07%)

Out of those 97 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right lectern also gave the correct response: 53 (54.64%)

Out of the 173 regular play games in which all three players (two of them challengers) played Final, number of games in which all three players gave the correct response: 36 (20.81%)

Out of the 173 regular play games in which all three players (two of them challengers) played Final, number of correct Final responses given by challengers: 180 (52.02%)

Out of the 173 regular play games in which all three players (two of them challengers) played Final, number of games in which none of the three players gave the correct response: 23 (13.29%)

387 correct Final responses have been supplied out of 681 possible responses in the 229 archived games analyzed. This represents a 56.83% chance of supplying the correct Final response.

Out of the 136 regular play games in which the leader going into Final Jeopardy! did not have a lock and was not tied with another player, he or she wagered to cover the second-place player 131 times (96.32%).

Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 223 games in which all three players played Final:

RRR = 55
RRW = 32
WWW = 29
RWW = 25
RWR = 24
WRR = 20
WRW = 19
WWR = 19

Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 6 games in which two players played Final:

RR = 3
WW = 2
WR = 1

Distribution of Final responses by lectern position out of the 223 games in which all three players played Final:

RRR = 55
RRW = 38
RWW = 30
WWW = 29
WRR = 21
WWR = 19
RWR = 17
WRW = 14

The average winner's score amongst 229 archived games was $12,316.

Highest Final Jeopardy! wagers of Season 12

WagerPlayer nameGameCategoryScoreLeadResponseWin
1.$12,400Joe Gurski#2710, aired 1996-05-17FAMOUS NOVELS$12,400$2,200RY
2.$12,000Joe Carroll#2590, aired 1995-12-01U.S. AIRPORTS$12,400-$3,900W
3.$11,200Linda Roberts#2545, aired 1995-09-2919th CENTURY ARTISTS$12,000$400W
4.$10,500Brad Plovan#2599, aired 1995-12-14FAMOUS NAMES$10,500-$100RY
5.$10,401Burt Sueskind#2599, aired 1995-12-14FAMOUS NAMES$10,600$100W
6.$10,000Amanda Goad#2710, aired 1996-05-17FAMOUS NOVELS$10,200-$2,200R
7.$9,500Derek Bridges#2708, aired 1996-05-15PATRIOTIC PLACES$9,500-$700RY
8.$9,301Peter Hartikka#2715, aired 1996-05-24THE ACADEMY AWARDS$9,700$200W
9.$9,300Reita Louis#2560, aired 1995-10-20STATE CAPITALS$9,400$1,000RY
10.$9,290Bill Cash#2728, aired 1996-06-12THE WINTER OLYMPICS$9,400-$200RY
11.$9,201Lee Karjala#2728, aired 1996-06-12THE WINTER OLYMPICS$9,600$200W
12.$9,198Tim Toburen#2688, aired 1996-04-17OPERA COMPOSERS$9,200-$1,300RY
13.$9,100Mary Ann McIntyre#2729, aired 1996-06-13U.S. STATE NAMES$9,100-$200W
14.$9,000David Duchovny#2571, aired 1995-11-06BUSINESS & LITERATURE$9,900$4,200W
$9,000David Siegel#2585, aired 1995-11-24U.S. PRESIDENTS$10,100$2,189RY
16.$8,999Carl Schulze#2659, aired 1996-03-07FAMOUS WOMEN$9,100-$7,400R
17.$8,901Bill Cash#2729, aired 1996-06-13U.S. STATE NAMES$9,300$200W
18.$8,900Joe Lancaster#2722, aired 1996-06-04SPELLING$8,900$0W
19.$8,801Ben Healy#2708, aired 1996-05-15PATRIOTIC PLACES$10,200$700W
20.$8,799Don Lemmer#2715, aired 1996-05-24THE ACADEMY AWARDS$8,800-$900RY
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