Final Jeopardy! Round statistics for Season 2
| DJ! Finisher | All games | Regular play games | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 38/64 | (59.38%) | 31/54 | (57.41%) |
| 2nd | 33/63 | (52.38%) | 29/53 | (54.72%) |
| 3rd | 23/56 | (41.07%) | 20/47 | (42.55%) |
| All | 94/183 | (51.37%) | 80/154 | (51.95%) |
Number of regular play games in which two challengers played Final: 26
Out of those 26 games, number of games in which the returning champion at the far left podium finished Double Jeopardy! with a zero or negative score: 0 (0.00%)
Out of those 26 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right podium gave the correct response: 9 (34.62%)
Out of those 9 games, number of games in which the challenger at the middle podium also gave the correct response: 9 (100.00%)
Out of the 26 regular play games in which two challengers played Final, number of games in which the challenger at the middle podium gave the correct response: 19 (73.08%)
Out of those 19 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right podium also gave the correct response: 9 (47.37%)
Out of the 26 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: 5 (19.23%)
Out of the 26 regular play games in which all three players (two of them challengers) played Final, number of correct Final responses given by challengers: 28 (53.85%)
Out of the 26 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: 4 (15.38%)
94 correct Final responses have been supplied out of 183 possible responses in the 64 archived games analyzed. This represents a 51.37% chance of supplying the correct Final response.
Out of the 26 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 21 times (80.77%).
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 56 games in which all three players played Final:
RRW = 10
WWW = 10
RWR = 9
RWW = 7
RRR = 7
WRW = 6
WRR = 4
WWR = 3
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 7 games in which two players played Final:
RR = 4
WR = 2
RW = 1
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 1 game in which one player played Final:
W = 1
Distribution of Final responses by podium position out of the 56 games in which all three players played Final:
RRW = 11
WWW = 10
RRR = 7
WRW = 7
WRR = 7
RWW = 5
RWR = 5
WWR = 4
The average winner's score amongst 64 archived games was $8,869.
Highest Final Jeopardy! wagers of Season 2
| Wager | Player name | Game | Category | Score | Lead | Response | Win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | $7,500 | Mark Leinwand | #295, aired 1985-10-25 | SCIENCE | $8,000 | $500 | R | Y |
| 2. | $7,499 | Faye Ringel | #295, aired 1985-10-25 | SCIENCE | $7,500 | -$500 | R | |
| $7,499 | Pamela Norris | #340, aired 1985-12-27 | LANDMARKS | $7,600 | -$5,100 | R | ||
| 4. | $6,500 | Melody Keller | #370, aired 1986-02-07 | ROYALTY | $6,600 | -$4,800 | W | |
| 5. | $6,400 | Al Lusher | #295, aired 1985-10-25 | SCIENCE | $6,400 | -$1,600 | W | |
| $6,400 | Elise Beraru | #306, aired 1985-11-11 | THE NOBEL PRIZE | $6,400 | -$1,800 | W | ||
| 7. | $6,399 | Susan McGowan | #280, aired 1985-10-04 | BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY | $6,400 | -$6,400 | W | |
| 8. | $6,300 | Gardner Stern | #351, aired 1986-01-13 | THE MILITARY | $6,300 | -$300 | R | Y |
| 9. | $6,000 | Steve Willis | #350, aired 1986-01-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY | $7,200 | $800 | R | Y |
| $6,000 | Nancy Smith | #351, aired 1986-01-13 | THE MILITARY | $6,600 | $300 | R | Y | |
| $6,000 | Paul Rouffa | #371, aired 1986-02-10 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS | $6,900 | $2,800 | R | Y | |
| 12. | $5,900 | David Green | #350, aired 1986-01-10 | AMERICAN HISTORY | $6,400 | -$800 | W | |
| 13. | $5,700 | Steve Willis | #351, aired 1986-01-13 | THE MILITARY | $5,800 | -$800 | R | |
| 14. | $5,401 | Jerry Frankel | #315, aired 1985-11-22 | THE AMERICAS | $7,000 | -$100 | R | Y |
| 15. | $5,200 | Susan Blum | #261, aired 1985-09-09 | WOMEN IN SPORTS | $12,800 | $9,700 | R | Y |
| $5,200 | Kathleen Guzzi | #450, aired 1986-05-30 | GENERALS | $5,300 | $100 | W | ||
| $5,200 | Marvin Shinkman | #450, aired 1986-05-30 | GENERALS | $5,200 | -$100 | W | ||
| 18. | $5,000 | Robert Wargo | #449, aired 1986-05-29 | THE NOBEL PRIZE | $6,000 | -$1,200 | R | |
| $5,000 | Marvin Shinkman | #449, aired 1986-05-29 | THE NOBEL PRIZE | $7,200 | $1,200 | R | Y | |
| 20. | $4,999 | Leslie Johnson Kelsey | #382, aired 1986-02-25 | LIFESTYLE, U.S.A. | $5,000 | -$400 | R | Y |