Final Jeopardy! Round statistics for Season 21
| DJ! Finisher | All games | Regular play games | UToC games | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 127/230 | (55.22%) | 62/119 | (52.10%) | 44/76 | (57.89%) |
| 2nd | 103/229 | (44.98%) | 50/119 | (42.02%) | 35/75 | (46.67%) |
| 3rd | 96/214 | (44.86%) | 45/109 | (41.28%) | 38/73 | (52.05%) |
| All | 326/673 | (48.44%) | 157/347 | (45.24%) | 117/224 | (52.23%) |
Number of regular play games in which two challengers played Final: 109
Out of those 109 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 109 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right lectern gave the correct response: 40 (36.70%)
Out of those 40 games, number of games in which the challenger at the middle lectern also gave the correct response: 21 (52.50%)
Out of the 109 regular play games in which two challengers played Final, number of games in which the challenger at the middle lectern gave the correct response: 48 (44.04%)
Out of those 48 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right lectern also gave the correct response: 21 (43.75%)
Out of the 109 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: 15 (13.76%)
Out of the 109 regular play games in which all three players (two of them challengers) played Final, number of correct Final responses given by challengers: 88 (40.37%)
Out of the 109 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: 21 (19.27%)
326 correct Final responses have been supplied out of 673 possible responses in the 230 archived games analyzed. This represents a 48.44% chance of supplying the correct Final response.
Out of the 65 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 57 times (87.69%).
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 214 games in which all three players played Final:
WWW = 42
RRR = 40
RWW = 37
WRW = 22
RWR = 22
WRR = 20
RRW = 17
WWR = 14
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 15 games in which two players played Final:
RW = 7
WW = 4
RR = 3
WR = 1
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 1 game in which one player played Final:
R = 1
Distribution of Final responses by lectern position out of the 214 games in which all three players played Final:
WWW = 42
RRR = 40
RWW = 33
RRW = 26
WRW = 23
RWR = 21
WWR = 17
WRR = 12
The average winner's score amongst 230 archived games was $21,997 ($21,974 excluding the UToC).
Highest Final Jeopardy! wagers of Season 21
| Wager | Player name | Game | Category | Score | Lead | Response | Win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | $24,000 | Doug Lach | #4732, aired 2005-03-15 | ARTISTIC MASTERPIECES | $26,400 | $3,000 | W | |
| $24,000 | Brian Weikle | #4765, aired 2005-04-29 | 19th CENTURY AMERICAN ART | $24,400 | $400 | W | ||
| 3. | $23,400 | Leah Greenwald | #4732, aired 2005-03-15 | ARTISTIC MASTERPIECES | $23,400 | -$3,000 | R | Y |
| 4. | $21,599 | Ken Jennings | #4596, aired 2004-09-06 | COMIC BOOKS | $31,600 | $26,600 | W | Y |
| 5. | $19,600 | Megan Susman | #4664, aired 2004-12-09 | RARITIES | $19,600 | -$11,000 | W | |
| 6. | $19,300 | Steve Newman | #4730, aired 2005-03-11 | HISTORIC BRITS | $19,400 | $3,800 | R | Y |
| 7. | $17,400 | Joshua Allen | #4687, aired 2005-01-11 | ENGLISH ROYALTY | $17,400 | -$900 | W | |
| 8. | $17,200 | Ken Jennings | #4639, aired 2004-11-05 | LITERATURE | $42,800 | $38,000 | W | Y |
| 9. | $17,199 | Frank Spangenberg | #4773, aired 2005-05-11 | FAMOUS PAIRS | $17,200 | -$1,200 | R | Y |
| 10. | $16,501 | Jonathan Henke | #4687, aired 2005-01-11 | ENGLISH ROYALTY | $18,300 | $900 | W | |
| 11. | $16,001 | Hugh Price | #4674, aired 2004-12-23 | AUTHORS | $20,000 | $2,000 | W | |
| $16,001 | Shane Whitlock | #4773, aired 2005-05-11 | FAMOUS PAIRS | $18,400 | $1,200 | W | ||
| 13. | $16,000 | Teresa Grasso | #4812, aired 2005-07-05 | WARTIME | $17,000 | $600 | W | |
| 14. | $15,401 | Matt Zielenski | #4745, aired 2005-04-01 | AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY | $20,200 | $2,400 | R | Y |
| 15. | $15,200 | Tom Baker | #4613, aired 2004-09-29 | 19th CENTURY NAMES | $15,200 | -$1,200 | W | |
| 16. | $15,034 | Bernie Cullen | #4742, aired 2005-03-29 | HISTORICAL PLAYS | $19,000 | $2,000 | W | |
| 17. | $15,000 | Arthur Gandolfi | #4613, aired 2004-09-29 | 19th CENTURY NAMES | $16,400 | $1,200 | R | Y |
| $15,000 | Ken Jennings | #4620, aired 2004-10-08 | MEN OF SCIENCE | $45,000 | $39,600 | W | Y | |
| $15,000 | Erik Larsen | #4728, aired 2005-03-09 | 20th CENTURY NOVELS | $17,600 | -$6,400 | R | ||
| $15,000 | Bob Harris | #4756, aired 2005-04-18 | INVENTED WORDS | $17,200 | $1,200 | W |