Final Jeopardy! Round statistics for Season 36
| DJ! Finisher | All games | Regular play games | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 107/190 | (56.32%) | 89/160 | (55.63%) |
| 2nd | 81/190 | (42.63%) | 64/160 | (40.00%) |
| 3rd | 79/182 | (43.41%) | 63/153 | (41.18%) |
| All | 267/562 | (47.51%) | 216/473 | (45.67%) |
Number of regular play games in which two challengers played Final: 154
Out of those 154 games, number of games in which the returning champion at the far left lectern finished Double Jeopardy! with a zero or negative score: 1 (0.65%)
Out of those 154 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right lectern gave the correct response: 75 (48.70%)
Out of those 75 games, number of games in which the challenger at the middle lectern also gave the correct response: 22 (29.33%)
Out of the 154 regular play games in which two challengers played Final, number of games in which the challenger at the middle lectern gave the correct response: 52 (33.77%)
Out of those 52 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right lectern also gave the correct response: 22 (42.31%)
Out of the 153 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: 9 (5.88%)
Out of the 153 regular play games in which all three players (two of them challengers) played Final, number of correct Final responses given by challengers: 125 (40.85%)
Out of the 153 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: 29 (18.95%)
267 correct Final responses have been supplied out of 562 possible responses in the 190 archived games analyzed. This represents a 47.51% chance of supplying the correct Final response.
Out of the 109 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 102 times (93.58%).
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 182 games in which all three players played Final:
WWW = 34
RRW = 30
RWR = 28
RWW = 26
WRR = 18
RRR = 17
WWR = 16
WRW = 13
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 8 games in which two players played Final:
RW = 5
WR = 2
RR = 1
Distribution of Final responses by lectern position out of the 182 games in which all three players played Final:
RWR = 40
WWW = 34
RWW = 22
RRW = 21
WWR = 20
RRR = 17
WRR = 15
WRW = 13
The average winner's score amongst 190 archived games was $21,990.
Highest Final Jeopardy! wagers of Season 36
| Wager | Player name | Game | Category | Score | Lead | Response | Win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | $23,400 | Sam Leon | #8163, aired 2020-02-19 | INTERNATIONAL SPORTS | $23,400 | -$6,800 | R | |
| 2. | $20,199 | Colin Kennedy | #8052, aired 2019-09-17 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS | $20,300 | -$2,700 | W | |
| 3. | $20,000 | Ed Condon | #8073, aired 2019-10-16 | WORLD LEADERS | $22,600 | $4,000 | R | Y |
| 4. | $19,000 | Elise Nussbaum | #8101, aired 2019-11-25 | BUSINESS 2019 | $19,800 | -$1,600 | W | |
| 5. | $18,600 | John Hancock | #8073, aired 2019-10-16 | WORLD LEADERS | $18,600 | -$4,000 | W | |
| 6. | $18,201 | Beth Stewart | #8101, aired 2019-11-25 | BUSINESS 2019 | $21,400 | $1,600 | R | Y |
| 7. | $17,700 | Jason Zuffranieri | #8052, aired 2019-09-17 | NATIONAL ANTHEMS | $23,000 | $2,700 | W | Y |
| 8. | $17,000 | Emma Boettcher | #8095, aired 2019-11-15 | INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES | $21,600 | $3,815 | R | Y |
| $17,000 | Jennifer Quail | #8116, aired 2019-12-16 | TV THEME MUSIC | $17,200 | -$1,800 | R | ||
| $17,000 | Sarah Jett Rayburn | #8213, aired 2020-04-29 | 19th CENTURY NOVELS | $17,400 | $1,000 | R | Y | |
| 11. | $16,601 | MacKenzie Jones | #8163, aired 2020-02-19 | INTERNATIONAL SPORTS | $30,200 | $6,800 | R | Y |
| 12. | $16,400 | Kimberly Flynn | #8186, aired 2020-03-23 | 1970s SITCOMS | $16,400 | -$1,400 | R | Y |
| $16,400 | Tyler Combs | #8201, aired 2020-04-13 | RELIGIOUS WORDS | $16,400 | -$4,200 | R | Y | |
| 14. | $16,399 | Anthony Giordano | #8082, aired 2019-10-29 | 1950s CINEMA | $16,400 | -$5,600 | R | |
| 15. | $16,001 | Katie Needle | #8134, aired 2020-01-09 | LAW ENFORCEMENT | $20,000 | $2,000 | R | Y |
| 16. | $15,800 | MacKenzie Jones | #8166, aired 2020-02-24 | MUSIC STARS | $15,800 | -$600 | R | Y |
| 17. | $15,797 | Dave Bein | #8083, aired 2019-10-30 | WORLD CAPITALS | $15,800 | -$1,000 | W | |
| 18. | $15,401 | Kirby Copelin | #8116, aired 2019-12-16 | TV THEME MUSIC | $19,000 | $1,800 | R | Y |
| $15,401 | Josh Gruenberg | #8159, aired 2020-02-13 | INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE | $17,200 | $900 | W | ||
| 20. | $15,399 | Erin Barry | #8072, aired 2019-10-15 | 20th CENTURY AMERICAN WOMEN | $15,400 | -$15,200 | W |