Final Jeopardy! Round statistics for Season 2
| DJ! Finisher | All games | Regular play games | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 98/177 | (55.37%) | 91/167 | (54.49%) |
| 2nd | 94/175 | (53.71%) | 90/165 | (54.55%) |
| 3rd | 57/153 | (37.25%) | 54/144 | (37.50%) |
| All | 249/505 | (49.31%) | 235/476 | (49.37%) |
Number of regular play games in which two challengers played Final: 136
Out of those 136 games, number of games in which the returning champion at the far left lectern finished Double Jeopardy! with a zero or negative score: 1 (0.74%)
Out of those 136 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right lectern gave the correct response: 54 (39.71%)
Out of those 54 games, number of games in which the challenger at the middle lectern also gave the correct response: 37 (68.52%)
Out of the 136 regular play games in which two challengers played Final, number of games in which the challenger at the middle lectern gave the correct response: 72 (52.94%)
Out of those 72 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right lectern also gave the correct response: 37 (51.39%)
Out of the 135 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: 20 (14.81%)
Out of the 135 regular play games in which all three players (two of them challengers) played Final, number of correct Final responses given by challengers: 125 (46.30%)
Out of the 135 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: 27 (20.00%)
249 correct Final responses have been supplied out of 505 possible responses in the 177 archived games analyzed. This represents a 49.31% 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 74 times (67.89%).
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 153 games in which all three players played Final:
WWW = 30
RRW = 23
WRW = 23
RRR = 22
RWW = 20
RWR = 17
WRR = 11
WWR = 7
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 22 games in which two players played Final:
RR = 11
RW = 4
WR = 4
WW = 3
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 2 games in which one player played Final:
W = 1
R = 1
Distribution of Final responses by lectern position out of the 153 games in which all three players played Final:
WWW = 30
RRW = 23
RRR = 22
RWW = 21
WRR = 17
WRW = 15
WWR = 14
RWR = 11
The average winner's score amongst 177 archived games was $8,007.