Final Jeopardy! Round statistics for Season 24
| DJ! Finisher | All games | Regular play games | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 119/230 | (51.74%) | 101/195 | (51.79%) |
| 2nd | 115/230 | (50.00%) | 96/195 | (49.23%) |
| 3rd | 104/221 | (47.06%) | 84/187 | (44.92%) |
| All | 338/681 | (49.63%) | 281/577 | (48.70%) |
Number of regular play games in which two challengers played Final: 184
Out of those 184 games, number of games in which the returning champion at the far left lectern finished Double Jeopardy! with a zero or negative score: 2 (1.09%)
Out of those 184 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right lectern gave the correct response: 94 (51.09%)
Out of those 94 games, number of games in which the challenger at the middle lectern also gave the correct response: 52 (55.32%)
Out of the 184 regular play games in which two challengers played Final, number of games in which the challenger at the middle lectern gave the correct response: 81 (44.02%)
Out of those 81 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right lectern also gave the correct response: 52 (64.20%)
Out of the 182 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: 31 (17.03%)
Out of the 182 regular play games in which all three players (two of them challengers) played Final, number of correct Final responses given by challengers: 173 (47.53%)
Out of the 182 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: 34 (18.68%)
338 correct Final responses have been supplied out of 681 possible responses in the 230 archived games analyzed. This represents a 49.63% chance of supplying the correct Final response.
Out of the 158 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 136 times (86.08%).
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 221 games in which all three players played Final:
RRR = 41
WWW = 40
RRW = 26
RWW = 26
WRW = 25
WWR = 22
RWR = 22
WRR = 19
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 9 games in which two players played Final:
WR = 3
RW = 3
WW = 2
RR = 1
Distribution of Final responses by lectern position out of the 221 games in which all three players played Final:
RRR = 41
WWW = 40
RWW = 32
RWR = 28
WRR = 23
WWR = 21
WRW = 20
RRW = 16
The average winner's score amongst 230 archived games was $20,271.
Highest Final Jeopardy! wagers of Season 24
| Wager | Player name | Game | Category | Score | Lead | Response | Win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | $22,200 | Danielle Zsenak | #5457, aired 2008-05-06 | THE 7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD | $22,200 | $2,800 | R | Y |
| 2. | $21,000 | Larissa Kelly | #5472, aired 2008-05-27 | FILMS OF THE 1950s | $21,800 | $1,600 | R | Y |
| 3. | $20,199 | Jennifer Goldberg | #5472, aired 2008-05-27 | FILMS OF THE 1950s | $20,200 | -$1,600 | R | |
| 4. | $20,001 | Debbie Barnes | #5483, aired 2008-06-11 | MOVIE STARS | $21,200 | $600 | R | Y |
| 5. | $19,399 | Zia Choudhury | #5396, aired 2008-02-11 | THE 50 STATES | $50,000 | $34,200 | W | Y |
| 6. | $18,797 | Larissa Kelly | #5470, aired 2008-05-23 | RELIGION | $18,800 | -$1,800 | R | Y |
| 7. | $18,601 | Alonzo Alexander | #5477, aired 2008-06-03 | BUSINESS | $22,200 | $1,800 | W | |
| 8. | $18,000 | Paul Glaser | #5323, aired 2007-10-31 | ANIMALS | $18,800 | $18,700 | W | Y |
| $18,000 | Mary Kay Schmidt | #5467, aired 2008-05-20 | CHILDREN'S AUTHORS | $18,800 | -$23,400 | R | ||
| $18,000 | James Therry | #5514, aired 2008-07-24 | FAMOUS NAMES | $18,400 | -$2,600 | R | ||
| 11. | $17,798 | Wilson York | #5288, aired 2007-09-12 | MILITARY MEN | $17,800 | -$5,200 | R | |
| 12. | $17,400 | John Byrne | #5426, aired 2008-03-24 | THE SOCIAL SCIENCES | $17,400 | -$1,500 | W | |
| 13. | $17,001 | Sara Orel | #5470, aired 2008-05-23 | RELIGION | $20,600 | $1,800 | W | |
| 14. | $16,800 | Larissa Kelly | #5471, aired 2008-05-26 | DEMOGRAPHICS | $16,800 | -$200 | R | Y |
| 15. | $16,601 | Heather Vance | #5471, aired 2008-05-26 | DEMOGRAPHICS | $17,000 | $200 | W | |
| $16,601 | Daniel Weissman | #5511, aired 2008-07-21 | NONFICTION | $33,000 | $8,200 | W | ||
| 17. | $16,598 | Melissa Prusi | #5387, aired 2008-01-29 | PUBLISHING | $16,600 | -$1,400 | R | Y |
| 18. | $16,400 | Hunter Brown | #5402, aired 2008-02-19 | STATE CAPITALS | $16,400 | -$11,400 | W | |
| 19. | $16,300 | Donna Vogel | #5483, aired 2008-06-11 | MOVIE STARS | $20,600 | -$600 | W | |
| 20. | $16,000 | Lisa Schumaker | #5426, aired 2008-03-24 | THE SOCIAL SCIENCES | $18,900 | $1,500 | W |