Final Jeopardy! Round statistics for Season 38
| DJ! Finisher | All games | Regular play games | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 125/230 | (54.35%) | 123/220 | (55.91%) |
| 2nd | 103/229 | (44.98%) | 100/219 | (45.66%) |
| 3rd | 79/212 | (37.26%) | 78/203 | (38.42%) |
| All | 307/671 | (45.75%) | 301/642 | (46.88%) |
Number of regular play games in which two challengers played Final: 204
Out of those 204 games, number of games in which the returning champion at the far left lectern finished Double Jeopardy! with a zero or negative score: 1 (0.49%)
Out of those 204 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right lectern gave the correct response: 81 (39.71%)
Out of those 81 games, number of games in which the challenger at the middle lectern also gave the correct response: 43 (53.09%)
Out of the 204 regular play games in which two challengers played Final, number of games in which the challenger at the middle lectern gave the correct response: 88 (43.14%)
Out of those 88 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right lectern also gave the correct response: 43 (48.86%)
Out of the 203 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: 26 (12.81%)
Out of the 203 regular play games in which all three players (two of them challengers) played Final, number of correct Final responses given by challengers: 168 (41.38%)
Out of the 203 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: 39 (19.21%)
307 correct Final responses have been supplied out of 671 possible responses in the 230 archived games analyzed. This represents a 45.75% chance of supplying the correct Final response.
Out of the 111 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 94 times (84.68%).
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 212 games in which all three players played Final:
WWW = 43
RWW = 40
RRR = 26
RRW = 25
WRW = 25
RWR = 24
WWR = 15
WRR = 14
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 17 games in which two players played Final:
RR = 7
WR = 6
WW = 2
RW = 2
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 212 games in which all three players played Final:
WWW = 43
RWW = 42
RRR = 26
WRW = 25
RWR = 24
RRW = 22
WRR = 17
WWR = 13
The average winner's score amongst 230 archived games was $25,593.
Highest Final Jeopardy! wagers of Season 38
| Wager | Player name | Game | Category | Score | Lead | Response | Win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | $37,000 | Matt Amodio | #8481, aired 2021-10-04 | RENAISSANCE MEN | $46,000 | $41,800 | R | Y |
| 2. | $25,999 | Dane Reighard | #8508, aired 2021-11-10 | WORLD POPULATION | $26,000 | -$4,000 | R | |
| 3. | $25,000 | Matt Amodio | #8466, aired 2021-09-13 | THE 13 COLONIES | $42,800 | $35,600 | R | Y |
| $25,000 | Amy Schneider | #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | JOURNALISTS IN HISTORY | $36,800 | $32,000 | R | Y | |
| $25,000 | Amy Schneider | #8559, aired 2022-01-20 | WORDS IN AMERICAN HISTORY | $46,400 | $43,400 | R | Y | |
| $25,000 | Amy Schneider | #8561, aired 2022-01-24 | U.S. MUSEUMS | $37,600 | $33,400 | W | Y | |
| $25,000 | Amy Schneider | #8562, aired 2022-01-25 | SEA LIFE | $38,000 | $35,800 | R | Y | |
| 8. | $24,000 | Jackie Kelly | #8607, aired 2022-03-29 | SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN | $30,800 | $27,800 | R | Y |
| 9. | $22,001 | Andrew He | #8508, aired 2021-11-10 | WORLD POPULATION | $30,000 | $4,000 | R | Y |
| 10. | $22,000 | Matt Amodio | #8477, aired 2021-09-28 | THE CONTINENTS | $48,400 | $36,400 | R | Y |
| $22,000 | Matt Amodio | #8483, aired 2021-10-06 | HISTORIC CALENDARS | $38,600 | $31,400 | W | Y | |
| 12. | $20,000 | Matt Amodio | #8468, aired 2021-09-15 | AUTHORS | $41,200 | $33,200 | R | Y |
| $20,000 | Matt Amodio | #8480, aired 2021-10-01 | AMERICAN HISTORY | $35,400 | $30,200 | R | Y | |
| $20,000 | Amy Schneider | #8525, aired 2021-12-03 | ORGANIZATIONS | $33,400 | $28,600 | R | Y | |
| $20,000 | Amy Schneider | #8552, aired 2022-01-11 | BROADWAY MUSICALS | $42,400 | $32,900 | W | Y | |
| $20,000 | Amy Schneider | #8555, aired 2022-01-14 | CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS | $30,200 | $26,400 | W | Y | |
| $20,000 | Amy Schneider | #8557, aired 2022-01-18 | AWARDS AROUND THE WORLD | $35,400 | $30,400 | W | Y | |
| $20,000 | Amy Schneider | #8560, aired 2022-01-21 | MOUNTAINS | $34,000 | $28,600 | R | Y | |
| 19. | $19,799 | Renée Russell | #8629, aired 2022-04-28 | BOOKS OF THE 1970s | $21,000 | -$1,600 | W | |
| 20. | $19,401 | Mattea Roach | #8629, aired 2022-04-28 | BOOKS OF THE 1970s | $22,600 | $1,600 | R | Y |