Final Jeopardy! Round statistics for Season 40
| DJ! Finisher | All games | Regular play games | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 116/233 | (49.79%) | 44/78 | (56.41%) |
| 2nd | 108/233 | (46.35%) | 37/78 | (47.44%) |
| 3rd | 92/218 | (42.20%) | 23/68 | (33.82%) |
| All | 316/684 | (46.20%) | 104/224 | (46.43%) |
Number of regular play games in which two challengers played Final: 69
Out of those 69 games, number of games in which the returning champion at the far left lectern finished Double Jeopardy! with a zero or negative score: 1 (1.45%)
Out of those 69 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right lectern gave the correct response: 32 (46.38%)
Out of those 32 games, number of games in which the challenger at the middle lectern also gave the correct response: 13 (40.63%)
Out of the 69 regular play games in which two challengers played Final, number of games in which the challenger at the middle lectern gave the correct response: 24 (34.78%)
Out of those 24 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right lectern also gave the correct response: 13 (54.17%)
Out of the 68 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: 8 (11.76%)
Out of the 68 regular play games in which all three players (two of them challengers) played Final, number of correct Final responses given by challengers: 55 (40.44%)
Out of the 68 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: 13 (19.12%)
316 correct Final responses have been supplied out of 684 possible responses in the 233 archived games analyzed. This represents a 46.20% chance of supplying the correct Final response.
Out of the 48 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 47 times (97.92%).
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 218 games in which all three players played Final:
WWW = 43
RWW = 31
RRR = 30
RRW = 27
WRW = 25
WRR = 22
RWR = 21
WWR = 19
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 15 games in which two players played Final:
WW = 7
RW = 4
RR = 3
WR = 1
Distribution of Final responses by lectern position out of the 218 games in which all three players played Final:
WWW = 43
RWR = 33
RRR = 30
WWR = 27
RWW = 27
RRW = 22
WRW = 21
WRR = 15
The average winner's score amongst 233 archived games was $22,038.
Highest Final Jeopardy! wagers of Season 40
| Wager | Player name | Game | Category | Score | Lead | Response | Win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | $24,801 | Kat Jepson | #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | SOUTHERN POLITICIANS | $28,000 | $1,600 | R | Y |
| 2. | $24,000 | Jilana Cotter | #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | EXPLORERS | $24,000 | $7,800 | W | |
| 3. | $21,999 | Luigi de Guzman | #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | WORLD TRAVEL | $22,000 | -$1,400 | R | Y |
| 4. | $21,000 | Juveria Zaheer | #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | WORLD TRAVEL | $23,400 | $1,400 | W | |
| 5. | $20,400 | Stuart Crane | #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | ICONIC BRANDS | $20,400 | -$2,600 | R | |
| $20,400 | Yogesh Raut | #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | BOOKS OF THE BIBLE | $20,400 | -$26,400 | R | ||
| 7. | $20,200 | Jen Jazwinski | #8979, aired 2023-11-23 | SCIENCE ETYMOLOGY | $20,200 | -$2,800 | R | Y |
| 8. | $19,800 | Jesse Matheny | #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | ON VACATION IN ITALY | $20,400 | $10,100 | W | Y |
| 9. | $18,999 | Allison Strekal | #9014, aired 2024-01-11 | BRAND NAMES | $19,000 | $800 | W | |
| 10. | $18,800 | Matt Harvey | #9011, aired 2024-01-08 | STATE CAPITALS | $18,800 | -$10,400 | R | Y |
| 11. | $18,600 | Yungsheng Wang | #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | BUSINESS | $18,600 | -$8,000 | R | Y |
| 12. | $18,599 | Luigi de Guzman | #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | WORD ORIGINS | $18,600 | -$9,800 | W | |
| 13. | $18,400 | Tyler Vandenberg | #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | MOVIE MUSICALS | $18,400 | $7,800 | R | Y |
| $18,400 | Long Nguyen | #9015, aired 2024-01-12 | RIVERS | $18,400 | $13,800 | R | Y | |
| 15. | $18,000 | Ed Hashima | #8979, aired 2023-11-23 | SCIENCE ETYMOLOGY | $23,000 | $2,800 | W | |
| $18,000 | Sam Claussen | #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | COUNTRIES | $18,000 | -$14,400 | R | ||
| 17. | $17,900 | Jake Garrett | #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | COUNTRIES | $17,900 | -$14,500 | R | |
| 18. | $17,801 | Fred Nelson | #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | ICONIC BRANDS | $23,000 | $2,600 | R | Y |
| 19. | $17,500 | Amy Schneider | #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | HISTORIC GROUPS | $17,600 | $200 | R | Y |
| 20. | $16,800 | Danielle Maurer | #8980, aired 2023-11-24 | BUSINESS | $16,800 | -$13,800 | R |