Final Jeopardy! Round statistics for Season 5

DJ! FinisherAll gamesRegular play games
1st104/215(48.37%)83/177(46.89%)
2nd113/215(52.56%)89/177(50.28%)
3rd98/199(49.25%)75/162(46.30%)
All315/629(50.08%)247/516(47.87%)

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: 2 (1.30%)

Out of those 154 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right lectern gave the correct response: 72 (46.75%)

Out of those 72 games, number of games in which the challenger at the middle lectern also gave the correct response: 38 (52.78%)

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: 68 (44.16%)

Out of those 68 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right lectern also gave the correct response: 38 (55.88%)

Out of the 152 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: 22 (14.47%)

Out of the 152 regular play games in which all three players (two of them challengers) played Final, number of correct Final responses given by challengers: 137 (45.07%)

Out of the 152 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 (19.08%)

315 correct Final responses have been supplied out of 629 possible responses in the 215 archived games analyzed. This represents a 50.08% chance of supplying the correct Final response.

Out of the 140 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 124 times (88.57%).

Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 199 games in which all three players played Final:

RRR = 32
WWW = 32
WWR = 27
RRW = 25
WRW = 23
WRR = 21
RWW = 21
RWR = 18

Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 16 games in which two players played Final:

RR = 6
WR = 6
WW = 2
RW = 2

Distribution of Final responses by lectern position out of the 199 games in which all three players played Final:

RRR = 32
WWW = 32
RWW = 31
RWR = 25
RRW = 22
WWR = 20
WRW = 20
WRR = 17

The average winner's score amongst 215 archived games was $10,274.

Highest Final Jeopardy! wagers of Season 5

WagerPlayer nameGameCategoryScoreLeadResponseWin
1.$15,000Jack Lechner#980, aired 1988-12-02MONARCHS$27,500$24,400WY
2.$11,100Matt Lindley#1031, aired 1989-02-13FILMS OF THE '80s$11,100-$1,300W
3.$10,200Saranda Schlotter#1078, aired 1989-04-19THE PULITZER PRIZE$10,300$200W
4.$10,000Steve Brown#959, aired 1988-11-03THE BIBLE$10,000-$2,700RY
$10,000Cathy Boggs#1121, aired 1989-06-19CHILDREN'S LITERATURE$10,600$1,400RY
6.$9,900Doak Fairey#932, aired 1988-09-27THE BIBLE$11,000$1,200RY
7.$9,499Jim Breed#1072, aired 1989-04-11THE CALENDAR$9,500$200RY
8.$9,300Chris Shea#932, aired 1988-09-27THE BIBLE$9,800-$1,200R
$9,300Michael Herman#1015, aired 1989-01-20U.S. STATES$9,300-$2,100R
10.$9,100Garrett Simpson#1021, aired 1989-01-30ISLANDS$9,200$1,900RY
11.$8,900Alex Szabo#956, aired 1988-10-31AUTHORS$8,900-$4,700W
12.$8,899Harvey Barron#972, aired 1988-11-22NATIONAL PARKS$8,900-$2,400W
13.$8,600Len Iwanski#933, aired 1988-09-28MONARCHS$8,700$200W
$8,600Gary Shorr#976, aired 1988-11-28HISTORIC DATES$8,600-$1,400W
15.$8,500Garrett Simpson#1022, aired 1989-01-31POLITICAL QUOTES$17,000$12,800RY
16.$8,401Jeff Richmond#998, aired 1988-12-28PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS$11,000$1,300RY
17.$8,300Bruce Naegeli#967, aired 1988-11-15THE NOBEL PRIZE$8,400-$2,400RY
18.$8,200Alex Yang#1096, aired 1989-05-15WORLD POPULATIONS$8,200-$1,600RY
$8,200Catherine Laatz#1133, aired 1989-07-05MONARCHS$8,300$100W
$8,200Delene Moyle#1133, aired 1989-07-05MONARCHS$8,200-$100W
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