Final Jeopardy! Round statistics for Season 5
| DJ! Finisher | All games | Regular play games | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 105/216 | (48.61%) | 84/178 | (47.19%) |
| 2nd | 113/216 | (52.31%) | 89/178 | (50.00%) |
| 3rd | 99/200 | (49.50%) | 76/163 | (46.63%) |
| All | 317/632 | (50.16%) | 249/519 | (47.98%) |
Number of regular play games in which two challengers played Final: 155
Out of those 155 games, number of games in which the returning champion at the far left lectern finished Double Jeopardy! with a zero or negative score: 2 (1.29%)
Out of those 155 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right lectern gave the correct response: 73 (47.10%)
Out of those 73 games, number of games in which the challenger at the middle lectern also gave the correct response: 39 (53.42%)
Out of the 155 regular play games in which two challengers played Final, number of games in which the challenger at the middle lectern gave the correct response: 69 (44.52%)
Out of those 69 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right lectern also gave the correct response: 39 (56.52%)
Out of the 153 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 (14.38%)
Out of the 153 regular play games in which all three players (two of them challengers) played Final, number of correct Final responses given by challengers: 139 (45.42%)
Out of the 153 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 (18.95%)
317 correct Final responses have been supplied out of 632 possible responses in the 216 archived games analyzed. This represents a 50.16% chance of supplying the correct Final response.
Out of the 141 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 125 times (88.65%).
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 200 games in which all three players played Final:
RRR = 32
WWW = 32
WWR = 27
RRW = 25
WRW = 23
WRR = 21
RWW = 21
RWR = 19
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 200 games in which all three players played Final:
RRR = 32
WWW = 32
RWW = 31
RWR = 25
RRW = 22
WWR = 20
WRW = 20
WRR = 18
The average winner's score amongst 216 archived games was $10,321.
Highest Final Jeopardy! wagers of Season 5
| Wager | Player name | Game | Category | Score | Lead | Response | Win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | $15,000 | Jack Lechner | #980, aired 1988-12-02 | MONARCHS | $27,500 | $24,400 | W | Y |
| 2. | $11,100 | Matt Lindley | #1031, aired 1989-02-13 | FILMS OF THE '80s | $11,100 | -$1,300 | W | |
| 3. | $10,200 | Saranda Schlotter | #1078, aired 1989-04-19 | THE PULITZER PRIZE | $10,300 | $200 | W | |
| 4. | $10,000 | Steve Brown | #959, aired 1988-11-03 | THE BIBLE | $10,000 | -$2,700 | R | Y |
| $10,000 | David Gordy | #1047, aired 1989-03-07 | WORLD WAR II | $10,200 | -$1,100 | W | ||
| $10,000 | Cathy Boggs | #1121, aired 1989-06-19 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE | $10,600 | $1,400 | R | Y | |
| 7. | $9,900 | Doak Fairey | #932, aired 1988-09-27 | THE BIBLE | $11,000 | $1,200 | R | Y |
| 8. | $9,499 | Jim Breed | #1072, aired 1989-04-11 | THE CALENDAR | $9,500 | $200 | R | Y |
| 9. | $9,300 | Chris Shea | #932, aired 1988-09-27 | THE BIBLE | $9,800 | -$1,200 | R | |
| $9,300 | Michael Herman | #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | U.S. STATES | $9,300 | -$2,100 | R | ||
| 11. | $9,101 | Susan Hollis | #1047, aired 1989-03-07 | WORLD WAR II | $11,300 | $1,100 | R | Y |
| 12. | $9,100 | Garrett Simpson | #1021, aired 1989-01-30 | ISLANDS | $9,200 | $1,900 | R | Y |
| 13. | $8,900 | Alex Szabo | #956, aired 1988-10-31 | AUTHORS | $8,900 | -$4,700 | W | |
| 14. | $8,899 | Harvey Barron | #972, aired 1988-11-22 | NATIONAL PARKS | $8,900 | -$2,400 | W | |
| 15. | $8,600 | Len Iwanski | #933, aired 1988-09-28 | MONARCHS | $8,700 | $200 | W | |
| $8,600 | Gary Shorr | #976, aired 1988-11-28 | HISTORIC DATES | $8,600 | -$1,400 | W | ||
| 17. | $8,500 | Garrett Simpson | #1022, aired 1989-01-31 | POLITICAL QUOTES | $17,000 | $12,800 | R | Y |
| 18. | $8,401 | Jeff Richmond | #998, aired 1988-12-28 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS | $11,000 | $1,300 | R | Y |
| 19. | $8,300 | Bruce Naegeli | #967, aired 1988-11-15 | THE NOBEL PRIZE | $8,400 | -$2,400 | R | Y |
| 20. | $8,200 | Alex Yang | #1096, aired 1989-05-15 | WORLD POPULATIONS | $8,200 | -$1,600 | R | Y |