Final Jeopardy! Round statistics for Season 5
| DJ! Finisher | All games | Regular play games | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 104/215 | (48.37%) | 83/177 | (46.89%) |
| 2nd | 113/215 | (52.56%) | 89/177 | (50.28%) |
| 3rd | 98/199 | (49.25%) | 75/162 | (46.30%) |
| All | 315/629 | (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
| 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 | Cathy Boggs | #1121, aired 1989-06-19 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE | $10,600 | $1,400 | R | Y | |
| 6. | $9,900 | Doak Fairey | #932, aired 1988-09-27 | THE BIBLE | $11,000 | $1,200 | R | Y |
| 7. | $9,499 | Jim Breed | #1072, aired 1989-04-11 | THE CALENDAR | $9,500 | $200 | R | Y |
| 8. | $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 | ||
| 10. | $9,100 | Garrett Simpson | #1021, aired 1989-01-30 | ISLANDS | $9,200 | $1,900 | R | Y |
| 11. | $8,900 | Alex Szabo | #956, aired 1988-10-31 | AUTHORS | $8,900 | -$4,700 | W | |
| 12. | $8,899 | Harvey Barron | #972, aired 1988-11-22 | NATIONAL PARKS | $8,900 | -$2,400 | W | |
| 13. | $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 | ||
| 15. | $8,500 | Garrett Simpson | #1022, aired 1989-01-31 | POLITICAL QUOTES | $17,000 | $12,800 | R | Y |
| 16. | $8,401 | Jeff Richmond | #998, aired 1988-12-28 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS | $11,000 | $1,300 | R | Y |
| 17. | $8,300 | Bruce Naegeli | #967, aired 1988-11-15 | THE NOBEL PRIZE | $8,400 | -$2,400 | R | Y |
| 18. | $8,200 | Alex Yang | #1096, aired 1989-05-15 | WORLD POPULATIONS | $8,200 | -$1,600 | R | Y |
| $8,200 | Catherine Laatz | #1133, aired 1989-07-05 | MONARCHS | $8,300 | $100 | W | ||
| $8,200 | Delene Moyle | #1133, aired 1989-07-05 | MONARCHS | $8,200 | -$100 | W |