Final Jeopardy! Round statistics for Season 8
| DJ! Finisher | All games | Regular play games | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 89/155 | (57.42%) | 64/115 | (55.65%) |
| 2nd | 88/155 | (56.77%) | 63/115 | (54.78%) |
| 3rd | 77/150 | (51.33%) | 54/110 | (49.09%) |
| All | 254/460 | (55.22%) | 181/340 | (53.24%) |
Number of regular play games in which two challengers played Final: 86
Out of those 86 games, number of games in which the returning champion at the far left lectern finished Double Jeopardy! with a zero or negative score: 0 (0.00%)
Out of those 86 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right lectern gave the correct response: 40 (46.51%)
Out of those 40 games, number of games in which the challenger at the middle lectern also gave the correct response: 27 (67.50%)
Out of the 86 regular play games in which two challengers played Final, number of games in which the challenger at the middle lectern gave the correct response: 44 (51.16%)
Out of those 44 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right lectern also gave the correct response: 27 (61.36%)
Out of the 86 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: 19 (22.09%)
Out of the 86 regular play games in which all three players (two of them challengers) played Final, number of correct Final responses given by challengers: 84 (48.84%)
Out of the 86 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: 18 (20.93%)
254 correct Final responses have been supplied out of 460 possible responses in the 155 archived games analyzed. This represents a 55.22% chance of supplying the correct Final response.
Out of the 76 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 71 times (93.42%).
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 150 games in which all three players played Final:
RRR = 37
WWW = 26
RRW = 18
RWW = 15
RWR = 15
WRR = 15
WRW = 14
WWR = 10
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 5 games in which two players played Final:
RR = 4
WW = 1
Distribution of Final responses by lectern position out of the 150 games in which all three players played Final:
RRR = 37
WWW = 26
RWR = 19
RWW = 17
RRW = 17
WRW = 15
WRR = 12
WWR = 7
The average winner's score amongst 155 archived games was $12,373.
Highest Final Jeopardy! wagers of Season 8
| Wager | Player name | Game | Category | Score | Lead | Response | Win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | $11,700 | Aaron Gershowitz | #1629, aired 1991-10-03 | THE ELEMENTS | $11,800 | -$3,000 | R | Y |
| 2. | $11,500 | Jim Baehler | #1833, aired 1992-07-15 | WORLD WAR II | $11,500 | -$300 | R | |
| 3. | $11,201 | Hansford Epes | #1833, aired 1992-07-15 | WORLD WAR II | $11,800 | $300 | R | Y |
| 4. | $10,000 | Kerrie McCaw | #1619, aired 1991-09-19 | ORGANIZATIONS | $10,000 | $1,400 | R | Y |
| $10,000 | Toby Muller | #1815, aired 1992-06-19 | IN THE NEWS | $12,300 | $5,500 | R | Y | |
| 6. | $9,701 | Patrick McMahon | #1774, aired 1992-04-23 | SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS | $10,100 | $200 | W | |
| 7. | $9,700 | Bernard Welt | #1800, aired 1992-05-29 | VICE PRESIDENTS | $9,800 | -$1,600 | R | |
| 8. | $9,699 | Polly Morrice-Golvach | #1695, aired 1992-01-03 | EUROPEAN NOVELS | $9,700 | -$800 | R | |
| 9. | $9,600 | Randy Kaplan | #1616, aired 1991-09-16 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS | $9,600 | -$800 | R | Y |
| 10. | $9,400 | Ron Brashear | #1679, aired 1991-12-12 | BRIDGES | $9,400 | -$100 | R | |
| $9,400 | Jay Marhoefer | #1679, aired 1991-12-12 | BRIDGES | $9,500 | $100 | R | Y | |
| 12. | $9,300 | Phil Katz | #1618, aired 1991-09-18 | MEDALS & DECORATIONS | $9,300 | -$300 | R | Y |
| 13. | $9,201 | Nick Jungman | #1787, aired 1992-05-12 | COLONIAL AMERICA | $9,600 | $200 | R | Y |
| 14. | $9,100 | Jim Scott | #1659, aired 1991-11-14 | U.S. PRESIDENTS | $10,900 | $3,200 | R | Y |
| $9,100 | Frank Epstein | #1718, aired 1992-02-05 | FAMOUS WOMEN | $9,200 | -$800 | R | Y | |
| $9,100 | Jerome Vered | #1794, aired 1992-05-21 | AMERICAN STORIES | $24,900 | $20,600 | R | Y | |
| 17. | $9,001 | Randy Kaplan | #1618, aired 1991-09-18 | MEDALS & DECORATIONS | $9,600 | $300 | W | |
| 18. | $9,000 | Steve Robin | #1660, aired 1991-11-15 | COLONIAL AMERICA | $11,200 | $2,600 | W | Y |
| $9,000 | Leonard Schmidt | #1831, aired 1992-07-13 | OPERA | $9,000 | -$700 | R | Y | |
| $9,000 | Hugh Mulvaney | #1831, aired 1992-07-13 | OPERA | $9,700 | $700 | W |