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James Holzhauer

2024 Jeopardy! Masters 3rd place player: $150,000.
2023 Jeopardy! Masters winner: $500,000 + $100,000 to Project 150 + the Trebek Trophy.
2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 1st runner-up: $250,000.
2019 Tournament of Champions winner: $250,000.
Season 35 32-time champion: $2,462,216 + $2,000.

James holds the records for the second-longest streak and the second-highest total cash winnings in regular play, behind Ken Jennings (with 74 consecutive wins and $2,520,700).

In his fourth game (#7967, aired 2019-04-09), James set a new single-day cash winnings record of $110,914, breaking the previous record of $77,000 set by Roger Craig in his second game (#5977, aired 2010-09-14).

In his tenth game (#7973, aired 2019-04-17), James set a new single-day cash winnings record of $131,127, breaking the record he had set in his fourth game.

James won $58,333.33 on The Chase on 2014-09-02.

James appeared as a chaser on The Chase starting in 2021.

James appeared in the following 33 archived games:
#8006, aired 2019-06-03 James Holzhauer vs. Jay Sexton vs. Emma Boettcher James Holzhauer game 33. Emma Boettcher game 1. Emma Boettcher...
#8005, aired 2019-05-31 James Holzhauer vs. William Tran vs. Wyatt Feeler James Holzhauer game 32.
#8004, aired 2019-05-30 James Holzhauer vs. Megan Browndorf vs. Rob Wolf James Holzhauer game 31.
#8003, aired 2019-05-29 James Holzhauer vs. Faizan Kothari vs. Lisa Clark James Holzhauer game 30.
#8002, aired 2019-05-28 James Holzhauer vs. Jim-Bob Williams vs. Sara Feeney James Holzhauer game 29.
#8001, aired 2019-05-27 James Holzhauer vs. Monica Foy vs. Scott Swartz James Holzhauer game 28.
#8000, aired 2019-05-24 James Holzhauer vs. Sam Kooistra vs. Susan Waller James Holzhauer game 27. James breaks the $2 million mark.
#7999, aired 2019-05-23 James Holzhauer vs. Laura Schulman vs. Nate Scheffey James Holzhauer game 26.
#7998, aired 2019-05-22 James Holzhauer vs. Mary Peace vs. Liz Levin James Holzhauer game 25.
#7997, aired 2019-05-21 James Holzhauer vs. Kate Kelly vs. Jason Mangano James Holzhauer game 24.
#7996, aired 2019-05-20 James Holzhauer vs. Jenny Gibbs vs. Adam Stone James Holzhauer game 23.
#7985, aired 2019-05-03 James Holzhauer vs. Pete Vanderhyden vs. Carol Hansen James Holzhauer game 22.
#7984, aired 2019-05-02 James Holzhauer vs. Jessica Efron Sauer vs. Josh Archibald-Seiffer James Holzhauer game 21.
#7983, aired 2019-05-01 James Holzhauer vs. Kate Jay Zweifler vs. Imar DaCunha James Holzhauer game 20.
#7982, aired 2019-04-30 James Holzhauer vs. Jason Lai vs. Libby Wood James Holzhauer game 19.
#7981, aired 2019-04-29 James Holzhauer vs. Jasmine Leonas vs. Adam Levin James Holzhauer game 18.
#7980, aired 2019-04-26 James Holzhauer vs. Tyler Lee vs. Robin Falco James Holzhauer game 17.
#7979, aired 2019-04-25 James Holzhauer vs. Tim Hall vs. Alix Basden James Holzhauer game 16.
#7978, aired 2019-04-24 James Holzhauer vs. Silvija Ozols vs. Wayne Erxleben James Holzhauer game 15.
#7977, aired 2019-04-23 James Holzhauer vs. Claudia Walters vs. Kevin Donohue James Holzhauer game 14. James breaks the $1 million mark.
#7976, aired 2019-04-22 James Holzhauer vs. Rob Hornick vs. Rebecca McNitt James Holzhauer game 13.
#7975, aired 2019-04-19 James Holzhauer vs. Nate Marks vs. Gabby McGregor James Holzhauer game 12.
#7974, aired 2019-04-18 James Holzhauer vs. Samantha Merwin vs. Gregory Bodkin James Holzhauer game 11.
#7973, aired 2019-04-17 James Holzhauer vs. Hannah Pierson-Compeau vs. Lorelle Anderson James Holzhauer game 10. James sets a new single-day cash...
#7972, aired 2019-04-16 James Holzhauer vs. Adam Lozeau vs. Katie Grosteffon James Holzhauer game 9.
#7971, aired 2019-04-15 James Holzhauer vs. Kevin Bohannon vs. Megan McLeod James Holzhauer game 8.
#7970, aired 2019-04-12 James Holzhauer vs. Ali Filipowicz vs. Mike Dindoffer James Holzhauer game 7.
#7969, aired 2019-04-11 James Holzhauer vs. Stephanie Stein vs. Lewis Black James Holzhauer game 6.
#7968, aired 2019-04-10 James Holzhauer vs. Jeff Henderson vs. Laura Hertzfeld James Holzhauer game 5. James breaks Frank Spangenberg’s record for...
#7967, aired 2019-04-09 James Holzhauer vs. Ariana Mikulski vs. Sameer Rai James Holzhauer game 4. James sets a new single-day cash...
#7966, aired 2019-04-08 James Holzhauer vs. Maryanne Mowen vs. Matthew Amster-Burton James Holzhauer game 3.
#7965, aired 2019-04-05 James Holzhauer vs. Satish Chandrasekhar vs. Marshall Shelburne James Holzhauer game 2.
#7964, aired 2019-04-04 Alex Koral vs. Anna Hautzinger vs. James Holzhauer James Holzhauer game 1.
James would later appear on Jeopardy! as James Holzhauer in the following 4 archived games:
#8095, aired 2019-11-15 Francois Barcomb vs. James Holzhauer vs. Emma Boettcher 2019 Tournament of Champions final game 2.
#8094, aired 2019-11-14 Francois Barcomb vs. James Holzhauer vs. Emma Boettcher 2019 Tournament of Champions final game 1.
#8092, aired 2019-11-12 James Holzhauer vs. Steven Grade vs. Rachel Lindgren 2019 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 2.
#8088, aired 2019-11-06 James Holzhauer vs. Alan Dunn vs. Lindsey Shultz 2019 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 3.

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