The self-described "final boss" of Jeopardy! from Las Vegas, Nevada...

James Holzhauer

"...2023 Masters champion, back to defend his title."

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.

In his first game of Jeopardy! Masters Season 2, James signed in using an almost indecipherable set of Las Vegas-related pictographs that only barely resembled the letters of his first name. In his second Masters Season 2 game, James signed in with the Japanese katakana ラスボス (rasubosu, "last boss"). In his first semifinal game of Masters Season 2, James signed in with phonetic characters as dʒeɪmz.

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 11 archived games:
Jeopardy! Masters #38, aired 2024-05-22 Victoria Groce vs. James Holzhauer vs. Yogesh Raut 2024 Jeopardy! Masters final game 2.
Jeopardy! Masters #37, aired 2024-05-22 Victoria Groce vs. James Holzhauer vs. Yogesh Raut 2024 Jeopardy! Masters final game 1.
Jeopardy! Masters #36, aired 2024-05-20 James Holzhauer vs. Yogesh Raut vs. Amy Schneider 2024 Jeopardy! Masters semifinal game 4.
Jeopardy! Masters #35, aired 2024-05-20 Victoria Groce vs. James Holzhauer vs. Amy Schneider 2024 Jeopardy! Masters semifinal game 3.
Jeopardy! Masters #33, aired 2024-05-17 Victoria Groce vs. Yogesh Raut vs. James Holzhauer 2024 Jeopardy! Masters semifinal game 1.
Jeopardy! Masters #31, aired 2024-05-15 Yogesh Raut vs. James Holzhauer vs. Matt Amodio 2024 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 11.
Jeopardy! Masters #29, aired 2024-05-13 Victoria Groce vs. James Holzhauer vs. Matt Amodio 2024 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 9.
Jeopardy! Masters #28, aired 2024-05-10 Victoria Groce vs. Yogesh Raut vs. James Holzhauer 2024 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 8.
Jeopardy! Masters #26, aired 2024-05-08 Victoria Groce vs. James Holzhauer vs. Mattea Roach 2024 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 6.
Jeopardy! Masters #23, aired 2024-05-06 James Holzhauer vs. Mattea Roach vs. Matt Amodio 2024 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 3.
Jeopardy! Masters #22, aired 2024-05-01 James Holzhauer vs. Yogesh Raut vs. Amy Schneider 2024 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 2.
James previously appeared on Jeopardy! as James Holzhauer in the following 12 archived games:
Jeopardy! Masters #20, aired 2023-05-24 James Holzhauer vs. Matt Amodio vs. Mattea Roach 2023 Jeopardy! Masters final game 2.
Jeopardy! Masters #19, aired 2023-05-24 James Holzhauer vs. Matt Amodio vs. Mattea Roach 2023 Jeopardy! Masters final game 1.
Jeopardy! Masters #17, aired 2023-05-23 James Holzhauer vs. Mattea Roach vs. Matt Amodio 2023 Jeopardy! Masters semifinal game 3.
Jeopardy! Masters #16, aired 2023-05-22 James Holzhauer vs. Andrew He vs. Mattea Roach 2023 Jeopardy! Masters semifinal game 2.
Jeopardy! Masters #15, aired 2023-05-22 James Holzhauer vs. Andrew He vs. Matt Amodio 2023 Jeopardy! Masters semifinal game 1.
Jeopardy! Masters #14, aired 2023-05-17 James Holzhauer vs. Andrew He vs. Amy Schneider 2023 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 14.
Jeopardy! Masters #12, aired 2023-05-16 James Holzhauer vs. Matt Amodio vs. Amy Schneider 2023 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 12.
Jeopardy! Masters #10, aired 2023-05-15 James Holzhauer vs. Andrew He vs. Sam Buttrey 2023 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 10.
Jeopardy! Masters #8, aired 2023-05-12 James Holzhauer vs. Mattea Roach vs. Matt Amodio 2023 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 8.
Jeopardy! Masters #5, aired 2023-05-10 James Holzhauer vs. Amy Schneider vs. Sam Buttrey 2023 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 5.
Jeopardy! Masters #4, aired 2023-05-09 Andrew He vs. James Holzhauer vs. Matt Amodio 2023 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 4.
Jeopardy! Masters #2, aired 2023-05-08 James Holzhauer vs. Mattea Roach vs. Sam Buttrey 2023 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 2.

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