dailyloe.com – Jamie Ding won his 20th consecutive ‘Jeopardy!’ game on April 9, 2026. The Lawrenceville, New Jersey resident is now tied for seventh place in most consecutive games won. His total winnings reached $572,600 after this victory.
Ding won $33,027 on the episode that premiered Thursday, April 9. This places him at sixth on the ‘Jeopardy!’ regular-season money list. In total, he has answered 649 questions correctly and 46 incorrectly.
His opponents were Alexandra Leith and Prithish David. Leith is a national account manager from Dedham, Massachusetts. David is a financial advisory consultant from Washington, D.C.
David scored $6,600 during the game. Leith scored $6,000. Ding was the only contestant to correctly answer the ‘Final Jeopardy!’ question.
The ‘Final Jeopardy!’ clue involved a 1759 property purchase. The clue referenced a French home named Ferney near the Swiss border. Ding correctly responded, ‘Who is Voltaire?’
Ding risked only $827 on his ‘Final Jeopardy!’ wager. He now shares the seventh-place spot for consecutive wins with Julia Collins. Both have won 20 games.
The leaderboard for most consecutive wins is led by Ken Jennings. Jennings won 74 games in 2004. Amy Schneider won 40 games in 2022.
Matt Amodio won 38 games in 2021. James Holzhauer won 32 games in 2019. Mattea Roach won 23 games in 2022.
Cris Pannullo won 21 games in 2022. Jason Zuffranieri and David Madden each won 19 games. Their wins were in 2019 and 2005 respectively.
‘Jeopardy!’ airs as a syndicated television show. It also streams on Hulu and Peacock. Viewers can find local stations and airtimes on Jeopardy.com.[]
Source: USA Today
