Top 10 Longest Jeopardy Winning Streaks

These game show contestants are wicked smart. For this list, we’ll be looking at the contestants who had the greatest number of consecutive victories on "Jeopardy!" during regular-season play. Our countdown includes Arthur Chu, James Holzhauer, Ken Jennings, and more! Which “Jeopardy!” champ is your favorite? Let us know in the comments

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[cgc]

What always irks me about these “jeopardy winning streaks” is that prior to 2003 a contestant was only allowed to win five consecutive shows, then they were booted off and three new contestants would come back. Who knows what kind of winning streaks there could have been back then.

[GamingFanactic]

RIP Alex Trebek. Thank you for making Jeopardy amazing. Ken Jennings and James Holzhauer will be two of my favorites of all time

[NekoHime]

James, Matt and Ken are all Jeopardy! legends in my opinion.

[gabrieldodds]

now amy schneider, mattea roach, and cris pannulo would flip this list on its head

[leahluostarinen]

R.I.P Alex he will be missed in Jeopardy 😢

[Filmbuff]

My favorite was James Holzhauer. He placed second in the GOAT tournament. He won 1 match Ken Jennings won 3 and the tournament. Brad Rutter won no matches in that tournament

[InsignificantNick]

Wanted to see Matt get close to Ken, but a 38 game win streak is still pretty good.

[totallypucked]

My wife and I loved watching Matt’s run. Was like watching a sports team you like pursue a championship. His expressions and smile were infectious, and I’m looking forward to see him come back in champion events.

[theweysermanisback]

Actually, James Holzhauer finished in 2nd place in the Greatest of All Time. Brad Rutter finished in 3rd place.

[BigTymerz]

still hurts that you're gone 😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔💔

[dustintaylor]

You may want to do an updated list pretty soon. Amy Schneider now has the second-most wins in "Jeopardy!" history. As of today's writing, she now has 40 wins.

[camc]

Ken Jennings was Jeopardy's Joe DiMaggio. That streak may never be touched.

[juggler]

There are two errors in the comments about James Holzhauer--he finished second in the Greatest of All Time tournament, not third, and his greatest one-day total was $131, 127, not "one hundred thirty-one thousand, one hundred twenty-seven thousand dollars." It should have been noted that Holzhauer not only had the greatest one-day total, he had the top 16 one-day totals (Matt Amodeo broke into that list, but Holzhauer still has the top 12).

[Memorex]

Amy stops at 40, but holy hell what a run

[ericad]

I was really enjoying Matt's winning streak and I was hoping he'd get within striking distance of Ken's record. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of Ken, but I thought Matt was so awesome too. What would have been cool is that since Ken is slated to start hosting Jeopardy soon, if Matt hadn't lost, he would have been nearing Ken's record while playing a game hosted by Ken himself.

[abbythomas]

Ken jennings is my favorite jeopardy champion because he won 74 games.

[jamesbraun]

Update: Amy Schneider second longest winning streak 40 days.

[DoubleM-hfih]

Watching Matt win all those games was amazing. I hope he wins next year’s tournament of champions.

[RhaegarTargaryenst]

Matt Amodio was my favorite. Hate that he lost to that actor.

[williamsmith]

I had a ball watching Matt Amodio during his run on Jeopardy!!!!