The Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions is a special tournament that features up to 21 players (27 in 2024, 15 players in two weeks prior to 2022) who won at least 5 games or close to winning 5 games in a row, starting in 1985. To view the competitors, click here.
Its companion show, Wheel of Fortune, has no tournament.
So far, 4 women have won the Tournament of Champions: Rachel Schwartz (S11), Robin Carroll (S16), Celeste DiNucci (S24), and Amy Schneider (S39).
So far, 4 ToC Finalists have made it through the entire round without coming up with a single correct response in Final Jeopardy (Marvin Shinkman (S3), Steve Fried (S16), Stefan Goodreau (S26), and Alex Jacob (S32)); only Jacob has won the event by not coming up with a single correct response in Final Jeopardy during the ToC.
So far, 11 contestants from Canada have participated in the Tournament of Champions (Bruce Fauman (S2), Barbara-Anne Eddy (S5), Bob Blake (S7), Robert Slaven (S9), Michael Daunt (S13), Lan Djang (S18), Doug Hicton (S24), Andrew Haringer (S32), Mattea Roach (S39), Ray Lalonde (S40), and Juveria Zaheer (S40)); only Blake has won the event.
Season | Airdate | Finale | Winner |
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2 | November 11, 1985 | November 22, 1985 | Jerry Frankel |
3 | November 10, 1986 | November 21, 1986 | Chuck Forrest |
4 | November 9, 1987 | November 20, 1987 | Bob Verini |
5 | November 7, 1988 | November 18, 1988 | Mark Lowenthal |
6 | November 6, 1989 | November 17, 1989 | Tom Cubbage |
7 | November 5, 1990 | November 16, 1990 | Bob Blake |
8 | November 4, 1991 | November 15, 1991 | Jim Scott |
9 | November 9, 1992 | November 20, 1992 | Leszek Pawlowicz |
10 | November 15, 1993 | November 26, 1993 | Tom Nosek |
11 | November 14, 1994 | November 25, 1994 | Rachael Schwartz |
12 | November 13, 1995 | November 24, 1995 | Ryan Holznagel |
13 | November 18, 1996 | November 29, 1996 | Michael Dupée |
14 | February 2, 1998 | February 13, 1998 | Dan Melia |
15 | February 8, 1999 | February 19, 1999 | Dave Abbott |
16 | May 8, 2000 | May 19, 2000 | Robin Carroll |
18 | October 22, 2001 | November 2, 2001 | Brad Rutter |
19 | May 5, 2003 | May 16, 2003 | Mark Dawson |
21 | September 20, 2004 | October 1, 2004 | Russ Schumacher |
22 | May 8, 2006 | May 19, 2006 | Michael Falk |
24 | November 5, 2007 | November 16, 2007 | Celeste DiNucci |
25 | March 11, 2009 | March 24, 2009 | Dan Pawson |
26 | May 10, 2010 | May 21, 2010 | Vijay Balse |
28 | November 2, 2011 | November 15, 2011 | Roger Craig |
29 | February 13, 2013 | February 26, 2013 | Colby Burnett |
31 | November 10, 2014 | November 21, 2014 | Ben Ingram |
32 | November 9, 2015 | November 20, 2015 | Alex Jacob |
34 | November 6, 2017 | November 17, 2017 | Buzzy Cohen |
36 | November 4, 2019 | November 15, 2019 | James Holzhauer |
37 | May 17, 2021 | May 28, 2021 | Sam Kavanaugh |
39 | October 31, 2022 | November 21, 2022 | Amy Schneider |
40 | February 23, 2024 | March 19, 2024 | Yogesh Raut |
41 | January 27, 2025 | February 13, 2025 | Neilesh Vinjamuri |
Trivia[]
- The Season 16 Tournament of Champions was taped at the Atlanta Civic Center.
- The Season 19 Tournament of Champions quarterfinals saw eight of the ten non-winners finish with $0 or below. Because of this, the last two wildcard spots were determined by score going into Final Jeopardy; the spots were claimed by Eric Floyd ($9,000) and Max Levaren ($7,600).
- A Jeopardy! Ultimate Tournament of Champions started on February 9, 2005, and ended on May 25, 2005.
- The Season 25 Tournament of Champions was taped at the Consumer Electronics Show, with a early version of the 2009-2013 set that became permanent in Season 26.
- From Season 34 to Season 37, the Tournament of Champions was presented by Consumer Cellular.
- The Season 37 Tournament of Champions was hosted by Buzzy Cohen and is also the first to be held after the death of Alex Trebek.
- Starting with Season 39, a whole new format has 21 players competing in six quarterfinal games without wildcards, the top three champions are seeded in the semifinals preceded by the special exhibition match, and the finals is now a best-of-seven match similar to Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time, the first player to win three matches wins the tournament.
- In Season 40, 27 players competed in nine quarterfinal games.