Jeopardy! Round Daily Double statistics for Season 36

Out of 190 Jeopardy! Rounds analyzed:

Jeopardy! Round Daily Double found on clue #14.36, on average (standard deviation: 7.94).

Number of times each player found the J! Round DD:
Left lectern: 74; middle lectern: 52; right lectern: 64.

Average scores for each player when J! Round DD found:
Left lectern: $2,257 (standard deviation: $2,070); middle lectern: $1,659 (standard deviation: $1,658); right lectern: $1,849 (standard deviation: $1,826).

In the Jeopardy! Round, players on average risked 76% of their score on the Daily Double (standard deviation: 29%).

Jeopardy! Round Daily Double location breakdown

Row# cor./# rev.% cor.% rev.Avg. wag.Std. dev.Min. wag.Max. wag.Avg. gain/lossTDDsFearfuls
11/1100%1%$2,000$0$2,000$2,000$2,0000/00/0
210/1856%9%$1,767$1,173$600$5,000$4113/50/0
334/5167%27%$1,777$981$100$5,400$69814/211/2
452/7173%37%$1,738$981$400$6,000$95823/313/4
528/4957%26%$1,764$858$500$4,400$37311/160/2
All125/19066%100%$1,759$960$100$6,000$69151/734/8

On average, the J! Round DD was located 3.78 clues down from the top of the board (standard deviation: 0.95).

Double Jeopardy! Round Daily Double statistics for Season 36

Out of 190 Double Jeopardy! Rounds analyzed:

First Double Jeopardy! Round Daily Double found on clue #9.95, on average (standard deviation: 6.63).

Number of times each player found the first DJ! Round DD:
Left lectern: 71; middle lectern: 47; right lectern: 67.

Average DJ! Round first DD wager: $3,367 (standard deviation: $1,731); wager range: $100 to $10,600; average gain/loss: $1,069

Average scores for each player when first DJ! Round DD found:
Left lectern: $7,782 (standard deviation: $4,270); middle lectern: $5,874 (standard deviation: $3,588); right lectern: $6,210 (standard deviation: $4,177).

Second Double Jeopardy! Round Daily Double found on clue #19.68, on average (standard deviation: 6.51).

Number of times each player found the second DJ! Round DD:
Left lectern: 80; middle lectern: 52; right lectern: 53.

Average DJ! Round second DD wager: $3,411 (standard deviation: $1,895); wager range: $5 to $9,812; average gain/loss: $780

Average scores for each player when second DJ! Round DD found:
Left lectern: $11,146 (standard deviation: $6,179); middle lectern: $8,139 (standard deviation: $5,179); right lectern: $8,371 (standard deviation: $5,499).

In the Double Jeopardy! Round, players on average risked 53% of their score on the first Daily Double (standard deviation: 30%) and 39% of their score on the second Daily Double (standard deviation: 30%). Among all Daily Doubles, the average wager as a percentage of the player's score was 56% (standard deviation: 33%).

Double Jeopardy! Round Daily Double location breakdown

Row# cor./# rev.% cor.% rev.Avg. wag.Std. dev.Min. wag.Max. wag.Avg. gain/lossTDDsFearfuls
10/00%0%0/00/0
240/5869%15%$3,626$2,303$100$13,000$1,7295/90/2
371/10965%29%$3,266$1,967$5$10,600$1,38314/173/8
469/12456%33%$3,378$1,669$100$8,615$1676/136/13
550/8460%22%$3,457$1,712$300$9,800$9029/121/6
All230/37561%99%$3,389$1,813$5$10,600$92734/5110/29

On average, the DJ! Round DDs were located 3.63 clues down from the top of the board (standard deviation: 1).

Highest Daily Double wagers for Season 36

WagerTDDPlayer nameGameDDClue #CategoryScoreLeadResponse
1.$13,000MacKenzie Jones#8161, aired 2020-02-17DJ!119ART SUBJECTS$13,800$2,600R
2.$10,600YJames Holzhauer#8094, aired 2019-11-14DJ!14BEASTLY NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY$10,600$5,800R
3.$9,812James Holzhauer#8094, aired 2019-11-14DJ!210LAWYERS, LAW & LEGALITY$24,800$18,800R
4.$9,800YTerry Heard Jr.#8160, aired 2020-02-14DJ!127TREES GROW ON MONEY$9,800$2,800R
5.$9,066James Holzhauer#8092, aired 2019-11-12DJ!26VISIONARIES$14,200$7,800R
6.$8,615James Holzhauer#8095, aired 2019-11-15DJ!214"R"CHITECTURE$19,200-$400W
7.$8,600YEmma Boettcher#8095, aired 2019-11-15DJ!19FEMALE FIRSTS$8,600-$7,400R
8.$8,400YNibir Sarma#8205, aired 2020-04-17DJ!13WORLD CAPITALS$8,400-$600R
9.$8,000Jason Zuffranieri#8050, aired 2019-09-13DJ!216SAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE$28,800$26,400R
$8,000Geoff Duncan#8069, aired 2019-10-10DJ!2274-LETTER PLACES$15,200$7,600R
$8,000Francois Barcomb#8090, aired 2019-11-08DJ!220BODIES OF WATER$24,300$14,700R
$8,000Francois Barcomb#8093, aired 2019-11-13DJ!216TROPIC OF CAPRICORN$9,600-$5,800R
$8,000MacKenzie Jones#8163, aired 2020-02-19DJ!216MYTHICAL CREATURES$11,400-$8,800R
$8,000YNibir Sarma#8204, aired 2020-04-16DJ!28POETRY FOR PHYSICISTS$8,000$3,200R
15.$7,700Sathvik Namburar#8098, aired 2019-11-20DJ!123I GOT RELIGION$8,600-$13,200R
$7,700Brooke MacKenzie#8159, aired 2020-02-13DJ!216TRIAL MIX$9,000-$6,600R
17.$7,600YJason Zuffranieri#8053, aired 2019-09-18DJ!16CLASSIC METAL BANDS$7,600$1,000R
$7,600YMeggie Kwait#8229, aired 2020-06-04DJ!112THROWING YOU A CURVE$7,600-$4,200W
19.$7,000Jason Zuffranieri#8051, aired 2019-09-16DJ!18WHICH PRESIDENT?$14,400$8,000R
$7,000Sam Leon#8163, aired 2020-02-19DJ!17A DISASTER AREA$10,400$3,800R

Season 36 games in which one Double Jeopardy! Round Daily Double was not uncovered

#8194, aired 2020-04-02 Hemant Mehta vs. Tiffany Eisenhauer vs. Felicity Flesher
#8193, aired 2020-04-01 Leanne Gonzalez-Singer vs. Hemant Mehta vs. Kami Narayan
#8181, aired 2020-03-16 Jessica Babbitt vs. Sarah Schmitt vs. Sid Katz
#8161, aired 2020-02-17 Terry Heard Jr. vs. Tom Ellison vs. MacKenzie Jones MacKenzie Jones game 1.
#8066, aired 2019-10-07 Kara Skinner vs. Ben Hamman vs. Jessica Garsed

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