Final Jeopardy! Round statistics for Season 18
| DJ! Finisher | All games | Regular play games | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 119/229 | (51.97%) | 82/179 | (45.81%) |
| 2nd | 116/229 | (50.66%) | 85/179 | (47.49%) |
| 3rd | 109/218 | (50.00%) | 82/170 | (48.24%) |
| All | 344/676 | (50.89%) | 249/528 | (47.16%) |
Number of regular play games in which two challengers played Final: 171
Out of those 171 games, number of games in which the returning champion at the far left lectern finished Double Jeopardy! with a zero or negative score: 1 (0.58%)
Out of those 171 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right lectern gave the correct response: 90 (52.63%)
Out of those 90 games, number of games in which the challenger at the middle lectern also gave the correct response: 57 (63.33%)
Out of the 171 regular play games in which two challengers played Final, number of games in which the challenger at the middle lectern gave the correct response: 80 (46.78%)
Out of those 80 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right lectern also gave the correct response: 57 (71.25%)
Out of the 170 regular play games in which all three players (two of them challengers) played Final, number of games in which all three players gave the correct response: 31 (18.24%)
Out of the 170 regular play games in which all three players (two of them challengers) played Final, number of correct Final responses given by challengers: 168 (49.41%)
Out of the 170 regular play games in which all three players (two of them challengers) played Final, number of games in which none of the three players gave the correct response: 40 (23.53%)
344 correct Final responses have been supplied out of 676 possible responses in the 229 archived games analyzed. This represents a 50.89% chance of supplying the correct Final response.
Out of the 131 regular play games in which the leader going into Final Jeopardy! did not have a lock and was not tied with another player, he or she wagered to cover the second-place player 102 times (77.86%).
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 218 games in which all three players played Final:
WWW = 48
RRR = 47
RWR = 23
RRW = 23
WRR = 22
RWW = 20
WRW = 18
WWR = 17
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 11 games in which two players played Final:
RR = 5
WW = 4
RW = 1
WR = 1
Distribution of Final responses by lectern position out of the 218 games in which all three players played Final:
WWW = 48
RRR = 47
WRR = 27
RWR = 23
WWR = 23
RRW = 18
RWW = 18
WRW = 14
The average winner's score amongst 229 archived games was $16,870.
Highest Final Jeopardy! wagers of Season 18
| Wager | Player name | Game | Category | Score | Lead | Response | Win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | $10,200 | Babu Srinivasan | #3946, aired 2001-10-29 | HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY | $10,200 | -$100 | R | |
| $10,200 | Tad Carithers | #3946, aired 2001-10-29 | HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY | $10,300 | $100 | R | Y | |
| 3. | $19,600 | Brad Rutter | #4084, aired 2002-05-09 | PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING BOOKS | $19,600 | -$800 | R | Y |
| 4. | $9,600 | Ulhas Rajurkar | #3939, aired 2001-10-18 | ORGANIZATIONS | $9,600 | $1,000 | R | Y |
| 5. | $19,199 | Elizabeth Mouzon | #4076, aired 2002-04-29 | SOUTHERN WRITERS | $19,200 | -$2,000 | R | |
| 6. | $18,900 | Meagan Shelton | #4114, aired 2002-06-20 | THE EMMY AWARDS | $24,200 | $400 | W | |
| 7. | $17,800 | Bill Alston | #4060, aired 2002-04-05 | AUTHORS | $17,800 | $5,600 | W | |
| 8. | $17,200 | Ben Sternberg | #4076, aired 2002-04-29 | SOUTHERN WRITERS | $21,200 | $2,000 | R | Y |
| 9. | $17,000 | Dileep Rao | #4105, aired 2002-06-07 | ACTORS & ROLE | $17,400 | $3,000 | R | Y |
| 10. | $8,000 | Jay Smith | #3939, aired 2001-10-18 | ORGANIZATIONS | $8,600 | -$1,000 | R | |
| $16,000 | Chuck Forrest | #4080, aired 2002-05-03 | FAMOUS SHIPS | $16,000 | -$5,700 | R | Y | |
| $16,000 | Rich Rosenlof | #4107, aired 2002-06-11 | GEOGRAPHIC PHRASES | $21,400 | $3,000 | R | Y | |
| 13. | $15,800 | Rich Hastings | #4104, aired 2002-06-06 | COMMON BONDS | $15,800 | -$6,200 | R | |
| 14. | $7,801 | Brad Rutter | #3950, aired 2001-11-02 | U.S. PRESIDENTS | $9,300 | $1,000 | R | Y |
| 15. | $15,400 | Michael Schulson | #3988, aired 2001-12-26 | ANIMALS | $17,400 | $2,000 | R | Y |
| 16. | $15,300 | Tracy Bond Bird | #3979, aired 2001-12-13 | U.S. PRESIDENTS & VICE PRESIDENTS | $15,600 | $200 | R | Y |
| 17. | $15,201 | Jeff Goldfarb | #4123, aired 2002-07-03 | U.S. LANDMARKS | $18,400 | $1,600 | R | Y |
| 18. | $15,100 | Eric Floyd | #4118, aired 2002-06-26 | COUNTRY NAME ORIGINS | $15,200 | -$16,000 | R | |
| 19. | $7,500 | Anne Reynolds | #3906, aired 2001-09-03 | AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY | $7,900 | $400 | W | Y |
| $7,500 | Roland Lange | #3906, aired 2001-09-03 | AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY | $7,500 | -$400 | W |