Final Jeopardy! Round statistics for Season 30
| DJ! Finisher | All games | Regular play games | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 112/230 | (48.70%) | 86/175 | (49.14%) |
| 2nd | 109/230 | (47.39%) | 77/175 | (44.00%) |
| 3rd | 87/217 | (40.09%) | 59/166 | (35.54%) |
| All | 308/677 | (45.49%) | 222/516 | (43.02%) |
Number of regular play games in which two challengers played Final: 165
Out of those 165 games, number of games in which the returning champion at the far left lectern finished Double Jeopardy! with a zero or negative score: 0 (0.00%)
Out of those 165 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right lectern gave the correct response: 65 (39.39%)
Out of those 65 games, number of games in which the challenger at the middle lectern also gave the correct response: 33 (50.77%)
Out of the 165 regular play games in which two challengers played Final, number of games in which the challenger at the middle lectern gave the correct response: 67 (40.61%)
Out of those 67 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right lectern also gave the correct response: 33 (49.25%)
Out of the 165 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: 27 (16.36%)
Out of the 165 regular play games in which all three players (two of them challengers) played Final, number of correct Final responses given by challengers: 132 (40.00%)
Out of the 165 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: 45 (27.27%)
308 correct Final responses have been supplied out of 677 possible responses in the 230 archived games analyzed. This represents a 45.49% chance of supplying the correct Final response.
Out of the 121 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 96 times (79.34%).
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 217 games in which all three players played Final:
WWW = 55
RRR = 40
RWW = 26
WRW = 25
RRW = 24
WWR = 16
WRR = 16
RWR = 15
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 13 games in which two players played Final:
RW = 6
WR = 3
WW = 3
RR = 1
Distribution of Final responses by lectern position out of the 217 games in which all three players played Final:
WWW = 55
RRR = 40
RRW = 29
WWR = 27
RWW = 25
WRW = 15
WRR = 13
RWR = 13
The average winner's score amongst 230 archived games was $19,812.
Highest Final Jeopardy! wagers of Season 30
| Wager | Player name | Game | Category | Score | Lead | Response | Win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | $21,000 | Cooper Lair | #6892, aired 2014-07-29 | DAYS OF THE WEEK | $23,200 | $1,400 | R | Y |
| 2. | $20,000 | Shloka Ananthanarayanan | #6872, aired 2014-07-01 | THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE | $20,400 | $800 | W | |
| 3. | $19,600 | Jeff Xie | #6895, aired 2014-08-01 | AWARDS & HONORS | $19,600 | $4,000 | R | Y |
| 4. | $18,400 | Julie Singer | #6762, aired 2014-01-28 | LITERARY QUOTES | $18,600 | -$1,400 | W | |
| 5. | $17,999 | Damian Henri | #6679, aired 2013-10-03 | CHILDREN'S BOOK SERIES | $18,000 | $800 | R | Y |
| 6. | $17,200 | Rohit Dewan | #6679, aired 2013-10-03 | CHILDREN'S BOOK SERIES | $17,200 | -$800 | R | |
| $17,200 | Arthur Chu | #6762, aired 2014-01-28 | LITERARY QUOTES | $20,000 | $1,400 | R | Y | |
| 8. | $16,801 | Whitney Marshall | #6860, aired 2014-06-13 | FOREIGN AFFAIRS | $20,000 | $1,600 | W | |
| 9. | $16,700 | Chuck Forrest | #6766, aired 2014-02-03 | PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES | $16,700 | -$1,800 | R | Y |
| 10. | $16,500 | India Cooper | #6766, aired 2014-02-03 | PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES | $18,500 | $1,800 | W | |
| 11. | $15,795 | Joe Taglic | #6892, aired 2014-07-29 | DAYS OF THE WEEK | $21,800 | -$1,400 | R | |
| 12. | $15,600 | Steven Durham | #6721, aired 2013-12-02 | POP GROUPS | $15,700 | $100 | W | |
| 13. | $15,500 | Maura DeGrande | #6721, aired 2013-12-02 | POP GROUPS | $15,600 | -$100 | W | |
| $15,500 | Troy Senik | #6864, aired 2014-06-19 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY | $16,000 | $800 | W | ||
| 15. | $15,400 | Cooper Lair | #6895, aired 2014-08-01 | AWARDS & HONORS | $15,600 | -$4,000 | R | |
| 16. | $15,201 | Carlos Ross | #6722, aired 2013-12-03 | THE INTERNET | $19,600 | $2,200 | R | Y |
| 17. | $15,101 | James Cross | #6695, aired 2013-10-25 | EUROPEAN LITERATURE | $16,500 | $700 | W | |
| 18. | $15,001 | Scott Claremon | #6722, aired 2013-12-03 | THE INTERNET | $17,400 | -$2,200 | R | |
| 19. | $15,000 | Phoebe Juel | #6769, aired 2014-02-06 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD | $17,100 | $3,100 | W | |
| $15,000 | Maria Wenglinsky | #6810, aired 2014-04-04 | 20th CENTURY NOVEL QUOTES | $18,100 | $2,400 | W |