A self-described game show villain from Las Vegas, Nevada...

James Holzhauer

2024 Jeopardy! Masters
2023 Jeopardy! Masters winner: $500,000 + $100,000 to Project 150 + the Trebek Trophy.
2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 1st runner-up: $250,000.
2019 Tournament of Champions winner: $250,000.
Season 35 32-time champion: $2,462,216 + $2,000.

James holds the records for the second-longest streak and the second-highest total cash winnings in regular play, behind Ken Jennings (with 74 consecutive wins and $2,520,700).

In his fourth game (#7967, aired 2019-04-09), James set a new single-day cash winnings record of $110,914, breaking the previous record of $77,000 set by Roger Craig in his second game (#5977, aired 2010-09-14).

In his tenth game (#7973, aired 2019-04-17), James set a new single-day cash winnings record of $131,127, breaking the record he had set in his fourth game.

James won $58,333.33 on The Chase on 2014-09-02.

James appeared as a chaser on The Chase starting in 2021.

James appeared in the following 12 archived games:
Jeopardy! Masters #20, aired 2023-05-24 James Holzhauer vs. Matt Amodio vs. Mattea Roach 2023 Jeopardy! Masters final game 2.
Jeopardy! Masters #19, aired 2023-05-24 James Holzhauer vs. Matt Amodio vs. Mattea Roach 2023 Jeopardy! Masters final game 1.
Jeopardy! Masters #17, aired 2023-05-23 James Holzhauer vs. Mattea Roach vs. Matt Amodio 2023 Jeopardy! Masters semifinal game 3.
Jeopardy! Masters #16, aired 2023-05-22 James Holzhauer vs. Andrew He vs. Mattea Roach 2023 Jeopardy! Masters semifinal game 2.
Jeopardy! Masters #15, aired 2023-05-22 James Holzhauer vs. Andrew He vs. Matt Amodio 2023 Jeopardy! Masters semifinal game 1.
Jeopardy! Masters #14, aired 2023-05-17 James Holzhauer vs. Andrew He vs. Amy Schneider 2023 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 14.
Jeopardy! Masters #12, aired 2023-05-16 James Holzhauer vs. Matt Amodio vs. Amy Schneider 2023 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 12.
Jeopardy! Masters #10, aired 2023-05-15 James Holzhauer vs. Andrew He vs. Sam Buttrey 2023 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 10.
Jeopardy! Masters #8, aired 2023-05-12 James Holzhauer vs. Mattea Roach vs. Matt Amodio 2023 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 8.
Jeopardy! Masters #5, aired 2023-05-10 James Holzhauer vs. Amy Schneider vs. Sam Buttrey 2023 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 5.
Jeopardy! Masters #4, aired 2023-05-09 Andrew He vs. James Holzhauer vs. Matt Amodio 2023 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 4.
Jeopardy! Masters #2, aired 2023-05-08 James Holzhauer vs. Mattea Roach vs. Sam Buttrey 2023 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 2.
James previously appeared on Jeopardy! as James Holzhauer in the following 8 archived games:
#8, aired 2020-01-14 James Holzhauer vs. Ken Jennings vs. Brad Rutter Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time match 4, game 2.
#7, aired 2020-01-14 James Holzhauer vs. Ken Jennings vs. Brad Rutter Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time match 4, game 1.
#6, aired 2020-01-09 James Holzhauer vs. Ken Jennings vs. Brad Rutter Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time match 3, game 2.
#5, aired 2020-01-09 James Holzhauer vs. Ken Jennings vs. Brad Rutter Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time match 3, game 1.
#4, aired 2020-01-08 James Holzhauer vs. Ken Jennings vs. Brad Rutter Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time match 2, game 2.
#3, aired 2020-01-08 James Holzhauer vs. Ken Jennings vs. Brad Rutter Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time match 2, game 1.
#2, aired 2020-01-07 James Holzhauer vs. Ken Jennings vs. Brad Rutter Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time match 1, game 2.
#1, aired 2020-01-07 James Holzhauer vs. Ken Jennings vs. Brad Rutter Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time match 1, game 1.
James would later appear on Jeopardy! as James Holzhauer.

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