It's official: Ken Jennings is the greatest 'Jeopardy!' contestant of all time

It's official: Ken Jennings is the greatest Jeopardy! contestant of all time

Jennings came into the match leading the series, with two wins to Holzhauer’s one and Rutter’s zero. The two-game showdown was a close race between Holzhauer and Jennings. Holzhauer went into the first game’s Final Jeopardy only 10,000 points behind — not much by these champions’ standards — but Jennings bet big and answered correctly, racking up 65,600 points. He was trailing going into the second game’s Final, with 23,000 points to Holzhauer’s 44,000.

But while Jennings answered correctly again, Holzhauer did not, losing all his points and handing the win to Jennings. Jennings’ victory brings his The prime-time tournament pitted the three highest-earning champions in history against each other for the first time ever. Jennings, who still holds the records for longest winning streak and highest winnings total in regular-season gameplay , had faced Rutter several times before.

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