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Highest One Day Totals

Date Contestant Amount Event Information
09/14/2010 Roger Craig $ 77,000
07/23/2004 Ken Jennings $ 75,000
11/24/2004 Ken Jennings $ 55,099
07/18/2011 Mark Runsvold $ 55,000
07/22/2004 Ken Jennings $ 52,000
07/12/2004 Ken Jennings $ 52,000
07/09/2004 Ken Jennings $ 52,000
04/14/2003 Brian Weikle $ 52,000
10/04/2011 Joon Pahk $ 50,800
11/25/2004 Ken Jennings $ 50,000
11/03/2004 Ken Jennings $ 50,000
09/17/2004 Ken Jennings $ 50,000
09/05/2002 Myron Meyer $ 50,000
07/16/2004 Ken Jennings $ 50,000
06/15/2004 Ken Jennings $ 50,000
06/10/2004 Ken Jennings $ 50,000
04/15/2009 Kevin Joyce $ 49,699
09/18/2002 Kunle Demuren $ 49,000 Kids Week
06/25/2004 Ken Jennings $ 48,801
04/24/2003 Matt Caruso $ 48,799
01/28/2009 Jack Feerick $ 48,600
07/15/2011 Mark Runsvold $ 48,000
11/01/2005 Maria Wenglinsky $ 46,600
05/20/2008 Larissa Kelly $ 45,200
11/02/2004 Ken Jennings $ 45,099
09/13/2004 Ken Jennings $ 45,000
09/30/2011 Chris Fleitas $ 44,001
12/17/2010 Tom Nissley $ 43,800
05/27/2008 Larissa Kelly $ 42,800
06/25/2003 Seth Alcorn $ 42,100
11/04/2008 David Skaar $ 42,000
12/23/2009 Ryan Chaffee $ 41,600
6/11/2008 Debbie Barnes $ 41,201
09/06/2002 Jake Maeroff $ 41,201
01/17/2013 Helen Juvonen $ 40,801
07/30/2012 Matthew Cline $ 40,801 Kids Week
12/04/2008 Ben Bishop $ 40,800
12/09/2004 Tom McCudden $ 40,600
03/12/2007 Jennifer Gotcher $ 40,001
09/27/2011 Matt Douma $ 40,000
10/15/2004 Ken Jennings $ 40,000
10/07/2004 Ken Jennings $ 40,000
09/14/2004 Ken Jennings $ 40,000
07/08/2004 Ken Jennings $ 40,000
07/07/2004 Ken Jennings $ 40,000
07/01/2004 Ken Jennings $ 40,000
06/29/2004 Ken Jennings $ 40,000
06/24/2004 Ken Jennings $ 40,000
12/02/2009 Dave Belote $ 39,999
07/02/2002 Jeff Goldfarb $ 39,999
02/06/2004 Arthur Gandolfi $ 39,500
09/21/2010 Jelisa Castrodale $ 39,399
01/21/2004 Clinton Reese $ 39,000
09/29/2011 Chris Fleitas $ 38,900
06/01/2009 Sarah Doran $ 38,800
12/11/2006 Christian Haines $ 38,800
03/23/2010 Regina Robbins $ 38,500
11/23/2011 Francis Lansangan $ 38,401
12/18/2008 Milt Hathaway $ 38,401
12/01/2008 Judy Mermelstein $ 38,401
10/06/2004 Ken Jennings $ 38,400
04/29/2002 Ben Sternberg $ 38,400
06/12/2012 Kathy Wright $ 38,398
03/01/2004 Patrick Macaraeg $ 38,001
06/26/2007 Cathy Lanctot $ 38,001
05/29/2007 Mehrun Etebari $ 37,900
04/21/2004 Tom Baker $ 37,800
03/22/2011 Megan Barnes $ 37,601
09/15/2004 Ken Jennings $ 37,600
05/23/2008 Larissa Kelly $ 37,597
06/11/2002 Rich Rosenlof $ 37,400
06/30/2006 Susannah Jacobson $ 37,201
06/02/2004 Ken Jennings $ 37,201
12/15/2011 Beth Watkins $ 37,200
12/08/2008 Geoff Moore $ 37,200
09/13/2010 Roger Craig $ 37,000
04/04/2007 Rita Schwab-Parcel $ 37,000
06/04/2004 Ken Jennings $ 37,000
12/26/2011 Jason Keller $ 36,900
04/24/2012 Cindy Vanderbur $ 36,801
07/24/2008 Mark Wales $ 36,801
06/08/2010 Peter Hall $ 36,800
10/16/2006 Jim McMurtry $ 36,800
01/07/2003 Max Wagner $ 36,800 Kids Week
12/20/2010 Tom Nissley $ 36,799
06/16/2011 Stewart Tuttle $ 36,500
01/30/2009 Jack Feerick $ 36,399
04/01/2004 Chris Miller $ 36,399
12/29/2006 Jared Thompson $ 36,001
06/25/2003 Rick Kent $ 35,601
10/29/2007 Paul Glaser $ 36,000
02/25/2004 Arthur Gandolfi $ 36,000
06/27/2003 Seth Alcorn $ 36,000
07/17/2009 Kevin Yokum $ 35,599 Kids Week
10/21/2011 Balaji Narain $ 35,400
05/21/2008 Larissa Kelly $ 35,400
06/05/2002 Rich Hastings $ 35,400
07/12/2012 A.J. Motley $ 35,201
05/31/2004 Jerry Harvey $ 35,201
12/27/2001 Emily Kamm $ 35,200 Kids Week
01/19/2010 Jason Zollinger $ 35,199
06/11/2004 Ken Jennings $ 35,158
10/05/2004 Ken Jennings $ 35,038
05/17/2011 Lisa Bloomberg $ 35,000
04/17/2009 Kevin Joyce $ 35,000
10/12/2004 Ken Jennings $ 35,000
10/11/2004 Ken Jennings $ 35,000
07/19/2004 Ken Jennings $ 35,000
06/30/2004 Ken Jennings $ 35,000
06/16/2004 Ken Jennings $ 35,000
01/14/2003 Kathleen Ellis $ 35,000
06/01/2004 Jerry Harvey $ 34,801
01/12/2004 Tom Walsh $ 34,800
02/19/2007 Amanda Froning $ 34,700
10/25/2011 Gabor Vari $ 34,401
04/01/2010 Jessica Trudeau $ 34,401
12/09/2009 Jove Graham $ 34,401
12/09/2009 Dileep Rao $ 34,401
12/13/2011 Boomie Aglietti $ 34,399
09/20/2010 Roger Craig $ 34,399
11/25/2011 Kendra Anspaugh $ 34,300
02/23/2004 Arthur Gandolfi $ 34,200
10/27/2004 Ken Jennings $ 34,001
06/17/2004 Ken Jennings $ 34,000
05/21/1992 Jerome Vered $ 34,000 Pre-Doubled Dollar Amounts
10/12/2009 Terry Linwood $ 33,901
11/01/2011 Emily Gifford $ 33,800
06/01/2011 Michael Philpy $ 33,601
03/17/2011 Tom Kunzen $ 33,601
01/11/2011 Sally O'Rourke $ 33,601
02/16/2009 Dan Smith $ 33,601
12/30/2008 John (Scott) Shive $ 33,601
07/03/2002 Jeff Goldfarb $ 33,601
05/26/2008 Larissa Kelly $ 33,600
04/13/2004 Scott "Renzo" Renzoni $ 33,600
01/09/2004 Tom Walsh $ 33,600
12/31/2009 Jessica Stapp $ 33,300
03/24/2011 Megan Barnes $ 33,201
11/05/2004 Ken Jennings $ 33,201
12/13/2002 Kyle Pope $ 33,200
1/29/2008 Melissa Prusi $ 33,198
10/05/2011 Joon Pahk $ 33,100
7/21/2008 Mark Wales $ 33,001
12/12/2007 Martha Rothman $ 32,801
06/22/2010 Paul Kursky $ 32,800
02/24/2010 Tom Toce $ 32,800
9/27/2006 Eric Barela $ 32,800
5/28/2007 Mehrun Etebari $ 32,800
12/26/2001 Michael Schulson $ 32,800 Kids Week
11/01/2007 Paul Glaser $ 32,600
07/07/2000 Doug Lach $ 32,600 Pre-Doubled Dollar Amounts
04/10/2006 William Lee $ 32,500
03/23/2011 Megan Barnes $ 32,401
12/21/2010 Tom Nissley $ 32,401
04/08/2010 Morgan Saxby $ 32,401
01/04/2010 Jennifer Broders $ 32,401
04/09/2009 Priscilla Ball $ 32,401
10/13/2008 Todd Covert $ 32,401
3/31/2008 Bryan Johnson $ 32,401
10/9/2008 Jim Davis $ 32,401
04/26/2004 Tom Baker $ 32,300
04/23/2004 Tom Baker $ 32,300
12/22/2011 Jason Keller $ 32,200
05/27/2011 Monica Iyer $ 32,200
01/07/2010 Andrea Saenz $ 32,200
04/22/2004 Tom Baker $ 32,200
10/03/2005 Jason Richards $ 32,100
07/20/2010 John Krizel $ 32,001
04/27/2009 Liz Murphy $ 32,001
10/22/2007 Nick Swezey $ 32,001
11/05/2008 David Skaar $ 32,000
07/13/2004 Ken Jennings $ 32,000
01/13/2004 Tom Walsh $ 32,000
01/13/2004 Dave Fuller $ 32,000
02/22/2002 Roger Christensen $ 32,000
07/17/2006 Bruce Lin $ 31,801
07/08/2010 Thomas Horn $ 31,800 Kids Week
01/07/2004 Tom Walsh $ 31,800
05/22/2012 Joel Pool $ 31,700
03/28/2011 Denise O'Connor $ 31,700
06/06/2002 Erik Best $ 31,700
03/10/2011 Tim Maas $ 31,601
12/19/2008 Milt Hathaway $ 31,601
06/21/2004 Ken Jennings $ 31,601
06/17/2008 Dave Simpson $ 31,601
07/22/2011 Linda Percy $ 31,600
06/30/2008 John Goodreau $ 31,600
05/14/2007 Andrew Rostan $ 31,600
11/26/2004 Ken Jennings $ 31,600
12/16/2008 George Yates $ 31,400
04/14/2003 Brian Weikle $ 31,400
05/23/2002 Patrick Kerr $ 31,400
06/21/2002 Eric Floyd $ 31,400
03/06/2011 David Gard $ 31,300
01/27/2011 Lisa Dvorak $ 31,201
12/20/2007 Cora Peck $ 31,201
05/19/2003 Kay Reiman $ 31,201
03/27/2008 Ann Drourr $ 31,200
03/09/2004 Bobby Goldstein $ 31,200
01/23/2004 Margaret Meehan $ 31,200
12/26/2003 John Salmon $ 31,200
06/13/2003 John Beck $ 31,200
06/26/2002 John Overholt $ 31,200
03/11/2010 Cyd Musni $ 31,199
10/16/2009 Kevin Wilson $ 31,199
11/23/2009 Ben Davis $ 31,001
04/20/2006 Doug Dorst $ 31,001
04/26/2007 Andrew Rostan $ 31,000
07/01/1998 John Skelton $ 31,000 Pre-Doubled Dollar Amounts
12/02/2002 Anne Cichocki $ 30,900
12/21/2001 Robert Heiler $ 30,900
12/13/2001 Tracy Bond Bird $ 30,900
06/25/2012 Margaret Swanson $ 30,801
11/29/2011 Kiran Kedlaya $ 30,801
06/29/2011 Jeff Amoros $ 30,801
03/27/2007 Doug Hicton $ 30,801
09/21/2005 Mike Leger $ 30,801
10/15/2002 Henry Quillen $ 30,801
09/16/2003 Brian Hindelang $ 30,800
09/14/2009 Enrique Machadeo $ 30,799
10/30/2006 Chris Mazurek $ 30,798
01/15/1990 Frank Spangenberg $ 30,600 Pre-Doubled Dollar Amounts
10/09/2012 Stephanie Jass $ 30,570
04/28/2009 Liz Murphy $ 30,500
03/21/2007 Paul Horowitz $ 30,500
02/06/2009 Julia Dominick $ 30,401
03/01/2007 Brian Morris $ 30,401
10/8/2008 Jim Davis $ 30,401
03/16/2011 Tom Kunzen $ 30,400
09/12/2006 Nathalie Henderson $ 30,400
09/20/2006 Sara Terrell $ 30,400
09/20/2006 Nick Calton $ 30,400
02/16/2010 Jeremy Apsley $ 30,400
11/24/2005 Bill MacDonald $ 30,399
12/23/2009 Stephen Weingarten $ 30,398
10/21/2008 Mike Maheu $ 30,393
01/10/2003 Madeleine Schwartz $ 30,300 Kids Week
06/13/2011 Nick Condon $ 30,201
01/23/2012 Kirby Burnett $ 30,200
06/15/2011 Nick Condon $ 30,200
01/02/2007 Julie Dunlevy $ 30,200
06/07/2007 Susan Mitchell $ 30,100
04/11/2012 Sean Hansen $ 30,001
07/26/2010 Alison Stone Roberg $ 30,001
01/01/2010 Neel Varde $ 30,001
09/23/2002 Tom Kelso $ 30,001
12/28/2001 Rachel Beckman $ 30,001 Kids Week
1/15/2013 Kristin Morgan $ 30,000
04/10/2012 Amy Ketterling $ 30,000
04/04/2012 Joey Falco $ 30,000
07/28/2011 Justin Sausville $ 30,000
07/21/2011 Brian McEntee $ 30,000
04/08/2010 Karla Ruksys $ 30,000
02/02/2009 Carolyn Young $ 30,000
10/31/2008 Carl Brandt $ 30,000
02/23/2007 Sri Narayanan $ 30,000
02/22/2007 Sri Narayanan $ 30,000
10/25/2006 Tracy Parrish Wolfe $ 30,000
04/07/2006 William Lee $ 30,000
11/03/2005 Maria Wenglinsky $ 30,000
11/09/2004 Ken Jennings $ 30,000
10/29/2004 Ken Jennings $ 30,000
10/28/2004 Ken Jennings $ 30,000
10/25/2004 Ken Jennings $ 30,000
10/08/2004 Ken Jennings $ 30,000
09/16/2004 Ken Jennings $ 30,000
09/10/2004 Ken Jennings $ 30,000
07/21/2004 Ken Jennings $ 30,000
06/18/2004 Ken Jennings $ 30,000
06/07/2004 Ken Jennings $ 30,000
03/31/2004 David Seminer $ 30,000
06/19/2003 John Beck $ 30,000
10/22/2002 Gary Sullivan $ 30,000
04/03/2002 Bill Alston $ 30,000
03/08/2002 Jason McCune $ 30,000
11/29/2001 Frank Stasio $ 30,000