JEOPARDY! America's Favorite Show
 Tournament of Champions

Highest One Day Totals

 Date Contestant Amount Event Information 
07/23/2004 Ken Jennings $ 75,000
11/24/2004 Ken Jennings $ 55,099
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
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
09/18/2002 Kunle Demuren $ 49,000 Kids Week
06/25/2004 Ken Jennings $ 48,801
04/24/2003 Matt Caruso $ 48,799
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
05/27/2008 Larissa Kelly $ 42,800
06/25/2003 Seth Alcorn $ 42,100
6/11/2008 Debbie Barnes $ 41,201
09/06/2002 Jake Maeroff $ 41,201
12/09/2004 Tom McCudden $ 40,600
03/12/2007 Jennifer Gotcher $ 40,001
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
07/02/2002 Jeff Goldfarb $ 39,999
02/06/2004 Arthur Gandolfi $ 39,500
01/21/2004 Clinton Reese $ 39,000
12/11/2006 Christian Haines $ 38,800
10/06/2004 Ken Jennings $ 38,400
04/29/2002 Ben Sternberg $ 38,400
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
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
04/04/2007 Rita Schwab-Parcel $ 37,000
06/04/2004 Ken Jennings $ 37,000
10/16/2006 Jim McMurtry $ 36,800
01/07/2003 Max Wagner $ 36,800 Kids Week
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
05/21/2008 Larissa Kelly $ 35,400
06/05/2002 Rich Hastings $ 35,400
05/31/2004 Jerry Harvey $ 35,201
12/27/2001 Emily Kamm $ 35,200 Kids Week
06/11/2004 Ken Jennings $ 35,158
10/05/2004 Ken Jennings $ 35,038
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
06/07/2002 Dileep Rao $ 34,400
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
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
11/05/2004 Ken Jennings $ 33,201
12/13/2002 Kyle Pope $ 33,200
1/29/2008 Melissa Prusi $ 33,198
12/12/2007 Martha Rothman $ 32,801
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
3/31/2008 Bryan Johnson $ 32,401
04/26/2004 Tom Baker $ 32,300
04/23/2004 Tom Baker $ 32,300
04/22/2004 Tom Baker $ 32,200
10/03/2005 Jason Richards $ 32,100
10/22/2007 Nick Swezey $ 32,001
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
01/07/2004 Tom Walsh $ 31,800
06/06/2002 Erik Best $ 31,700
06/21/2004 Ken Jennings $ 31,601
06/17/2008 Dave Simpson $ 31,601
06/30/2008 John Goodreau $ 31,600
05/14/2007 Andrew Rostan $ 31,600
11/26/2004 Ken Jennings $ 31,600
04/14/2003 Brian Weikle $ 31,400
05/23/2002 Patrick Kerr $ 31,400
06/21/2002 Eric Floyd $ 31,400
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
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
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
10/30/2006 Chris Mazurek $ 30,798
01/15/1990 Frank Spangenberg $ 30,600 Pre-Doubled Dollar Amounts
03/21/2007 Paul Horowitz $ 30,500
03/01/2007 Brian Morris $ 30,401
09/12/2006 Nathalie Henderson $ 30,400
09/20/2006 Sara Terrell $ 30,400
09/20/2006 Nick Calton $ 30,400
11/24/2005 Bill MacDonald $ 30,399
01/10/2003 Madeleine Schwartz $ 30,300 Kids Week
01/02/2007 Julie Dunlevy $ 30,200
06/07/2007 Susan Mitchell $ 30,100
09/23/2002 Tom Kelso $ 30,001
12/28/2001 Rachel Beckman $ 30,001 Kids Week
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