What is the highest amount of money a person can win on Jeopardy?

Answer 1

While the Jeopardy Journal may have had an answer the show has 2 sets of 30 questions and a final question at the end of the show. The journal may had meant that the record for answers was 23 out of the 30 possible in each section was the best that had been done and not what was possible based on the math involved of 30 X 2 + 1 = 61. The question does not even limit it to a single contestant or that they were correct answers so the number could be even higher if wrong answers were counted. Also Jeopardy requires responses to be in the form of a question According to the Jeopardy journal from the producers archives, total number is 23.

Answer 2

In theory, the most that can be won on a single episode of Jeopardy is $566400 by the following calculations:

The most that can be earned in the Jeopardy round is $35600 if the following criteria are met: All squares are answered correctly by the same person and the Daily Double is found on the last square opened which would have to be a $200 square. Therefore, you would have $17800 before the Jeopardy round Daily Double appeared. Wagering everything and answering it correctly would yield $35600 at the end of the first round.

In the Double Jeopardy round, that same contestant must answer all questions correctly before finding the two Daily Doubles which would have to be under two of the $400 squares. Answering all questions correctly prior to the two Daily Doubles would yield an additional $35200. Add that to the $35600 earnings from the first round and you would have $70800 before answering the two Daily Doubles in the Double Jeopardy round.

Wagering everything on the first Daily Double and answering correctly yields $14600. Repeating the process on the second Daily Double yields $283200 going into Final Jeopardy. Wagering everything in Final Jeopardy and answering correctly would yield $566400!

Answer 3

It hardly matters no one ever won close the the mathematically highest maximum possible number from answering every question correctly and risking it all four different times because your greedy, plus needing to be lucky enough to uncover the daily doubles on the last picks of both rounds.

On September 14 2010 Roger Craig won $77,000 breaking Ken Jennings record of $75,000 set on July 23 2004. Ken Jennings also won 10 out of the 12 next highest game totals that ranged between $50,000 and $55,000. Brian Weikle won $52,000 on April 14 2003 and Myron Meyer won $50,000 on September 5 2002 for the remaining two winners of $50,000 or more outside of Tournament Champions

Outside of Ken Jennings only 20 games have resulted in winnings of $40,000 or more

Answer 4

The highest single-game total for money gained on the show 'Jeopardy!' is $77,000, set by Roger Craig on September 14, 2010.

Answer 5

$566,400