For the regular show and also a tournament Ken Jennings streak of 74 wins and $2,520,700 was the record until the Ultimate Tournament of Champions. The ultimate tournament of Champions was won by Brad Rutter who had already won a million dollar prize in the Jeopardy Million Dollar Master to add to his Ultimate 2 million prize.
The June 29 2010 Jeopardy game was won by Steven Milton from San Diego, California who became a new champion with a score of $26,700
Dave Leach from Georgia won Jeopardy on December 29th, 2011, with a total of $15,599; dethroning 9-day champion Jason Keller, who finished in 2nd place.
The Jeopardy winning contestant with a final Score of only $2,100 was the new champion Josh Powell, a phone-based health coach from San Diego, California. see related link
Dave Leach from Georgia finished in first place with a total of $15,599; dethroning 9-day champion Jason Keller.
People have wagered $0 many times and gotten the question correct. Zero is the smallest amount won. The smallest total of a winning Jeopardy player was $1 on the show aired January 19, 1993, Air Force Lt. Col. Darryl Scott won the game with only $1; he won another $13,401 the next day.
The game was won by Tom Jennings, a maintenance mechanic from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who became a new Champion with his win of $24,000 see related link
The lowest amount ever won on The Weakest Link is $0. Contestants can leave the show with no money if they fail to bank any earnings during the game.
Raya won although everyone missed the Final Jeopardy
Tom Nissley won final Jeopardy with a wager of $7,001
Tom Kunzen got the final Jeopardy wrong and still won the game
Aside from them nobody else is close to there amount and Brad Rutter only won it in the tournaments he only won $55,102 playing Jeopardy. Dave Madden won $430,400 the related links list the $50,00 plus Jeopardy winners with Brad Rutter close to the bottom You see in a tournament you don't win the money as you do in Jeopardy by risking it you win a prize that you are not gambling on losing. Jerome Vered won $250,000 for the third place in the Ultimate Tournament of Champions increasing his total to $496,602
The match was won by Christopher Short although none of the contestants solved final Jeopardy