Ultimately, it became a faceoff between Jennings and Rutter, who has won the most money in game show history and Holzhauer who holds more Jeopardy! records than any contestant.Īccording to Entertainment Weekly, Jennings came into the "match leading the series, with two wins to Holzhauer's one and Rutter's zero" but "the two-game showdown was a close race between Holzhauer and Jennings.
Since they're the three highest-earning champions in Jeopardy! history, the contestants were pitted against each other to see who would come out on top.
Jennings beat fellow top contestants James Holzhauer and Brad Rutter. This also marks Jennings' third victory out of four matches in ABC's Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time tournament. He racked up 4.7 million during his numerous appearances on the trivia show. Brad is the top prize money earner in Jeopardy history. What's more, Jennings is also claiming 1 million dollars and the respect from host Alex Trebek. (Eric McCandless/ABC via AP) When ABC sent out a news release hyping the Jeopardy The Greatest of All Time prime-time special last week, the network included an intriguing fact: Brad. We’ve got five things to know about Brad Rutter. The IBM Challenge game 1, Jeopardy! Round only.īrad would later appear on Jeopardy! as Brad Rutter in the following 5 archived games:Ģ019 All-Star Games match 1, continuation of game 1.Ģ019 All-Star Games match 1, game 1, Jeopardy! Round only.The 45-year-old Washington state native and the contestant with the longest Jeopardy! winning streak of all time has officially become the game show's "Greatest of All Time" after claiming the title on Tuesday. 8, 2021, Matt Amodio had won 38 consecutive 'Jeopardy' games, with winnings of 1,518,601. The IBM Challenge, continuation of game 1. Brad Rutterīrad previously appeared on Jeopardy! as Brad Rutter in the following 3 archived games: Dan Pawsonīattle of the Decades quarterfinal game 3.
The players unanimously opted to end the game at the $600,000 level rather than proceed to the million dollar question and risk losing all their winnings.īrad appeared as a chaser on The Chase in 2021.īrad appeared in the following 5 archived games:īrad Rutter vs. The players met each other at O'Brien's Irish Pub Quiz in Santa Monica, California. He made it to the quarterfinal round, in which he was eliminated from the tournament in his loss to Who Wants to Be a Millionaire $500,000 winner Ogi Ogas.īrad shared a $600,000 prize with Ethan Brosowsky and his "pub quiz" team comprising Ethan, Brad, Alan Bailey, Jonathan Dinerstein, Adam Stein, and Rebecca Ward on Million Dollar Mind Game aired. He began as the top seed in the tournament because of his holding the all-time game show winnings record. Brad Rutter is the highest earning contestant on 'Jeopardy' ever : hes made around 4,385,702 over 14 years. īrad also appeared on Grand Slam in 2007. His "hometown" of Hollywood, California was announced during his semifinal game only.īrad is the former host of InQuizitive with Brad Rutter.
It is taken from the press release announcing his Battle of the Decades win. Here's Jeopardy!'s all-time biggest money winner."Ģ020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time 2nd runner-up: $250,000.Ģ019 All-Star Games captain of winning Team Brad: a share of $1,000,000 split three ways with Larissa Kelly and David Madden.Ģ014 Battle of the Decades winner: $1,000,000.Ģ011 IBM Challenge 2nd runner-up: $100,000 + $100,000 to the Lancaster County Community Foundation.Ģ005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into Round 2) member, Elite Eighteen (Round 2 winners) member, Sweet Six (Round 3 winners) member, and winner: $2,115,000.Ģ002 Million Dollar Masters tournament winner: $1,000,000.Ģ001 Tournament of Champions winner: $100,000.īrad's occupation was not announced on the show during the Battle of the Decades. Since then, he won the Million Dollar Masters tournament in 2002, the 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions, and faced off against IBM's Watson. He made his first Jeopardy appearance on April 4, 2019, and went on to win 32 consecutive games, accumulating over 2.4 million in cash winnings, and breaking several Jeopardy records. He later won four tournaments: the Tournament of Champions in 2001, 1 the Million Dollar Masters tournament in. Rutter became a five-time champion on Jeopardy in 2000.
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"He was a college student from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, when he won the 2001 Tournament of Champions. August 6, 1984) is a professional sports gambler and game show contestant from Las Vegas, Nevada. Bradford Gates 'Brad' Rutter (born January 31, 1978) is the highest winner on the American television game show Jeopardy, and the highest winner on a game show. An actor and producer from Hollywood, California. Getty Images Ken Jennings could win it all on next Tuesday’s game of Jeopardy Greatest Of All Time (the show is off Friday and Monday) but he won’t be able to beat Brad Rutter’s all-time.
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