The 10 highest paid athletes of 2022 have been revealed…and they are also massive stars of their sport!
23.04.2022 - 02:45 / justjared.com
Jeopardy! is currently having a major moment thanks to Amy Schneider and her amazing winning streak.
The engineering manager just reached the million dollar mark last week, and has broken a slew of other records on the show, like becoming the first woman to break a million, and being the first woman to win the most consecutive games, as well.
JustJared.com has rounded up the biggest records, and you’ll definitely recognize some names here.
Click inside to find out who the highest earning Jeopardy! contestants are!
All-Time Total Winnings
Brad Rutter – $4,953,435.33 Ken Jennings – $4,372,700 James Holzhauer – $2,964,216 Matt Amodio – $1,518,601 Amy Schneider – $1,319,800 David Madden – $775,733.33 Larissa Kelly – $661,930.33 Matt Jackson – $613,612 Roger Craig – $556,200 Jason Zuffranieri – $544,496Regular Highest Total Winnings
Excluding money from special tournaments, here are the Top 10 highest total winnings:
Ken Jennings – $2,520,700 James Holzhauer – $2,462,216 Matt Amodio – $1,518,601 Amy Schneider – $1,319,800 Jason Zuffranieri – $532,496 David Madden – $430,400 Julia Collins – $428,100 Matt Jackson – $411,612 Austin Rogers – $411,100 Mattea Roach – $320, 081Top 10 Highest Single-Game Winnings
The top 10 Highest Single-Game Winnings records are all held by James Holzhauer, with the highest being $131,127 from an April 2019 game.
Longest-Winning Champ
Ken Jennings – 74 Games Amy Schneider – 39 Games Matt Amodio – 38 Games James Holzhauer – 32 Games Julia Collins – 20 Games David Madden – 19 Games Jason Zuffranieri – 19 Games Mattea Roach – 14 Games Matt Jackson – 13 Games Seth Wilson – 12 Games Austin Rogers – 12 GamesThe 10 highest paid athletes of 2022 have been revealed…and they are also massive stars of their sport!
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ending her 23-game winning streak, Jennings congratulated the Canadian native on her past victories and also revealed that Roach’s last game was also the end of his hosting for the time being.The 47-year-old divulged that Mayim Bialik would be taking over as host, which seemed to upset Twitter users.“Congratulations to Mattea Roach on a truly iconic @Jeopardy streak. I believe she’s one of only three champs in history ever to ‘shoot their age’: 23 years old, 23 wins,” Jennings tweeted earlier this week.“I’m handing the keys back to the talented actor-producer-writer-director (!) @missmayim for a few months.
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NEW YORK -- Friday's “Jeopardy!” match marked a turning point for the game show's latest mega-champ.The latest long-time champ on “Jeopardy!” has seen her winning streak end at 23 — by a single dollar.Mattea Roach, a tutor from Toronto, saw her winning streak end at 23 — by a single dollar.Roach earned $560,983 during her run on the game show. She's has one of the five longest winning streaks in “Jeopardy!” history, but didn't come close to Ken Jennings' record of 74 consecutive wins.Danielle Maurer, a marketing manager from Peachtree Corners, Georgia, beat Roach on Friday's show by a margin of $15,600 to $15,599.Unlike her second-to-last match, Roach went into the final question with the lead Friday.
in the spirit of the upcoming Kentucky Derby, the bewildered Roach guessed, “Who are Churchill and Downs? idk.” She wagered and lost $3,601 whereas challenger Danielle Maurer — a digital marketing manager and Georgia resident — answered correctly.Maurer had only $11,400 heading into Final Jeopardy and bet $4,200 to nab the win by a score of $15,600 vs. Roach’s $15,599.“Obviously I didn’t come through in the last one, but I still feel so happy and so lucky to have had this experience,” Roach said.But her run on the game show has left Roach in an extremely elite category, only being surpassed by “Jeopardy!” legends Ken Jennings, recent phenoms Amy Schneider and Matt Amodio, along with James Holzhauer for both money and games won.“When I think of the caliber of those four players, I really don’t feel like I deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as them to be honest,” Roach added.
After 23 wins totaling $560,983, Mattea Roach’s time on Jeopardy! came down to a single dollar.
to “Jeopardy!” stardom by becoming the first Gen Z megachampion, has cast her vote for who should be the show’s permanent host between Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings. She’s also weighing in on criticism she’s received about the way she plays the game.“I would say Ken because of his history with the show,” the 23-year-old contestant from Toronto told Vulture of her pick to replace longtime host Alex Trebek, who died in 2020. “As a contestant, there’s something really special about being onstage with the greatest player of all time.
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Reigning “Jeopardy!” champion Mattea Roach represents a new generation of the quiz show’s all-star players.
LOS ANGELES -- Reigning “Jeopardy!” champion Mattea Roach represents a new generation of the quiz show's all-star players.As of Friday, the 23-year-old Canadian has won 19 games and amassed $469,184 in prize money, putting her among the top 10 contestants for both consecutive victories and regular-season winnings in “Jeopardy!” history.Roach, who begins her fifth week of competition Monday, is in the company of veteran standout players including Ken Jennings, who's currently hosting the show, and this season's champs Amy Schneider and Matt Amodio.“The fact that I'm now one of the best players of all time hasn’t fully sunk in yet. It doesn’t really feel real,” said Roach, the first Gen Zer to be dubbed a “super champion” by the show for achieving a double-digit string of wins.
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Sasha Urban editorWith her 14th consecutive “Jeopardy!” win on Friday, Mattea Roach snagged eighth place on the show’s all-time list of most consecutive game wins.Roach, a 23-year-old tutor from Toronto, Ontario, has won a modest $320,081 in prize money, bringing her to 10th place on the list of all-time highest non-tournanment cash earnings. Roach is also the highest ranking Canadian contestant in “Jeopardy!” history, and has answered 93% of clues correctly throughout her 14 games.Earlier this year, contestant Amy Schneider capped an impressive 40-game winning streak with overall winnings that totaled $1,382,800.
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