April 10, 2026, 8:43 p.m. ET
Metro Detroit native Jamie Ding continued his unbelievable run as “Jeopardy!” champion Friday, successful his twenty first consecutive sport and surpassing $600,000 in whole prize cash.
Ding is now tied for sixth most wins in “Jeopardy!” historical past alongside Cris Pannullo, who received 21 straight in late 2022. Ding additionally ranks sixth when it comes to whole prize winnings.
How much has he received?
Ding completed Friday’s present with one other $36,400, bringing him to a complete of $609,000.
He jumped out to an early lead and by no means trailed throughout Friday’s present, incomes $7,000 earlier than both of the opposite contestants even rang in to reply a query.
Xaque Williams, a author from Knoxville, Tennessee, completed with a stable $15,200. Kathi Fitzgerald, an English trainer from Williamsburg, Virginia, completed in third with $200.
What’s subsequent?
Ding will go for win No. 22 on Monday’s episode. In Detroit, “Jeopardy!” airs on WDIV-TV (Channel 4) at 7:30 p.m. The long-running TV sport present additionally streams on Hulu and Peacock.
Another victory would put Ding in sole possession of the sixth most wins within the present’s historical past, based on The Jeopardy! Fan, an internet database of “Jeopardy!” statistics.
The document for many wins is held by present host Ken Jennings, who received 74 straight video games in 2004, incomes him greater than $2.5 million.
Amy Schneider (40 wins) and Matt Amodio (38 wins) rank second and third, respectively.
Who is Jamie Ding?
Ding is a 2009 graduate of Grosse Pointe North High School. There, he was an honor pupil, a National AP Scholar and positioned extremely within the National Academic Quiz Tournaments’ highschool championship, based on the Grosse Pointe News.
Ding’s father is Yuchuan Ding, a professor of neurosurgery at Wayne State University.
Now a bureaucrat and regulation pupil, Jamie Ding presently resides in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
mreinhart@detroitnews.com
