Updated April 13, 2026, 7:35 p.m. ET
- Jamie Ding is now only one victory behind Mattea Roach, who received 23 video games again in 2022, for fifth place on the all-time listing.
New Jersey’s Jamie Ding received his 22nd straight “Jeopardy!” sport on Monday, April 13, transferring him inside a win of the Top 5 all-time.
The Lawrenceville resident is now only one victory behind Mattea Roach, who received 23 video games again in 2022, for fifth place on the all-time listing. (See listing under)
On Monday’s present, Ding confronted off towards Erik Bubolz, an legal professional initially from Okemos, Michigan, and Catherine Hoffman, a youngsters’s librarian from Clarkston, Michigan. The sport was an all-Michigan affair, as Ding can be initially from the Wolverine State.
As has been customary throughout his streak, Ding had the match locked up heading into Final Jeopardy. He had $34,800 to Bubolz’s $7,200 and Hoffman’s $4,400, TheJeopardyFan.com reported.
The Final Jeopardy was: “In the 1850s it was part of the Granadine Confederation; today is it named for a man who never set foot in the country.”
Only Hoffman had the right response: “What is Colombia?”
Ding risked $16,200 to complete the sport with $18,600 for a 22-game complete of $627,600. He stays in sixth place on the regular-season cash listing behind fellow New Jerseyan Cris Pannullo, an Ocean City native who received $748,286 whereas profitable 21 video games in 2022, based on Jeopardy.com
Ding does transfer up one spot to sixteenth on the all-time cash listing, based on TheJeopardyFan.com.
Who is Jamie Ding?
Ding, who works for the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, has secured a spot within the season-ending Tournament of Champions.
He has a supporter in New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill, who posted applauding Ding after he set a formidable document on the present that started 62 years in the past.
On the March 17 present, Ding set the mark for highest Coryat rating with with $42,400, topping the document of $39,200 achieved by now “Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings on June 10, 2004, based on TheJeopardyFan.com. On the April 1 present, Ding tied Jennings with at $39,200 Coryat. A Coryat rating, named after a former contestant, is the sum of the pure worth of any clues with out Daily Doubles or Final Jeopardy.
Sen. Andy Kim has additionally tweeted out congratulations to Ding.
While Sen. Cory Booker tweeted on April 1: “Jamie Ding! Making New Jersey proud! This Lawrenceville resident spends his days helping fund affordable housing across the Garden State, then goes on national TV and dominates. The man answers trivia on @Jeopardy and houses people for a living. New Jersey does not miss. Keep buzzing, Jamie.”
Originally, Ding is from the Detroit space, having graduated from Grosse Pointe North High School in 2009. He graduated from Princeton University in 2013.
Ding told his alma mater that being on the present is “phenomenal.”
He and his sister have a Instagram account the place they evaluation General Tsos rooster at eating places referred to as: @attorneygeneraltsos. Ding talked about it on the show.
Top 10 ‘Jeopardy!’ consecutive wins
Here are the Top “Jeopardy!” contestants in phrases of consecutive wins, based on Jeopardy.com (Note: Prior to season 20 in 2003, there was a five-game win restrict on the present):
- Ken Jennings, 74 video games, 2004
- Amy Schneider, 40 video games, 2022
- Matt Amodio, 38 video games, 2021
- James Holzhauer, 32 video games, 2019
- Mattea Roach, 23 video games, 2022
- Jamie Ding, 22 video games, present
- Cris Pannullo, 21 video games, 2022
- Julia Collins, 20 video games, 2014
- Jason Zuffranieri, 19 video games, 2019
- David Madden, 19 video games, 2005
Top 10 ‘Jeopardy!’ regular-season cash
Here are the Top “Jeopardy!” contestants in phrases of cash received throughout regular-season play, based on Jeopardy.com:
- Ken Jennings, $2,520,700
- James Holzhauer, $2,462,216
- Matt Amodio, $1,518,601
- Amy Schneider, $1,382,800
- Cris Pannullo, $748,286
- Jamie Ding, $627,600
- Mattea Roach, $560,983
- Jason Zuffranieri, $532,496
- Scott Riccardi, $455,000
- David Madden, $430,400
