April 5, 2026, 12:15 p.m. ET
- Metro Detroit native Jamie Ding has gained 16 consecutive “Jeopardy!” video games.
- Ding is now tied for ninth place for essentially the most consecutive wins within the present’s historical past.
Metro Detroit native Jamie Ding has notched his sixteenth straight “Jeopardy!” win and reached the gameshow’s top 10 record of contestants with essentially the most wins.
A 2009 graduate of Grosse Pointe North High School who now lives in New Jersey, Ding earned $34,401 on the present’s Friday, April 3, episode, which introduced his complete earnings to $462,401.
The win additionally positioned him in a three-way tie for ninth place in Jeopardy! historical past for gamers with essentially the most consecutive wins, based on The Jeopardy Fan database.
No. 1. on that record is Ken Jennings — now the host of the gameshow — who had 74 consecutive wins in 2004.
After highschool, Ding went on to graduate from Princeton University and now resides in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, the place he works as an administrator with the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, based on his LinkedIn profile.
His father is Yuchuan Ding, a professor of neurosurgery on the Wayne State University School of Medicine, and his mom is a not too long ago retired math trainer.
Ding not too long ago thanked his parents for having all the time supported him and his love of studying.
Ding has answered 516 questions proper and 34 fallacious since his debut on the March 13 present, based on The Jeopardy Fan database.
New Jeopardy! episodes air weekdays at 7:30 p.m. on WDIV-TV (Channel 4).
North Jersey Media Group contributed to this story.
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