2020-21 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions
COMING IN MAY! BUZZY COHEN WILL HOST THE TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS:
The #TournamentOfChampions is coming! Tune in May 17-28 for 2017 ToC Champ Buzzy Cohen guest hosting as 15 top competitors face off for $250K! @buzztronics https://t.co/hRlXGlcD2U pic.twitter.com/7P0i2UiXIZ
— Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) April 14, 2021
Here is a list of Jeopardy! contestants who qualify for an invitation to the 2021 Tournament of Champions.
This list has been updated to conform to the Jeopardy TOC Tracker
Tournaments:
$100,000 – Ben Henri, 2020 Teachers Tournament Winner
$100,000 – Nibir Sarma, 2020 College Championship Winner
Regular Play:
$532,496 – Jason Zuffranieri (19x)
$228,800 – Jennifer Quail (8x)
$204,808 – MacKenzie Jones (8x)
$159,603 – Karen Farrell (8x)
$156,202 – Sam Kavanaugh (5x) *S35*
$111,301 – Kevin Walsh (5x)
$106,801 – Paul Trifiletti (5x)
$107,049 – Ryan Bilger (4x) *S35*
$104,526 – Ryan Hemmel (4x)
$91,999 – Andy Wood (4x)
$89,300 – Sarah Jett Rayburn (4x)
$89,001 – Veronica Vichit-Vadakan (4x)
$85,603 – Steve Moulds (3x)
Honorary Mention: Rest in Peace, Brayden
$115,798 – Brayden Smith (5x)
No longer in the Top 15:
$79,600 – Elise Nussbaum (3x)
$71,598 – Jessica Babbitt (3x)
$59,402 – Kevin Boettcher (3x)
$52,199 – Jessica Garsed (3x)
$51,203 – Dennis Coffey (3x)
$37,203 – Travis Gaylord (3x)
$33,549 – Alex Damisch (3x)
As you know, a number of contestants were skipped over when the 2019 ToC lineup was announced in order to include 3x champ Emma Boettcher ($97,002), the contestant who put an end to James Holzhauer’s incredible streak. Here are their scores, for the sake of comparison to the new list:
$100,102 – Dave Leffler (4x) *S35*
$93,301 – Jonathan Dinerstein (4x) *S35*
$92,880 – Alex Schmidt (4x)*S35*
$92,200 – John Presloid (4x) *S35*
$87,089 – Jackie Fuchs (4x) *S35*
$86,500 – Mary Ann Borer (4x) *S35*
$63,802 – Kyle Becker (4x) *S34*
James Holzhauer won the 2019 Tournament of Champions. He talks about the whole experience in his final interview video:
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VJ, since Brayden Smith tragically died February 5, 2021, the list of participants for the 2021 Tournament of Champions will have to be updated somehow.
I know that, Patrick, and I will update the list when Jeopardy! updates their list. Then that is it. I already told you I am not going to be making a ToC list anymore. I have tried really hard to be nice about asking you to stop with your constant unnecessary “reminders” about the ToC list but either you can’t take a hint or you can’t control yourself. I don’t know which it is, but I DON’T WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT THE TOC LIST FROM YOU ANYMORE.
Hope that’s plain enough for you now. That is why I am not going to make a new list.