April 27, 2026, 9:03 a.m. ET
Metro Detroit native Jamie Ding is a 31-time “Jeopardy!” champion and is looking for his thirty second straight win Monday, April 27.
Ding has received $849,603 and is fifth all-time in victories, in response to Jeopardy.com and TheJeopardyFan.com. He is inside one recreation of fourth all-time winner James Holzhauer, who received 32 video games in 2019. Ding can be closing in on the fourth-most winnings; Amy Schneider totaled $1.3 million whereas profitable 40 video games in 2022.
Ding, a New Jersey-based bureaucrat and legislation scholar, is a 2009 graduate of Grosse Pointe North Excessive College and his father Yuchuan Ding is a professor at Wayne State College.
To tune in on Monday night, discover your native tv station and air time on the “Jeopardy!” web site.
This is what to know in regards to the 31-time “Jeopardy!” champion.
When is Jamie Ding on ‘Jeopardy!’?
Jamie Ding will compete on “Jeopardy!” Monday, April 27, alongside contestants Katrina Puckett, a trainer from Washington Court docket Home, Ohio, and Greg Shahade, a chess participant from Philadelphia, in response to Jeopardy.com.
Who’s Jamie Ding?
Ding is a 31-time “Jeopardy!” champion, a resident of Lawrenceville, New Jersey, and an worker of the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Company.
Jamie Ding was born in Canberra, Australia, and is a naturalized U.S. citizen. His mother and father are Yuchuan Ding, a professor of neuroscience at Wayne State College, and Ning Yan, a retired arithmetic trainer who taught at Detroit’s Cass Technical Excessive College. His sister, Jessie Ding, is a Grosse Pointe Shores-based lawyer.
Ding was raised in Grosse Pointe Shores in metro Detroit and is a 2009 graduate of Grosse Pointe North Excessive College.
His pursuits led Jamie Ding to compete twice within the Scripps Nationwide Spelling Bee and Nationwide Geographic Bee, and MATHCOUNTS Nationwide Competitors, whereas a scholar at Parcells Center College in Grosse Pointe Woods. Whereas competing on the Nationwide Geographic Bee in Washington, D.C., in 2004, Ding was pictured with former “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek, WSU lately stated.
To lighten issues up outdoors of trivia, siblings Jamie and Jessie Ding run an Instagram account, @attorneygeneraltsos, which Jessie Ding largely maintains, giving their takes on Common Tso’s rooster dishes at Chinese language eating places throughout the U.S. Jamie Ding was the mastermind behind the profile title, Jessie Ding stated.
How does Ding’s win streak rank?
Ding, with 31 wins, is among the many high 10 in “Jeopardy!” historical past at fifth place all-time.
“Jeopardy!” host Ken Jennings holds the all-time file with 74 wins in 2004.
Leaderboard for many consecutive ‘Jeopardy!’ wins
- Ken Jennings, 74 video games, 2004
- Amy Schneider, 40 video games, 2022
- Matt Amodio, 38 video games, 2021
- James Holzhauer, 32 video games, 2019
- Jamie Ding, 31 video games, present
- Mattea Roach, 23 video games, 2022
- Cris Pannullo, 21 video games, 2022
- Julia Collins, 20 video games, 2014
- Jason Zuffranieri, 19 video games, 2019 (TIE)
- David Madden, 19 video games, 2005 (TIE)
How will you watch ‘Jeopardy!’?
“Jeopardy!” airs as a syndicated tv present and streams on Hulu and Peacock. To search out your native station and air time, go to Jeopardy.com.
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