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How Good A Jeopardy Champion is Jamie Ding? Pretty Good Right Now
Part 1: Why Eight Wins Was Often Enough on Jeopardy And Where Jamie Compares to Them After That Many Victories
In terms of bringing out great Jeopardy champions Season 42 already has last year beat.
We started the season with Paolo Pasco who won 7 games and over $195,000 before being defeated by Steven Olson who himself would join Paolo in the 2026 Tournament of Champions. Paolo would earn a bye into the semi-finals en route to the most dominant performance by any Jeopardy champion in the Finals of the Tournament of Champions in its new format, running away with three games in spectacular fashion in an extraordinary appearance.
Just before the eligibility requirement for the 2026 Tournament of Champions ended fans were greeted by the arrival of the next Jeopardy super-champion fourteen game winner who won $373,999 during November and then on December 1st met defeat.
Now a month after the postseason came to an end a new Jeopardy great has entered the list of great Jeopardy players and while Jamie Ding is not yet a super-champion he is quickly entering the discussion of so many that we have…
