The 2025 Jeopardy! postseason is quickly reaching a climax. With the Champions Wildcard over, Jeopardy! fans can now enjoy the Tournament of Champions as the last tournament of the season. Read the lineup below, including who was added from the Champions Wildcard Tournament.
Current season super-champ Harrison Whitaker will not be in the 2026 Tournament of Champions, as his run came too late into the season to qualify for it. However, he is the first seed in the 2027 ToC. Whitaker took home a total of $375,999 after 15 games and 14 wins with his final one on December 1.
Here is the complete list of contestants in the ToC as Ken Jennings returns to host.
Tournament of Champions — kicking off January 19, the ToC is the marquee event of the Jeopardy! season. The ToC features the players who won the most games during the eligibility period, plus the winner of Champions Wildcard and Celebrity Jeopardy! champions. Scott Riccardi, a 16-game super-champion from Somerville, N.J.Laura Faddah, an eight-game champion from Memphis, Tenn.Paolo Pasco, a seven-game champion originally from San Diego, Calif.Andrew Hayes, a six-game champion originally from Tupelo, Miss.Liam Starnes, a six-game champion from Columbus, OhioJosh Weikert, a six-game champion from Collegeville, Pa.Ben Ganger, a five-game champion from Goshen, Ind.TJ Fisher, a five-game champion from San Francisco, Calif.Alex DeFrank, a four-game champion from Brooklyn, N.Y.Allegra Kuney, a four-game champion from New Brunswick, N.J.Steven Olson, a four-game champion from Princeton, Ill.Bryce Wargin, four-game champion from Kansas City, Mo.Ashley Chan, a four-game champion from Lewisville, TexasMatt Massie, a three-game champion originally from South Charleston, W.Va.Tom Devlin, a three-game champion from Washington, D.C.Brendan Liaw, a three-game champion from Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaMike Dawson, a three-game champion from Portland, Ore.Aaron Levine, a three-game champion from Seattle, Wash.Lisa Ann Walter, Celebrity Jeopardy! Season 2 champion originally from Washington, D.C.W. Kamau Bell, Celebrity Jeopardy! Season 3 champion from Oakland, Calif.Cameron Berry, Champions Wildcard Winner, from Brighton, Massachusetts
According to the Jeopardy! website, the matchups include
January 19— Starnes, Devlin, and LevineJanuary 20 — Hayes, Liaw, and KuneyJanuary 21 — Wargin, Berry, and GangerJanuary 22 — Chan, Bell, and DeFrankJanuary 23 — Olson, Weikert, and MassieJanuary 26 — Walter, Dawson, and FisherRiccardi, Faddah, and Pasco automatically advance to the semifinals, playing in one game eachThe winners from the Quarterfinals, advance to the Semifinals and play the three champions above in one game each (Winner from game 1 and winner from game 2 play Riccardi in the first semifinal game)Whoever wins from those three games advances to the Finals, in which the first player to secure three wins is the champion
Which contestants are you most excited about? Let us know in the comments.
Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions, starting January 19, check local listings
More Headlines: