Quantity of Jeopardy Super Champs
Hi everyone. I just watched Tuesday’s episode where Tristan became a super champ. I got curious to see how many super champs there are, and was pretty surprised to see that there are only 21. Jeopardy started letting players play indefinitely in 2003, so in 23 years, there’s only been 21 super champs.
It doesn’t seem so odd to only have about one super champ a year- Jeopardy is a hard game. It’s hard enough to win one game never mind ten. What really strikes me as odd, though, is the timeline. Before 2010, only three people had become super champs. After 2010 and before 2020, there were 7, and just in the 2020s there have been 11! The number of super champs has doubled just in the past ~5.5 years.
I’m curious to know why people think that is. I only started watching during Jamie’s run, and with his streak and now Tristan’s, I thought it would be way more common. Because super champs are so infrequent, it’s really surprising to me that I would become an avid watcher right when there are two new additions to the list.
Edit because I just saw Tristan comment on another post and there’s a nonzero chance he’ll see this: I’m having a great time watching you! You’re doing so good, and I’m super happy for your achievement!