Kenneth Wayne Jennings III (born May 23, 1974) is an American game show host, author, and former game show contestant. He is the highest-earning American game show contestant, having won money on five different game shows, including $4,522,700 on the U.S. game show Jeopardy!. Since 2021, Jennings and Mayim Bialik have alternated as hosts of that show. In 2023, Jennings received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Game Show for hosting the show. More about Ken Jennings
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Jennings holds the record for the longest winning streak on Jeopardy! with 74 consecutive wins. He also holds the record for the highest average correct responses per game in Jeopardy! history (for those contestants with at least 300 correct responses) with 35.9 during his original run (no other contestant has exceeded 30) and 33.1 overall, including tournaments and special events. In 2004, Jennings won 74 consecutive Jeopardy! games before he was defeated by challenger Nancy Zerg in his 75th appearance. Jennings' total earnings on Jeopardy! are $4,522,700, consisting of: $2,520,700 over his 74 wins; a $2,000 second-place prize in his 75th appearance; a $500,000 second-place prize in the Jeopardy! Ultimate Tournament of Champions (2005); a $300,000 second-place prize in Jeopardy!'s IBM Challenge (2011), when he lost to the Watson computer but became the first person to beat third-place finisher Brad Rutter; a $100,000 second-place prize in the Jeopardy! Battle of the Decades (2014); a $100,000 second-place prize (his share of his team's $300,000 prize) in the Jeopardy! All-Star Games (2019); and a $1,000,000 first-place prize in Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time (2020).The most expensive item with a signature of Ken Jennings (KEN JENNINGS 2007 Topps ALLEN GINTER’S A&G SSP Auto AUTOGRAPH JEOPARDY CHAMPION!) was sold in October 2021 for $499.95 while the cheapest item (Ken Jennings Signed 4x6 Photo Jeopardy! GOAT Champion Alek Trebek Autograph Auto) found a new owner for $0.01 in September 2023. The month with the most items sold (3) was May 2023 with an average selling price of $17.50 for an autographed item of Ken Jennings. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2020 with $200.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was December 2009. In average, an autographed item from Ken Jennings is worth $10.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Ken Jennings were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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-The Simpsons- Jeopardy Ken Jennings Signed/Autograph/Auto TV Trading Card | $19.99 | ||
KEN JENNINGS 2007 Topps Allen & Ginter 319 Auto BGS Authentic Autograph | $15.50 | ||
KEN JENNINGS Hand Signed Autograph 4X4 Photo -ALL TIME $$$ WINS & HOST JEOPARDY | $6.50 | ||
KEN JENNINGS Hand Signed Autograph 4X6 Photo -ALL TIME $$$ WINS & HOST JEOPARDY | $5.22 | ||
Ken Jennings Signed 4x6 Photo Jeopardy! GOAT Champion Alek Trebek Autograph Auto | $5.50 | ||
Ken Jennings Signed 4x6 Photo Jeopardy! GOAT Champion Alek Trebek Autograph Auto | $1.25 | ||
KEN JENNINGS SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO BECKETT BAS COA JEOPARDY CHAMPION 6 | $9.99 | ||
Ken Jennings Signed Autograph 4x6 Photo Record Jeopardy Winner Alex Trebek | $3.25 | ||
Ken Jennings Signed Autograph 4x6 Photo Record Jeopardy Winner Alex Trebek | $0.11 | ||
Miscellaneous Celebrity Signed Autograph Card Lot Ken Jennings Dana White Quinn | $17.50 |