American game show winnings records
All-time top ten winnings list

American game show winnings records

Section Title: All-time top ten winnings list
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Rank	Name	Total winnings (in USD)	Show(s)	Notes

1	Brad Rutter	$4,888,440	Jeopardy!, $4,788,440	Rutter's total includes $55,102 during his initial appearance on Jeopardy! in 2001; $100,000 in 2002's Tournament of Champions; two separate $1,000,000 prizes (one for winning the Million Dollar Masters tournament in 2002 and one for winning the Battle of the Decades in 2014); $2,100,000 during the Ultimate Tournament of Champions in 2005; $200,000 for finishing third in the 2011 Jeopardy!

Million Dollar Mind Game, $100,000

2	Ken Jennings	$4,223,414	Jeopardy!, $3,522,700	Jennings won $2,522,700 in his original run on Jeopardy!; $500,000 for his second-place finish in the Ultimate Tournament of Champions; $300,000 in the 2011 IBM Challenge; $100,000 for finishing second in the Battle of the Decades; and $100,000 for finishing second in the 2019 Jeopardy!

Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?, $500,000

Grand Slam, $100,000

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, $100,000

1 vs. 100, $714.29

3	Andrew Kravis	$2,656,550	The Million Second Quiz, $2,600,000	In the 2013 The Million Second Quiz, Kravis won $326,346 in the main competition as one of the top four finalists, then won a $2,000,000 grand prize plus an additional $273,654 as champion to bring his total to $2,600,000, surpassing the amount of money won by Jennings during his original run on Jeopardy!.

Wheel of Fortune, $50,550

Jeopardy!, $5,000

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, $1,000

4	Kevin Olmstead	$2,207,000	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, $2,180,000	Olmstead's primary win occurred during the progressive jackpot shows on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in 2001.

Jeopardy!, $27,000

5	Ed Toutant	$1,871,401	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, $1,860,000	Toutant was another contestant during the progressive jackpot shows on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in 2001.

Jeopardy!, $11,401

6	Ashlee Register	$1,795,000	Duel, $1,795,000	Register won $75,000 plus an accumulating $1,720,000 jackpot, giving her the record for most winnings by a female contestant on a game show in U.S.

7	David Legler	$1,765,000	Twenty One, $1,765,000	Legler won $1,765,000 over six wins on the 2000 revival of Twenty One, making him the show's biggest winner.

8	Curtis Warren	$1,546,988	Greed, $1,410,000	After Warren won $410,000 in late 1999 on Greed, he was one of four big winners invited back in early 2000 for the Million Dollar Moment, where he added a then-record-setting $1,000,000 prize to his total winnings on the show.

Sale of the Century, $136,288

Win Ben Stein's Money, $700

9	James Holzhauer	$1,484,663	Jeopardy!, $1,426,330	As of 30 April 2019, James Holzhauer is on an active 19-day winning streak on Jeopardy!. Holzhauer previously won $58,333.33 in 2014 on The Chase and appeared on 500 Questions but did not win anything.

The Chase, $58,333.33

10	John Carpenter	$1,250,000	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, $1,250,000	Carpenter's winnings include $1,000,000 as first ever top prize winner on the show, and $250,000 in the champions edition of the show.

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