Press Your Luck NFL Players Tournament (Jayverse)

The Press Your Luck NAFL Players Tournament is a yearly tournament on the American television game show Jeopardy!. It features 15 players who played in the NAFL. It started in 1997 when Peter Tomarken was host of the show; Elizabeth Banks is now the host of the tournament starting with the 2020 NAFL Players Tournament.
Press Your Luck's NAFL Players Tournament takes two weeks (in contrast to other tournaments). The first five games are the quarterfinals, with three new contestants each day. The winners of the five games move on to the semi-finals. The four players with the highest scores who did not win their quarterfinal game also move on as "wild card" players. If there is a tie at the end of a game, a spin off will take place, and the first player with the highest score advances. If all three players have whammied out, none of the players move on to the semi-finals, and another wild card spot is added. The next three games are the semi-final games. The three winners of the semi-finals move on to the finals, which happens over two games and two days. Unlike the quarterfinals, if all three players have a score of zero, a spin-off will take place, with the high scorer wins the game. In each finals game, the players start with zero scores; after the second finals game, each player's score is added to their score from the first game, with the highest score being the winner, or "Grand Champion." The other two players win smaller cash prizes or their two-day total, whichever is higher.
In 2022 (Season 39) the tournament took a new format which expanded the field to 27 NAFL Players. All 27 contestants will play nine quarterfinal games, with no wild-card spots given. The nine winners will advance to the semifinals with the winners of the semifinal matches will advance to the finals, which will consist of a minimum of three and a maximum of seven games, similar to the Jeopardy! Greatest of All Time tournament. The first finalist to win three games will win the tournament and the $100,000 top prize for their charity. The second-place and third-place prizes will be determined first by number of wins, then by number of second-place finishes, and finally by total score across all games played, and will win $100,000 and $50,000, respectively.
== List of Participants ==
Peter Tomarken Era 	Peter Tomarken Era 	Peter Tomarken Era
Season 14 (February 3-14, 1997) 	Season 14 (February 3-14, 1997) 	Season 14 (February 3-14, 1997)
Winner:1st runner-up:2nd runner-up: 	Bill Romanowski
Dennis Byrd
Stan Humphries
Ken Norton Jr. 	Joey Galloway
Eddie George
Andre Hastings
Chris Zorich
Robert Brooks
Rodney Peete
Tim Brown
Bill Bates
Season 15 (January 19-30, 1998) 	Season 15 (January 19-30, 1998) 	Season 15 (January 19-30, 1998)
Winner: 
1st runner-up: 
2nd runner-up: 	Edgar Bennett
Chad Brown
Jim Flanigan
Daryl Johnston 	Mike Alstott
Keyshawn Johnson
Brad Johnson
Jerome Bettis
Terrell Davis
Kevin Greene
Desmond Howard
Irving Fryar
Season 16 (February 8-19, 1999) 	Season 16 (February 8-19, 1999) 	Season 16 (February 8-19, 1999)
Winner: 
1st runner-up: 
2nd runner-up: 	Derrick Alexander
Ed McCaffrey
Wesley Walls
Curtis Conway 	Nate Newton
Jake Plummer
Robert Smith
Keenan McCardell
Darrell Green
Jerome Bettis
J.J. Stokes
Jason Sehorn
Season 17 (February 7-18, 2000) 	Season 17 (February 7-18, 2000) 	Season 17 (February 7-18, 2000)
Winner: 
1st runner-up: 
2nd runner-up: 	Chris Claiborne
Kurt Warner
Antonio Freeman
Jon Kitna
Franco Harris
Jason Elam
Chris Slade
Jessie Armstead 	Kevin Greene
Marvin Harrison
Tony Brackens
Champ Bailey
Dick Butkus
Raghib "Rocket" Ismail
Terrell Owens
Season 18 (February 5-16, 2001) held at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, NV 	Season 18 (February 5-16, 2001) held at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, NV 	Season 18 (February 5-16, 2001) held at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, NV
Winner: 
1st runner-up:
2nd runner-up: 	Kurt Warner
Ken Dilger
London Fletcher
Brian Mitchell
Tony Siragusa
Darrell Green
William Perry
Steve Beuerlein
Stephen Davis 	Brian Cox
Tiki Barber
Lincoln Kennedy
Daunte Culpepper
Tony Dorsett
Jason Taylor
Season 19 (February 4-15, 2002) held at Various Hometowns of NFL Players under the title "NFL Players Tournament on the Road" in which the Players will be teaming up with their Loved Ones and/or Teammates from their NFL Team	Season 19 (February 4-15, 2002) held at Various Hometowns of NFL Players under the title "NFL Players Tournament on the Road" in which the Players will be teaming up with their Loved Ones and/or Teammates from their NFL Team	Season 19 (February 4-15, 2002) held at Various Hometowns of NFL Players under the title "NFL Players Tournament on the Road" in which the Players will be teaming up with their Loved Ones and/or Teammates from their NFL Team
Winner: 
1st runner-up: 
2nd runner-up: 	Jerome Bettis
Edgerrin James
Brian Urlacher
Tim Brown
Ahman Green
Ron Dayne
Howie Long
Dana Stubblefield
Shannon Sharpe 	Tiki Barber
Kurt Warner
Emmitt Smith
Mark Brunnell
Doug Flutie
John Riggins
Season 20 (February 3-14, 2003) 	Season 20 (February 3-14, 2003) 	Season 20 (February 3-14, 2003)
Winner: 
1st runner-up: 
2nd runner-up: 	John Riggins
Jeff Garcia
Troy Vincent
Troy Brown
Tim Brown
Richard Dent
Shaun Alexander
Jimmy Smith
Kevin Carter 	Kurt Warner
Drew Brees
Keyshawn Johnson
Jason Sehorn
Tony Dorsett
Ed McCaffrey
Season 21 (February 9-20, 2004) 	Season 21 (February 9-20, 2004) 	Season 21 (February 9-20, 2004)
Winner:1st runner-up:2nd runner-up: 	Dan Fouts
Jerome Bettis
Trent Green
James Thrash
Charlie Garner
Joey Galloway
Deuce McAlllister
Brian Mitchell
Keyshawn Johnson 	Dan Hampton
Joe Theismann
Eddie George
Moe Williams
Kris Jenkins
Matt Hasselbeck
Season 22 (January 26-February 8, 2005) 	Season 22 (January 26-February 8, 2005) 	Season 22 (January 26-February 8, 2005)
Winner: Tom Nosek
1st runner-up: Bev Schwartzberg ($19,100)
2nd runner-up: Marilyn Kneeland (won Season 9's Seniors Tournament, $11,500) 	Dennis Donohue
Phoebe Juel
Jack Mahoney
Leslie Miller
Ed Schiffer (Season 9's biggest winner)
Walt Senterfitt 	Debby Arnold
Al Lin
Linda Sheppard
Diane Siegel
David Tiemann
Fraser Woodford
Season 11 (November 14–25, 1994) 	Season 11 (November 14–25, 1994) 	Season 11 (November 14–25, 1994)
Winner: Rachael Schwartz
1st runner-up: Jeff Stewart (won Season 10's College Championship, $20,800)
2nd runner-up: David Hillinck ($7,500) 	Kurt Bray
Steve Chernicoff
John Cuthbertson (Season 10’s biggest winner)
Jean Grewe
Brian Moore
Bill Pitassy 	Amy Fine
Fred Frank
Matt Morris
Tom Nichols
Bart Thomas
David Venderbush
Season 12 (November 13–24, 1995) 	Season 12 (November 13–24, 1995) 	Season 12 (November 13–24, 1995)
Winner: Ryan Holznagel
1st runner-up: David Siegel (Season 11's biggest winner, $24,600)
2nd runner-up: Isaac Segal ($16,600) 	Bruce Borchardt
Jonathan Groff
Paul Thompson (Season 12's biggest winner)
Jim Vercolen
Gordon Wean
Matt Zielenski 	Aaron Klein
Len Krisak
Ben Lyon
John McKeon
Jim Morgan
Linda Roberts
Season 13 (November 18–29, 1996) 	Season 13 (November 18–29, 1996) 	Season 13 (November 18–29, 1996)
Winner: Michael Dupée
1st runner-up: Bob Scarpone ($11,000)
2nd runner-up: Michael Daunt ($8,200) 	Bill Dickenson
Amanda Goad
Mary Hirschfeld
Bill Sloan
Beverly Spurs
Shane Whitlock 	Bernie Cullen
David Cuneo
Brad Plovan
David Sampugnaro
Lucien Schmit
Barbara Walker
Season 14 (February 2–13, 1998) 	Season 14 (February 2–13, 1998) 	Season 14 (February 2–13, 1998)
Winner: Dan Melia (Season 14's biggest winner)
1st runner-up: Kim Worth (Season 13's biggest winner)
2nd runner-up: Bob Harris 	Sahir Islam
Lyn Payne
Claudia Perry
Fred Ramen
Peter Scott
Grace Veach 	Craig Barker
Josh Den Hartog
Paul Gutowski
Pam Mifflin
Arthur Phillips
Wes Ulm
Season 15 (February 8–19, 1999) 	Season 15 (February 8–19, 1999) 	Season 15 (February 8–19, 1999)
Winner: Dave Abbott
1st runner-up: J.J. Todor ($20,600)
2nd runner-up: Juliet Wiley 	David Bagley (Season 15's biggest winner)
Dan Girard
Pat Healy
Lance Johnson
Andrew Maly
John Skelton 	James Arey
Andrew Hutchings
Lara Robillard
Chris Ward
Carolyn White
Melizza Zygmunt
Season 16 (May 8–19, 2000) taped at the Atlanta Civic Center in Atlanta, Georgia 	Season 16 (May 8–19, 2000) taped at the Atlanta Civic Center in Atlanta, Georgia 	Season 16 (May 8–19, 2000) taped at the Atlanta Civic Center in Atlanta, Georgia
Winner: Robin Carroll
1st runner-up: Jeremy Bate
2nd runner-up: Steve Fried 	Mike Blumenfeld
Carolyn Cracraft
Terry Currin
Chacko George
Michael Rooney
Eddie Timanus 	Jack Archey
Lee Lassiter
Darlene Lieblich
Helen Petroff
Melissa Sexstone
Janet Wong
Season 18 (October 22–November 2, 2001) 	Season 18 (October 22–November 2, 2001) 	Season 18 (October 22–November 2, 2001)
Winner: Brad Rutter
1st runner-up: Tad Carithers
2nd runner-up: Rick Knutsen 	Larry Cloud
Lan Djang
Mark Eckard
Ryan Moore
Pam Mueller
Babu Srinivasan (Season 17's biggest winner) 	Michael Arnone
Michelle Clum
Bob Fleenor
Andrew Garen
Kevin Keach
Doug Lach (Season 16's biggest winner)
Season 19 (May 5–16, 2003) 	Season 19 (May 5–16, 2003) 	Season 19 (May 5–16, 2003)
Winner: Mark Dawson
1st runner-up: Brian Weikle (Season 19's biggest winner, $56,601)
2nd runner-up: Eric Floyd (Season 18's biggest winner) 	Alan Bailey
Mark Brown
Jill Bunzendahl Chimka
Max Levaren
Trevor Norris
Travis Troyer 	Kathy Cassity
Kyle Hale
Jackie Harrison
Mark Lee
Jason McCune
Ben Tritle
Season 21 (September 20–October 1, 2004) 	Season 21 (September 20–October 1, 2004) 	Season 21 (September 20–October 1, 2004)
Winner: Russ Schumacher
1st runner-up: Tom Walsh (Season 20's biggest winner)
2nd runner-up: Arthur Gandolfi 	Seth Alcorn
Tom Baker
Anne Boyd
Vinita Kailasanath
Chris Miller
Steve Reynolds 	John Beck
Sam Ott
Scott "Renzo" Renzoni
Sean Ryan
Jim Stalley
Keith Williams
Season 22 (May 8–19, 2006) 	Season 22 (May 8–19, 2006) 	Season 22 (May 8–19, 2006)
Winner: Michael Falk
1st runner-up: Vik Vaz
2nd runner-up: Bill MacDonald 	David Madden (Season 22's biggest winner)
Kevin Marshall
Bob Mesko
Jason Richards
Aaron Thompson
Maria Wenglinsky 	Kerry Breitenbach
Doug Dorst
Kermin Fleming
Tom Kavanaugh
Nico Martinez
David Rozenson
Season 24 (November 5–16, 2007) 	Season 24 (November 5–16, 2007) 	Season 24 (November 5–16, 2007)
Winner: Celeste DiNucci
1st runner-up: Doug Hicton
2nd runner-up: Cliff Galiher (won Season 23's College Championship) 	Paul Glaser
Christian Haines
Chris Mazurek
Susan Mitchell
Jeff Spoeri
Craig Westphal 	Mehrun Etebari (Season 23's biggest winner)
Cathy Lanctot
Andrew Rostan
Nick Swezey
Sara Terrell
Steve Unite
Season 25 (March 11–24, 2009) taped at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada 	Season 25 (March 11–24, 2009) taped at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada 	Season 25 (March 11–24, 2009) taped at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada
Winner: Dan Pawson
1st runner-up: Larissa Kelly (Season 24's biggest winner)
2nd runner-up: Aaron Schroeder 	Ben Bishop
Matt Kohlstedt
Cora Peck
Dave Simpson
Donna Vogel
Mark Wales 	Carl Brandt
Deborah Fitzgerald
Lisa Klink
Tom Morris
Erik Nelson
Jim Stevens
Season 26 (May 10–21, 2010) 	Season 26 (May 10–21, 2010) 	Season 26 (May 10–21, 2010)
Winner: Vijay Balse
1st runner-up: Jason Zollinger (Season 26's biggest winner)
2nd runner-up: Stefan Goodreau 	Dave Belote
Justin Bernbach (Season 25's biggest winner)
Terry Linwood
Liz Murphy
Andy Srinivasan
Nick Yozamp 	Joey Beachum
Ryan Chaffee
Regina Robbins
Patrick Tucker
Christine Valada
Stephen Weingarten
Season 28 (November 2–15, 2011) 	Season 28 (November 2–15, 2011) 	Season 28 (November 2–15, 2011)
Winner: Roger Craig
1st runner-up: Tom Nissley (Season 27's biggest winner)
2nd runner-up: Buddy Wright 	Erin McLean
Joon Pahk
Jay Rhee
Mark Runsvold
Justin Sausville
Kara Spak 	John Krizel
Tom Kunzen
Paul Kursky
Brian Meacham
Christopher Short
Charles Temple
Season 29 (February 13–26, 2013) presented by Prudential 	Season 29 (February 13–26, 2013) presented by Prudential 	Season 29 (February 13–26, 2013) presented by Prudential
Winner: Colby Burnett (won Season 29's Teachers Tournament)
1st runner-up: Keith Whitener
2nd runner-up: Kristin Morgan 	Stephanie Jass
Jason Keller (Season 28's biggest winner)
Dave Leach
Dan McShane
Paul Nelson
Jason Shore 	David Gard
David Menchaca
Joel Pool
Ashok Poozhikunnel
Patrick Quinn
Monica Thieu
Season 31 (November 10–21, 2014) 	Season 31 (November 10–21, 2014) 	Season 31 (November 10–21, 2014)
Winner: Ben Ingram (Season 29's biggest winner)
1st runner-up: Arthur Chu
2nd runner-up: Julia Collins (Season 30's biggest winner) 	Sandie Baker
Joshua Brakhage
Jared Hall
Mark Japinga
Terry O'Shea
Rebecca Rider 	Jim Coury
Drew Horwood
Sarah McNitt
Andrew Moore
John Pearson
Rani Peffer
Season 32 (November 9–20, 2015) 	Season 32 (November 9–20, 2015) 	Season 32 (November 9–20, 2015)
Winner: Alex Jacob
1st runner-up: Matt Jackson (Season 32's biggest winner)
2nd runner-up: Kerry Greene 	Brennan Bushee
Dan Feitel
Catherine Hardee
Andrew Haringer
John Schultz
Vaughn Winchell 	Michael Bilow
Jennifer Giles
Scott Lord
Kristin Sausville
Greg Seroka (Season 31's biggest winner)
Elliot Yates
Season 34 (November 6–17, 2017) presented by Consumer Cellular 	Season 34 (November 6–17, 2017) presented by Consumer Cellular 	Season 34 (November 6–17, 2017) presented by Consumer Cellular
Winner: Austin "Buzzy" Cohen
1st runner-up: Alan Lin
2nd runner-up: Austin Rogers (Season 34's biggest winner) 	Tim Aten
Lilly Chin
Andrew Pau
Lisa Schlitt
Jason Sterlacci
Pranjal Vachaspati 	Hunter Appler
David Clemmons
Sam Deutsch
Jon Eisenman
Justin Vossler
Seth Wilson (Season 33's biggest winner)
Season 36 (November 4–15, 2019) presented by Consumer Cellular 	Season 36 (November 4–15, 2019) presented by Consumer Cellular 	Season 36 (November 4–15, 2019) presented by Consumer Cellular
Winner: James Holzhauer (Season 35's biggest winner)
1st runner-up: Emma Boettcher
2nd runner-up: Francois Barcomb (won Season 35's Teachers Tournament) 	Gilbert Collins
Dhruv Gaur
Steven Grade
Kyle Jones
Rachel Lindgren
Lindsey Shultz 	Eric R. Backes
Alan Dunn
Ryan Fenster
Anneke Garcia
Josh Hill
Rob Worman
1984 Version - Interregnum era (hosted by Austin Cohen) (2021) 	1984 Version - Interregnum era (hosted by Austin Cohen) (2021) 	1984 Version - Interregnum era (hosted by Austin Cohen) (2021)
Season 37 (May 17–28, 2021) presented by Consumer Cellular 	Season 37 (May 17–28, 2021) presented by Consumer Cellular 	Season 37 (May 17–28, 2021) presented by Consumer Cellular
Winner: Sam Kavanaugh
1st runner-up: Jennifer Quail
2nd runner-up: Veronica Vichit-Vadakan 	Ryan Bilger
Karen Farrell
Ryan Hemmel
Nibir Sarma
Kevin Walsh
Jason Zuffranieri (Season 36's biggest winner) 	Ben Henri
MacKenzie Jones
Steve Moulds
Sarah Jett Rayburn
Paul Trifiletti
Andy Wood
1984 Version - Ken Jennings era (2022-present) 	1984 Version - Ken Jennings era (2022-present) 	1984 Version - Ken Jennings era (2022-present)
Season 39 (October 31-November 21, 2022) 	Season 39 (October 31-November 21, 2022) 	Season 39 (October 31-November 21, 2022)
Winner: Amy Schneider
1st runner-up: Andrew He
2nd runner-up: Sam Buttrey (won Season 38's Professors Tournament) 	Eric Ahasic
Matt Amodio (Season 38's biggest winner)
John Focht
Maureen O'Neil
Tyler Rhode
Mattea Roach 	Brian Chang (Season 37's biggest winner)
Jonathan Fisher
Jackie Kelly
Ryan Long
Zach Newkirk
Courtney Shah
Margaret Shelton
Jaskaran Singh
Jessica Stephens
Megan Wachspress
Rowan Ward
Christine Whelchel
Season 40 (February 23-March 19, 2024) 	Season 40 (February 23-March 19, 2024) 	Season 40 (February 23-March 19, 2024)
Winner: Yogesh Raut
1st runner-up: Ben Chan
2nd runner-up: Troy Meyer 	Ike BarinholtzLuigi de Guzman
Brian Henegar
Emily Sands
David Sibley
Jared Watson 	Kevin Belle
Deb Bilodeau
Justin Bolsen
Nick Cascone
Jake DeArruda
Ben Goldstein
Melissa Klapper
Suresh Krishnan
Ray Lalonde
Matthew Marcus
Sean McShane
Cris Pannullo (Season 39's biggest winner)
Josh Saak
Emmett Stanton
Yungsheng Wang
Stephen Webb
Hannah Wilson
Juveria Zaheer