Question: who has won the most money on a game show
Answer: Rank Name Total winnings Show ( s ) Notes Brad Rutter $4,555,102 Jeopardy ! , $4,455,102 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 , and $200,000 ( $100,000 of which was donated to charity ) for finishing third in the 2011 Jeopardy ! IBM Challenge .