Published by Dan Cunning on Jul 24, 2026
Jeopardy Lefties
Does Jeopardy! attract more lefties than average? I tracked which hand each contestant used at the podium and compared lefties with righties.
tl;dr Season 42 contestants were 14.1% left-handed— 4.1% above the general population or 41% more than you'd expect versus the usual 10% baseline.
| Lefties | Righties | |
|---|---|---|
| Players | 59 14.1% | 359 85.9% |
| Appearances | 87 12.7% | 597 87.3% |
| Wins | 21 9.2% | 207 90.8% |
| Average Coryat | $10,032 | $12,032 |
Methodology Handedness is which hand they wrote with in Final Jeopardy! or if they didn't reach Final their buzzer hand.
Key: Left-handed Right-handed Unknown Winner
Games
| Date | Contestant 1 (returning champ) |
Contestant 2 | Contestant 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season (Sep 8 - Dec 12) | |||
| 2025-09-08 | Jonathan Hugendubler | Caroline Paul | Josh Jackson |
| 2025-09-09 | Jonathan Hugendubler | Stacy Shelly | Ian Morrison |
| 2025-09-10 | Ian Morrison | Paolo Pasco | Leslie Oakerson |
| 2025-09-11 | Paolo Pasco | Jill Frechette | Andy Miller |
| 2025-09-12 | Paolo Pasco | Saralyn McKinnon-Crowley | Jeff Freymann |
| 2025-09-15 | Paolo Pasco | Kelsi Tyler | Ryan Sharpe |
| 2025-09-16 | Paolo Pasco | Alex Rossell Hayes | Susan Harris |
| 2025-09-17 | Paolo Pasco | Max Miller | Laura Mixter |
| 2025-09-18 | Paolo Pasco | Greg Shipman | Kelly Anneken |
| 2025-09-19 | Paolo Pasco | Steven Olson | Hebah Uddin |
| 2025-09-22 | Steven Olson | David Shutoff | Jonathan Goldman |
| 2025-09-23 | Steven Olson | Hester Bass | Justin Ames |
| 2025-09-24 | Steven Olson | Natalie Shapero | Jaedon Jerue |
| 2025-09-25 | Steven Olson | Erik Nielsen | Vickie Talvola |
| 2025-09-26 | Vickie Talvola | Yasmine Mitchell | Prasad Patil |
| 2025-09-29 | Prasad Patil | Zach Knecht | Rebecca Thompson |
| 2025-09-30 | Zach Knecht | Hannah Gómez | Curtis Bogetti |
| 2025-10-01 | Curtis Bogetti | James Thajudeen | Lisa Mueller |
| 2025-10-02 | Lisa Mueller | Alan Rosenberg | TJ Fisher |
| 2025-10-03 | TJ Fisher | Roberto Carabeo | Ellie Baker |
| 2025-10-06 | TJ Fisher | Brian Dixon | Kate Kostelnik |
| 2025-10-07 | TJ Fisher | Slade Gilmer | Claudine Lewis |
| 2025-10-08 | TJ Fisher | Josh Ng | Chris Turner-Neal |
| 2025-10-09 | TJ Fisher | Spencer Janes | Grace Batiste |
| 2025-10-10 | Spencer Janes | Dave Francois | Aimée Fluitt |
| 2025-10-13 | Aimée Fluitt | Daniel Richman | Allegra Hill |
| 2025-10-14 | Allegra Hill | Evan Argyle | Chris McGinn |
| 2025-10-15 | Chris McGinn | Delaney O'Dea | Tafari Mbadiwe |
| 2025-10-16 | Delaney O'Dea | Cindy del Rosario | Dave Keder |
| 2025-10-17 | Cindy del Rosario | Sondra Venable | Dargan Ware |
| 2025-10-20 | Dargan Ware | Nick Petrilli | Amanda Tholke |
| 2025-10-21 | Dargan Ware | Elyse Erdman | Tom Devlin |
| 2025-10-22 | Tom Devlin | Katy Lentz | Emmanuel Calivo |
| 2025-10-23 | Tom Devlin | Elijah Perseus Blumov | Jake Tomlin |
| 2025-10-24 | Tom Devlin | Kristina Pohribnij | Shaan Mishra |
| 2025-10-27 | Shaan Mishra | Aaron Levine | Morgan Walker |
| 2025-10-28 | Aaron Levine | Cynthia Appiah | Alan Turner |
| 2025-10-29 | Aaron Levine | Eli Bondar | Katie Mantoan |
| 2025-10-30 | Aaron Levine | Elana Beame | Christopher Tillman |
| 2025-10-31 | Christopher Tillman | Siobhan Hickey | Robbie Ellis |
| 2025-11-03 | Christopher Tillman | W.A. Robison | Joyelle McSweeney |
| 2025-11-04 | Joyelle McSweeney | Joseph Evans | Aaron Himmel |
| 2025-11-05 | Joseph Evans | Sofia Meisburger | Allegra Kuney |
| 2025-11-06 | Allegra Kuney | Molly Murray | Alan Pyke |
| 2025-11-07 | Allegra Kuney | Mason Hendrix | Larisa Mount |
| 2025-11-10 | Allegra Kuney | Matt Eisenberg | Morgan Connolly |
| 2025-11-11 | Allegra Kuney | Harrison Whitaker | Jessica Marshall |
| 2025-11-12 | Harrison Whitaker | Greg Saunders | Lynette Perloff |
| 2025-11-13 | Harrison Whitaker | David Lewis | Sheila Collins |
| 2025-11-14 | Harrison Whitaker | Sarah Khan | Brent Steele |
| 2025-11-17 | Harrison Whitaker | Lawrence Suba | Rachel Bernstein |
| 2025-11-18 | Harrison Whitaker | Lydia Boshart | Tony Antoniades |
| 2025-11-19 | Harrison Whitaker | Josh Chen | Matylda Urbaniak |
| 2025-11-20 | Harrison Whitaker | Blythe Roberson | Kara Brown |
| 2025-11-21 | Harrison Whitaker | Jamie Kohlmeier | Sarah Wylie |
| 2025-11-24 | Harrison Whitaker | Shannon Lawinger | Michael Kavanagh |
| 2025-11-25 | Harrison Whitaker | Emma Passariello | Lyman Howard |
| 2025-11-26 | Harrison Whitaker | Krish Patel | Shannon Mastick |
| 2025-11-27 | Harrison Whitaker | Nicole Haase | Paul Wenzel |
| 2025-11-28 | Harrison Whitaker | Wilder Seitz | Samantha Meier |
| 2025-12-01 | Harrison Whitaker | Brendan Thomas | Libby Jones |
| 2025-12-02 | Libby Jones | Anne Martyn | Eli Selzer |
| 2025-12-03 | Libby Jones | Sarah Murphy | Ron Lalonde |
| 2025-12-04 | Ron Lalonde | Andy Luo | Marie D'Avignon |
| 2025-12-05 | Ron Lalonde | Youssef Shareef | Margaret Dunlap |
| 2025-12-08 | Ron Lalonde | Will Riley | Morgan Lloyd |
| 2025-12-09 | Will Riley | Steve Riddell | Jenna LaFleur |
| 2025-12-10 | Will Riley | Chelsea Carter | Eddie Kass |
| 2025-12-11 | Will Riley | Jennifer Foote | Francis Boyle |
| 2025-12-12 | Will Riley | Trey Hart | Madelyn Dawson |
| 2025-2026 Second Chance (Dec 15, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026) | |||
| 2025-12-15 | Erik Nielsen | Erin Li | Eugene Huang |
| 2025-12-16 | Dave Widmayer | Evan Argyle | Ivanna Lopez |
| 2025-12-17 | Pete Johnston | Allison Willard | Chris Turner-Neal |
| 2025-12-18 | Pete Johnston | Dave Widmayer | Eugene Huang |
| 2025-12-19 | Pete Johnston | Dave Widmayer | Eugene Huang |
| 2025-12-22 | Rachael Gray | Guy Branum | Jasmine Zhou |
| 2025-12-23 | Bob Callen | Molly Murray | Michelle Tsai |
| 2025-12-24 | Aaron Himmel | Andrew Wang | Melanie Hirsch |
| 2025-12-25 | Melanie Hirsch | Michelle Tsai | Guy Branum |
| 2025-12-26 | Melanie Hirsch | Michelle Tsai | Guy Branum |
| 2025-12-29 | Keegan Olson | Abigail Arnold | Mustafa Hameed |
| 2025-12-30 | Emily Johnson | Dondi DeMarco | Ricky Chandak |
| 2025-12-31 | Ryan Sharpe | Jenna Hayes | Dan Puma |
| 2026-01-01 | Dondi DeMarco | Abigail Arnold | Ryan Sharpe |
| 2026-01-02 | Dondi DeMarco | Abigail Arnold | Ryan Sharpe |
| 2026 Champions Wildcard (Jan 5 - Jan 16) | |||
| 2026-01-05 | Stella Trout | Bill McKinney | Dargan Ware |
| 2026-01-06 | Michelle Tsai | Dave Bond | Geoff Barnes |
| 2026-01-07 | Cameron Berry | Harvey Silikovitz | Jason Singer |
| 2026-01-08 | Pete Johnston | Vickie Talvola | Jonathan Hugendubler |
| 2026-01-09 | James Corson | Ryan Sharpe | Ian Morrison |
| 2026-01-12 | Ryan Sharpe | Vickie Talvola | Cameron Berry |
| 2026-01-13 | Jonathan Hugendubler | Michelle Tsai | Bill McKinney |
| 2026-01-14 | Stella Trout | Ian Morrison | Harvey Silikovitz |
| 2026-01-15 | Cameron Berry | Jonathan Hugendubler | Stella Trout |
| 2026-01-16 | Cameron Berry | Jonathan Hugendubler | Stella Trout |
| 2026 Tournament of Champions (Jan 19 - Feb 4) | |||
| 2026-01-19 | Liam Starnes | Tom Devlin | Aaron Levine |
| 2026-01-20 | Andrew Hayes | Brendan Liaw | Allegra Kuney |
| 2026-01-21 | Bryce Wargin | Cameron Berry | Ben Ganger |
| 2026-01-22 | Ashley Chan | W. Kamau Bell | Alex DeFrank |
| 2026-01-23 | Steven Olson | Josh Weikert | Matt Massie |
| 2026-01-26 | Lisa Ann Walter | Mike Dawson | TJ Fisher |
| 2026-01-27 | Scott Riccardi | Tom Devlin | Allegra Kuney |
| 2026-01-28 | Laura Faddah | Steven Olson | TJ Fisher |
| 2026-01-29 | Paolo Pasco | Cameron Berry | Ashley Chan |
| 2026-01-30 | Scott Riccardi | Laura Faddah | Paolo Pasco |
| 2026-02-02 | Scott Riccardi | Paolo Pasco | TJ Fisher |
| 2026-02-03 | Scott Riccardi | Paolo Pasco | TJ Fisher |
| 2026-02-04 | Scott Riccardi | Paolo Pasco | TJ Fisher |
| 2026 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament (Feb 5 - Feb 20) | |||
| 2026-02-05 | Matt Amodio | Drew Basile | Karen Farrell |
| 2026-02-06 | Eric Ahasic | Roger Craig | Veronica Vichit-Vadakan |
| 2026-02-09 | Liz Feltner | T.L. Cubbage | Drew Goins |
| 2026-02-10 | Mehal Shah | Jen Giles | Andrew He |
| 2026-02-11 | Josh Hill | Alison Betts | Isaac Hirsch |
| 2026-02-12 | Long Nguyen | Will Yancey | Adriana Harmeyer |
| 2026-02-13 | Roger Craig | Jen Giles | Drew Basile |
| 2026-02-16 | Matt Amodio | Andrew He | Alison Betts |
| 2026-02-17 | Long Nguyen | Karen Farrell | Drew Goins |
| 2026-02-18 | Roger Craig | Long Nguyen | Andrew He |
| 2026-02-19 | Roger Craig | Long Nguyen | Andrew He |
| 2026-02-20 | Roger Craig | Long Nguyen | Andrew He |
| Regular Season (Feb 23 - Jul 24) | |||
| 2026-02-23 | Trey Hart | Zach Johnson-Dunlop | Katie Pach |
| 2026-02-24 | Trey Hart | James Hirsh | Christa Fidel |
| 2026-02-25 | James Hirsh | Kevin Kodama | Lauren Vincent |
| 2026-02-26 | James Hirsh | Elizabeth Hurd | Patrick Creech |
| 2026-02-27 | James Hirsh | Diana Miller | Tim Leung |
| 2026-03-02 | Diana Miller | Marissa Klein | Noah Hamilton |
| 2026-03-03 | Noah Hamilton | Quentin Powers | Monterey Salka |
| 2026-03-04 | Quentin Powers | Nannono Zirimu | Aahil Makhani |
| 2026-03-05 | Quentin Powers | Cory Aiello | Nishal Shah |
| 2026-03-06 | Cory Aiello | James Denison | Heidi Schmechel |
| 2026-03-09 | James Denison | Katie Hoppenjans | Jonathan Rosales |
| 2026-03-10 | James Denison | Tim Swankey | Sapana Vora |
| 2026-03-11 | James Denison | Chris Kearney | Molly Hackett |
| 2026-03-12 | James Denison | Luke Henson | Lydia Cawley |
| 2026-03-13 | Luke Henson | Jamie Ding | Robin Richardson |
| 2026-03-16 | Jamie Ding | Shannon Thomas | Andrew Ford |
| 2026-03-17 | Jamie Ding | Carman Nareau | Aidan O'Connell |
| 2026-03-18 | Jamie Ding | Luke Minton | Kamilah Tisdale |
| 2026-03-19 | Jamie Ding | Jason Snell | Jordan Haynie Ware |
| 2026-03-20 | Jamie Ding | Sinecio Morales | David Ley |
| 2026-03-23 | Jamie Ding | Max Genecov | Erin Howard |
| 2026-03-24 | Jamie Ding | Abigail Marcolini | Pranit Nanda |
| 2026-03-25 | Jamie Ding | Thayer Warne | Tallulah Pollard |
| 2026-03-26 | Jamie Ding | Donna Vaughan Singer | Jeff Bienstock |
| 2026-03-27 | Jamie Ding | Brent Wilson | Tanya Iyer |
| 2026-03-30 | Jamie Ding | Fr. Paul Baker | Barbara McIntyre |
| 2026-03-31 | Jamie Ding | Seth Politano | Kimberly Ayers |
| 2026-04-01 | Jamie Ding | Jessica Frankenfield | George Thomas |
| 2026-04-02 | Jamie Ding | Nikki Svetov | Brian Chu |
| 2026-04-03 | Jamie Ding | Emmett Laurie | Robyn Horn |
| 2026-04-06 | Jamie Ding | Mikey Hlebasko | Maggie Faucher |
| 2026-04-07 | Jamie Ding | Divya Srijay | Kevin Iannone |
| 2026-04-08 | Jamie Ding | Erica Wagner | Dominex Kovacs |
| 2026-04-09 | Jamie Ding | Alexandra Leith | Prithish David |
| 2026-04-10 | Jamie Ding | Kathi Fitzgerald | Xaque Williams |
| 2026-04-13 | Jamie Ding | Erik Bubolz | Catherine Hoffman |
| 2026-04-14 | Jamie Ding | Iain Carpenter | Stephanie Rice-Hoffner |
| 2026-04-15 | Jamie Ding | Kim Elliott | Bill Page |
| 2026-04-16 | Jamie Ding | Andrew Younger | Erin Adams |
| 2026-04-17 | Jamie Ding | Tini Howard | Taotao Zhang |
| 2026-04-20 | Jamie Ding | Caleb Phillips | Caroline Coughlin |
| 2026-04-21 | Jamie Ding | Lydia Sekscenski | Max Ernst |
| 2026-04-22 | Jamie Ding | Suzanne Perla Blank | Ruey Yen |
| 2026-04-23 | Jamie Ding | Leighanna Mixter | Patrick Nolan |
| 2026-04-24 | Jamie Ding | Zach Pollock | Nicco Martinez |
| 2026-04-27 | Jamie Ding | Katrina Puckett | Greg Shahade |
| 2026-04-28 | Greg Shahade | Alice Jiang | Chris Argento |
| 2026-04-29 | Greg Shahade | Ian Samson | Beth Orlansky |
| 2026-04-30 | Greg Shahade | Derek Kaufman | Kate Brody |
| 2026-05-01 | Kate Brody | Harsha Hebbale | Stephanie Perkins |
| 2026-05-04 | Stephanie Perkins | Matt Davis | Madeline Kaplan |
| 2026-05-05 | Madeline Kaplan | Jeremy Roberts | Shannon Crisenbery |
| 2026-05-06 | Shannon Crisenbery | Tristan Williams | Lauren Black |
| 2026-05-07 | Tristan Williams | Helen Yoas | Robert Yan |
| 2026-05-08 | Tristan Williams | Natalie Oyler-Lusco | Bill Bogan |
| 2026-05-11 | Tristan Williams | Steve Greene | Jessica Doverspike |
| 2026-05-12 | Tristan Williams | Laurel Gilmer | Will Thornton |
| 2026-05-13 | Tristan Williams | Bridget Palmer | Kyle Li |
| 2026-05-14 | Tristan Williams | Nishi Kantamneni | Anne Benjaminson |
| 2026-05-15 | Tristan Williams | Chayce Griffith | Valerie Fulton |
| 2026-05-18 | Tristan Williams | Amy Dewey | Thomas Trovato |
| 2026-05-19 | Tristan Williams | Rose Sloan | Sunil Hebbar |
| 2026-05-20 | Tristan Williams | Allegra Rosenberg | Chris D'Angelo |
| 2026-05-21 | Chris D'Angelo | Sidney Elie-Pierre | Liz Guinn |
| 2026-05-22 | Chris D'Angelo | Mary Morris | Jeff Weyhmiller |
| 2026-05-25 | Chris D'Angelo | Veronica Matthews | Jack Kelly |
| 2026-05-26 | Chris D'Angelo | Chenfei Lu | Rebecca Joseph |
| 2026-05-27 | Chris D'Angelo | Rachel Hoke | J.R. Scott |
| 2026-05-28 | Chris D'Angelo | Ariel Epstein | Ken Bloom |
| 2026-05-29 | Chris D'Angelo | Lili Driggs | Matt Patrick |
| 2026-06-01 | Chris D'Angelo | Peter McFerrin | Camryn Bell |
| 2026-06-02 | Peter McFerrin | Savannah Madeira | Alex Reyes |
| 2026-06-03 | Peter McFerrin | Gil Hamel | Gabriel Berkowitz |
| 2026-06-04 | Peter McFerrin | Webster Guan | Susan Moskop |
| 2026-06-05 | Peter McFerrin | Jackie Goncalves | Seth McElroy |
| 2026-06-08 | Peter McFerrin | Alejandro Sobalvarro | Kaylea Bowers |
| 2026-06-09 | Peter McFerrin | Wilson Li | Dan Laine |
| 2026-06-10 | Dan Laine | AJ Maroney | Katelyn Mueller-McLean |
| 2026-06-11 | Katelyn Mueller-McLean | Danya Granado | Matt Wheeler |
| 2026-06-12 | Matt Wheeler | Erin Schor | Adam Remsen |
| 2026-06-15 | Adam Remsen | Sue Barndt | Benjy Malings |
| 2026-06-16 | Adam Remsen | Nabil Rahman | Sarah McCleskey |
| 2026-06-17 | Adam Remsen | Matt Fink | Carolyn Bavington |
| 2026-06-18 | Adam Remsen | Nora Inman | Tyler Stevenson |
| 2026-06-19 | Adam Remsen | Jacob Ross-Ewart | Deidre Purcell |
| 2026-06-22 | Adam Remsen | Kyla Wall-Polin | Carlos Cea |
| 2026-06-23 | Adam Remsen | Sarah Michel | Joey Tebben |
| 2026-06-24 | Adam Remsen | Maria Sebastian | Wayne Kobylinski |
| 2026-06-25 | Adam Remsen | Kate Raven | Derek Lombardi |
| 2026-06-26 | Adam Remsen | Kristin Warner | Clay Stallworth |
| 2026-06-29 | Adam Remsen | Jeff Price | Sarah Streicher |
| 2026-06-30 | Adam Remsen | Richard Nguyen | Mandy Moreno |
| 2026-07-01 | Richard Nguyen | Robyn Masella | Ben Crockett |
| 2026-07-02 | Richard Nguyen | Caleb Groen | Andy Briseño |
| 2026-07-03 | Caleb Groen | Derek Vance | Amber Born |
| 2026-07-06 | Caleb Groen | Owen Harrington | Lee Ann McGuire Whitlock |
| 2026-07-07 | Caleb Groen | Michael Yates | Jessica Davis |
| 2026-07-08 | Caleb Groen | Taylor A'Latorre | Molly Grove |
| 2026-07-09 | Caleb Groen | Sarah Lynch | Anthony Kim |
| 2026-07-10 | Caleb Groen | Kristal LeMaistre | Chris Bergman |
| 2026-07-13 | Caleb Groen | Molly Rakes | Mike Neighbors |
| 2026-07-14 | Caleb Groen | Patience Bruce | Khalid Kurji |
| 2026-07-15 | Caleb Groen | Marisa Rizzuti | Armando Marin |
| 2026-07-16 | Caleb Groen | Lea James | Jonathan Migliori |
| 2026-07-17 | Caleb Groen | Andy Strange | Angharad Rebholz |
| 2026-07-20 | Caleb Groen | Tatiana Chichilla | Sam Ryan |
| 2026-07-21 | Sam Ryan | Grace Biermann | Joey Sisk |
| 2026-07-22 | Grace Biermann | Jennifer Canterbury | Dean Zach |
| 2026-07-23 | Dean Zach | Matthew Riggle | Jacqueline Ziegler |
| 2026-07-24 | Matthew Riggle | Sophia Suazo | Devin Weinberg |
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