2025 Jeopardy! Masters/Evaluation

Players

9th place finisher: Neilesh Vinjamuri

This time, Neilesh showed outstanding performance and emerged as a dark horse like the previous ToC winner Yogesh Raut, but he was blocked by a wall of strong competitors and returned with the lowest score. However, since there are many cases of participants with low winning streaks performing well, it seems that he will show good performance again in the 2026 J!IT.

8th place finisher: Adriana Harmeyer

As the 2nd runner-up in the 2025 ToC and the recent long-term champion, expectations were high, but Adriana was unable to overcome the wall of previous Masters players and finished the competition in 8th place.

7th place finisher: Brad Rutter

Brad had hoped to make a comeback in this tournament after five years, but unfortunately finished in 7th place, unable to overcome the wall of the new generation of players. However, unlike his poor performance in GoAT, he showed signs of recovery towards the end, and it seems that he will make a comeback when he is invited to 2026 J!IT soon. Above all, he stood out in The Chase.

6th place finisher: Roger Craig

Even though he is approaching his 50s, Roger showed his outstanding skills by taking second place in 2025 J!IT after a long time, but in Master's, he showed a disappointing skills due to nervousness from meeting strong competitors, and finished in 6th place. However, considering that this program is advantageous for the younger generation who can demonstrate quick reflexes, he can be considered to have done well in this competition as well.

5th place finisher: Matt Amodio

After a poor performance at the last Masters, Matt successfully returned to the Masters by winning the 2025 J!IT, raising expectations. Although he finished in 5th place, behind the previous inaugural winner and runner-up, considering that fellow competitor Amy Schneider was eliminated in the 2025 J!IT quarterfinals, it can be said that he achieved his intended goal, and considering that the super-champions are gradually showing poor performances, it can be said that he did quite well.

4th place finisher: Isaac Hirsch

As a contestant who placed 2nd in the 2025 ToC, this time Isaac made up for falling short of the ToC title by performing better than Neilesh Vinjamuri and Adriana Harmeyer, and he is expected to be a dark horse who will show a good performance in the 2026 J!IT. After pulling some clutch victories, Hirsch has proven he can compete with high-level players, leading players at points in a game such as Victoria, Yogesh, and even beating Juveria.

Second runner-up: Victoria Groce

In the last ToC, Victoria won by overwhelmingly defeating her strong competitor James Holzhauer, and this time, she challenged for consecutive wins by having a close match with Yogesh Raut, the first runner-up of the 2024 Masters, but due to Juveria Zaheer's advance in the latter half of the final, she finished in 3rd place, just like James in the last competition. However, unlike long-term champions who show ups and downs and gradually decline, she showed good results by finishing in the top 3 this time, so it seems that she will show a good performance in the 2026 Masters as well.

First runner-up: Juveria Zaheer

As a dark horse this year, after finishing third in the JIT, he also achieved the feat of finishing second in this Masters. In particular, he showed a weak performance in the beginning of the final, and it seemed that it would be a match between Victoria and Yogesh, but he showed outstanding performance in the second half and defeated the first-time winner Victoria to take second place. Perhaps as the biggest beneficiary of the production team system that created the loser's resurrection system, he is emerging as a capable person who will show a great performance in the 2026 Masters.

Winner: Yogesh Raut

This tournament proved that Yogesh's high performance in the previous tournament was no fluke, as he had a close match with the first winner Victoria Groce, and later overtook Juveria Zaheer in the final, ultimately achieving the feat of winning two or more tournaments for the fourth time in history. In particular, he made up for his lack of success in the regular games by winning in the tournaments, and also achieved the feat of becoming the 6th millionaire in history.

All

Yogesh Raut's win at the Masters makes him the sixth millionaire in history and ranks ninth on the all-time list of highest-earning players. The post-Endemic tournament brought about a new twist, with champions with less than four wins in the tournament now sweeping the top spots. Amy Schneider, the 2022 ToC winner, and Matt Amodio, the 2025 J!IT winner, also had their fair share of ups and downs, with the latter not even achieving a lock once.

Additionally, this tournament had the peculiar situation of only having participants with less than three wins in the regular game, which led some viewers to question why they were unable to achieve the longest winning streak. In fact, this quiz program has many variables above all else, and even people who get a lot of answers right often lose due to DD, so you should keep in mind that a winning streak alone does not necessarily guarantee good results in a tournament.

This tournament clearly proves that there has been a generational change, as many factors have emerged to save the best players, such as the Champions Wildcard and Second Chance brackets, which have given many best players another chance, and as more and more players like Juveria Zaheer and Victoria Groce have been given a chance, the matches have become more and more exciting.

Of course, Yogesh and Victoria, who have always been at the top, cannot rest easy either, and as the generational shift gradually takes place, it seems that the Warring States period will continue for some time.