Tournament of Champions[]
Art Fleming version[]
| No. | Year | Name | Notes |
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| 1 | 1964 | Terry Thompson | |
| 2 | 1965 | Babs McClellan | 1991 Seniors Tournament semifinalist. |
| 3 | 1966 | Burns Cameron | He appeared in 1990 Super Jeopardy. |
| 4 | 1967 | Anne Fried | |
| 5 | 1968 | Hutton Gibson | Died May 10, 2020. |
| 6 | 1969 | Jay Wolpert | Died January 3, 2022. |
| 7 | 1970 | Gene Cheatam | |
| 8 | 1971 | Rock Johnson | |
| 9 | 1972 | Anne Marie Sutton | |
| 10 | 1973 | Paula Ogren | |
| 11 | 1974 | Denny Golden |
Syndicated version[]
| No. | Season | Year | Name | WC | Notes |
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| 1 | 2 | 1985 | Jerry Frankel | 
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Died from AIDS on July 13, 1987. |
| 2 | 3 | 1986 | Chuck Forrest | ||
| 3 | 4 | 1987 | Bob Verini | 1990 Super Jeopardy! 1st Runner-Up. 2002 Million Dollar Masters 2nd Runner-Up. | |
| 4 | 5 | 1988 | Mark Lowenthal | ||
| 5 | 6 | 1989 | Tom Cubbage |
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Won 1989 College Championship. |
| 6 | 7 | 1990 | Bob Blake | ||
| 7 | 8 | 1991 | Jim Scott |
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First ToC winner to win one game as co-champion. |
| 8 | 9 | 1992 | Leszek Pawlowicz | ||
| 9 | 10 | 1993 | Tom Nosek | Died September 22, 2020. | |
| 10 | 11 | 1994 | Rachael Schwartz |
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First-ever Female ToC winner in syndicated version. First-ever 4-time champ become ToC winner. |
| 11 | 12 | 1995 | Fritz Holznagel |
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First-ever 4-time male champ become ToC winner. |
| 12 | 13 | 1996 | Michael Dupée | ||
| 13 | 14 | 1998 | Dan Melia |
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| 14 | 15 | 1999 | Dave Abbott | ||
| 15 | 16 | 2000 | Robin Carroll |
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First-ever 5-time female champ ToC winner. Also won 2001 International Tournament. |
| 16 | 18 | 2001 | Brad Rutter | Won Million Dollar Masters Tournament in 2002, Ultimate Tournament of Champions in 2005, Battle of the Decades in 2014, and All-Star Games in 2019 (with Larissa Kelly and David Madden). | |
| 17 | 19 | 2003 | Mark Dawson |
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Last ToC winner with 5-time Limit Rule in place. |
| 18 | 21 | 2004 | Russ Schumacher |
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First ToC winner with Unlimited Rule in place. |
| 19 | 22 | 2006 | Michael Falk |
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Only 3-time ToC winner. |
| 20 | 24 | 2007 | Celeste DiNucci |
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First and only female ToC winner with Unlimited Rule in place. First ToC winner where semifinal ends in a Tiebreaker Round. |
| 21 | 25 | 2009 | Dan Pawson | First 6-time+ ToC winner. | |
| 22 | 26 | 2010 | Vijay Balse | ||
| 23 | 28 | 2011 | Roger Craig | 2014 Battle of the Decades 2nd Runner-Up. | |
| 24 | 29 | 2013 | Colby Burnett | Won 2012-B Teachers Tournament. 2019 All-Star Games 2nd runner-up (with Alan Lin and Pam Mueller). | |
| 25 | 31 | 2014 | Ben Ingram | Last ToC winner with ties allowed. Last ToC winner to win one game as co-champion. | |
| 26 | 32 | 2015 | Alex Jacob | First ToC winner with tiebreaker rule in place. | |
| 27 | 34 | 2017 | Buzzy Cohen | Was the guest host for the 2021 Tournament of Champions for the charity, Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission Trebek Center For The Homeless. | |
| 28 | 36 | 2019 | James Holzhauer | Longest winning streak and highest regular winnings for a ToC winner. Last ToC champion in the Alex Trebek era Last ToC before the recording system with no audience due to COVID-19. | |
| 29 | 37 | 2021 | Sam Kavanaugh | First ToC champion in the post-Trebek era. The first ToC and all-time tournament in a recording system with no audience due to COVID-19. The last ToC winner in the 15-people system. | |
| 30 | 39 | 2022 |
College Championship[]
| No. | Season | Name | WC | Notes |
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| 1 | 5 | Tom Cubbage | Won 1989 Tournament of Champions. | |
| 2 | 6 | Michael Thayer | ||
| 3 | 7 | Scott Gillispie | ||
| 4 | 8 | Billy Baxter |
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| 5 | 9 | Phoebe Juel | ||
| 6 | 10 | Jeff Stewart | 1994 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up. Husband of Season 13 contestant Jennifer Wadsack. | |
| 7 | 11 | Ben Lyon | ||
| 8 | 12 | Shane Whitlock | ||
| 9 | 13 | Craig Baker | ||
| 10 | 14 | Andrew Hutchings | ||
| 11 | 15 | Carolyn Cracraft | Died June 7, 2019 from end-stage liver disease. | |
| 12 | 16 | Janet Wong | ||
| 13 | 17 | Pam Mueller |
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2019 All-Star Games 2nd runner-up (with Colby Burnett and Alan Lin). |
| 14 | 18 | Vinita Kailasanath | ||
| 15 | 19 | Kyle Hale | ||
| 16 | 20 | Keith Williams | ||
| 17 | 21 | Kermin Fleming | ||
| 18 | 22 | Nico Martinez | ||
| 19 | 23 | Cliff Galiher |
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2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up. |
| 20 | 24 | Joey Beachum | ||
| 21 | 25 | Patrick Tucker | ||
| 22 | 26 | Nick Yozamp | ||
| 23 | 27 | Erin McLean | ||
| 24 | 28 | Monica Thieu |
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2019 All Star Games 1st Runner-Up (with Ken Jennings and Matt Jackson). |
| 25 | 29 | Jim Coury | ||
| 26 | 30 | Terry O'Shea | ||
| 27 | 32 | Sam Deutsch | ||
| 28 | 33 | Lilly Chin | ||
| 29 | 34 | Dhruv Gaur | ||
| 30 | 36 | Nibir Sarma |
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Last College Championship champion during Alex Trebek's lifetime. |
Teen Tournament[]
| No. | Season | Name | WC | Notes |
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| 1 | 3 | Michael Galvin | ||
| 2 | 4 | Michael Block | ||
| 3 | 5 | Eric Newhouse | Also won the 1998 Teen Reunion Tournament. 2002 Million Dollar Masters 1st runner-up. | |
| 4 | 6 | Jamie Weiss | ||
| 5 | 7 | Andrew Westney |
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| 6 | 8 | April McManus | ||
| 7 | 9 | Fraser Woodford |
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| 8 | 10 | Matt Morris | ||
| 9 | 11 | Matt Zielenski | ||
| 10 | 12 | Amanda Goad | ||
| 11 | 13 | Josh DenHartog |
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| 12 | 14 | Sahir Islam | ||
| 13 | 15 | Melissa Seal | ||
| 14 | 16 | Chacko George | Last Teen Tournament Winner to participate in ToC. | |
| 15 | 17 | Graham Gilmer | ||
| 16 | 18 | Bernard Holloway | ||
| 17 | 19 | John Zhang | ||
| 18 | 20 | Jennifer Wu | ||
| 19 | 21 | Michael Braun | ||
| 20 | 22 | Papa Chakravarthy | ||
| 21 | 23-A | David Walter |
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| 22 | 23-B | Meryl Federman |
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Champion for the 2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games. Daughter of Season 29 player Todd Federman. |
| 23 | 24 | Rachel Horn | ||
| 24 | 25 | Anurag Kashyap | ||
| 25 | 26 | Rachel Rothenberg |
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| 26 | 27 | Raynell Cooper |
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| 27 | 28 | Elyse Mancuso | Last Tournament winner beat the winner's minimum guarantee ($79,600). | |
| 28 | 29 | Leonard Cooper |
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First Teen Tournament winner and so far the only tournament winner who made to the finals by wildcard due to triple-zero score in one of the semifinal games. |
| 29 | 30 | Jeff Xie |
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Last Teen Tournament champion to win $75,000 before the Grand Prize for the champion got raised to $100,000. |
| 30 | 33 | Sharath Narayan |
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1st Teen Tournament champion to win $100,000, and the last On the Road Tournament winner during Alex Trebek's lifetime. |
| 31 | 35-A | Claire Sattler |
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Last female Tournament winner during Alex Trebek's lifetime. Last female Teen Tournament champion. |
| 32 | 35-B | Avi Gupta | Last Teen Tournament champion during Alex Trebek's lifetime. Last Teen Tournament champion. |
Teachers Tournament[]
| No. | Season | Name | WC | Notes |
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| 1 | 27 | Charles Temple | ||
| 2 | 28 | Patrick Quinn | ||
| 3 | 29 | Colby Burnett | Won 2013 Tournament of Champions. 2019 All-Star Games 2nd runner-up (with Alan Lin and Pam Mueller). | |
| 4 | 30 | John Pearson | ||
| 5 | 31 | Jennifer Giles | The only female Teacher tournament winner. | |
| 6 | 32 | Jason Sterlacci | ||
| 7 | 33 | David Clemmons | ||
| 8 | 34 | Larry Martin | Died from pancreatic cancer on January 25, 2019, before the 2019 Tournament of Champions. Only tournament champion so far to die before the Tournament of Champions. | |
| 9 | 35 | Francois Barcomb | 2019 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up. | |
| 10 | 36 | Ben Henri | Last Teachers Tournament champion during Alex Trebek's lifetime. Last Teachers tournament and all-time tournament before the recording system with no audience due to COVID-19. Last Tournament winner during Alex Trebek's lifetime. |
Seniors Tournament[]
| No. | Season | Name | WC | Notes |
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| 1 | 3 | Zeke Sevilla Jr. | Died October 16, 2021, at the age of 90. | |
| 2 | 4 | Peggy Kennedy | Died December 13, 2000, at the age of 70. | |
| 3 | 5 | Ouida Rellstab | ||
| 4 | 6 | George Soule | Died December 24, 2011. | |
| 5 | 7 | Lou Pryor | 1991 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up. Died January 10, 2014, at the age of 79. | |
| 6 | 8 | Leonard Schmidt |
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Died April 10, 1994, at the age of 67. |
| 7 | 9 | Marilyn Kneeland | 1993 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up. Died December 18, 2019, at the age of 83. | |
| 8 | 10 | Bart Thomas |
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Died March 31, 2006. |
| 9 | 11 | Aaron Klein |
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| 10 | 12 | David Cuneo | Last Seniors Tournament champion. |
Professors Tournament[]
| No. | Season | Name | WC | Notes |
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| 1 | 38 | Sam Buttrey |
