--- ---  # _Jeopardy!_ Phenom James Holzhauer Just Notched His 21st Consecutive Win (Racking Up $1.6 Million) by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. May 3, 2019 12:24 PM UTC  "Jeopardy!" contestant James Holzhauer on an episode that aired on April 17, 2019\. On his 14th appearance Tuesday, April 23, 2019, Holzhauer eclipsed the $1 million mark in winnings. "Jeopardy!" contestant James Holzhauer on an episode that aired on April 17, 2019\. On his 14th appearance Tuesday, April 23, 2019, Holzhauer eclipsed the $1 million mark in winnings.Jeopardy Productions, Inc.—AP by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. May 3, 2019 12:24 PM UTC _Jeopardy!_ contestant [James Holzhauer](http://time.com/5577425/1-million-jeopardy-winner-james-holzhauer/) has broken another record on the game show. With his 21st win in a row, Holzhauer has the [second-longest winning streak](https://www.jeopardy.com/jbuzz/streaker-updates/james-holzhauer-becomes-2nd-winningest-contestant) in _Jeopardy!_ history, putting him ahead of Julia Collins, who won 20 games in a row in 2014\. He now stands behind only Ken Jennings, who holds the record for the longest winning streak at 74 consecutive games on _Jeopardy!_ Jennings also holds the Jeopardy! record for the most winnings from the show, after earning more than $2.5 million during his streak. Holzhauer won $80,615 in Thursday’s game, bringing his total winnings to about $1.6 million, according to _Jeopardy!_‘s [results](https://www.jeopardy.com/contestant-zone). How long Holzhauer will continue his winning streak is a mystery. _Jeopardy!_ finished production on its current season in April, the [Washington _Post_ reports](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/why-no-one-has-leaked-jeopardy-spoilers-about-james-holzhauers-incredible-winning-streak/2019/05/02/0641d918-6d1e-11e9-a66d-a82d3f3d96d5%5Fstory.html?noredirect=on&utm%5Fterm=.9063b9d6100a), but remaining episodes are set to air this summer. So, while Holzhauer and some studio audience members know whether he’s yet lost a game, the rest of America will have to wait until the next episode to find out. > [](https://twitter.com/Jeopardy/status/1124146560860708869) James Holzhauer Makes Jeopardy! History With 21st Win ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5582693/jeopardy-james-holzhauer-record-ken-jennings/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5582693/jeopardy-james-holzhauer-record-ken-jennings/"},"headline":"Jeopardy! Phenom James Holzhauer Just Notched His 21st Consecutive Win (Racking Up $1.6 Million)","datePublished":"2019-05-03T12:24:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T23:26:50.890Z","description":"Jeopardy! contestant James Holzhauer has broken another record on the game show with his 21st win.","url":"https://time.com/5582693/jeopardy-james-holzhauer-record-ken-jennings/","keywords":["Television","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt817a5b8b82e214cb/698948f44ee26256c931468c/1-million-jeopardy-james-holzhauer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt817a5b8b82e214cb/698948f44ee26256c931468c/1-million-jeopardy-james-holzhauer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Jeopardy!\" contestant James Holzhauer on an episode that aired on April 17, 2019","caption":"Las Vegas gambler James Holzhauer has passed the $1 million mark in winnings on 'Jeopardy!' on his 14th appearance.","creditText":"Jeopardy Productions, Inc.—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5582693/jeopardy-james-holzhauer-record-ken-jennings/","name":"Jeopardy! Phenom James Holzhauer Just Notched His 21st Consecutive Win (Racking Up $1.6 Million)"}}]}] ```