The Jeopardy! Masters tournament returns to primetime for season 3 on April 30, and there are nine phenomenal and fan-favorite players returning to compete for the grand prize. For the first time in its three seasons, the 2025 Jeopardy! Masters tournament features nine of the game show's highest-ranked current champions, which is three more than the usual six. They'll compete for the $500,000 grand prize, the coveted Alex Trebek Trophy, and the title of Jeopardy! Masters Champion.

Hosted by Ken Jennings, the 2025 Jeopardy! Masters tournament will feature nine hour-long episodes, with two half-hour games played in each one. The nine champions will compete in a series of league-style games, which will follow the traditional Jeopardy!/Double Jeopardy!/Final Jeopardy! format. All players will receive a cash prize, with the winner earning the grand prize of $500,000 plus a $100,000 donation to the charity of their choice. Here are the nine contestants who'll compete in the 2025 Jeopardy! Masters tournament.

Victoria Groce

2024 Jeopardy! Masters Winner

In an Instagram post, Jeopardy! announced the nine contestants who'll be competing in the 2025 Jeopardy! Masters tournament, including Victoria. Victoria made her Jeopardy! debut in 2005. Although she only won one game, it ended the 19-day winning streak of champion David Madden. After almost 20 years, Victoria returned to the Jeopardy! stage in 2024 for the first-ever Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament (JIT), and won. A month later, she won the 2024 Jeopardy! Masters tournament. She'll now return to defend her title.

Yogesh Raut

2024 Jeopardy! Tournament Of Champions Winner

Yogesh first competed on Jeopardy! in 2023, when he became a three-day champion. He was part of the first perfect game in 25 years, when he and his fellow contestants, Kristina Mosley and Kyle Daly, answered all 61 questions correctly. Yogesh won that game. Yogesh returned the following year and won the 2024 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions. In addition, he placed second in the 2024 Jeopardy! Masters tournament behind his fellow 2025 Jeopardy! Masters competitor, Victoria Groce.

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Brad Rutter

Holds Record For Highest All-Time Jeopardy! Winnings

Brad is a Jeopardy! legend who holds the record for the highest all-time winnings on the game show with $4,938,436. His storied career with the franchise began in 2000. He was a five-time undefeated champion because, at the time, returning champions were limited to five games. In 2001, he won the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions. In 2002, he became the show's first millionaire when he won the Jeopardy! Million Dollar Master's Tournament. Brad returned in 2005 for the Jeopardy! Ultimate Tournament of Champions, during which he won $2,000,000, and set the record for the most money ever won on a game show.

In 2011, Brad competed with Ken Jennings in a two-day exhibition match against the IBM computer, Watson. Brad finished in third place behind winner Watson and runner-up Ken, but his defeat didn't count against his official Jeopardy! record because it was an exhibition game. Brad played in the 2014 Jeopardy! Battle of the Decades tournament, which he won, and his team won the Jeopardy! All-Star Games in 2019. In 2020, he was the second runner-up to winner James Holzhauer and runner-up Ken in the Jeopardy! The Greatest of All-Time special. It was his first defeat by a human opponent in 20 years of Jeopardy! gameplay.

Neilesh Vinjamuri

2025 Tournament Of Champions Winner

Neilesh began his Jeopardy! career in 2024, when he won three games. In 2025, he returned for the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions, which he won in the last round versus his fellow 2025 Jeopardy! Masters contestants, Adriana Harmeyer and Isaac Hirsch.

Adriana Harmeyer

15-Day Jeopardy! Champion In 2024

In 2024, Adriana won 15 Jeopardy! games, which is the eleventh-longest winning streak in the game show's history. In 2025, she competed in the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions, placing second with Isaac Hirsch to Neilesh Vinjamuri. All three will now face off in the 2025 Jeopardy! Masters tournament.

Isaac Hirsch

9-Day Jeopardy! Champion In 2024

Known for his throwback wardrobe, Isaac won nine Jeopardy! games in 2024. In 2025, he competed in the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions. He and Adriana Harmeyer placed second to Neilesh Vinjamuri. Now they'll all compete again Jeopardy! Masters 2025.

Matt Amodio

2025 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament Champion

In 2021, Matt won 38 Jeopardy! games, which is the third-longest streak in the game's history behind Ken Jennings (74) and Amy Schneider (40). With total winnings of $1,518,601, he is the third-highest money winner in regular game play behind Ken and James. Because he competed on Jeopardy! while the show was looking for Alex Trebek's replacement, Matt played with seven different guest hosts throughout his career with the show, including Robin Roberts, LeVar Burton, David Faber, Joe Buck, Mike Richards, Mayim Bialik, and Ken.

Matt has become a staple of Jeopardy! tournaments, having played in several since his original run on the show. He played in the 2022 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions, and the 2023 and 2024 Jeopardy! Masters tournaments. In addition, Matt won the Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament (JIT) in 2025.

Roger Craig

2011 Jeopardy! Tournament Of Champions Winner

In the 2010-2011 Jeopardy! season, Roger won seven games, and set the record for the highest single-game winnings at $77,000. This record stood for eight years until it was broken by James Holzhauer in 2019 with $110,914. Roger went on to win the 2011 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions. He then placed third in the 2014 Jeopardy! Battle of the Decades tournament, and competed with his team in the 2019 Jeopardy! All-Star Games. In 2025, Roger placed second in the Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament (JIT).

Juveria Zaheer

2024 Jeopardy! Champions Wildcard Winner

Juveria played only one Jeopardy! game on May 8, 2022, but lost against three-day champion Hannah Wilson. However, because of her impressive performance against Hannah in that game, she was invited to play in the Jeopardy! Second Chance competition, which she won. Juveria's win meant that she automatically advanced to the Jeopardy! Champions Wildcard, a tournament for season 39 contestants who didn't automatically qualify for the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions. She won the Jeopardy! Champions Wildcard tournament as well, and played in the 2024 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions. In 2025, Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament (JIT).

The 2025 Jeopardy! Masters tournament features nine of the finest contestants ever to play the game. It's going to be so exciting to see them go head-to-head in the competition. Over the years, they've given viewers some of the most thrilling moments in Jeopardy! history. As they take the stage in this prestigious competition, they'll have Jeopardy! fans at the edges of their seats. These are super-intelligent players with great personalities, so they'll not only dazzle viewers with their knowledge, but also their charm and wit. The 2025 Jeopardy! Masters tournament is going to be legendary.

Jeopardy! Masters season 3 premieres on April 30, 2025, at 9 p.m. EDT on ABC.

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