Season 42 Jeopardy! contestants - where they're from

The main table includes all players who made their first appearance on Jeopardy! in 2025-26. Thus, they exclude:

• Jonathan Hugendubler, defending champion coming out of Season 41
• The players in the "postseason" competitions, all of whom first appeared last season or earlier in this one:
  • Second Chance — 27 players
  • Champions Wildcard — 15 players
  • Tournament of Champions — 21 players
• The 18 players in the Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament

"Originally from" introductions are not separated out in these statistics.

What's here:

• Contestants by media market
• Contestants by state/province
• Second Chance
• Champions Wildcard
• 2026 Tournament of Champions
• 2026 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament

(Credits: TitanTV for TV schedules for each market; ThinkTV for a listing of Canadian market sizes, enabling me to rank them properly with the U.S. markets; and the U.S. Census Bureau for KML files of county boundaries for use with Google Earth.)

Ranks represent market size estimates for 2024-25.

Up to date through Week 34 of Season 42 (2026-05-01).

Contestants by media market