| Contestant | Winnings | show | Comments | |
| Brad Rutter |
| Jeopardy! | Ultimate Tournament of Champions winner Million Dollar Masters Champion Tournament of Champions winner $40,000 of cars for five wins ($55,102 cash) $200,000 3rd place in IBM Challenge | |
| Ken Jennings |
| Jeopardy! | Won $2,522,700 in 74 victories and $2,000 consolation; $500,000 for second place in Ultimate Tournament of Champions $300,000 2nd place in IBM Challenge | |
| Charles Taylor, Francis Goldschmid and Sam Khurana |
| Treasure Hunters | "Geniuses Team", Found and shared the treasure worth $3,000,000. | |
| Kevin Olmstead |
| Mega Millionaire | Won $1,180,000 bonus for Mega Millionaire | |
| Ed Toutant |
| Mega Millionaire | Won $860,000 Mega Millionaire bonus after a $16,000 question was thrown out | |
| Ashlee Register |
| Duel | Grand Champion | |
| Lt. David Legler |
| The New Twenty-One | Show's Top Winner under second payoff system, won six games | |
| Curtis Warren |
| Greed | Top winner, won $1 million in sweeps event | |
| John Carpenter |
| Who Wants to be a Millionaire? | First $1m winner in television history, $125,000 in charity winnings | |
| Michael Haynes |
| The Price is Right | Million Dollar Spectacular, Double Showcase Winner | |
| Chris Jackson and Monica Gonzales |
| Fear Factor | Couples Tournament Champions, includes $35,000 bonus cash,Las Vegas trip< and two Jeep Grand Cherokees | |
| Adam Rose |
| The Price is Right | $20k from Grand Game, double showcase winner and $1 million bonus | |
| Dean and Ashley Molina |
| Fear Factor | Couples 2005 winners. Pair of Jeep Wranglers, Liberties, Sony MP3 players and Jamaican vacation. | |
| Michael Haynes | >
| TPIR: Primetime | Arcade Game ($3,495) Wedding Dresses, Mikaelian & Sons Diamong Ring, Trip to Paris, Chrysler 300 Touring ($42,989) Trip to Las Vegas, 2 Segways, 2 Lincoln MKZs ($80,578) $1,000,000 Double Showcase winner bonus | |
| Rahim Oberholtzer |
![]() | The New Twenty-one | Top winner for first payoff system, four victories and $120,000 bonus cash. | |
| Cynthia Acevedo |
| The Price is Right | Off Road Vehicle ($3,899) sofa ($899) elliptical trainer ($999) $1,005,000 flag, mini-trailer, three Jeep Patriots ($78,220) | |
| Tim Hsieh |
| It's Your Chance of a Lifetime | Top winner plus 19 cents, won $64,000 on Millionaire '03 | |
| Michelle Loewenstein |
| Wheel of Fortune | Million Dollar winner | |
| Dan Blonsky Joe Trela |
![]() | Who Wants to be a Millionaire? | $500 in charity winnings, each | |
| Bob House Kim Hunt David Goodman Bernie Cullen |
![]() | Who Wants to be a Millionaire? | ||
| Kevin Smith Nancy Christy |
![]() | Who Wants to be a Millionaire? | Syndicated winners | |
| Sam Murray |
![]() | Who Wants to be a Millionaire? | Fall 2009 Tournament of Ten winner | |
| Robert Essig |
![]() | Super Millionaire | 12 right answers | |
| Jason Luna |
![]() | 1 vs. 100 | Second season premiere, defeated the Mob | |
| Jamie Sadler |
![]() | Power of 10 | Youngest millionaire in game show history | |
| Kathy Cox George F. Smoot III |
![]() | Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? | ||
| Dan and Laureen Fernandez Steve and Connie Rutenbar Cheryl and Bill Gilmore Connie and Bil Britain Kim and George Judith and Bob Holt Mollie and Larry Davis Michael and Andrea Jay and Judy Astor |
![]() | The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime | ||
| Durant Fowler |
![]() | Fear Factor | Season 4 Premiere | |
| Jessica Robinson |
![]() | Deal or No Deal | Million Dollar Mission: had five $1m cases in play | |
| Tomorrow Rodriguez |
![]() | Deal or No Deal | Million Dollar Mission: had nine $1m cases in play, finished game with three remaining | |
| Sheila Shigainy |
![]() | Studio 7 | Grand Final Winner | |
| Lauren Griswold |
![]() | Super Greed | Top Super Greed winner | |
| David Juliano |
| Super Greed | ||
| Michelle Falco |
| Deal or No Deal | Kept her case, had a $6m top prize | |
| Paulara Hawkins |
| Show Me the Money | Top winner | |
| Kimberly Chastang |
| Deal or No Deal | Had a $4m top prize | |
| Matthew Sollena |
| Deal or No Deal | Had the $3m top prize in his case. | |
| Monique Jones |
| Super Greed | ||
| George Elias |
![]() | Super Greed | Richest captain in show's history | |
| Melissa Hall |
![]() | The New Twenty-one | ||
| Matt Marr |
| Show Me the Money | First contestant | |
| Drew Carey |
![]() | Celebrity Millionaire | ||
| Tim Shields |
![]() | Who Wants to be a Millionaire? | $16,000 in charity winnings | |
| Michael Amoroso, Jr. |
![]() | Set for Life | $2,800 per month for 15 years | |
| Catherine Rahm |
| Winning Lines | Top Winner, 19 on Wonderwall, also appeared on WinTuition, On the Cover, and Sale of the Century | |
| Michael Shutterly |
![]() | Who Wants to be a Millionaire? | $500 in charity winnings | |
| Todd Kim Scott Hoff Jason Carter Pat Headley |
| Super Millionaire | Answered 11 questions correctly | |
| Gary Gambino David Stewart |
| Mega Millionaire | Both passed on questions worth over $2 million. | |
| Mary Beth and Rob McNally |
| Couples WWTBAM? | Top winners | |
| Mary Burke Moe Cain Justin Ray Castillo Rob Coughlin David Fite Phil Gibbons Stephanie Girardi Tom Hoobler Joe Kelleher Jim Matthews Mike Menz Tom O'Brien Steve Perry Pat Thompson |
![]() | Who Wants to be a Millionaire? | Series one top winner, Only contestants to get 14 right. | |
| Armand Kachigian Jeff Gross Ogi Ogas Lyn Payne |
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Who Wants to be a Millionaire? | Syndicated program | |
| Rosie O'Donnell Norm MacDonald |
| Celebrity Millionaire | ||
|
Victor King Stephanie Wombach John Zole Alex Outhred Jason Ramsey Robert Rudder Kirk Canoll Ken Jennings |
| Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader? | Answered 10 questions correctly | |
| Dottie Harris |
| Don't Forget the Lyrics | Answered 9 questions correctly | |
| Cassandra Whitehead |
![]() | 1 vs. 100 | ||
| Robert Talon Christian Saulnier Christine Howard |
![]() | Identity | Matched all strangers to identities | |
| Gabriel Reilich |
![]() | Duel | Series two, Five duel winner | |
| Jerome Vered |
![]() | Jeopardy! | Top one day total pre-doubled won $5,000 of Ben Stein's Money third place in J!UTOC. | |
| Brittany Lewzader |
| Deal or No Deal | Had $400 in case, had nine $1m cases in game | |
| Kelly Bruce |
| The New Twenty-one | ||
| David Madden |
![]() | Jeopardy! | 19 game winner $2,000 for second place, $10,000 in Tournament of Champions | |
| Katie Henslin |
| Deal or No Deal | Had 13 $1m cases in play | |
| Tim Helms |
| The New Twenty-one | Won $150,000 in one Perfect 21 game | |
| Jason Meyer |
| The New Twenty-one | Was current champion when new payoff system was implemented | |
| Melissa Skirboll |
| Greed | ||
| Cyndi Pridgen |
| Deal or No Deal | Took the deal in round nine | |
| Mike McKay |
| Winning Lines | 18 answers on the Wonderwall. | |
| Alteia Greer | >
| Deal or No Deal | ||
| Phyllis Harris | >
| Super Greed | ||
| David Forman |
| Who Wants to be a Millionaire? | ||
| Sheetal Chetty |
| Deal or No Deal | Took the deal in round eight | |
| Keith Dillihunt |
![]() | The New Twenty-One | ||
| Peter Montesanti |
| Deal or No Deal | Took the deal in round nine | |
| Kevin Cronin |
| Celebrity Don't Forget the Lyrics | ||
| Luke Adams Katie Moeser Gabrielle Hatchett Shomari Berkeley Jill Small Melissa Pollack |
| Celebrity Don't Forget the Lyrics | ||
| Barry Lander | >
| One vs. 100 | Biggest winner of series one | |
| Mary Beth Holzheimer |
| Deal or No Deal | ||
| Gary Riatto |
| Deal or No Deal | ||
| Maria Retofsky |
| The New Twenty-one | ||
| Vijay Balse |
| Jeopardy! | 2010 Grand Champion Won four games and $2,000 consolation money First minority to win Tournament of Champions | |
| Celeste DiNucci |
| Jeopardy! | 2007 Grand Champion | |
| Gretchen Samuels |
| The New Twenty-One | ||
| Russ Schumacher |
| Jeopardy! | ToC Winner 2004, $5,000 Ultimate J! | |
| Madeline Ali |
| Greed | Recently made it to WWTBAM final 10 | |
| Lt. Thom McKee |
| Tic Tac Dough | ToC ranked #1, held game show winnings record for 19 years. | |
| Al Schaeffer |
| Who Wants to be a Millionaire? | ||
| Michael Falk |
![]() | Jeopardy! | 2006 Tournament of Champions winner, $250,000 | |
| Robert Abramoff |
| Greed | ||
| Evan Benner |
| Greed | ||
| Annemarie Buchta |
| Greed | Second highest winner on Press Your Luck | |
| Jill Schilstra |
| Greed | ||
| Jeff Ester |
| Greed | ||
| Bruce Seymour |
| Jeopardy! | Super Jeopardy! winner | |
| Eileen Jason |
![]() | The Joker's Wild | $250,000 Tournament of Champions winner | |
| Mark Dawson |
| Jeopardy! | 2003 ToC Champion, plus Corvette | |
| Bryan Kennedy |
| Deal or No Deal | Miss USA edition | |
| Michael Jezierny |
| Battle of the Child Geniuses | Grand Champion | |
| Ben Vies Linda Sypien Clay Aiken Avis Wrentmore Ben Buys Neil Roden |
| Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader? | Answered 9 questions correctly | |
| Zack Cohen and Angela Nolfi |
| Fear Factor | Heist Episode, $275,000 cash and trip | |
| Neil Larrimore |
| Who Wants to be a Millionaire? | ||
| Chelsea Drake |
| Deal or No Deal | Daily version | |
| Rob Griffin |
| The Joker's Wild | Tournament of Champions Champion | |
| Mike Levy |
| Deal or No Deal | From Philippines, had $750k | |
| Traci Wilkerson |
| Deal or No Deal | Took a Deal in round nine | |
| Michael Avitzur |
| Who Wants to be a Millionaire? | ||
| Michelle Bergeron |
| The New Twenty-One | ||
| Tom Walsh |
| Jeopardy! | First seven day champion;$50,000 Tournament of Champions (Second place) $25,000 Nifty Nine Ultimate Tournament | |
| Bob Verini |
![]() | Jeopardy! | 1987 ToC Winner, Super J!, 2nd place, $1M Masters, 3rd place | |
| Frank Spangenburg |
| Jeopardy! | Top 5 day total pre-doubled Round of Six in J!UTOC | |
| Michael Wallace |
| Deal or No Deal | Took the deal in round eight | |
| Teddy Nadler |
| The $64,000 Challenge | Top winner, held winnings record until Thom McKee | |
| Toby Moore Tom Ashton |
| Who Wants to be a Millionaire? | ||
|
Peter Braxton Gary Cahall Eric Grosskurth Tony Mangaser Jack Martin John Norquist Eric Oberhand Marty Scott Connie Stoltz |
| Mega Millionaire | ||
|
Andy Aaron Chris Barker Tom Bolton Eric Buske Jane Charnin-Aker David Clayton Dave Colquitt Bob Combs Dan Demars Jason Dickinson Adam Edgell Phil Gibson Chris Gum Dave Hann Allen Harris Terry Jones Ken Krantz Jim Lairmore Gary Levine Jonathan Lubin David MacLaine Matt Marcotte Scott McKeeve Reece O'Dell Henry Olsen Jeanne Pomenti Nancy Redd Joel Reid Ian Reifowitz David Rice Robin Riglin Joe Roberts Christopher Ruth Kevin Simcox Doug Van Gundy Donna White Paul Young |
![]() | Who Wants to be a Millionaire? | Thirteen club | |
|
Peter Sarrett Julie Hunter Francis M. Grant, Jr. Ginny Crispell John Castellano Rick Spears Dino White Carole Price Jeff Crosby Howard Johnson Dante Constable Brianne Sherman Roger Storm Jehan Shamsid-DeenMbr> Jeremy Blais |
![]() | Syndicated "Millionaire" | ||
| Jim, Tracy and Conner Lawler |
![]() | Syndicated "Millionaire" | Family Week | |
| Kathy Hempel |
![]() | Syndicated "Millionaire" | Loser's Revenge (missed Q5 | |
| Jeff Jones Tom Merlino |
![]() | Syndicated "Millionaire" | ||
| Martin Poteralski |
![]() | Who Wants to be a Millionaire? | "Llama's Revenge" week | |
| Christopher Langhan Clint Tauscher |
![]() | 1 vs. 100 | ||
| Josh Fedeli and Lauren Drysdale |
| Syndicated Millionaire | Play To Pay for Your Wedding | |
| Tom Merlino |
| Syndicated Millionaire | TV Week | |
| Mason Spencer, Jodi Roth, Alexandra Clark |
![]() |
World Series of Pop Culture | "El Chupacabra", 2006 tournament winners | |
| Victor Lee, Andrew Unterberger, Andrew Meyer |
![]() |
World Series of Pop Culture | "Twisted Misters", 2007 tournament winners | |
| Robin Grover |
![]() |
History IQ | Defeated Leszek Pawlowicz in Championship Final | |
| Steven Benjamin |
![]() | The Chair | First perfect champion | |
| Sherman Mitchell |
![]() | Deal or No Deal | Took the deal in round nine |



































































































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