Hall of Fame marks a distinction between single-run earnings and all-time earnings in its records, so Holzhauer won’t overtake Jennings’ single-game earnings record after winning one game like he was on pace to do.
Of course, with James Holzhauer coming back to Jeopardy!, many may be wondering if this means Ken Jennings earnings record is in, er, jeopardy.
With that said, he’s a little over $900k from Jennings’ all-time winnings record, and he could make a dent in that.