Another honorable mention goes out to Chuck Forrest, a contestant who in the ‘80s was once one of the best to play the game.
Forrest is sort of the Babe Ruth of Jeopardy!.
Arthur Chu and James Holzhauer were both very successful using the “Forrest Bounce.”
Because of things like the 5-Day Champion rule, as well as the lower cash prizes when he played, he doesn’t appear on the list, but his accomplishments are legendary, including with being credited with a common strategy now known as the “Forrest Bounce” when contestants bounce from clue to clue, not going one by one down a category as contestants were originally intended to do.