The main table includes all players who made their first appearance on Jeopardy! in 2026-27. Thus, they exclude:
"Originally from" introductions are not separated out in these statistics.
What's here:
(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 7 of Season 43 (2026-10-30).
| Rank | Market | Station | Players |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | WABC | 9 |
| 8 | Washington (Hagerstown) | WJLA | 6 |
| 3 | Chicago | WLS | 5 |
| 5 | Philadelphia | WPVI | 5 |
| 10 | San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose | KGO | 4 |
| 17 | Denver | KDVR | 3 |
| 9 | Boston (Manchester) | WBZ | 2 |
| 23 | Portland, OR | KATU | 2 |
| 36 | Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville-Anderson | WLOS | 2 |
| 156 | Bangor | WVII | 2 |
| 2 | Los Angeles | KABC | 1 |
| — | Toronto / Hamilton | — | 1 |
| 4 | Dallas-Fort Worth | KTVT | 1 |
| 6 | Houston | KTRK | 1 |
| 7 | Atlanta | WXIA | 1 |
| 12 | Phoenix (Prescott) | KTVK | 1 |
| 13 | Seattle-Tacoma | KOMO | 1 |
| 15 | Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne | WFTV | 1 |
| 16 | Minneapolis-St. Paul | KARE | 1 |
| 20 | Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto | KXTV | 1 |
| 25 | Indianapolis | WTHR | 1 |
| 27 | Pittsburgh | WPXI | 1 |
| 33 | Kansas City | WDAF | 1 |
| 40 | Las Vegas | KLAS | 1 |
| 45 | Birmingham (Anniston & Tuscaloosa) | WIAT | 1 |
| 50 | New Orleans | WVUE | 1 |
| — | Ottawa / Gatineau | — | 1 |
| 53 | Fort Myers-Naples | WBBH | 1 |
| 64 | Dayton | WDTN | 1 |
| 75 | Huntsville-Decatur (Florence) | WAAY | 1 |
| 77 | Madison | WMTV | 1 |
| 85 | Charleston, SC | WCBD | 1 |
| 91 | Shreveport | KTBS | 1 |
| 111 | Sioux Falls (Mitchell) | KDLT | 1 |
| 115 | Springfield-Holyoke | WWLP | 1 |
| 126 | Wilmington | WECT | 1 |
| 135 | Columbia-Jefferson City | KOMU | 1 |
| 146 | Anchorage | KYUR | 1 |
| 161 | Missoula | KPAX | 1 |
| 191 | Great Falls | KRTV | 1 |
| State / Province | Players |
|---|---|
| New York | 8 |
| California | 6 |
| Illinois | 5 |
| Pennsylvania | 3 |
| New Jersey | 3 |
| Virginia | 3 |
| Massachusetts | 3 |
| Colorado | 3 |
| South Carolina | 3 |
| Texas | 2 |
| Florida | 2 |
| Ontario | 2 |
| Maryland | 2 |
| Alabama | 2 |
| Louisiana | 2 |
| Oregon | 2 |
| Maine | 2 |
| Montana | 2 |
| Ohio | 1 |
| Georgia | 1 |
| North Carolina | 1 |
| Washington | 1 |
| Arizona | 1 |
| Indiana | 1 |
| Missouri | 1 |
| Wisconsin | 1 |
| Minnesota | 1 |
| Nevada | 1 |
| Kansas | 1 |
| Delaware | 1 |
| South Dakota | 1 |
| Alaska | 1 |
| District of Columbia | 1 |