Jeopardy!: guaranteed minimums in two-day total-point affairs

From Seasons 3 to 38, in multiple-game tournament finals, the payouts to the finalists were "minimum guarantees"; if the player's two-day aggregate score exceeded a predetermined amount for their finishing position, they received that amount. I've compiled here all the instances where players surpassed those minimums, and aggregated data about them.

No guaranteed minimum was exceeded in any of the Teachers or Professors Tournaments.

As always, many thanks to J! Archive for compiling such an extensive record of the show's history.

Aggregate, current clue values (60 tournaments)

Season 1st 2nd 3rd
$1,000,000 0/1
$250,000 0/13
$100,000 0/28 0/12
$75,000 1/12
$50,000 1/6 1/30 0/12
$30,000 0/2
$25,000 9/13 2/30
$20,000 2/2 0/2
$15,000 1/1 11/15
$10,000 0/1

Aggregate, original clue values (57 tournaments)*

Season 1st 2nd 3rd
$100,000 0/15
$50,000 0/5
$25,000 15/36
$15,000 5/13
$10,000 33/41 3/13
$7,500 26/41
$5,000 1/3 1/3

* The 10th Anniversary Tournament had guaranteed minimums for second and third place; but not for the champion, who received his two-day total score plus $25,000.

Tournament of Champions

Season Year Player Place Total Minimum
41987Dave Traini2nd$16,000 $10,000
Eugene Finerman3rd$11,600 $7,500
51988Bruce Naegeli2nd$18,799 $10,000
Sandra Gore3rd$13,000 $7,500
61989Rich Lerner2nd$15,500 $10,000
81991Steve Robin2nd$12,600 $10,000
Lou Pryor3rd$9,700 $7,500
101993Bev Schwartzberg2nd$19,100 $10,000
Marilyn Kneeland3rd$11,500 $7,500
111994Jeff Schwartz2nd$20,800 $10,000
121995David Siegel2nd$24,600 $10,000
Isaac Segal3rd$16,600 $7,500
131996Bob Scarpone2nd$11,000 $10,000
Michael Daunt3rd$8,200 $7,500
151999J.J. Todor2nd$20,600 $15,000
192003Brian Weikle2nd$56,601 $50,000

Teen Tournament

Season Date Player Place Total Minimum
31987Mitch Epner2nd$13,800 $5,000
41988David Javerbaum2nd$21,400 $10,000
David Graham3rd$14,300 $7,500
51989Eric Newhouse1st$28,100 $25,000
Stan Wu2nd$15,700 $10,000
Elena Whitley3rd$13,400 $7,500
61990Jamie Weiss1st$26,000 $25,000
Andrew McGeorge2nd$15,400 $10,000
Richard Morris3rd$11,799 $7,500
71991Dana Bacon2nd$17,400 $10,000
Julie Knauer3rd$13,992 $7,500
81992Cori Van Noy2nd$10,600 $10,000
91993Fraser Woodford1st$28,999 $25,000
Jesse Roach2nd$12,600 $10,000
Mit Robertson3rd$8,400 $7,500
101994Matt Morris1st$29,601 $25,000
Peter Steffen2nd$22,999 $10,000
Paul Loeffler3rd$13,200 $7,500
111995Matt Zielinski1st$42,300 $25,000
Susannah Batko-Yovino2nd$26,200 $10,000
Deborah Sager3rd$17,300 $7,500
121996Amanda Goad1st$31,200 $25,000
Derek Bridges2nd$31,200 $10,000
Joe Gurski3rd$24,800 $7,500
13Feb 1997Justin Powell2nd$17,125 $10,000
14Nov 1997Sahir Islam1st$26,300 $25,000
Enos Williams2nd$20,800 $10,000
Kristen Stuckey3rd$14,400 $7,500
15Mar 1999Trish Ranney2nd$17,600 $15,000
16Nov 1999Kristi Jones3rd$10,700 $10,000
182002George Nelson2nd$29,497 $20,000
Seth Disner3rd$28,900 $15,000
192003Tyler Allard2nd$28,400 $20,000
Anthony Valente3rd$24,799 $15,000
212005Wes Kovarik2nd$30,000 $25,000
Anne Shivers3rd$18,000 $15,000
23Feb 2007Ben Schenkel2nd$42,800 $25,000
Stephen Fritz3rd$25,460 $15,000
Jul 2007Greg Peterson2nd$38,600 $25,000
Kyle Neblett3rd$36,400 $15,000
24Feb 2008Zia Choudhury3rd$18,000 $15,000
25Nov 2008Bradley Silverman2nd$44,600 $25,000
Audrey Hosford3rd$26,400 $15,000
262009Will Dantzler2nd$31,600 $25,000
272011Kailyn LaPorte2nd$42,600 $25,000
Raya Elias-Pushett3rd$20,851 $15,000
282012Elyse Mancuso1st$79,600 $75,000
Rose Schaefer2nd$36,000 $25,000
Catherine Briley3rd$31,000 $15,000
292013Barrett Block2nd$35,600 $25,000
Nilai Sarda3rd$26,400 $15,000
302014Alan Koolik2nd$54,200 $25,000
Cooper Lair3rd$31,200 $15,000

College Championship

Season Date Player Place Total Minimum
51989Tom Cubbage1st$26,600 $25,000
Alex Yang2nd$24,601 $10,000
71991Scott Gillispie1st$27,400 $25,000
Andre DuVoisin2nd$10,600 $10,000
81992Billy Baxter1st$26,200 $25,000
Stephanie Leveene2nd$16,800 $10,000
Nick Jungman3rd$16,800 $7,500
91993Phoebe Juel1st$28,000 $25,000
Eric Biber2nd$19,100 $10,000
John van DeWeert3rd$16,800 $7,500
101994Dave Goldsmith2nd$19,160 $10,000
Keri Ellis3rd$7,600 $7,500
111995Rebekah Reeves2nd$13,800 $10,000
Steve Smith3rd$13,400 $7,500
121996Shane Whitlock1st$32,800 $25,000
Vandana Madhavan2nd$21,000 $10,000
Bryan Fagan3rd$13,199 $7,500
141998Alex Weathers2nd$16,199 $15,000
151999Josh Levy3rd$12,295 $10,000
16Feb 2000Adam Center2nd$17,299 $15,000
182001Matt Schnippert2nd$19,801 $15,000
Thomas Zamora3rd$14,100 $10,000
192002Kyle Hale1st$51,300 $50,000
Mark Kehres2nd$49,200 $15,000
252009Laura Myers3rd$29,900 $25,000
26Feb 2010Surya Sabhapathy3rd$26,600 $25,000

Senior Tournament

Season Date Player Place Total Minimum
31987Lee Saunders2nd$7,800 $5,000
41988Louise Rayburn Dice2nd$22,200 $10,000
Joan Erickson3rd$10,000 $7,500
61990Bernard Kiernan2nd$18,100 $10,000
Hank D'Angelo3rd$10,000 $7,500
71991Lou Pryor1st$26,601 $25,000
Bob Olsen2nd$26,600 $10,000
Mary Webster3rd$10,800 $7,500
81992Hansford Epes2nd$11,100 $10,000
Carolyn Meek3rd$9,500 $7,500
11Jul 1995Susan Schubert3rd$9,400 $7,500
12Dec 1995David Cuneo1st$28,000 $25,000
Jerry Platzman2nd$14,000 $10,000
Phyllis Clark3rd$10,300 $7,500

Others

Season Date & Event Player Place Total Minimum
101993 10th Anniv. Tom Nosek2nd$13,600 $10,000
131997 InternationalMichael Daunt1st$35,000 $25,000
131997 InternationalPer Gunnar Hillesoy2nd$22,000 $10,000

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