Jamie Ding

Jamie Ding (born May 1, 1992) is a New Jersey state government employee, law student and game show contestant.

Ding won 31 consecutive games on Jeopardy! before he finally lost in April 2026 with $882,605 in winnings and the fifth-longest winning streak in the show's history.

He is known for wearing sweater outfits with orange, the school color of his alma mater, Princeton University. on May 1, 1992, Ding is the son of a neuroscience professor and a high school math teacher who are immigrants from China.

As a student, he competed in geography bees and on his high school quiz bowl team. He lost a sixth-grade spelling bee when he misspelled the word "bolero" as "ballero."

As of 2026, Ding has attended Seton Hall University School of Law, under a program in which classes are held every other weekend.

Career Ding works as program administrator for the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, where he helps administer tax credits to build affordable housing in the state. In his 20th episode, he tied the record held by Ken Jennings for the most correct responses in one game at 45. In his 32nd and final episode, he wrote a farewell note for his final Jeopardy! answer that read: "TTFN," short for "ta ta for now."

Personal life Ding has stated that his favorite color is orange, his favorite letter is F and his favorite number is 6.

He lives in the census-designated place of Lawrenceville in Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.