Post by MarioGS on Mar 15, 2021 23:19:34 GMT -5
I came across this article, touting the top 10 Wheel winners by winnings. In reality, it's just the three millionaires plus seven random notable contestants, none of which won the $100K in the Bonus Round, and two contestants (Sherri Blank and Dave Andrade) that managed to break $100K did not have their BR winnings accounted for. Matt DeSanto's maingame winnings were rounded down to the nearest thousand, and Chad Ruter's entry doesn't even have the right Chad pictured. The winnings are not even properly ranked, as Autumn Erhard is second on the list instead of first, and the lowest score on the list is $50,550 from Andy Kravis, better known for winning $2.6M on The Million Second Quiz. The whole thing is a poorly-researched mess that feels like it was just thrown together to accompany its accurate Jeopardy! equivalent.
www.thethings.com/top-wheel-of-fortune-contestants-ranked-by-winnings/
So let's correct it. Who are the top 10 Wheel winners? We shouldn't count Celebrity Wheel since that's a separate series and it played two games in one episode. Otherwise, Tony Hawk would be #4. Here is a Top 6 chart, but it does not include contestants from the returning champions era. gameshows.fandom.com/wiki/Wheel_of_Fortune_(2)/Records_%26_Statistics#One-Day_Highest_Winner_Total_Winnings
Obviously, Autumn, Michelle, and Sarah are the first three.
Cindy Kling should still be #4 with $147,000.
If we count returning champions, Peter and Deborah from Sweethearts Week 1996 would be #5.
And then I'm kind of lost from there. I'm pretty sure there was a $140K+ three-day champ from the early 90's, so I'm not sure where that would put the teams ranked #5 and 6 on the Game Shows Wiki list.
www.thethings.com/top-wheel-of-fortune-contestants-ranked-by-winnings/
So let's correct it. Who are the top 10 Wheel winners? We shouldn't count Celebrity Wheel since that's a separate series and it played two games in one episode. Otherwise, Tony Hawk would be #4. Here is a Top 6 chart, but it does not include contestants from the returning champions era. gameshows.fandom.com/wiki/Wheel_of_Fortune_(2)/Records_%26_Statistics#One-Day_Highest_Winner_Total_Winnings
Obviously, Autumn, Michelle, and Sarah are the first three.
Cindy Kling should still be #4 with $147,000.
If we count returning champions, Peter and Deborah from Sweethearts Week 1996 would be #5.
And then I'm kind of lost from there. I'm pretty sure there was a $140K+ three-day champ from the early 90's, so I'm not sure where that would put the teams ranked #5 and 6 on the Game Shows Wiki list.