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Posted: 2020-01-15T04:24:09Z | Updated: 2020-01-15T06:20:03Z

Longtime Jeopardy! favorite Ken Jennings is now officially the shows Greatest of All Time .

Jennings, who holds the shows longest ever win streak with 74 consecutive victories in 2004, claimed the shows GOAT title Tuesday night over competitors James Holzhauer and Brad Rutter. In the tournament format, the first to win three nights would take the prize. Jennings won the first and third nights of last weeks tournament, starting Tuesday nights competition at two wins to Holzhauers one.

Along with the GOAT trophy, the 45-year-old software engineer turned author snagged $1 million in prize money, and a congratulations from beloved host Alex Trebek.

The Greatest of All Time matchup brought three record-breaking contestants together: Rutter has taken home the most winnings from the show ($4,688,436) and Holzhauer won the most money in a single game ($131,127) as part of his multimillion-dollar 32-game winning streak last year.

In the games final category of Shakespearean tragedies, Jennings was the only one to answer correctly: Who is Iago? He risked nothing, and with Holzhauer risking it all with a wrong answer, Jennings came out on top.

While Jennings may be taking home the trophy, many viewers felt Holzhauer won the night with this epic burn:

Trebek, who has continued to host the show during his chemotherapy treatments for stage 4 pancreatic cancer, said last year the GOAT concept was inspired by Holzhauers success, telling USA Today : When James had his run last year, a lot of people were wondering, Well, how would he do against Ken Jennings? How would he do against Brad Rutter? [Theyre] our two most successful players in Jeopardy! history.

These three players have won close to $10 million in Jeopardy! prize money and over 100 games among them, so it was logical.

Twitter users hailed the new GOAT for his win.