35: Natalie White (Samoa)
-She literally rode Russell's co-tails for the entire season.
34: Fabio Birza (Nicaragua)
-Never made a single strategic decision, but he at least won a few immunity challenges
33: Michelle Fitzgerald (Kaoh Rong)
-Floated for literally more than half the game, showed up at the Final Seven
32: Jenna Morasca (The Amazon)
-Rob C was the star of this season, I barely remember she exists
31: Vecepia Towery (Marquesas)
-She really didn't organize the flipping of Paschal and Neleh, although she made a brilliant decision at the F3 challenge.
30: Sandra Diaz-Twine (Pearl Islands)
-I love Sandra, but she didn't do too much in Pearl Islands other than get Christa and Burton targeted.
29: Brian Heidek (Thailand)
-I never really understood why he won, this season was garbage anyway
28: Bob Crowley (Gabon)
-Kinda just seemed like he was there a lot. Did win a few challenges and won a fire making duel.
27: Amber Brkich (All-Stars)
-Really just made herself part of a power duo, and it never really resonated with me.
26: Aras Baskauskas (Panama)
-Only season of Survivor I haven't seen, so can't judge him, but I feel like the top 25 played good games.
25: Richard Hatch (Borneo)
-To be fair, this was the first season, so making an alliance was bold. But nowadays, it wouldn't be anything. Richard never made that many moves other than that.
24: Rob Mariano (Redemption Island)
-This was a phenomenal game by Rob. But his quality of opposition was lacking, tarnishing it.
23: Chris Daughtry (Vanuatu)
-Originally underrated, now extremely overrated. He's meh.
22: JT Thomas (Tocantins)
-This season was great, and I like JT, but the other winners are just better.
21: Danni Boatwright (Guatemala)
-Phenomenal season, but again, the other winners are better imo.
20: Ethan Zohn (Africa)
-A challenge boy with a brain! Great player
19: Natalie Anderson (San Juan Del Sur)
-That one move, voting out Baylor, makes her a winner in my book.
18: Sophie Clarke (South Pacific)
-I mean, she's bland, but she had a pretty good social game.
17: Tina Wesson (Australian Outback)
-Was a part of major alliance, and actually made decisions occasionally.
16: Tyson Apostol (Blood vs Water)
-Just saying, I don't get why everyone loved his game. Like, did I miss something? Idk, his game was okay, he managed to keep some people under his thumb.
15: Mike Holloway (Worlds Apart)
-Had a small amount of strategic ability, but won five individual immunity challenges. That's impressive.
14: Ben Driebergen (HvHvH)
-Hate his personality, but his gameplay impressed the hell out of me. He managed to overcome a massive deficit, and even the nickname Hitler.
13: Denise Stapley (Phillippines)
-I fricking love Denise, and I want to rank her so much higher, but I can't. This high because she made it through every single tribal without being voted out.
12: Adam Klien (MvGX)
-Great played, great endgame strat, but he almost got voted out a lot. And he was on the bottom for a while pre-merge.
11: Todd Herzog (China)
-Probably the best pure social player ever, Todd played a great game in China. I can't rank him higher than 11th tho.
10th: Sarah Lacina (Game Changers)
-Fantastic player, used her cop skills to her advantage, and worked SDT over like a fiddle for that Legacy Advantage. If only she had voted out Culpepper.
9th: Tom Westman (Palau)
-Dear God, great winner. I feel like Tom is underrated, because he played people, won challenges and he took the right person to the end.
8th: Earl Cole (Fiji)
-Played a great game, almost played a perfect game. I wish that the rest of Fiji wasn't as garbage, it'd make his game so much better.
7th: Tony Vlachos (Cagayan)
-Cagayan was the first season of Survivor I watched, and I remember thinking that if every season had a Tony, this show would get boring. Luckily, they don't.
6th: Kim Spradlin (One World)
She literally dominated the whole season. Unlike Rob and Earl, she was actually up against some competent opponents, and she set a record for most individual challenge wins by a female.
5th: Jeremy Collins (Cambodia)
-Masterful game. If you count idols, he also played a perfect game. Jeremy set the tone for what I see as the fifth gen of Survivor players, people who use social and strategic skill together, and only win physical when you have to.
4th: Sandra Diaz-Twine (Heroes vs Villains)
-Much better this time, Sandra played a phenomenal game, making sure she could do whatever she wanted and kept her targets open.
3rd: John Cochran (Caramoan)
The other perfect game, Cochran defined the fourth gen of Survivor, dominating an alliance from the background. He made others, like Dawn, do his bidding to the point where he had almost no blood on his hands.
2nd: Parvati Shallow (Micronesia)
-Imo, this spot belongs to the entire Black Widow Brigade. She masterminded the exits of James, Ozzy, and won the "When It Rains," challenge after holding her arm up for SIX hours.
1st: Yul Kwon (Cook Islands)
-He overcame a 8-4 deficit without losing a single soldier until the F4. He forced a flip with an idol. He never had to use his idol, which was a modern day Super Idol. He is the best of all time. Enough said.
Comments
6th: Kim Spradlin (One World)
She literally dominated the whole season. Unlike Rob and Earl, she was actually up against some competent opponents, and she set a record for most individual challenge wins by a female.
i mean he did have to use his idol to get penner to flip
parvati should have voted cirie at f4 not natalie
cochran had a lot of premades didnt control the game till philip got out
Wtf did Adam do besides misplay two idols?
Ben and Mikes immunity wins/idol finds are not impressive cause that's all they relied on. It's like falling into a hole and then getting applauded because you got out of the hole. There's no logic in that.
Natalie White had an amazing social game. Far by better game then the 3 guts above.
Btw, it's not about winning challenges. It's about having a good social game.
She literally dominated the whole season. Unlike Rob and Earl, she was actually up against some competent opponents, and she set a record for most individual challenge wins by a female.
robbed of #1