Top 10 Best Survivor Players of All Time

Parvati Shallow is a phenomenal player and a game changer. She improved massively from the Cook Islands into a fearless dominating player in Micronesia - Fans v. Favorites. She led an all woman alliance that blindsided players left and right. They took out all of the strong male players like James and Ozzy and Jason. Cirie was her right hand woman and along with Danielle and Natalie, they ran the game post merge. Erik was doomed and gave up his immunity idol.

Parvati was a marked player in Heroes v. Villians from the onset and she quickly aligned with one of the most ruthless players ever in Russell Hantz. She played alongside him perfectly. She was never a coat tail rider. She knew how to keep Russell on her side and use him to her advantage. She should have won Heroes v. Villians but the jury hated Russell Hantz so much that they did not separate the hate they had for him away from her.

It amazes me see Rob M #2 in this list. The most overrated player ever, doesn't come close to the greatest players, like Parvati, Cirie, Yul Kwon... he got outplayed in 3 seasons, so Survivor producers realised the only chance he had was to team him up with a bunch of starstruck sheep morons, and adding a stupid twist in case his tribe was too scared to keep him around, like the other tribe was with Russell.

Anyway, Parvati deserves the #1 spot, although I believe others like Cirie, Yul Kwon, Yao Man, Sandra Diaz and Tom Westman deserve it too. I credit Parvati success for teaming up with Cirie, who's at least just as dangerous as Parvati. It's not a surprise both were targeted early in HvV, and Parvati showed how great she is at this game by aligning herself with Russell (who's a great player with a terrible social gameplay), and playing him the entire season. It took a little bit of luck, if Russell wasn't there (or if all those people had the chance to watch Samoa before), I ...more

Anybody who ranks Boston Rob ahead of Parvati is ignorant. First of all it took Rob 4 chances to finally win, and in 2 out of those 4 times he didn't even make the jury, including the one time he played against Parvati. PArvati won her second chance in one of the best seasons ever. And just a couple seasons later she came very close to becoming the first two-time winner. She has never failed to make it to the merge and two of the three times she made it to the finals. She engineered one of the best blindisdes ever when she blindsided Ozzy. She is cunning and crafty but still manages to be likeable, unlike other female players like Corinne from Gabon and FvFII who were just annoying and not very good players. Parvati is by far the best player. Some say she's overrated. Nonsense! If anything she doesn't get enough credit.

Parvati is the best Survivor player ever. While some criticize her flirty ways in cook islands she managed to go relatively far even when she was on the outs. In FvF she decimated. If you watch tribal councils in the final 4 and 5 every suspects Amanda to take home the million. However between those tribals and final tribal Parvati manages to put herself in the perfect spot to win. It is more or less accepted that two of the best moves on survivor history were when Parvati handed out two idols to her fellow villains and of course Erik's tragic blindside. Both of these moves Parvati played an essential role in. In HvV Parvati had a target on her back from literally day one. Somehow, though a whole tribe was focused on getting her out, she managed to make it to final tribal. She never managed to get paranoid and ended up playing not one but two idols for her tribe (an underrated move in my opinion). To those that suggest she just let Russell make the moves let me point out that this ...more

Rob is the best. To me, he won twice, the first one was just conceded to his wife. The second win was epic, to win when you should be the biggest target proves you're the best. Russell made it to the finals two season in a row, but made people so mad, that he couldn't win. He was definitely my favorite to watch. Had to see what he was going to do next. Third is Parvati, she is not good looking, but her looks are personality just draws you in, and you start to think she is better and better looking. You want her around longer and vote out other people. Bring two idols to tribal council and saving her alliance and changing up the whole game was one of the best moves ever. Next is Sandra who won twice, but I just think she is at right place right time, but to do it twice is pretty impressive. Coming in Fifth is Richard Hatch. He started it all, jumping off the final immunity to eat, knowing, either of the remaining players would take him to final two, that was amazing. My top five list ...more

Rob actually only won once, but he basically won twice. Even though the first time he didn't win the million dollars, he took a girl, Amber, to the end with him and she won. She won right after he proposed to her, so he won as well. The 3rd time he played Tyson is the one that screwed everything up. Rob had a well thought out plan that would have worked if Tyson would've stayed with the plan and not flipped and gotten everyone voted out. He worked the hardest on that tribe in Heroes VS. Villains and even got dehydrated because of how hard he worked.
The 4th time that he played he completely controlled the game. The one girl that didn't trust Rob he got rid of. When Matt started to show some signs of dishonesty he sent him to redemption as well. Everyone on that tribe did everything that he said. Rob worked his butt off for that tribe. He made everyone in that tribe feel comfortable. In challenges he dominated. He won final immunity which carried him to the final 3 and he got to ...more

How could rob not be number one? Played a perfect game in redemption island, made alliances, cut them off when he blindsided them, and still managed to get 8 out of 9 votes! Whereas russell, who played a ruthless game twice and made it to the end, was not even close to winning as no one was able to respect his game. Who knows, maybe it was David (the defense attorney) that was ultimately able to convince the others to see the perfectness of robs strategy. But his ability to drag the two hopeless competitors to the finish line is definitely worth admiring

Boston rob has proved to us that he is capable of using the strategy that will get you to the end of the game with the jury voting for you in the end. He has shown that he can keep other castaways in line by putting their targets away from him. He has the survival skills that will get the tribe to like you and keep you around for a while. He also has the physical strength that will keep his tribe immune and himself immune. In my honest opinion, Boston rob is the best there is, was, and ever will be at survivor.

Outwit,outplayed and outlasted everyone the first two seasons yet the tribe failed to see that because he wasn't nice and friendly. He embodied survivor to the point he dominated it but for whatever reason the tribe was so emotional they couldn't think logically who the real winner was. They got so caught up in there feelings they would vote anyone but Russell just not to win. Now that says a lot. Easily the dark Vader of survivor.

Russell Hantz dominated the game of Survivor in both Samoa and in Heroes v. Villains. He found hidden immunity idols without clues repeatedly. If he says you are gone, you go home at tribal council. He is a brilliant strategist.

In Heroes v. Villians he made the mistake of voting out Boston Rob and the other young strong male contestant whose name I am forgetting but begins with a T. I remember now, Tyson is his name. Once Boston Rob was gone, the Villains lost challenge after challenge.

Russell Hantz is insanely jealous and impulsive. He couldn't stand that Parvati didn't tell him about her hidden immunity idol and found that Danielle was closer to Parvati than he thought and he voted her out.

Russell also underestimated Sandra. She had won Survivor Pearl Islands. Russell also underestimated how many votes he would get on the jury and it ultimately cost him.

Despite his flaws, he overcame an 8-4 disadvantage at the merge in Samoa to eliminate all 8 Galu ...more

Russell is the king of survivor for making survivor what it is today. His victory went beyond simply getting to the end;instead went to rival over all through outwitting, outplaying, and outlasting those who failed to see his greatness out of despise and jealousy. His vigorous and almost clairvoyant game-play made not only the survivors tremble in confusion but also had the viewers waiting for more of his "evil" magic. Clearly Russel is highly intelligent although he cannot be a superior man by definition due to the virtuousness and righteousness qualifications needed as stated by Confucius;Russel can be king. Boston Rob and Russel Hantz had a lot in common in terms of gameplay, however, Boston Rob does not hold a candle to Russell because of his inability to highlight the numbers. Rob sees his fellow survivors as numbers, while Russell sees them as pawns capable of damage through his influence to rival the numbers. This key feature is what put Russell above others, especially in a ...more

Played the best strategic game ever. Gained the trust of Foa Foa premerge and was never in danger of going home. Controlled the vote by controlling how everyone else voted. Once the merge came, his tribe was down 4 members to 8, but he took out all 8 Galu members and made the finals. Unfortunately, the bitter jury did not recognize how great he played the game. Still, had it not been for him, Natalie and Mick would never have made the finals, and Brett would have won. No player can predict the future, they can only make their best move given their current situation, and Russell did that. He played the best game, but as game theory goes, the best players does not always win.

Sandra has won twice, and still is not believed to be the best player. This fact only accentuates her skill which is to this day unmatched. She always does whats needed for her to survive another day, never more and never less. Others do more or less, where when they do more the jury turn on them, and when less they get voted out. She is honest and outspoken, which fools other contestants to believe the jury wont like her. But they do. Sandra rarely have to defend her actions because she is consistent in her game play, and pretty much bring her reasoning out in the open.

Because Sandra is still underestimated she stands a good chance to win again if there was another all star season. My favorite player ever.

Sandra is the greatest player ever. She won twice, which is very impressive because she only played two times. She is a liability in challenges, but this is best survivor players, not best challenge winners. She's very good at lying because she speaks her mind so often that people think she always tells the truth, so when she lies, nobody can tell. She's also good at changing peoples votes even when they're not in her alliance, like in heros vs. Villains when she made russel's alliance change their vote. People always underestimate her until she makes it to the end, where she blows away the jury in final tribal council to the point where they can't vote for anyone but her. I would love to see her in another all-star season.

Why did Russel win? The only reason he made it to the end twice is because people brought him there because they knew they could easily beat him in the final vote. That's why Sandra, Parvati, and Natalie are great players, and Russel is not. Russel sucks! Go ...more

Parvati is my favorite Sole Survivor and I pretty much idolize her gameplay. But there is no one who has ever watched this game that can say without hesitation that this woman, Sandra Diaz-Twine, is not the Sole Queen of Survivor. Yes, she's won the game twice, but that doesn't even scratch the surface of the reality that she pretty much is the most clever, conniving, and cunning person to EVER play the game. There is not one player who has had as much a boisterous and aggressive but at the same time sneaky gameplay. The best thing about it? She didn't even break a sweat doing it. Tony said it best, she is the one player who rounds everyone up like sheep and leads them right to the slaughter. Everyone who plays with her and gets a feel for her way of playing immediately sees her as a threat, yet the woman still manages to make everyone vote her way. Even in Game Changers where she was finally voted out for the first time in 94 days of total gameplay, she demonstrated that this game ...more

Sandra was one of three people that I thought can use their strategy to win. She may not be the strongest player (OK, maybe one of the weakest of all time), but what Sandra was really good at is aligning herself with the stronger people, and making them believe that she was riding their coattails, which she did with Parvati, Russell, and Lillian. The reason she had won on both of her seasons was that she stuck true to her alliances, got rid of the right people at the right time, and helping other players blindside their competition. But what really made her famous was her notorious line from Pearl Islands: as long as it ain't me. These are what made her the greatest player of all time.

1) Yul should automatically be in front of Parvati as he ousted her in the season they played together. Parvati wasn't even a threat in that season because Yul was too smart for her.

2) Yul should be in front of Rob because it took Rob four seasons to finally win the game and it only took Yul one. And people seem to forget that Rob didn't do anything the first season he played. He was gone early.

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3) Russell is a great player but he still hasn't won the game because he pissed everyone off. He got a lot of help from hidden immunity idols too. Yul is easily the best player that I have seen.

To all the people who claim that Yul had too much power from the idol. They need to take a step back and look at the big picture. Players don't pick the twists in their seasons. Yes, it made him untouchable during the merge, but so what? He didn't choose how the idol worked. He deserves more credit than he is given.

Calm and collected throughout the entire season, Yul kept his eye on the prize the whole time. He used his physical prowess when his tribe suffered mutiny in the first half, and then played a smart strategic game all throughout the second half. Sure, he was a little boring, but his gameplay was flawless.

When I am looking at the best survivors of all time you look at who dominated physically and stratigecally, Yul absolutely destroyed people in cook islands and is one of the smartest players ever to play. He is physically ripped which makes his brain and brawn a supremely dangerous combo. What makes his game so good his he can adapt to any enviroment, if he played in modern day survivor he would dominate everbody he mixes the physicality of Joe and the social game and the idol finding ability of kelley wentworth

Whenever she was in jeopardy, she pulled some sort of strategic move in order to stay safe. This continued until she wasn't in jeopardy anymore.

When it was a toss-up between her and Melinda, Melinda continued to use the phrase "I'll be pissed!" at tribal council, while Cirie cried and explained how disappointing it would be to have to leave. Who would you vote for? Filled with kindness and "I'm sorry", she quickly made it to the Final 4 after pulling one of the brightest number moves and eliminating Courtney.

This continued in Micronesia, although her couch-mother strategy was changed to a more strategic game. She managed to blindside person after person including Yau-Man, Joel, Ami, Ozzy, Jason, Erik, and finally Natalie.

Despite her performance in Heroes vs. Villains, she is the ultimate strategic player and is able to analyze you and boot you off with a sweet smile and a funny laugh.

It was very Unfortunate that she got so close to the finals many times and that she always cut it short before making it there because of another player kicking her out. Either way Amanda losses to Cirie and Parvati, even if she picked Cirie of Parvati in the final tribal council, Cirie would have easily beat Amanda.

The only reason she's behind people like Parvati, Yul Kwon and Tom Westman on my personal "best players" list is because she never won. It's sad to know players like her and Yao Man will never have a chance to win in a season full of returning players, for being considered too dangerous.

Best non winner and possibly best player. People Cirie was winning Micornesia if it were a f3 unless she messed u[ jury speech which I doubt. Cirie made most of the move sin the female alliances name up with most the plans even Natalie Bolton admitted it. I love Cirie Parvati and Natalie from Micneisa as they were the best players but Cirie did the most moves

Not flawless. A great player, but she made a few dumb moves, including an emotional decision to get rid of Kat, reducing her Salani numbers to 3 against the 3 Manono (who, at the time, played to force a tie against the 3 Salani). Also, she kept her hidden immunity idol as a souvenir when she needed to use it to protect her ally Chelsea (in not doing so, she risked losing Chelsea's trust, who knew she had the idol; and she also risked the other three players booting Chelsea that round and then Kim the next round). She also could have thrown challenges after the switch to protect the Salani numbers... she didn't and was only saved because Colton left. Other than that, great player.

Kim excelled in every aspect of the game, winning four immunity challenges (tied for the most from any woman in Survivor history), and deceiving and blindsiding her entire tribe. She was so social that everyone genuinely adored her, and even when she stuck the knife in each of their backs they still voted for her to win. She knew exactly how to make people trust her, and what people wanted to hear. Kim should be much higher on this list. In my opinion she is the best one-time player next to Yul.

Kim Spradlin played one of the best social and strategic games ever on her very first season. Kim was able to create a strong alliance with the women on her initial tribe and stick with them until the end. Despite performing well in the challenges and leading almost every vote, Kim still wasn't considered a threat by many of her competitors. Kim is a really great survivor player who should return for a third time.

She is the beast among all women players still played the game. She won four immunity challenge and miss one just by some seconds. Also she had such a confident alliance that she never had to give a thought on playing the idol. Also she never really backstab any one, although she blindsided most of them. She is the "HERO".

He should be higher. He was brilliant, and knew how to keep his allies from flipping, and decieved them in such a way that they still liked him enough to vote for him in the end. His brilliance at the last tribal council didn't hurt either.

Todd absolutely dominated his season, and I'm not sure if he should be # 3 or if Parvati should be, but to me these two are pretty well tied.

Best manipulative player ever, who proved that age has nothing to do with being a great strategic player, and physical ability is not as important as mental abililty in the game.

AMAZING final tribal speech and I'm kind of sad that he hasn't come back because I want to see more of Todd.

Ozzie is my favourite player of all time. Yul won that season, and deserved to win for playing the best strategic game. But Ozzie was equally deserving as he played the best physical game. If you remember, this was the season when the teams were divided into cultures: Caucasion, Latino, Asian, and African-American. When there was a mutiny, both Candice and Jonathon went back to their own team, leaving Ozzie, Yul, Sundra, and Becky in a team of 4 against the team of 8, which included Parvati who took another two tries at the game before winning. Because of the fabulous way Ozzie and Yul played, the underdog team of 4 took it right to the end. Yul got 5 votes against Ozzie's 4, but Ozzie won the car. They got to the end without scheming and lying, and cleaned the faces of the stronger team of 8. Both Yul and Ozzie should be much higher than the likes of manipulative Parvarti, and controlling Boston Rob.

Ozzy is really good. He can win the whole contest, he is good swimmer. The tribe can not survive without Ozzy. He is the only player who didn't manipulate people, and I think it's good. Yes, this game it requires strategies, cheating or lying to everyone but I think Ozzy could survive if one has nature and it has already proved. Still I really want to play with Ozzy, I like him it doesn't matter that he didn't win!

I hope so we'll see him again in the game someday

Simply the most exciting player to watch. Often the underdog who has to fight for his life with each challenge and get's the job done. He plays a pure game which is what I want to see. He mostly stays out of the drama and leaves that for others. The game is called Survivor. If yourself, of all of the people to ever play the game, who could really survive on their own for a year on an Island. I think there would be only one answer. Ozzy.

I believe he was robbed in Cook Islands because the Final Two changed to a Final Three, and it was unlikely he was going to lose the Final 3 challenge, and I don't think he is dumb enough to take Yul to the finals so Yul probably gets third and Ozzy wins instead maybe. But the other three times were just flat and in Game Changers he still believes in the logic of if you provide you survive in which nobody really cares about anymore (at least the show anyway because all they show is challenges,strategic discussion and fifteen minutes of tribal council). Anyway, Ozzy was solid his first time and the other three times he failed to adapt to the changing game that is Survivor

He invented Survivor strategy. If he ever returned to the game for a third time, I don't know how well he'd actually do, but that doesn't matter. He paved the way for Parvati, Boston Rob, Cirie, Russell, Kim, and all the other Survivor greats. Without him, Survivor would not be what it is today. Therefore, he is undoubtedly the best.

He literally made the game what it is today. People love him, people hate him, but beneath it all he defined Survivor, making it the watchable, lovable scramble of exciting reality T.V. it is today. He is a legend.

At the time, brilliant! Can he play now? Would like to see it! Honestly, no Richard maybe survivor does not remain on T.V... Give him his due but can he compete now?

Yes, he was the first Survivor winner. Yes, he "invented" the game. But let's face it: He was playing against a bunch of morons.

Are you kidding? 27th? He played a perfect game. First he led his team to the most dominant immunity challenge streak ever. Won individual immunities. Then he got rid of his greatest threats in order. Coby, Stephenie and Greg. Then at the end in the greatest final immunity challenge ever he guilted the only person that could maybe of beaten him into quiting. what? Dominated physically. Dominated socially. Dominated strategically and mentally. Never lost his cool. Never got into trouble. Always maintained control and managed jury votes. He should of won a clean sweep but Coby voted for the other person just to be different. Even more dominant than Boston Robs Redemption Island win.

Tom should automatically be above Russell because Tom dominated the social game. He was able to speak to people and was helpful at camp. Russell deliberately weakened his tribe.
Tom should also be above Ozzy because Ozzy had a poor strategic game, while Tom, again, was the alpha male of the pack.
Seeing Tom not in the top 10 is seriously disappointing.

The best all-round player ever. He was the leader of the most dominant tribe in survivor history. He ran the show with his social and physical game. He was a provider for the camp. He was tough as nails in the elements without any sign of weakness or wearyness. He made all the right strategic moves for a decissive victory.

He is by far one of the best Winners, very good strategist and probably the second best at Individual challenges (Behind Terry Deitz of course! ). Deserves to be way higher on the list!

In his first season, his social game was so good that people were blowing up their games so he would make it further, he played a very good physical game near the end and a good strategic game. I believe his strategic game is underrated. Many people call Stephen the strategist, but Stephen Has said that he and JT made the same moves. He is the first person to playa perfect game and the only person to play the most perfect game. Since he also won the fan favorite award, he is considered to be the only person to play the most perfect game.

Okay in Tocantins nobody ever voted for him at all, he played a perfect game, in fact, Brendan accutally wanted him to win. He wanted to help J. T (even though in that same episode we see Brendan getting voted off but whatever he is a huge fan. ) J. T played the one of the best games ever in the Tocantins, in Heroes vs. Villians his niceness and having Russell play back-to-back seasons and all the castaways not actually being able to see him in action was good for Russell bad for everyone else.

He was seriously hot and amazing guy. I loved the way toward the end, some people even knew he was going to win, but they took him to the end anyway. All without even trying. He was just the best.

Perfect game, what else is there to say? Brendan literally said that he would be just as happy if J.T. won instead of himself, that's how good J.T.'s social game was.

Rob C. deserves to be higher on the list. In Amazon he likely would have still won even after flipping so much during the merge. He was one of the most influential players in the game by creating the idea of flipping on alliances. He deserves a lot of credit. Yeah, in All-Stars he got booted early, but remember, everyone knew how much of a threat he was in strategy. He was voted out because everyone knew how dangerous he could be. So why are people like Russell called "great strategists", but no one mentions Rob Cesternino. His jury liked him despite all he did and if both Jenna and Matt say that he deserved to be at Final Tribal the most, then that is a testament to his skill at the game. Rob C. is on the list of influential players in the game, right along Tina Wesson, Richard Hatch, and Brian Heidik.

Rob changed the game forever! Huge impact on how the game evolved. Brilliant... Gave wonderful confessionals, was entertaining, worked others like no other. Rob too good of a teacher... Matthew!
I was stunned when he was voted out... Could not believe he was not going to win! It was painful

He was a great player and a credit to all of the other players in the horrendous amazon season. He called the shots on who when t home and when. He also brought humor and fun to the amazon season, unfortunately his time was cut short on All Stars

Rob C In my opinion is the best player to play this game he invented flip-flopping and probably left the biggest impact on the game since Richard Hatch he taught people if your in the bottom of your alliance flip to the top of another.

I think Malcolm is top 20 for me, mainly because there is nothing bad about him. He just plays the game. Physically strong, strategically and socially great, and excellent at finding idols and making alliances. He had the most potential of anyone in all 3 seasons, and got voted off because he was a threat in all 3 seasons. That just goes to show how much of a player he is.

Why survivor producers? You people designed the final immunity challenge for Malcom to lose. Why do that? I would think that as a producer, you would want to prevent this? Anyways, if you think about any positive aspect that you want to see in a survivor, Malcom had most of that quality. The sad thing is, other survivor contestants will be VERY aware of this.

So much potential! Played great for most of the game then... Gone. He could have prevented that & won. So let down. I wanted him to win, I cheered for him, I prayed for him but somehow all the work/effort gone in a moment when he could not give Denise an answer. It was so disappointing... MALCOLM!

He played a strong game both times. The only reason he was eliminated from either season was that he was a threat to win! He managed to carry his Three Amigos alliance into the merge and got both of them farther in the game.

From what I saw from her in Caramoan, she is the definition of overrated! She did nothing in the game as she basically followed Cochran's crew until she was gotten rid of. And her speech on the jury was one of the most bitter tings I have ever heard, Dawn basically did what she wanted her to do (take out her broken teeth) and still didn't get her vote. All of you play Brenda as the victim and Dawn as the antagonist but that was not true at all as she was the most bitter person on the Season 26 jury.

By far my favorite survivor player ever to play from the seasons I have seen (only a few). I really wish she won Survivor: Caramoan but there is always another chance. Now she is pregnant and is ready for a whole new adventure. Brenda is the best!

With how bitter she behaved on the jury was plain childish and plain cruel and you still see her as this sweetheart? Come on people she embarrassed Dawn to basically satisfy herself.

Probably better than Parvati when it comes to physical strength. But I like them both. I hope for a showdown like Heroes vs. Villains 2. Brenda for the hero and Parvati for the villain.

She made it to be the last person left on her tribe twice, and the first time, it happened before they even merged. She outlasted more tribal councils than the winner, and then in Guatemala, she came back with a vengeance, knocking out any allies at any time, and controlling everything the way she wanted. Unfortunately for her, the jury of Guatemala were still holding grudges, and gave the money to another worthy player, Danni.

She was more recognising on the bad parts of her game then the good like James getting her voted out saying "she was bad luck" which isn't fair her tribe won a lot of challenges in Guatemala. she dislocating her shoulder but was still seeing how hard she fought in that challenge showers her strength and in her endurance challenge in Guatemala was unbelievable and also was not fair because Danni was taller then her making it easier to reach the rope. people didn't vote for Danni they voted against Stephanie.

For me, Stephanie is the ultimate queen of survivor. She always never gives up no matter what. She did extremely good in her first two seasons, but in heroes vs. Villains, James had to threaten Stephanie,just for his own selfish self to stay alive in the game to only be eliminated soon enough.(don't mess with Stephanie! )

Best Female Survivor contestant of ALL TIME, could easily beat any guy in any challenge!

SERIOUSLY?!?!?! This guy blindsided all of his allies/threats with a smile on his face. Even more importantly, he sent out the ones who respected his gameplay, such as Malcolm, Andrea, and Brenda. He had such good control of the jury, he played every person except his closest ally in the game, and he won a bunch of immunity challenges. He was the definition of outplay, outwit, and outlast.

He's my second favorite player, but he's also good. He was one of the most underrated players of his season, but guess what he won with a clean sweep.

Cochran is definitely one of the smartest people to ever play the game. He knew people would not see him as a threat so he used that to his advantage. He knew who was going home every Trible and he got rid of Malcom,Andrea and Brenda the 3 people that could of possibly beat him. He made his moves with perfect timing on top of all that he got every single jury vote at the end.

One of the most deadliest villains, he turned on his tribe at season 23 and had his tribe eliminated almost one by one, then on season 26, he pulled off the most cruel blindside EVER: Brenda's Blindside.

Spencer is amazing. Great in challenges, hilarious personality, and the best ever voting confessionals in Survivor history, such as his confessional about J'Tia being "The fact that you're a nuclear engineer is genuinely, genuinely scary." He's an awesome guy, and deserved the win in Cagayan, and Second Chance. I remember actually predicting the final three of Second Chance by just picking three random players, and when all three actually made it, including Spencer, it blew my mind. This guy is an awesome Survivor player, and he deserves to come back on the next All-Stars/Heroes vs Villains/Legends season.

When he predicted the Final Two I was just blown away. I liked him from the beginning and even when he was playing negatively you always knew he'd rather play honestly than deceptive. If anyone had the worst time in his season it was definitely this guy, one of the few players I want to come back and actually be put on a good tribe.

I honestly think Spencer was the greatest non winner ever. He deserved a few votes in Cambodia and in Cagayan, after a lucky tribe switch, ran the game until Tasha's boot. I hope he plays again even though he would be marked as a threat and be voted out first.

Spencer is the best male player of Survivor by far! His strategy has always gotten him out of tight places which just gravitate towards him, he has Proven he is fully capable of winning immunity and making alliances that trust him and that if he's the target he can get out of it

Dom rocked that season. He and Wendell were in complete control for pretty much the entire time. Domenick was definitely very deserving of the win, but I feel he was a bit more aggressive with his gameplay compared the Wendell's laid back nature and stronger social game. Still, Dom is a great player.

While I do agree Dom and Wendell were in control of pretty much everything, Domenick was a lot more aggressive with his plans, and I feel like this was the reason he lost. Nonetheless, he's a great player.

Such a shame the jury had to be bitter and he lost because of a tie!

Dom should've won!

The guy was quite a character and added tons of laughs in Tocantins although he basically voted himself out in Heroes vs Villains. But in Blood vs. Water, he was a machine. When the merger happened, he proved time and time again he was the smartest player as well as dominating in challenges. He played, in my opinion, a pretty flawless game from Day 1 to 39. Won more challenges than any season 27 competitor, stuck to alliances, manipulated players like Monica and Sierra, and when he made it to the final tribal council, we all knew who would win. He won 7-1-0 with only Vytas voting for Monica. Tyson, based on his season 27 performance alone should be in the top ten players list because he took over the game start to finish.

Funniest player to win and one of the smartest. Domination is the only word worthy of describing of his winning season. In the final tribal council, the other players had nothing to say because he led the alliance and made all the moves. Plus Gervasse annoyed everyone and Monica was just so paranoid and naive.

I used to hate this guy, but I realized that in this game, you have to be manipulating and Tyson showed that off. While Tony Vlachos was the master of the immunity idols, Tyson was king of manipulation, and luck was always at his side. Now if he returns for another season, I'm Team Tyson.

Never have I seen a contestant make such a big comeback. Tyson definitely dominated all aspects of the game in Blood vs. Water. He was physically dominant, socially dominant, and somehow even strategically dominant. Definitely deserved to win.

He was a great winner. He used his alliance to make some amazing plays and stayed under the radar the whole time.

He was controlling the game, while being underrated. Made some great plays too.

Played a great game. Was in control the whole time and no one could see it.

This woman reminded me of an older version of Stephanie Lagrossa who was a strong female player noted for being the first player to be on a one man team (only for a short while). Point being she dominated socially and gave every ounce of energy physically. She was never confrontational! She handled conflict like a pro. Not to mention she is from Iowa! #Iowanation I love watching older people dominate in Survivor because it is a hard game to win. I'm all about effort and what you do as a player to win not ride the coattail of someone else. Denise was one heck of a player to watch and was so glad she scored with the jury across the board. She deserved it!

She deserved to win. Everyone gives credit to the ones who have a majority alliance, and don't have to do anything, but it seems like Denise, who had to survive every single tribal, doesn't get barely any credit for winning what she rightfully earned.

Denise was a very strong competitor that I almost cried when she got eliminated, Amanda chose Todd over Denise. Todd won and became the most worst alcoholic in the world, look him up. Amanda made a bad choice. Denise. I wish you good luck in your life and career

Was someone talking about Denise Martin from China? Well, we're talking about Denise Stapley from Philippines.

Sucks at the game. So overrated. Blood vs Water was her 1 good season in 3, and her game here is still probably her most overrated of all 3 despite being by far her best of the 3. People praise her for flipping to rocks, but she only did it since Hayden convinced her, and she would have been in a far better position doing it a round sooner. She is just pretty stupid all around and the hype around her escapes me completely. Also hilarious the dumb ass talking about the big 6 person alliance that Jeremy was leading yet list only 5 names. She don't have a clue how to play the game. 17th best Survivor player ever? Sure and Donald Trump is best U.S president ever.

Ciera is one of my favorite survivors. She was so strategic and also very likable. In Blood Vs. Water, Ciera showed that she was willing to make big moves in order to win the game. She voted out her mom in order to prove her loyalty to the majority alliance. Also, Ciera and Hayden caused a rock draw at the final six, and if Tyson had drawn the white rock, Ciera probably would have won the game. In Cambodia, she survived for multiple votes even after being in the minority alliance. She also blindsided Woo right before the merge because he was a huge challenge threat. Ciera is a really great survivor player.

An absolutely terrible Survivor player. She lucked and ducked through the entire pre-merge game, and then became Tyson's puppet. Then she made the idiotic decision to vote off her mother instead of teaming up with her mom and the new players to overthrow Tyson/Gervase/Monica. Then at final seven she had another chance to overthrow Tyson, but for some reason she betrayed Hayden, Caleb and Katie - and also betrayed any chance she had at winning. Sure, drawing rocks took guts but she wouldn't have NEEDED to draw rocks if she had just been willing to work with Caleb at the final seven. And her pitch to Monica was really weak; Monica was never going to flip because of high-school gossip.

Though I don't think Ciera is the best Survivor player ever, it is important to remember that from day 1 her and the other girls were targeted. Not only did she manage to survive, but she ended up becoming a dominant player in Survivor Blood Vs. Water. She took great lengths to prove her loyalty but was also unafraid to make strategic moves such as drawing stones and voting her mother out. I'd say easily one of the most underrated players in the game.

First two seasons werent that great, but in South Pacific, he really called the shots. That isn't to say Sophie was undeserving, but its always hard being a returning player, and to play the game that Coach did, I really think he should have came away with the million dollars

He is my FAVORITE player of all time in Tocantins he was socially horrible and his physical gameplay but he got better in Heros V.S Villians and in South Pacific he was robbed.

Coach is hysterical, he makes me laugh, now I meditate because of him!

Amazing player. Robbed by a bitter jury.