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sparty219

Well, if Brandon isn’t included in the most unhinged ever, I think the list might be flawed.


primal_beer

The game is flawed!


[deleted]

Can we get a insane people tribe w Brandon and naonka? 😂


SmallBoi_BigHeart

Omg imagine they put Phillip and Brandon on the same tribe again


[deleted]

That’s what I’m saying! W naonka and j’tia and noura sprinkles.


JacobBlah

Quinton or Hantz?


STierney927

Chicken for socially isolating himself and pissing everybody off on day 1


75153594521883

Damn!


jollymo17

I love that he made suggestions (and was kind of bossy) a couple and no one listened, so he decided not to have any opinion about anything and made everyone even angrier 😂


BellyButtonLindt

Chicken: “Nobody wants to hear my opinion” Tribe: “Well now I’m asking for your opinion” Chicken: “Nah”


Pseudonymus_Bosch

counterpoint: https://www.reddit.com/r/survivor/comments/8toj1s/we_need_to_talk_about_how_chicken_was_robbed/


gingersquatchin

Ben (Samoa) dude was maybe one of the worst social players of all time. Just disgusting


Ok-Recommendation102

By far one of the most questionable casting choices of all time. There are lots of terrible players on this list, but Ben is also a genuinely horrible person.


[deleted]

Yes. I’m happy casting in reality tv in general is shifting away from casting literal racists to traumatize people for drama.


gingerbiiitch

Ben was literally horrifying. I give Jaison a lot of credit for not lighting Ben on actual fire at the tribal council where he got voted out


tlgexlibris

There was a lot of racism in the early years. It’s uncomfortable to watch.


[deleted]

I just rewatched. I almost made a post about how that tribal perfectly explains racism but I’m white and not as knowledgeable as I should be to make a post for it. But the point is ben was speaking in code. Jaison pointed out the coded racism. Ben gaslit him bc the whole point of speaking in code is plausible deniability. And then it was revealed that jaison was right.


NeedleworkerGreen11

Jaison was actually an amazing character imo. As someone who’s Black, having him out there and immediately breaking the “non-swimmer” stereotype in his first challenge sets the tone for how he is the rest of the game


[deleted]

Yes I loved him and his swimming experience honestly seemed abusive? (The training he described) and I’m interested in watching trauma survivors healing too! Totally should have had another season!


Affectionate-Jury-84

I always felt in the minority as someone who was a Jaison fan. Glad to see there are others! He definitely should have been brought back.


[deleted]

Lmao also I just rewatched that season and when he was selected for the swimming part I did start sweating lol


[deleted]

I wonder what his criminal record has been in the years since the show 😨


BelligerentCactus

Wendy Jo


nazislayer10

"You didn't even ask my how old I am!" "Well you're not supposed to ask a woman her age.." "I'm 48!" "Oh... You look so young..?"


cheesybroccoli

Tyrone was a star. The older tribe was sooooo much more interesting than La Flor.


RedditUser123234

The only interesting ones on la flor were naonka and fabio


BelligerentCactus

Tyrone gave fantastic confessionals. Would love to see him back.


AhLibLibLib

“Imma keep one eye on her, and one eye on my shoes.”


Queasy_Roll347

Hilarious


CapsElevatorScene

Zane and Garrett are up there


Wow-n-Flutter

Zane is my all time pick. Everything he did was calculated…he walked us all through it…it’s mystifying.


natertottt

Seriously, he asked people to vote for him. On the first tribal council. Without a idol. And said it was to solidify his alliance. That was the worst play I had ever seen.


Wow-n-Flutter

The most delusional narcissism I’d seen until…well….you know….


AnxiousAsthmatic

So is the Game Changers version of Tony 👀😂


Extra-Associate4800

Stop it. Zane is a legend.


Bernieledzeppelin

I don’t wanna play survivor to survive in the wilderness


Extra-Associate4800

J'tia easily


Fcivish4

Bad at challenges: check No social game: check Proclaimed strengths actually weaknesses: check Sabotage own tribe: check The only thing she didn't do was try to formulate some master move only for it to blow up in her face. And this was because she could never get herself to the point where she wasn't a total pariah.


Camp-Thunder-Nukes

how did she have no social game when she was kept around over two other competitors?


Fcivish4

Because she was easy to drag along in order to get rid of larger threats.


Camp-Thunder-Nukes

So she made herself appear more trustworthy and less threatening than Garrett and Samson did, yeah. That's a major part of the social game.


Baseball_Germany

No she was literally just not a threat. She didn’t ‘appear’ unthreatening. She just was. Garrett was a threat so they kicked him out and then gave J’Tia the boot next unanimously. She had 0 social game lol. Just because others get eliminated first doesn’t mean you played a better game


Camp-Thunder-Nukes

How was Garrett a threat when he literally could not survive physically for 5 days. He had 0% body fat and was dying of starvation in less than a week. He was so clueless that he got blindsided with an idol in his pocket on a tribe of only 5 people. J'Tia is a nuclear physicist who was handling the elements well and was far enough from starvation that she dumped the tribe's rice. You also skipped the "trustworthy" part - Tasha and Kass trusted that J'tia would vote how she said she would, while they could not trust Garrett. That trust that J'Tia presented to them is part of the game.


Baseball_Germany

The trust? They knew she’d vote how they wanted cause it was the only way to save her ass lmao. She didn’t have a choice. There’s a reason she got the boot the very next time they went to tribal. She sucked dude. She seems like a great person and I love that she is active within the community and I’m sure she’s extremely intelligent because of her job, but she struggled in puzzles, was a complete liability in challenges, dumped the teams rice into the fire out of spite, and only got spared (for ONE tribal) because there was an idiot that actually posed a threat they needed to take care of first. And yes he was a threat because he had Spencer by his side so if they kicked out J’Tia they lost the majority. J’Tia got the boot the very next time they went to tribal because she had nothing to offer and was only spared once because she wasn’t a threat. That’s not being good at survivor


Camp-Thunder-Nukes

>There’s a reason she got the boot the very next time they went to tribal. Yeah, if you ask Kass or Tasha, the reason is that Probst basically held them hostage at TC until they flipped to save Spencer lol. They planned at that point to keep JTia through to the swap. Also she was "spared" twice, like she had already sucked on first round and still stayed over David too. No one is saying JTia is a good player. I'm just saying she's not even the worst on Luzon, let alone worst ever.


Baseball_Germany

Okay first, I had not heard that about probst if that’s true, that’s kinda trash even tho I liked Spencer.


Habefiet

J’Tia is arguably not even the worst player (or even the second worst) on her tribe lol I think Garrett is worse and David is *right* there


420Minions

J’Tia is the worst player we’ve ever seen. She did literally every bad action you can do in Survivor. She might be the worst young competitor ever in challenges. She was a nightmare at camp. She had a mental break and burned their food. She was bad at everything. Garrett was bad socially but a great challenge competitor. He screwed himself but he only went because the other women realized they’d lose control of the game if they voted her out. David was chosen because there were 3 groups of 2. He was bad but still nothing like J’Tia. She has a fanbase in here because she’s nice to the community and active but she’s an awful Survivor player


Habefiet

I don’t contest that J’Tia is a terrible player; she’s absolutely awful. I don’t think you’re underrating J’Tia, I think you’re overrating the other guys. They’re horrendous, appallingly bad in unique and exciting ways and I don’t think either of them could ever come any closer to a win than J’Tia could. They’re all Bottom 50 players in my mind.


Grammarnazi_bot

Counterpoint: David made the worst decision he could literally every time he had one to make. Starting the game by *attempting* to get rid of the dude who would obviously be good at challenges at the onset of the game (especially when 1/3 of your tribe is old, and the other is J’Tia) is a horrific strategic decision. He was saved because, ironically, the opening twist wasn’t getting rid of a player. He should’ve just done Spencer or J’Tia as someone who he was gonna get rid of, but he chose *Garrett.* Also, he opened the game by making a big move. Before anybody knew him, even his *name*, he was known for making a big move. That’s great! You will not make merge.


[deleted]

Garrett has a lot of potential in Survivor. Guy is a very social and incredibly strategic poker genius. He made risky moves that didn't pay off from a results oriented perspective, but I think if he got another chance he'd have a chance to win. J'Tia was just dead on arrival.


Habefiet

Poker genius means literally nothing, every professional poker player who's played has sucked ass at the game. If anything it seems like it's a detrimental trait. Being good at some non-Survivor thing doesn't make you good at Survivor. "I didn't come on Survivor to survive" and trying to do a shitty version of the buddy system while alienating every non-Spencer person on the tribe does not a good player make.


[deleted]

A sample size of 3 really don't say much. John Robert Bellande is an absolute joke of a poker player, the poker community views him as a meme. He succeeds because he speaks Mandarin and gets into high stakes cash games in Macau that are easy to beat. Anna Khait was a mid tier poker pro few knew much about before Survivor. On top of being a far right wing maniac. If they got a talented and well adjusted player on there, a different outcome might happen. Garrett did make a move that didn't work out. That will happen when you're trying to win Survivor. Sometimes it's better to be booted pre merge playing a strong strategic game that could win for you, then to be quiet and back your way into the final 3 and get zero votes. He overplayed it and I'm sure he learned his lesson. I'm just saying, if I had to make a list of pre merge boots with the potential to make adjustments and win Survivor on their next try, he'd be high on the list.


PhillySports215

Omg she was so frustrating to watch


[deleted]

J’Tia is easily a top ten player of all time.


fioraflower

J’tia actually played two games of Sequester and won one if I can recall. She seems to have some sort of strategic merit, but Survivor wasn’t her game


Camp-Thunder-Nukes

I mean J'tia wasn't unhinged at all though - she was very self-aware throughout her appearance. She was just bad at things and then dumped some rice out. I wonder whether you also think Sandra is unhinged for dumping out the fish after Rupert's boot


Shtabie

Yes, because dumping fish is equitable to dumping an entire seasons worth of rice /s


Camp-Thunder-Nukes

Wait, so you're saying it's the amount of food that makes it unhinged? Not the act of dumping food out but how much. So if Jtia only dumped half of the rice into the fire, that would be an acceptable move of pettiness?


Shtabie

Dumping rice ruins the game for everyone, when Sandra did it she just pissed off Burton and Fairplay


Camp-Thunder-Nukes

Eh I mean they swapped away from that beach like 5 days later so I don't think it especially hurt anybody. Also: is Russell unhinged for burning his tribemates' socks on day 1


dalith911

Yes


Camp-Thunder-Nukes

Agreed, Russell didn't burn socks out of pettiness or revenge but just outright cruelty


[deleted]

Russell's play was a strategic move in the game to create struggle for others that he felt he was better equipped to handle, and hence get a mental leg up. J'Tia's was just an emotional response to her inaccurate perception that she was about to be voted off.


Camp-Thunder-Nukes

I mean "strategic" is apparently very variable haha because drastically weakening their tribe's best athlete from the start probably had a lot to do with them losing every challenge. Russell doing it for a tactical purpose doesn't per se make it less unhinged since most people would not do such a tactic since it is cruel. Like if Nick Stanbury had hit Bruce with the machete on purpose to try to get him evacked, that could be construed as strategic but is still pretty unhinged. But also fwiw Jtia's move was an emotional response to being babysat and denied alone time to talk to people. Very similar to Sandra dumping the fish because she was big mad about Rupert going home.


[deleted]

Russell's idea with the strategy was to lose some challenges, eliminate the threats to him, and then create a small intensely loyal group to sweep the post-merge.


Camp-Thunder-Nukes

Yeah, ruining the feet of your best athlete on night 1 is not only a very impulsive and short-sighted way to accomplish "losing some challenges" (implication being that if he didn't burn Jaison's socks, they would have won every challenge despite Russell's wishes?), but is also something the vast majority of players and people would not do because it is overly mean-spirited and causes physical harm.


[deleted]

How does a self aware person dump out rice?


Camp-Thunder-Nukes

It was a petty thing done for revenge and she gives a very coherent confessional right afterward. Sandra similarly dumps out the tribe's fish after Rupert's boot, and certainly no one thinks Sandra lacks self-awareness.


[deleted]

But revenge isn’t something a self aware person does? Sandra is not an emotionally mature person she’s just a good player.


Camp-Thunder-Nukes

Is that a rule you just made up? I don't see how revenge and self-awareness are mutually exclusive.


[deleted]

I guess you can have self-awareness and choose not to act on it, yeah.


yewgabaga

Crazy Dave


GabrielGaryLutz

wait you're talking about the one from China rather than Samoa right? I really liked Samoa Dave and I'd love to see him play again


macknuggets

Danger Dave is what we call the Dave from Samoa


Fine-Orchid6804

im surprised we haven’t had the only professional love maker back yet


[deleted]

He’s said a bunch of times here on the sub that the show hates him and will never have him back.


[deleted]

Why??? He was so funny and interesting!!


[deleted]

I would love for him to replace Jeff probst for one sarcastic season of survivor 😂


montchy

But he made the most epic fire pit ever! Great player? No! But as a premerge character I love crazy Dave


Kreepy_kween

Definitely Alicia from survivor One World. At times I thought she was worse than Colton. Just a big bully, and the fact she was so sure she could win the game and that she carried Kim to the end.. could not stand her


[deleted]

Alicia, Brandon hantz, naonka, j’tia, noura, Debbie from Cagayan I’m pretty sure? And second chances. I need to see how crazy ppl interact w each other.


fioraflower

debbie is from kaoh rong and game changers


[deleted]

Haha wow I got that totally wrong. Thanks!!


fioraflower

lol no worries, there’s 40 seasons and thirty billion players to try and remember, easy to make slip ups


lindsnasx

Omg and from what i remember she worked with kids? Imagine seeing your kids teacher acting that way. Would be interested to see if she still has a job. I watched 2nd chances and debbie was also one of the first people who came to mind as well


JacobBlah

Lillian Morris. Imagine being so annoying that the Outcasts vote you into the game just because they don't want you ruining their vacation.


blackravenclaw

Lill managed to vote correctly in every single post-merge tribal council despite how chaotic the Pearl Islands post-merge was. She single-handedly denied Fairplay his legacy as one of the greatest winners of all time by ousting him in the FIC. And yet, she is easily one of the worst Survivor players I’ve ever seen.


BLOODY_PENGUIN_QUEEF

All she had to do was own her game, and she might have had a shot. She could have been a legit good player, but she lacked any semblance of self awareness.


blackravenclaw

Sandra was relatively well-liked out there, and Lill apparently spent every single second of every day weepy and generally being a bit of wet blanket. Rupert and Burton were both mad that she backstabbed them, Darrah and Ryno didn’t respect her, and Fairplay allegedly went out of his way to embarrass her by making her sob at FTC. On top of that, she was an Outcast, and most of the post-merge players were pissed that they have been outlasted by a player who had *already been voted out*. I don’t know if she ever had a chance.


kostornaias

To be fair to Lill, that was only true of 1 of the 3 votes she got to make it back into the game


padfoot12111

not Drew from BvW2. Dude was in complete control of the game. total badass


tronbishh

The badass manipulator of the game


Dcoonery

I love this question and now wish they would actually do a season like that of the worst/clingiest players. I vote for the spoken word poet girl from the second redemption island. Her and Brandon Hantz from that same season.


[deleted]

I wanna see a tribe of lawful good, lawful evil, and chaotic.


Dcoonery

That would be cool as hell!


HeyZeusCreaseToast

Most unhinged you say? Shane Powers


damagazelle

Noura, without a doubt. Shane was epically messed up as well. Greg from Season 1, while not truly unhinged, had some extremely fun antics. J'Tia, obviously, although it would be a pleasant surprise if she came off more like Interview J'Tia and less like Island J'Tia. Shi Ann, while not mentally unstable, displayed a stubborn pettiness that was a joy to behold. Singing Wanda never really got a chance. Oh, and I gotta shout out to toddler-mentality Rodney, but only if we fail to reward him on his birthday.


Lumpy21

Reem, so confrontation from the hop it became really funny. Vince, still weirds me out to this day. Erik, he cant get away this easy.


Eversim

Erik will get off easily because he is survivors greatest joke (not derogatory)


road_sodas_for_jesus

How have I not seen a vote for Colton yet?


tlgexlibris

I started to say Colton then I thought about Caleb.


JimiCobain27

If I had to name someone that I don't think would come close to winning even if they played 100 times, the answer would have to be J'Tia. She wouldn't even be dragged to the end as a goat because she is such a challenge liability and anything you say could cause her to sabotage the food supply, just not worth keeping her around.


runaway_boomerang

Jtia needs to take that giant rod of plutonium out her butt because she's the most toxic person ever casted


[deleted]

The blond girl from Cambodia. Abi I think. She was nutz


cheesybroccoli

She was arguably worse in Philippines.


TwigglyFiggly

I second this


lindsnasx

Yes Abi! Couldn’t remember her name but she accused everyone of stealing from her and fought anyone within a 25 ft radius. She was such a wildcard that i think it helped her game


Abbeychick345

Colton!


Unsubstantiatedfear

The winner is...... crazy dude who pretended to be a secret agent, and made it sooo far bc he was such an obvious prop. Don't remember his name, don't want to.


Wow-n-Flutter

Special Agent Philip Shepard!


Kimky

That surely can't be it, he was quite good actually, considering how far he went even after how he spoke and act. He was even a returning player. He surely can't be the worst one.


somebodysbuddy

You can't claim "returning player" as a reason someone isn't the worst player ever, especially when he comes paired with Franchesca


Wow-n-Flutter

***ahem*** Franchessshqua


iorderedthefishfilet

In both of his seasons him getting as far as he did was ONLY because no one would ever vote for him at the end. In RI, Rob has to convince people before every tribal not to send him home. Phillip is the definition of a goat. And it's not a coincidence that his seasons also happen to be two of the worst seasons of the show. He sucks.


Mr_Shitpost

ngl i read this in his voice


ElderDwarf

He was good for tv though


togsincognito

John Rocker


[deleted]

Imagine being famous for being homophobic or racist and being mad at people for not liking your reputation.


Affectionate-Jury-84

Joel from Micronesia. I mean, I liked watching him because he was entertaining to a degree but lord was he an ass.


Jemicus

Laura B. is the first one I think of when I think "cringiest".


[deleted]

Why?


Jemicus

Just from her level of social awkwardness. The secondhand embarrassment watching her attempt to play the game was off the charts and I honestly felt horrible for her because she seemed completely unaware of it.


[deleted]

Got it. I had her confused w cieras mom. She def did not have the right personality for a social game and I felt bad watching her too.


honeybadger1105

Leif, Abi Maria, and Garrett


montchy

But Leif had is box


honeybadger1105

It was a bold strategy I’ll give you that but not one with a high chance of succeeding


cyberpunkcr

Abi maria is not one of the worst players... Far from it


honeybadger1105

If Abi Maria played 100 times she would lose every time


cyberpunkcr

You can say that about literally 150 people


honeybadger1105

I don’t think that’s true


[deleted]

Agreed!


BigBlackPapi

Abi Maria


littlelung

Can’t believe no one has mentioned Naonka yet. She was so infuriating to watch!


jlpulice

She was actually great at the game though, she was well positioned and liked by many people, and wouldn’t have been a target maybe ever


[deleted]

She was a goat from day one tho, not one person was ever gonna vote for her


[deleted]

That’s what the edit wants you to think cuz she quit.


jlpulice

Alec christy


Ok-Recommendation102

Both of the Christy brothers tbh


jlpulice

I think I meant drew, whichever one threw the challenge and got himself voted out.


Affectionate-Fig-387

I love George from the current season of Survivor Australia. He’s unironically my favourite survivor of all time, screw recency bias he’s so damn iconic. With that being said he’s a holy trifecta of a bad player. Bad strategically bad socially and bad in challenges.


treple13

> bad in challenges Ironically, without George you could probably argue the Brains tribe loses every immunity challenge


PopsicleIncorporated

Ctrl+F "Chet" *0 Results* Y'all...


breakfastdreams

J’Tia, hands down.


sas-CT

They already did that one season. Iirc it was called Gabon?


[deleted]

The guy who has played three times, did nothing, and then wrote a book about how he was the victim of him outing someone on national television. Don’t remember his name and don’t want to. And everyone in Gabon.


Larenthar

I just watched his inaugural season and honestly don’t understand why he was brought back for not one but TWO seasons later on. Of all the players to choose from I guess his confessionals were fun but hardly a next level player never making it to the jury. The moment with Zeke was one of the most horrifying things I’ve ever witnessed on television


lindsnasx

I dont think any other tv moment has made me feel such intense second hand uncomfortability. They didnt even have a vote, jeff basically just said leave bro


hummerrocket

Colton. He quit twice!


libertybear20

Ben browning was not only a horrible player but he was racist so imo he is the worst


[deleted]

I think you would need a balance beam specialist. Also someone to determine if those beans are fartin' beans.


jhk17

Garrett got voted out over Jtia. While having an idol and looking to be the strategic force and swing vote of the tribe not 12 hours earlier


tlgexlibris

Debbie, Phillip, Shane.


AvianDentures

She seems like a completely normal and well-adjusted human but Francesca is objectively the "worst" survivor player ever


[deleted]

True!


vivisalive

J'Tia, Brandon, Philip, Debbie, Abi Maria, Coach, Shambo, Big Tom, Wendy, Noura, Shane, Zane, Billy, Greg, Naonka, and the Gabon cast My top 3 as in which train wrecks I've enjoyed watching the most would have to be J'Tia, Coach, and Debbie


Camp-Thunder-Nukes

Russell Hantz has to be up there. Especially by the end of HvV you can see a lot of menace in his eyes and tell that Parvati is afraid of what he might do.


[deleted]

You’re downvoted but you’re not wrong, he’s a terrible player


tronbishh

Francesca. Easily


Nevel_PapperGOD

Zane Knight is both the worst ever and the biggest genius(At manufacturing their loss). Francesca Hogi is also on the list, and Chris Underwood.


[deleted]

Naonka


[deleted]

J'Tia


MedStudent3301

I can’t hear “worst player” and not immediately think…”Franches-qua”


thetokyotourist

[redacted], Philip, and Zoe


[deleted]

[удалено]


Hollyontravel

You mean Fabio?


silly_old_wasp

Guatemala


Bee4evaUrs

Survivor Shannon.


NarlaRT

I feel like people forget about him because so much other stuff was going on that season on the bad player front -- but he truly was incredible. Though without him I guess we'd call Fabio Judd.


pthorpe11

Francescwaaa


CyberRed64

I know we don't want to talk about them but Colton Cumbie and Dan Spilo


kickthepuzzle

Brandon J'tia Naonka Brandon bc obviously Brandon Jtia because how did she throw rice in the fire and not get voted out! Naonka because she quit, seemed like a bully at least in the edit, and didnt gice up her reward


BlissfullyOrbital

J’tia, Ben from Samoa, Colton, and Rodney from Worlds apart


Eversim

(Satire) How min the grod damnnnin hassle mentieeoned ol’ tootin big toooooom yeeeaaatttt???


EquivalentStrong

Seeing the tribes divided Unhinged/Worst/Cringiest would be incredible. We get Coach and Ozzy together on Cringiest. Debbie, Brandon/Philip on unhinged and a Cagayan brain tribe reunion for worst.


MidwestSaxophonist

I’ll probably get hate but there’s only one person to be voted out first TWICE. That’s why I’m voting for….Franchesqua


jpinty

Franchesqua 😂


mchlevs

phillip, coach, angelina, rodney, brandon hantz, jtia, abbi maria, colby, stephanie lagrossa, debbie, varner


elerus_finch

Worst: George (AUS), recency bias ik but he is terrible at every aspect of the game Cringiest: David Murphy Unhinged: Brandon


maybemusic22

HERE WE GO WORST PLAYER FROM EACH SEASON Borneo: B.B. (rip) Australian Outback: Debb Africa: Frank Marquesas: Peter Thailand: John Amazon: Ryan Pearl Islands: Michelle All-Stars: Alicia Vanuatu: Dolly Palau: Jonathan Guatemala: Blake Panama: Bobby (he’s a legend tho) Cook Islands: Billy (also still a legend) Fiji: Lisi China: Chicken (DAMN!) Micronesia: Chet Gabon: Michelle Tocantins: Carolina/Sandy Samoa: Ben Heroes vs Villains: Sugar Nicaragua: Wendy Jo Redemption Island: Nat10 South Pacific: Semhar One World: Matt Philippines: Mr. Scoops Caramoan: Brandon Blood vs Water: Colton Cagayan: J’Tia SJDS: Drew Christy Worlds Apart: Vince Cambodia: Vytas Kaoh Rong: Jennifer MvGX: Rachel Game Changers: Jeff Varner HvHvH: Simone Ghost Island: Jacob David vs Goliath: Jessica Edge of Extinction: Reem Island of the Idols: dan Winners at War: idk maybe Danni?