SurvAv - Top non-winning seasons

By: Jeff Pitman | Last updated: June 4, 2025

Top non-winning finalists - Boston Rob Mariano, S8

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Boston Rob Mariano, S8: All-Stars

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Top non-finalists

Top non-winning finalists by SurvAv
# Contestant Season SurvAv F2/F3 Plc
1 Boston Rob Mariano, S8 Boston Rob Mariano S8
15.24 F2 2nd
2 Ozzy Lusth, S13 Ozzy Lusth S13 14.96 F3 2nd
3 Colby Donaldson, S2, S8, S20 Colby Donaldson S2
13.49 F2 2nd
4 Kelly Wiglesworth, S1, S31 Kelly Wiglesworth S1 12.26 F2 2nd
5 Amanda Kimmel, S15, S16, S20 Amanda Kimmel S15 12.13 F3 3rd
6 Amanda Kimmel, S15, S16, S20 Amanda Kimmel S16 11.60 F2 2nd
7 Chase Rice, S21 Chase Rice S21 11.51 F3 2nd
8 Brad Culpepper, S27, S34 Brad Culpepper S34 11.47 F3 2nd
9 Joe Hunter, S48 Joe Hunter S48 11.04 F3 3rd
10 Domenick Abbate, S36 Domenick Abbate S36 10.77 F3 2nd
11 Austin Li Coon, S44 Austin Li Coon S44
10.72 F3 2nd
12 Gavin Whitson, S38 Gavin Whitson S38 10.58 F3 2nd
13 Coach Wade, S23 Coach Wade S23
10.55 F3 2nd
14 Charlie Davis, S46 Charlie Davis S46
10.25 F3 2nd
15 Kim Johnson, S3 Kim Johnson S3
10.18 F2 2nd
16 Mike Skupin, S25 Mike Skupin S25 10.05 F3 2nd
17 Eva Erickson, S48 Eva Erickson S48 9.88 F3 2nd
18 Chrissy Hofbeck, Heroes v Healers v Hustlers Chrissy Hofbeck S35 9.09 F3 2nd
19 Courtney Yates, S15 Courtney Yates S15 8.84 F3 2nd
20 Ken McNickle, Millennials vs Gen X Ken McNickle S33 8.75 F3 2nd
21 Parvati Shallow, S20 Parvati Shallow S20 8.63 F3 2nd
22 Clay Jordan, S5 Clay Jordan S5 8.31 F2 2nd
23 Dean Kowalski, S39 Dean Kowalski S39 8.29 F3 2nd
24 Stephen Fishbach, S18 Stephen Fishbach S18 8.20 F2 2nd
25 Mike White, S37 Mike White S37 8.19 F3 2nd
Top non-finalists by SurvAv
# Contestant Season SurvAv F2/F3 Plc
1 Terry Deitz, S12 Terry Deitz S12 12.33 F2 3rd
2 Carson Garrett, S44 Carson Garrett** S44 9.31 F3 4th
3 Rafe Judkins, S11 Rafe Judkins S11 9.29 F2 3rd
4 Paschal English, S4 Paschal English* S4 9.07 F2 4th
5 Ian Rosenberger, S10 Ian Rosenberger S10 9.00 F2 3rd
6 Kamilla Karthigesu, S48 Kamilla Karthigesu** S48 8.19 F3 4th
7 Jesse Lopez, S43 Jesse Lopez** S43 8.17 F3 4th
8 Lex van den Berghe, S3, S8 Lex van den Berghe S3 7.67 F2 3rd
9 Kyle Ostwald, S47 Kyle Ostwald S47 7.54 F3 8th
10 Boo Bernis, S14 Boo Bernis S14 7.37 F3 5th
11 Rick Devens, Edge of Extinction Rick Devens** S38 7.34 F3 4th
12 Malcolm Freberg, S25 Malcolm Freberg S25 7.31 F3 4th
13 Liz Wilcox, S46 Liz Wilcox** S46 7.08 F3 4th
14 Justin Pioppi, S48 Justin Pioppi S48 7.00 F3 16th
15 Yau-Man Chan, S14 Yau-Man Chan S14 6.93 F3 4th
16 Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien, Marquesas Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien S4 6.69 F2 3rd
17 Kara Kay, S37 Kara Kay** S37 6.64 F3 4th
18 Devon Pinto, S35 Devon Pinto** S35 6.57 F3 4th
19 Lindsay Dolashewich, S42 Lindsay Dolashewich S42 6.41 F3 5th
20 Maria Shrime Gonzalez, S46 Maria Shrime Gonzalez S46 6.40 F3 5th
21 Brett Clouser, Samoa Brett Clouser S19 6.39 F3 4th
22 Ricard Foyé, S41 Ricard Foyé S41 6.29 F3 5th
23 Lauren Rimmer, S35 Lauren Rimmer S35 6.29 F3 7th
24 Ozzy Lusth, S23 Ozzy Lusth S23 6.27 F3 4th
25 Erik Reichenbach, S16, S26 Erik Reichenbach S16 6.25 F2
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Complete through Survivor 48. Click contestant name/picture to view their contestant page.

About the top non-winner and non-finalist scores

We've ranked the winners, and the best. Here are the rest: The non-winning finalists, and the best non-finalists, ranked by Survival Average (SurvAv). The BRobbed G.oddesses, perhaps. We've listed place finished and season type (Final 2 or Final 3) for both groups. For more complete stats, see the scoring data for that specific season (drop-down menu, above). Remember that SurvAv = ChW + wTCR + (6 * JV%), so this is a bit more of an apples-to-apples comparison, since non-finalists don't even have the chance at 1/3 of their score coming from jury votes.

*Important note: Paschal English's score is a bit inflated, since he left the game without being voted against (thank you, purple rock). Also, we had to cut the table off somewhere, but we should note the lowest SurvAv score, ever, by a finalist is: Phillip Sheppard, Redemption Island, with a 2.54 (note that 0.6 of this comes from the jury vote Ralph gave him). That's really something.

**F4 firemaking: Similar to Paschal's inflated scores, people who leave without a vote via F4 firemaking also end up with elevated SurvAv totals. Devon Pinto, Kara Kay, Jesse Lopez, Carson Garrett, and Kamilla Karthigesu had one VAP *total* between them. Rick Devens had more, but had also been voted out once. (Similarly, Justin Pioppi is here because he voted two people out in his first two Tribals, then lost his vote AND wasn't voted against in the first round of his third Tribal, then left via tiebreaker. Sigh. This chart is basically just all the dumb ways the New Era screwed things up.)

Glossary:
  • SurvAv: Calculated by the formula SurvAv = ChW + wTCR + wJV%, or SurvAv = ChW + (2*[VFB / (4+VAP)]x(14/TCA)) + (6*JV%), for a maximal score of around 18-20 after jury votes are counted. (See also the full glossary.)