The Perfect Games of Survivor
Two players have played a perfect game. Across every season, only 2 winners reached the end without a single vote ever cast against them at tribal council, then won the jury unanimously. This is that short list.
What counts as a perfect game
A perfect game has two parts, and both are strict. First, the winner is never written down at any tribal council for the entire season, not one vote against them, including votes a hidden immunity idol would have erased. Second, they win the final tribal council with a unanimous jury. It is the difference between winning cleanly and winning without ever being threatened.
- Season
- Survivor 18 (Tocantins), 2009
- Final tribal council
- 7–0
- Jury
- 7 of 7 votes
- Season
- Survivor 26 (Caramoan), 2013
- Final tribal council
- 8–0–0
- Jury
- 8 of 8 votes
Unanimous wins that aren’t perfect games
3 more winners swept the jury but do not make this list, because each was written down at tribal council at least once during the season, and a perfect game allows no votes at all:
- Earl Cole, Survivor 14 (Fiji), swept the jury 9–0–0
- Jeremy Collins, Survivor 31 (Cambodia), swept the jury 10–0–0 (his votes-against were nullified by a hidden immunity idol)
- Adam Klein, Survivor 33 (Millennials vs. Gen X), swept the jury 10–0–0
A unanimous vote at the end, but not an untouched game. Every winner who swept the jury is listed under jury sweeps.
For the opposite end of the final vote, see the finalists who reached the end and won nothing, the two players who won twice, or the full list of every Survivor winner.
Frequently asked questions
What is a perfect game in Survivor?
A perfect game is a winner who was never written down at any tribal council all season (not one vote cast against them, even votes an idol would have erased) and then won the final tribal council with a unanimous jury. It is the cleanest possible path to the title.
How many perfect games have there been in Survivor?
2. J.T. Thomas on Survivor 18 (Tocantins) (7–0) and John Cochran on Survivor 26 (Caramoan) (8–0–0) are the only two players to reach the end without a single vote against them and then sweep the jury.
Did Jeremy Collins play a perfect game?
Jeremy Collins swept the jury 10–0–0 on Survivor 31 (Cambodia), but he was written down at tribal council during the season, and those votes were nullified by a hidden immunity idol rather than never cast. A unanimous win, but not an untouched one, so it is not counted as a perfect game here.
What is the difference between a perfect game and a jury sweep?
A jury sweep only measures the final vote: the winner received every jury vote. A perfect game requires that plus a clean season: no vote was ever cast against the winner at any tribal council. Every perfect game is a jury sweep, but not every jury sweep is a perfect game.