Home Players Returning players Which Survivor players have returned for another season? 121 of the 751 US Survivor castaways (16%) have returned for
at least one more season.
The tradition started with Survivor 8: All-Stars, and returnees
have anchored 15 seasons since.
Every returning player is listed below, ranked by total seasons played.
All returning Survivor players # Player Seasons Seasons played Total days Best placement 1 Rob Mariano 5 S4 , S8 , S20 , S22 , S40 131 Winner 2 Cirie Fields 5 S12 , S16 , S20 , S34 , S50 144 3rd 3 Oscar Lusth 5 S13 , S16 , S23 , S34 , S50 149 2nd 4 Colby Donaldson 4 S2 , S8 , S20 , S50 111 2nd 5 Rupert Boneham 4 S7 , S8 , S20 , S27 101 4th 6 Sandra Diaz-Twine 4 S7 , S20 , S34 , S40 110 Winner 7 Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick 4 S10 , S11 , S20 , S50 94 2nd 8 Parvati Shallow 4 S13 , S16 , S20 , S40 130 Winner 9 Benjamin Wade 4 S18 , S20 , S23 , S50 112 2nd 10 Tyson Apostol 4 S18 , S20 , S27 , S40 106 Winner 11 Aubry Bracco 4 S32 , S34 , S38 , S50 115 Winner 12 Jenna Lewis-Dougherty 3 S1 , S8 , S50 68 3rd 13 Amber Mariano 3 S2 , S8 , S40 75 Winner 14 Jeff Varner 3 S2 , S31 , S34 50 10th 15 Jerri Manthey 3 S2 , S8 , S20 89 4th 16 Tina Wesson 3 S2 , S8 , S27 83 Winner 17 Ethan Zohn 3 S3 , S8 , S40 69 Winner 18 Candice Cody 3 S13 , S20 , S27 62 8th 19 Jonathan Penner 3 S13 , S16 , S25 78 7th 20 Amanda Kimmel 3 S15 , S16 , S20 108 2nd 21 James Clement 3 S15 , S16 , S20 76 7th 22 J.T. Thomas 3 S18 , S20 , S34 79 Winner 23 Russell Hantz 3 S19 , S20 , S22 86 2nd 24 Andrea Boehlke 3 S22 , S26 , S34 103 5th 25 Malcolm Freberg 3 S25 , S26 , S34 79 4th 26 Ciera Eastin 3 S27 , S31 , S34 66 5th 27 Sarah Lacina 3 S28 , S34 , S40 96 Winner 28 Tony Vlachos 3 S28 , S34 , S40 84 Winner 29 Jeremy Collins 3 S29 , S31 , S40 94 Winner 30 Kelley Wentworth 3 S29 , S31 , S38 78 4th 31 Joe Anglim 3 S30 , S31 , S38 75 8th 32 Gervase Peterson 2 S1 , S27 69 3rd 33 Kelly Wiglesworth 2 S1 , S31 63 2nd 34 Richard Hatch 2 S1 , S8 54 Winner 35 Rudy Boesch 2 S1 , S8 44 3rd 36 Susan Hawk 2 S1 , S8 54 4th 37 Alicia Calaway 2 S2 , S8 54 7th 38 Kimmi Kappenberg 2 S2 , S31 51 6th 39 Michael Skupin 2 S2 , S25 56 2nd 40 Lex van den Berghe 2 S3 , S8 65 3rd 41 Tom Buchanan 2 S3 , S8 73 4th 42 Kathy Vavrick-O'Brien 2 S4 , S8 66 3rd 43 Shii Ann Huang 2 S5 , S8 54 6th 44 Jenna Morasca 2 S6 , S8 48 Winner 45 Rob Cesternino 2 S6 , S8 50 3rd 46 Andrew Savage 2 S7 , S31 42 10th 47 Jon Dalton 2 S7 , S16 41 3rd 48 Ami Cusack 2 S9 , S16 54 6th 49 Eliza Orlins 2 S9 , S16 61 4th 50 Bobby Jon Drinkard 2 S10 , S11 45 9th 51 Tom Westman 2 S10 , S20 53 Winner 52 Danni Boatwright 2 S11 , S40 45 Winner 53 Aras Baskauskas 2 S12 , S27 60 Winner 54 Danielle DiLorenzo 2 S12 , S20 72 2nd 55 Terry Deitz 2 S12 , S31 51 3rd 56 Yul Kwon 2 S13 , S40 57 Winner 57 Yau-Man Chan 2 S14 , S16 46 4th 58 Courtney Yates 2 S15 , S20 63 2nd 59 Peih-Gee Law 2 S15 , S31 45 5th 60 Erik Reichenbach 2 S16 , S26 72 5th 61 Corinne Kaplan 2 S17 , S26 55 7th 62 Jessica Kiper 2 S17 , S20 42 3rd 63 Randy Bailey 2 S17 , S20 38 8th 64 Stephen Fishbach 2 S18 , S31 68 2nd 65 Laura Morett 2 S19 , S27 53 9th 66 Monica Padilla 2 S19 , S31 46 7th 67 Russell Swan 2 S19 , S25 25 14th 68 Brenda Lowe 2 S21 , S26 63 6th 69 Francesca Hogi 2 S22 , S26 6 18th 70 Phillip Sheppard 2 S22 , S26 67 2nd 71 Brandon Hantz 2 S23 , S26 48 6th 72 Dawn Meehan 2 S23 , S26 66 2nd 73 John Cochran 2 S23 , S26 69 Winner 74 Sophie Clarke 2 S23 , S40 67 Winner 75 Colton Cumbie 2 S24 , S27 23 13th 76 Kat Edorsson 2 S24 , S27 49 7th 77 Kim Spradlin-Wolfe 2 S24 , S40 68 Winner 78 Monica Culpepper 2 S24 , S27 53 2nd 79 Troy Robertson 2 S24 , S34 69 3rd 80 Abi-Maria Gomes 2 S25 , S31 71 5th 81 Denise Stapley 2 S25 , S40 75 Winner 82 Brad Culpepper 2 S27 , S34 49 2nd 83 Vytas Baskauskas 2 S27 , S31 25 10th 84 Kassandra McQuillen 2 S28 , S31 57 3rd 85 Latasha Fox 2 S28 , S31 72 2nd 86 Spencer Bledsoe 2 S28 , S31 76 3rd 87 Yung Hwang 2 S28 , S31 55 2nd 88 Keith Nale 2 S29 , S31 75 4th 89 Natalie Anderson 2 S29 , S40 78 Winner 90 Hali Ford 2 S30 , S34 43 11th 91 Shirin Oskooi 2 S30 , S31 35 8th 92 Sierra Dawn Thomas 2 S30 , S34 69 5th 93 Caleb Reynolds 2 S32 , S34 18 15th 94 Debbie Wanner 2 S32 , S34 50 9th 95 Michele Fitzgerald 2 S32 , S40 78 Winner 96 Tai Trang 2 S32 , S34 77 3rd 97 Adam Klein 2 S33 , S40 62 Winner 98 David Wright 2 S33 , S38 63 4th 99 Michaela Bradshaw 2 S33 , S34 55 7th 100 Zeke Smith 2 S33 , S34 62 9th 101 Ben Driebergen 2 S35 , S40 76 Winner 102 Chrissy Hofbeck 2 S35 , S50 55 2nd 103 Wendell Holland 2 S36 , S40 60 Winner 104 Angelina Keeley 2 S37 , S50 50 3rd 105 Christian Hubicki 2 S37 , S50 53 7th 106 Mike White 2 S37 , S50 48 2nd 107 Nick Wilson 2 S37 , S40 73 Winner 108 Rick Devens 2 S38 , S50 60 4th 109 Jonathan Young 2 S42 , S50 51 2nd 110 Bruce Perreault 2 S44 , S45 20 8th 111 Dee Valladares 2 S45 , S50 40 Winner 112 Emily Flippen 2 S45 , S50 42 7th 113 Charlie Davis 2 S46 , S50 37 2nd 114 Q Burdette 2 S46 , S50 31 6th 115 Tiffany Nicole Ervin 2 S46 , S50 43 5th 116 Genevieve Mushaluk 2 S47 , S50 37 5th 117 Joe Hunter 2 S48 , S50 52 3rd 118 Kamilla Karthigesu 2 S48 , S50 38 4th 119 Kyle Fraser 2 S48 , S50 30 Winner 120 Rizo Velovic 2 S49 , S50 50 4th 121 Savannah Louie 2 S49 , S50 32 Winner
Curious which seasons they came back for? See
every season with returning players ,
or the shortlist of castaways with
the most seasons played .
Frequently asked questions How many Survivor players have returned for another season? 121 of the 751 castaways who have played the US version of Survivor, about 16%, have come back for at least one more season. 31 of them have played three or more times.
What was the first Survivor season with returning players? Survivor 8 (All-Stars) was the first US season to bring castaways back, featuring 18 returning players.
Has a returning player ever won Survivor? Yes, 10 castaways have won on a return trip, including Rob Mariano, Sandra Diaz-Twine, Parvati Shallow.
Who has returned to Survivor the most times? Rob Mariano leads the pack with 5 total seasons played.
