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The Best Seasons of Survivor

Every season of Survivor ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of Survivor!

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A reality show contest where sixteen or more castaways split between two or more “Tribes” are taken to a remote isolated location and are forced to live off the land with meager supplies for roughly

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Season 40

14 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2020

8.4/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE14 · It All Boils Down to This 9.0

Season 20

15 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2010

8.3/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE6 · Banana Etiquette 9.1

Season 31

15 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2015

8.3/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE10 · Like Selling Your Soul To The Devil 9.2

Other Seasons

Season 7

15 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2003

8.3/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · Beg, Barter, Steal 8.8

Season 28

14 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2014

8.1/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE6 · Head of the Snake 9.1

Season 37

14 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2018

8.1/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE8 · You Get What You Give 9.0

Season 10

15 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2005

7.9/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE14 · The Ultimate Shock 8.4

Season 16

15 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2008

7.9/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE13 · If It Smells Like a Rat, Give It Cheese 8.9

Season 34

13 Episodes

First Aired: Mar 2017

7.9/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE3 · The Tables Have Turned 8.8

#10

Season 47

14 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2024

7.9/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE12 · Operation: Italy 9.3

#11

Season 33

14 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2016

7.8/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE10 · Million Dollar Gamble 8.8

#12

Season 25

15 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2012

7.8/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE8 · Dead Man Walking 8.7

#13

Season 38

14 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2019

7.8/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE8 · Y'all Making Me Crazy 8.6

#14

Season 30

15 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2015

7.7/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE12 · Holding On for Dear Life 8.4

#15

Season 6

15 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2003

7.7/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE7 · Girls Gone Wilder 8.3

#16

Season 8

18 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2004

7.7/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · They're Back! 8.3

#17

Season 13

16 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2006

7.7/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE11 · Why Would You Trust Me? 8.3

#18

Season 11

15 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2005

7.7/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE12 · Price for Immunity 8.0

#19

Season 32

15 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2016

7.7/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE10 · I’m Not Here to Make Good Friends 8.8

#20

Season 9

15 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2004

7.6/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE11 · Surprise and... Surprise Again! 8.3

#21

Season 15

15 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2007

7.6/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE11 · Ready to Bite the Apple 8.1

#22

Season 26

15 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2013

7.6/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE10 · Zipping Over the Cuckoo's Nest 9.0

#23

Season 18

15 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2009

7.5/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE13 · The Martyr Approach 8.3

#24

Season 12

16 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2006

7.5/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE12 · Perilous Scramble 8.1

#25

Season 29

15 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2014

7.5/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE10 · This Is Where We Build Trust 8.4

#26

Season 1

14 Episodes

First Aired: May 2000

7.5/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE13 · The Final Four 8.6

#27

Season 17

14 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2008

7.5/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE9 · Nothing Tastes Better Than Five Hundred Dollars 8.4

#28

Season 27

15 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2013

7.5/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE12 · Rustle Feathers 8.6

#29

Season 19

16 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2009

7.4/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE9 · Tastes Like Chicken 8.5

#30

Season 2

17 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2001

7.4/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE6 · Trial By Fire 8.4

#31

Season 45

13 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2023

7.4/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE6 · I'm Not Batman, I'm the Canadian 8.7

#32

Season 44

13 Episodes

First Aired: Mar 2023

7.4/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE11 · I'm Not Worthy 8.1

#33

Season 23

16 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2011

7.3/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE8 · Double Agent 8.3

#34

Season 43

13 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2022

7.3/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE12 · Telenovela 8.7

#35

Season 4

15 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2002

7.3/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE7 · True Lies 8.1

#36

Season 42

12 Episodes

First Aired: Mar 2022

7.3/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE10 · Battle Royale 8.5

#37

Season 46

13 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2024

7.3/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE8 · Hide 'N Seek 8.3

#38

Season 3

16 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2001

7.3/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE5 · The Twist 7.9

#39

Season 39

14 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2019

7.2/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE6 · Suck It Up Buttercup 8.1

#40

Season 14

15 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2007

7.2/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE10 · It's a Turtle?! 8.1

#41

Season 35

15 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2017

7.2/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE10 · Buy One, Get One Free 8.1

#42

Season 50

13 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2026

7.2/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · Epic Party 8.8

#43

Season 36

15 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2018

7.1/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE7 · Gotta Risk It For The Biscuit 8.0

#44

Season 48

13 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2025

7.1/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE5 · Master Class in Deception 8.7

#45

Season 5

15 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2002

7.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE3 · Family Values 7.4

#46

Season 22

15 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2011

7.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · You're Looking at the New Leader of Your Tribe 7.7

#47

Season 21

16 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2010

7.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE15 · What About Me? 7.7

#48

Season 24

15 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2012

7.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE6 · Thanks for the Souvenir 7.5

#49

Season 49

13 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2025

6.7/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE10 · Huge Dose of Bamboozle 7.4

#50

Season 51

5 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2026

6.6/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE3 · What I'm Smellin' Is Stinky 8.3

#51

Season 41

13 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2021

5.9/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE10 · Baby with a Machine Gun 7.2