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Strictly statistically, the best player would be Sandra. Her two wins trump everyone else.

However, as I have said, we get different kinds of winners each season because there are different juries, each with their own temperaments formed from the first 38/41 days of the game. Thus, there can be no "best player" since all players have played within the context of the different events, personalities, and twists of their respective season/s. Logically, the only way to determine your so-called "best player" would be to temporally displace all the Sole Survivors from their prime and have them compete against each other. But this, of course, cannot happen because of the passage of what we call "time".

Indeed, the concept of naming anyone the "best player" in the history of Survivor, especially considering the narrow criteria you provided, is an incredibly myopic way of thinking. There are too many factors to consider, least of all, luck.

Perhaps you can then enlighten yourself and read through the links Ian posted. Mario Lanza provides possibly the best analysis that many with an educated opinion agree with.

The Fall of Russell Hantz - Part 1: http://funny115.com/v2/50.htm

The Fall of Russell Hantz - Part 2: http://funny115.com/v2/2.htm