Survivor most times voting for the person booted (VFB), career

Most votes for boot (VFB) - career

By: Jeff Pitman | Last updated: August 16, 2023

Most times voting for the bootee, career - Parvati Shallow, Boston Rob

27 votes

Parvati Shallow: S13, S16, S20, S40

Boston Rob Mariano: S4, S8, S20, S22, S40

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Times voting for the bootee (VFB), career
#		Season(s)	VFB	TCA	TC%
1-t	Parvati Shallow	S13, S16, S20, S40	27‡	34	0.80
1-t	Boston Rob Mariano	S4, S8, S20, S22, S40	27‡	33	0.82
3	Russell Hantz	S19, S20, S22	25	27	0.92
4	Amanda Kimmel	S15, S16, S20	25	29	0.86
5	Cirie Fields	S12, S16, S20, S34	24	32	0.75
6	Sandra Diaz-Twine	S7, S20, S34, S40	22	31	0.71
7	Ozzy Lusth	S13, S16, S23, S34	20	30	0.66
8	Sarah Lacina	S28, S34, S40	19	28	0.68
9-t	Stephenie LaGrossa	S10, S11, S20	18	22	0.81
10-t	Tony Vlachos	S28, S34, S40	18	23	0.78
10-t	David Wright	S33, S38	18	23	0.78
12-t	Jerri Manthey	S2, S8, S20	18	24	0.74
12-t	Coach Wade	S18, S20, S23	18	24	0.75
12-t	Nick Wilson	S37, S40	18	24	0.75
15	Andrea Boehlke	S22, S26, S34	18	27	0.66
16	Phillip Sheppard	S22, S26	17	20	0.84
17	Ben Driebergen	S35, S40	17	22	0.77
18-t	Denise Stapley	S25, S40	17	25	0.68
18-t	Rupert Boneham	S7, S8, S20, S27	17	25	0.68
20	Danielle DiLorenzo	S12, S20	16	18	0.89
21	John Cochran	S23, S26	16	22	0.72
22	Colby Donaldson	S2, S8, S20	16	24	0.66
23-t	Tina Wesson	S2, S8, S27	15	20	0.75
23-t	Sophie Clarke	S23, S40	15	20	0.75
25	Tyson Apostol	S18, S20, S27, S40	15	22	0.68
26	Jeremy Collins	S29, S31, S40	15	23	0.65
27	Spencer Bledsoe	S28, S31	15	26	0.57
28	Natalie White	S19	14	14	1.00
29	Stephen Fishbach	S18, S31	14	17	0.82
30	Ethan Zohn	S3, S8, S40	14	18	0.77
31	J.T. Thomas	S18, S20, S34	14	19	0.73
32	Dawn Meehan	S23, S26	14	20	0.70
33	Malcolm Freberg	S25, S26, S34	14	21	0.66
34	Tai Trang	S32, S34	14	22	0.63
35	Aubry Bracco	S32, S34, S38	14	23	0.60
36	Kelley Wentworth	S29, S31, S38	14	24	0.58
37	Mick Trimming	S19	13	14	0.93
38	Lex van den Berghe	S3, S8	13	15	0.86
39	Amber Mariano	S2, S8, S40	13	17	0.77
40-t	Jonathan Penner	S13, S16, S25	13	18	0.71
40-t	Kim Spradlin	S24, S40	13	18	0.72
40-t	Adam Klein	S33, S40	13	18	0.71
43	Erik Reichenbach	S16, S26	13	20	0.65
45	Tasha Fox	S28, S31	13	22	0.59

Complete through Survivor 44. Click contestant name/picture to view their contestant page.

VFB notes

VFB is votes for boot, the number of times a contestant votes someone out. A basic Survivor action, and one a good player should, in theory, do almost every time. True, it's difficult to distinguish between someone masterminding the vote and someone riding coattails just from this one stat. Perhaps that's where the career numbers come into play.

Important notes:

Re-votes after a tie don't count as votes. Only the first vote does. Also, if you vote for the wrong person on a vote split, tough luck.
‡ Final two special case: The F3 vote, in which only the F3 IC winner casts a vote (which is guaranteed to be correct) is a complicated one. We've gone back and forth on whether it should be included or not. We're currently not counting the phantom vote by the non-voting person who's carried to the F2 (Parvati in Micronesia), but it's possible the IC winner's vote also shouldn't count (Boston Rob in All-Stars). As such, Parvati and Boston Rob are tied for first, because at least one of each of their votes is in this gray area.

Glossary:

VFB: Votes For Bootee. The number of times the contestant has voted for the person who was ultimately voted out. Applies only to initial votes (no points for revotes in case of a tie). Special, odd case: In a final three TC, where only one vote is cast (by the F3 IC winner), both VFBs are counted, but only the single VAP counts.
TCA: Tribal council appearances. The number of times a contestant has attended tribal council (at which they voted).
TC%: Tribal Council percent. Attempts to reward voting for the bootee (which players controlling the vote almost always do), while punishing receiving votes yourself. The formula is: TC% = [VFB - (VAP/TotV)] / TCA.