Survivor most times not voting for the person booted (non-VFB), career

Not voting for the boot (Non-VFB), career

By: Jeff Pitman | Last updated: January 13, 2026

Keith Nale, S29, S31

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Non-VFB: Career | Single-season
Rank	Contestant		Season(s)	Non-VFB	TCA	TC%
1		Keith Nale	S29, S31	14	20	0.29
2		Sandra Diaz-Twine	S7, S20, S34, S40, AU7	12	35	0.66
3		Kelly Wiglesworth	S1, S31	11	18	0.39
4		Spencer Bledsoe	S28, S31	11	26	0.57
5		Kelley Wentworth	S29, S31, S38	10	24	0.58
6		Ozzy Lusth*	S13, S16, S23, S34, S50	10	30	0.67
7		Eddie Fox	S26	9	11	0.17
8		Joe Anglim	S30, S31, S38	9	12	0.24
9		Abi-Maria Gomes	S25, S31	9	19	0.52
10		Michele Fitzgerald	S32, S40	9	20	0.55
11		Tasha Fox	S28, S31	9	22	0.59
12		Aubry Bracco*	S32, S34, S38, S50	9	23	0.60
13		Andrea Boehlke	S22, S26, S34	9	27	0.66
14		Cirie Fields*	S12, S16, S20, S34, AU11, S50	9	41	0.78
15		Bret LaBelle	S33	8	13	0.38
16		Sierra Dawn Thomas	S30, S34	8	17	0.52
17		Ciera Eastin	S27, S31, S34	8	19	0.57
18		Tai Trang	S32, S34	8	22	0.63
19		Jeremy Collins	S29, S31, S40	8	23	0.65
20		Colby Donaldson*	S2, S8, S20, S50	8	24	0.66
21-t		Rupert Boneham	S7, S8, S20, S27	8	25	0.68
21-t		Denise Stapley	S25, S40	8	25	0.68
23		Sarah Lacina	S28, S34, S40	8	26	0.69
24		Parvati Shallow	S13, S16, S20, S40, AU11	8	43	0.81
25		Jay Starrett	S33	7	10	0.33
26-t		Rodney LaVoie	S30	7	11	0.36
26-t		Terry Deitz	S12, S31	7	11	0.33
28		Gervase Peterson	S1, S27	7	18	0.61
29		Troyzan Robertson	S24, S34	7	19	0.63
30		Erik Reichenbach	S16, S26	7	20	0.65
31		Malcolm Freberg	S25, S26, S34	7	21	0.67
32		Tyson Apostol	S18, S20, S27, S40	7	22	0.68
33+	20 contestants tied			6	n	n

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Non-VFB notes

Non-VFB is voting for someone other than the person booted. Think of this as the Tribal Council futility index. To be fair, when we score VFB, we don't give credit for taking the wrong option in an intentional vote-split, but those are the breaks. Still, to truly rack up non-VFB totals, you really have to make a concerted effort, whether it be repeatedly trying and failing to target the majority's leader when you're down in the numbers, or just being completely oblivious as to where the numbers lie. For the career numbers, persistence is key. Keith Nale only managed the second- and third-most single-season non-VFB totals, but together, he's vastly surpassed Eddie Fox's one-hit wonder. The career totals also include a lot of people who won a long string of individual immunities, which apparently gave them the freedom to just throw their votes away, willy-nilly. To each their own.

Important notes:

As with VFB, re-votes after a tie don't count as votes. Only the first vote does. Although if you vote for the wrong person on a vote split, enjoy your non-VFB consolation prize.
Note that getting voted out yourself counts as a non-VFB event. So Ozzy significantly increased his career total by getting voted out three times in South Pacific.

Glossary:

Non-VFB: Non-votes For Bootee. The number of times the contestant has not voted for the person who was ultimately voted out. Applies only to initial votes (no points for revotes in case of a tie).
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.