Challenges: MPF percentile
75%
Seasons: 1 | Days played: 39 | Wins: 0 | Final Two: 1
- Survivor 5: Thailand (2002) - Second place, three jury votes.
- Received 3 jury votes in Episode 13, "Slip Through Your Fingers" to finish second, 4-3 (Day 39).
Clay Jordan: 1955 - 2022.
| Challenge stats | Tribal council stats | Jury stats | Overall stats | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ChW | ChA | ChW% | VFB | VAP | TCA | TC% | wTCR | JVF | TotJ | JV% | SurvSc | SurvAv |
| S5: Thailand | 2.18 | 12.13 | 0.18 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 0.87 | 3.06 | 3 | 7 | 0.43 | 1.47 | 7.82 |
| Career | 2.18 | 12.13 | 0.18 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 0.87 | 3.06 | 3 | 7 | 0.43 | 1.47 | 7.82 |
Clay Jordan - Performance ranks
Tribal: VFB% percentile
88%
Tribal: rVAP percentile
78%
Performance ranks are a quick visual measure of the contestant's season vs. historical data from all prior contestants, in three basic (scorable) categories:
1. Performance in individual challenges (MPF), as a measure of "physical game";
2. Ability to vote people out consistently (VFB%, or VFB/TCA), or "strategic game"; and
3. Ability to avoid being voted against (rVAP, or TCA-VAP) - which scales better than a percentage would - for "social/strategic game."
See also: Full glossary for all these abbreviations.
Clay Jordan - Challenge record
S5: Thailand challenges 
Tribal/team challenge record (6-for-12):
- Thailand Ep. 1 IC: "Flying Your Flag" - Helps paddle the boat, but Chuay Gahn loses.
- Thailand Ep. 2 RC: "Palanquin Slalom" - Hauls the palanquin, Chuay Gahn barely loses.
- Thailand Ep. 2 IC: "Floating Puzzle" - Retrieves a puzzle piece, but Chuay Gahn loses.
- Thailand Ep. 3 RC: "Pilfering Pirates" - Thanks to Sook Jai's rule-breaking scores final point, and Chuay Gahn wins.
- Thailand Ep. 3 IC: "Temple Transfer" - Helps direct the pieces, Chuay Gahn wins.
- Thailand Ep. 4 RC: "New Tribe Member" - Hauls the dummy, Chuay Gahn loses big.
- Thailand Ep. 4 IC: "Tan-dy Gram" - Works first puzzle with Ted; Chuay Gahn loses.
- Thailand Ep. 5 IC: "Catch of the Day" - Carries fish, Chuay Gahn wins.
- Thailand Ep. 6 RC: "Wicker Flicker" - Makes one catch, but Chuay Gahn loses, 5-4.
- Thailand Ep. 6 IC: "Thai 21" - Directs the flag strategy, Chuay Gahn wins.
- Thailand Ep. 7 IC: "Jail Break" - Both teams tied until the last key, but Chuay Gahn wins.
- Thailand Ep. 8 IC: "Breathing Space" - Third out, at 20 seconds, but Chuay Gahn wins.
Individual challenge record (1-for-9): (Mean % finish: 65.5%)
- Thailand, Ep. 9 RC: "Wicker Ball Relay" - With Ken just misses final stage (tie-3rd/8).
- Thailand, Ep. 9 IC: "Thai Numbers" - Reaches final stage, then swiftly eliminates Ken; Clay wins! (1st/8).
- Thailand, Ep. 10 RC: "Knock Out" - Reaches the final stage, does not win (2nd/6).
- Thailand, Ep. 10 IC: "Snuff It" - Second out on third question, one correct answer (6th/7).
- [Thailand, Ep. 11 RC: "Thai Menu" - Gross food, Clay's wife Linda competes in his place (not counted).]
- Thailand, Ep. 11 IC: "Cube Crisis" - Clay and Linda compete together, do not win (tie-2nd/6).
- Thailand, Ep. 12 RC: "Letter Hunt" - Working on the word puzzle; does not win (tie-3rd/5).
- Thailand, Ep. 12 IC: "Step On Up" - It's close for a while, but Clay falls short (2nd/5).
- Thailand, Ep. 13 F4 IC: "Second Chance" - Briefly leads, but gets stuck on the slide puzzle (tie-2nd/4).
- Thailand, Ep. 13 F3 IC: "Slip Through Your Fingers" - Second out, immediately after Jan drops (2nd/3).
Hero challenge/ duel record (0-for-0):
- Thailand: None.
Career totals - challenges
| Wins: | 6 |
| Played: | 12 |
| Win%: | 0.50 |
| Sat out: | - |
| Wins: | 1 |
| Played: | 9 |
| Win%: | 0.11 |
| Mean % Finish: | 65.5% |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Played: | 0 |
| Win%: | - |
| Mean % Finish: | - |
Clay Jordan - Tribal Council record
S5: Thailand Tribal 
Idols held/played (0/0):
- Thailand: None.
VFB - Votes for the person booted (7/8):
| Tribal | Voted | Boot (totals) | VFB? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ep1 | John | John Raymond (voted out, 6-1-1) | Yes |
| Ep2 | Tanya | Tanya Vance (voted out, 5-2) | Yes |
| Ep4 | Ghandia | Ghandia Johnson (voted out, 4-2) | Yes |
| Ep9 | Ken | Ken Stafford (voted out, 5-3) | Yes |
| Ep10 | Jake | Penny Ramsey (voted out, 4-2-1) | - |
| Ep11 | Jake | Jake Billingsley (voted out, 5-1) | Yes |
| Ep12 | Ted | Ted Rogers (voted out, 4-1) | Yes |
| Ep13 (F4) | Helen | Helen Glover (voted out, 3-1) | Yes |
| Ep13 (F3) | -* | Jan Gentry (voted out, 1-0) | - |
| 8* | TOTALS | 7 | |
*Clay was present at the F3 vote, but could not vote himself; no TCA charged.
VAP - Votes against (4):
- Thailand, Ep. 1: One vote, from Helen.
- Thailand, Ep. 4: Two votes, from Ghandia and Jan.
- Thailand, Ep. 11: One vote, from Jake.
Jury votes made (4/7):
- Thailand, Ep. 13: Received three jury votes, from Erin Collins, Ken Stafford, and Penny Ramsey, to finish in second place, 4-3.
Career totals - Tribal Council
| Found: | 0 |
| Played: | - |
| Votes voided: | - |
| VFB: | 7 |
| Tribals: | 8* |
| VAP: | 4 |
| Made: | 0 |
| For winners: | - |
| Received: | 3 |
| Total jurors: | 7 |
Clay Jordan - Pictures
S5: Thailand image gallery -
Thailand intro shot -
Thailand intro shot -
Arrival, Day 1 -
Heading to Chuay Gahn camp -
Talking about the tribe -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep1 IC -
Chuay Gahn, about to lose -
Chauy Gahn, Ep1 Tribal -
Listening to Probst -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep2 RC -
Hauling palanquin -
Chuay Gahn about to lose, Ep2 IC -
Chuay Gahn, Ep2 Tribal -
Getting attacked outside the attack zone, Ep3 RC -
Thanks to a bunch of rules, Chuay Gahn wins! -
Learning from the red berets -
Chuay Gahn leading, Ep3 IC -
Chuay Gahn wins! -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep4 RC -
Watching the puzzle, Ep4 IC -
Chuay Gahn, Ep4 Tribal -
No shit, Sherlock -
Auction time, Ep5 -
Trying to find the mis-sorted fish, Ep5 IC -
Chuay Gahn wins! -
Waiting to catch balls, Ep6 RC -
Chuay Gahn wins! Ep6 IC -
Ready to fake merge, Ep7 -
Learning Shii Ann would happily flip to Chuay Gahn -
Ambassadors decide to move both tribes to Chuay Gahn camp -
Yay, one family -
Fake merge feasting -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep7 IC -
... which is still tribal, not individual -
Chuay Gahn wins! -
Not fooled by Penny's attempts to charm him, Ep8 -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep8 IC -
Brian, you/we won! -
Finally merging, Ep9 -
Jake wants to make a cross-tribal deal -
Advancing to the next round, Ep9 IC -
Digging up tiles -
Placing the final one -
Jake's still on his F4 stuff -
I'm not falling for that! -
Chuay Jai, Ep9 Tribal -
The majority-holding Chuay Gahn five -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep10 RC -
Trailing Brian in the final stage -
Brian picks Clay to join him -
Boating to the helipad, as you do -
Elephant trekking on the mainland -
Reward feasting -
Talking about smuggling food back to camp -
Canteens are handy beer carriers -
Trying to get Penny to vote against Jake -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep10 IC -
Thanks a lot, Helen -
Chuay Jai, Ep10 Tribal -
Listening to the Ep11 RC treemail -
The loved ones are here! -
Helen's husband won -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep11 IC -
The loved ones are back! -
Seeing the loved ones off -
Chuay Jai, Ep11 Tribal -
Talking to Probst -
Not seeing Helen and Ted drawing in the sand, Ep12 -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep12 RC -
Pre-challenge lineup, Ep12 IC -
Keeping pace with Brian, for now -
Ready for the fireworks of the first intra-Chuay Gahn post-merge Tribal -
Chuay Jai, Ep12 Tribal -
Listening to the F4 IC treemail, Ep13 -
Out to an early lead -
Still stuck on the slide puzzle -
Heading to Tribal -
Chuay Jai, Final 4 Tribal -
Listening to Probst explain the Rites of Passage and F3 IC location, morning 38 -
Rites of Passage (yawn) -
Arrival at the Final 3 IC, in an old pirates' cave -
Final 3 IC, now in progress -
This is fun -
Chuay Jai, Final 3 Tribal -
Burning the canoe, night 38 -
Reflecting on his game, Day 39 -
Leaving camp for the final time -
Final Two, ready to face the jury -
Addressing the jury -
Reunion show, watching the vote reveal -
Full cast, reunion show -
Talking to Probst
Clay Jordan - Interviews
S5: Thailand interviews Pre-game interviews
- None found.
Post-game interviews
- Julie Chen on the The Early Show (12/20/02): Official CBS post-game interview (YouTube)
Obituaries
- Steve Helling at People.com (5/19/22): "Survivor: Thailand Runner-Up Clay Jordan Dead at 66"
- Sydney Bucksbaum at EW.com (5/20/22): "Survivor: Thailand runner-Up Clay Jordan dies at 66"
Clay Jordan - Bio
S5: Thailand bio Official CBS Thailand bio excerpts:
"Clay Jordan was born in Canyon, Texas, and raised in Levelland, Texas. He was one of four boys in a single mother household, and he considers his mother to be his hero because of her success in raising the family on her own. As a child, he spent considerable time camping and hunting on his grandparents' ranch in White Deer, Texas. Clay met the love of his life when she was 13 and he was 14. They dated throughout junior high and continued to do so when they both attended Levelland High. After graduation, Clay began courses at South Plains College. When he was 20 years old, he married his childhood sweetheart and they moved to Odessa, Texas.
Clay currently owns and runs a restaurant. Patrons come by on a regular basis to get another serving of their most popular dish: their friendly service. He has previously worked as a cafeteria manager and a printer. In his youth, he also picked and chopped cotton. He enjoys golfing, video editing, production, photography and having fun.
Clay currently lives in Monroe, Louisiana, with his wife of 26 years, Linda, and their two children, Andrew (23) and Shanda (17). He is a member of Crime Stoppers, the Louisiana Restaurant Association and Frenchman's Bend Country Club. His birth date is December 30, 1955."