The order in which players left the game and the impact they left behind:
- Stephanie Gonzalez (Malolo) This was a season where players tried playing hard right out of the gate. This is ridiculous strategy.
- Jacob (Malolo) If you're going to become obsessive about advantages, you might consider having a solid position without them.
- Morgan (Naviti) The early tribe switch-up caused a lot of drama. One of Domenick's early allies.
- Brendan (Malolo) The victim in the season's first great moment, one of the more dramatic tribal councils in the early part of a season.
- Stephanie Johnson (Malolo) At this point Malolo had become easy pickings.
- James (Malolo) After another tribe swap, the surprisingly crucial Angela in the middle part of the season was responsible for his ouster.
- Bradley (Naviti) One of the stronger strategists in the season, a victim of the multiple tribe swaps, eventually.
- Chris (Naviti) Immediately made himself Domenick's target by volunteering as leader in the first challenge. Biggest mistake was refusing to show his vulnerable side to anyone. Otherwise a strong player.
- Libby (Malolo) One of several generic young lady, at least from the edit, basically a number.
- Desiree (Naviti) Decided way too late and too clumsily to try and compete.
- Jenna (Malolo) Another generic young lady, at least from the edit.
- Michael (Malolo) Great player, ultimately on the wrong side of the numbers, and the insane Naviti plan to stay strong from the original tribe even though most of them were always going to be cannon fodder.
- Chelsea (Naviti) Another generic young lady, at least from the edit.
- Kellyn (Naviti) The season cast two women who were proud of reclaiming their independence through divorce this season; Kellyn was by far the more obnoxious and smug of them.
- Sebastian (Naviti) Seemingly cast for the Ozzy role, for which he was hugely unqualified.
- Donathan (Malolo) The dude cast to be both a Deep Accent Person and gay, and clearly not at all prepared to play this game.
- Angela (Naviti) The other proud divorcee, and ex-military; her edit heavily emphasized this while she was still a threat, but eventually she faded into the background. But still a notable player in the season.
- Laurel (Malolo) Part of the strongest finals I can think of, all three of them totally deserving to be there. Always knew how to keep her position strong in the game.
- Domenick (Naviti) The would-be alpha male, just this side of another Russell, with an ego raging out of control. Clearly a very strong player, but took for granted the strong players working around him. Acknowledged for his season dominance as part of the first-ever tie in final tribal history.
- Wendell (Naviti) As good as Domenick was, he never seemed to realize or care how crucial his relationship with Wendell really was, or how hard Wendell had to work to keep it from dooming their chances. Domenick and Wendell dominated the season as few players ever have, and were noticeably cocky about it, thanks to the Naviti pact to stay strong, with them always at the top. But Wendell was better and totally deserved to win, thanks to that crucial tie-breaking vote from Laurel, who was always Wendell's secret weapon. Had Domenick actually decided to do the fire challenge with Wendell, it would've been the first time since Tom and Ian in Palau that great competitors and allies had such a dramatic showdown. That choice at least preserved the strong final three, and led to the best of them winning.
