Survivor's Top 5 Biggest Villains in 19 Seasons

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Survivor's Greatest Villains

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Russell Hantz of Survivor: Samoa is claiming to be the 'best Survivor villain' ever, but what about some of the Survivor villains that have come before him?

NowPublic looks at the top 5 Survivor Villains - if you think we have missed any let us know below!

1. Johnny Fairplay:

Real name, Jon Dalton, Fairplay appeared on Survivor: Pearl Islands and then again on Survivor: Micronesia. 

He constructed what has been called 'the greatest lie in Survivor history' when he got his friend to tell him that his grandmother had died and everyone felt so sorry for him. Many have called him 'despicable' after that. Jeff Probst called him a 'jackass'.

2. Coach Ben Wade:

Also known as 'the Dragon Slayer', Coach Ben Wade was hated when he appeared on Survivor: Tocantins. He took lying to a whole new level when he claimed some outrageous things about himself. He claimed that he was the only person in the US who was taught some obscure Chinese martial arts, but to everyone else it looked like tai chi.

He said he was a direct descendent of Pocahontas, and he met Tom Hanks at a party and was an inspiration for the movie Cast Away. He also said he set the world record for kayaking, 6,000 plus miles, but yet he has no mention in the Guinness Book of World Records. 

3. Richard Hatch:

Winner of the first ever Survivor: Borneo, Hatch was the first survivor contestant to instigate the cheating and lying about voting alliances, and became quite hated due to the way he played both sides. He was accused of being cocky and 'overall evil'. Contestant Susan Hawk famously compared Hatch to a snake and that she was only voting for him because the rat eats the snake, which was Kelly Wiglesorth, who Hawk also hated.

He also was naked a lot, which many people hated.

4. Jerri Lynn Manthey:

Although not as villainous as the others perhaps, Jerri was one of those contestants that everyone loved to hate. Most notably she ratted out Kel for smuggling some jerky in to the outback, which did not earn her any favors with the rest of the cast of Survivor: Outback.

She got in to many conflicts with the rest of the cast and was rather argumentative, which seemed to get on many peoples' nerves. 

5. Russell Hantz?

It's still too early to tell, but Russell Hantz is promising to deliver the goods to be the 'best Survivor villain' so we'll have to wait and see. He might just take the title with the way he's promising to sabotage his own tribe.