Ranking the 10 Best All-Time Female Competitors on The Challenge

This list is going to be quite controversial. Everyone has a different perspective on who is the best and how the list goes. I know there will be comments giving me backlash but this is the list I have made as someone who has seen almost every season of The Challenge. I don't believe you can be on the list of best ever if you haven't won a Challenge Championship. Even though I love Kam Williams, Nany Gonzalez, and more they can't be on this list.

Just Missed the List (In No Particular Order):

• Paula Beckert (nee' Meronek) - The Real World: Key West
• Emily Schromm - The Real World: D.C.
• Coral Smith - The Real World: Back to New York
• Tori Gwinn (nee' Hall) - Road Rules: Viewers Revenge
• Jonna Mannion - The Real World: Cancun

10. Tori Deal

Original Show - Are You The One? 4

Daily Wins: 31 (Flagship) 6 (World Tournament)

Eliminations: 7-3 (Flagship) 1-1 (World Tournament)

Flagship Seasons: 8

• Dirty 30 (3rd)
• Final Reckoning
• War of the Worlds II (Purged in Final)
• Total Madness
• Double Agents
• Spies, Lies, & Allies (2nd)
• Ride or Dies (1ST PLACE)
• Battle of the Era's (4th)

Spin-Offs:

• World Championship (2nd)
• USA 2 (4th)

Challenge Championships: 1

• Ride or Dies

Tori is already in my top 10. I know she only has 1 Challenge Championship but there's a real world where she wins War of the Worlds II and Spies, Lies, & Allies. She was doing the best in Spies, Lies, & Allies until Kaycee was able to pick her partner and chose Chris "CT" Tamburello. Tori has been the female face of the show for the past few seasons and has deserved a spot in the top 10. There's a real chance she could be in the top 3 when it's all said and done.

9. Veronica Portillo

Original Show - Road Rules: Semester at Sea

Daily Wins: 48 (Flagship) 3 (All-Stars)

Eliminations: 2-3 (Flagship) 0-1 (All-Stars)

Flagship Seasons: 12

• Challenge 2000 (1ST PLACE)
• Battle of the Seasons
• Battle of the Sexes
• The Gauntlet (1ST PLACE)
• The Inferno (1ST PLACE)
• Battle of the Sexes II
• The Inferno II (2nd)
• The Ruins
• Dirty 30
• Vendettas
• Final Reckoning
• Ride or Dies

Spin-Offs:

• All-Stars 3
• All-Stars 4 (5th)
• All-Stars: Rivals

Challenge Championships: 3

• Challenge 2000
• The Gauntlet
• The Inferno

I know Veronica has 3 Challenge Championships but she hasn't won since 2004. That was 21 years ago. It's hard to have her compete with the current class when hasn't made a final in the flagship since 2005. Veronica deserves a spot in the top 10 but I can't put her ahead of any of the following names.

8. Susie Meister

Original Show - Road Rules: Down Under

Daily Wins: 25 (Flagship)

Eliminations: 4-0 (Flagship)

Flagship Seasons: 4

• Extreme Challenge (2nd)
• The Gauntlet II (1ST PLACE)
• The Inferno III (2nd)
• The Ruins (1ST PLACE)

Challenge Championships: 2

• The Gauntlet II
• The Ruins

If Susie did more seasons she would probably be in the top 5. Susie has never been eliminated from The Challenge has ever. She has two Championships and two 2nd place finishes. There were rumors that she was going to be on All-Stars 4 and Battle of the Era's but unfortunately she wasn't. Susie is #8 just based on body of work. She has only done 4 seasons of the show.

7. Jenny West

Original Show - Survival of the Fittest

Daily Wins: 11 (Flagship)

Eliminations: 5-1 (Flagship)

Flagship Seasons: 3

• War of the Worlds II
• Total Madness (1ST PLACE)
• Battle of the Era's (1ST PLACE)

Challenge Championships: 2

• Total Madness
• Battle of the Era's

Jenny is already #7. I don't care how many people don't like it. She is that good. She dominated Total Madness and dominated Battle of the Era's. She can be #1 when this is all said and done if she keeps doing more seasons.

6. Ashley Mitchell

Original Show - The Real World: Ex-Plosion / Back to San Francisco

Daily Wins: 19 (Flagship) 0 (All-Stars)

Elimination Record: 4-5 (Flagship) 0-1 (All-Stars)

Flagship Seasons: 9

• Rivals III
• Invasion of the Champions (1ST PLACE)
• Dirty 30 (Quit)
• Final Reckoning (1ST PLACE)
• War of the Worlds
• War of the Worlds II (Purge in Final)
• Total Madness
• Double Agents
• Spies, Lies, & Allies (DQ)

Spin-Offs: 1

• All-Stars: Rivals

Challenge Championships: 2

• Invasion of the Champions
• Final Reckoning

Ashley is the highest grossing female challenger. She has won over $1 million. I know some people are going to think #6 is too high but she won a individual season and a partner season. On the partner season she took all the money from her partner, Hunter Barfield. If Ashley would have won War of the Worlds II there is a real chance she would be #1 or #2.

5. Sarah Rice

Original Show - The Real World: Brooklyn

Daily Wins: 16

Elimination Record: 6-2

Seasons: 9

• The Ruins (2nd)
• Fresh Meat II
• Cutthroat (2nd)
• Rivals
• Exes (Partner DQ'd)
• Battle of the Seasons II (3rd)
• Rivals II (Partner Quit)
• Exes II (1ST PLACE)
• Rivals III (1ST PLACE)

Challenge Championships: 2

• Exes II
• Rivals III

Sarah Rice is one of my favorite challengers of all-time and in my opinion it's crazy that she hasn't returned since Rivals III. I completely understand her decision and she talked about it on my podcast if you're interested in hearing from her. Sarah has only been eliminated on 2 out of her 9 seasons. She has had 2 seasons where her partners failed her but most of the time she made the final. If she kept going she could have had 3-4 Challenge Champions and would have been #1.

4. Laurel Stucky

Original Show - The Challenge: Fresh Meat II

Daily Wins: 22 (Flagship) 5 (All-Stars)

Elimination Record: 10-3 (Flagship) 0-0 (All-Stars)

Seasons: 8

• Fresh Meat II (2nd)
• Cutthroat (2nd)
• Rivals (2nd)
• Free Agents (1ST PLACE)
• Invasion of the Champions
• War of the Worlds II
• Ride or Dies
• Battle of the Era's

Spin-Offs: 1

• All-Stars 4 (1ST PLACE)

Challenge Championships: 2

• Free Agents
• All-Stars 4

There was a time where Laurel would be #1 on this list. Laurel is a beast who had one of the most impressive first 4 seasons of all-time. Her last 4 have been less than impressive. She lost to Camila Nakagawa on Invasion of the Champions, Natalie "Ninja" Duran on War of the Worlds II, Jordan Wiseley and Aneesa Ferreira on Ride or Dies, and was purged on Battle of the Era's. This is an example of longevity hurting your status. If she can win another flagship she could shoot up the list.

3. Cara Maria Sorbello

Original Season - The Challenge: Fresh Meat II

Daily Wins: 44 (Flagship) 1 (All-Stars)

Elimination Record: 14-7 (Flagship) 2-0 (All-Stars)

Seasons: 15

• Fresh Meat II
• Cutthroat (2nd)
• Rivals (2nd)
• Exes
• Battle of the Seasons II
• Rivals II (2nd)
• Free Agents
• Bloodlines (1ST PLACE)
• Invasion of the Champions
• Dirty 30 (2nd)
• Vendettas (1ST PLACE)
• Final Reckoning (4th)
• War of the Worlds (5th)
• War of the Worlds II (2nd)
• Battle of the Era's

Spin-Offs: 1

• All-Stars 4 (2nd)

Challenge Championships: 2

• Bloodlines
• Vendettas

If Cara Maria wins one more flagship Championship she instantly goes to #1. I just can't put her ahead of the 2 people in front of her because they have 3 Challenge Championships and she only has 2 especially when she's been to 10 finals and only won 2. Cara is the female face of the show but she's not the best of all-time until she gets that 3rd win.

2. Rachel Robinson

Original Season - Road Rules: Campus Crawl

Daily Wins: 26 (Flagship) 0 (All-Stars)

Elimination Record: 3-2 (Flagship) 1-1 (All-Stars)

Seasons: 8

• Battle of the Sexes
• The Gauntlet (1ST PLACE)
• Battle of the Sexes II
• The Inferno II (2nd)
• The Island
• The Duel II (1ST PLACE)
• Exes
• Battle of the Era's (1ST PLACE)

Spin-Offs: 1

• All-Stars 4

Challenge Championships: 3

• The Gauntlet
• The Duel II
• Battle of the Era's

Rachel shot up to #2 on my list after winning Battle of the Era's. I know people are going to say she only won because of a jury vote but she still got the win. Rachel is a beast who won a solo season in The Duel II when they didn't really have solo winners. I don't know if Rachel will ever come back but even with her 3 Challenge Champions she is the 2nd best female competitor ever.

1. Evelyn Smith

Original Show - The Challenge: Fresh Meat

Daily Wins: 26 (Flagship)

Elimination Record: 6-3

Seasons: 7

• Fresh Meat
• The Inferno III (1ST PLACE)
• The Gauntlet III (2nd)
• The Island (1ST PLACE)
• The Ruins
• Fresh Meat II
• Rivals (1ST PLACE)

Challenge Championships: 3

• The Inferno III
• The Island
• Rivals

Evelyn is the Greatest Challenger of All-Time and I will die on this hill. Evelyn has 3 Challenge Championships and is a beast. She should have won The Gauntlet III and she let KellyAnne Judd beat her in an elimination on The Ruins. That would be 5 Challenge Championships in 7 seasons. If she kept going I think she would have more Championships than Johnny Bananas. The only people in contention to pass her right now are Cara Maria Sorbello and Rachel Robinson.