The Challenge 10 Best Male Challengers 5-1

I recently made my list of the 10 best female competitors ever on The Challenge. It only made sense for me to make a list of the top 10 male competitors next. This list is a little harder because there are so many male challengers with at least two championships. I know this list will irritate some people too but hopefully everyone understands where I'm coming from.

Here is list 10-6:

5. Darrell Taylor

Original Show - Road Rules: Campus Crawl

Daily Wins: 38 (Flagship) 4 (All-Stars) 1 (World Tournament)

Elimination Record: 7-5 (Flagship) 1-1 (All-Stars) 1-1 (World Tournament)

Seasons: 11

• The Gauntlet (1ST PLACE)
• The Inferno (1ST PLACE)
• The Inferno II (1ST PLACE)
• Fresh Meat (1ST PLACE)
• The Ruins - DQ Fighting
• Fresh Meat II
• Invasion of the Champions
• Dirty 30
• Double Agents
• Ride or Dies
• Battle of the Era's

Spin-Offs: 4

• All-Stars 1 (2nd)
• All-Stars 2 (2nd)
• All-Stars 3
• World Championship

Challenge Championships: 4

• The Gauntlet
• The Inferno
• The Inferno II
• Fresh Meat

Darrell has 4 Challenge Champions and was #1 on this list at one times. Since then he hasn't done anything great. He was disqualified on The Ruins for punching Brad Fiorenza in the face. He was then eliminated 6 seasons in a row. He was close on two seasons of all-stars which might have helped if he would have won.

4. Landon Lueck

Original Show - The Real World: Philadelphia

Daily Wins: 24

Elimination Record: 5-1

Seasons: 4

• The Inferno II (1ST PLACE)
• The Gauntlet II (1ST PLACE)
• The Duel II
• Fresh Meat II (1ST PLACE)

Challenge Championships: 3

• The Inferno II
• The Gauntlet II
• Fresh Meat II

Landon might be the most efficient challenger of all-time. He has a 75% winning percentage which is pretty good. The only loss he has was on The Duel II and that seemed like a fluke win for Brad Fiorenza. Landon could have kept going and had at least 10 championships by now.

3. Chris "CT" Tamburello

Original Show - The Real World: Paris

Daily Wins: 56

Elimination Record: 6-6

Seasons: 20

• The Inferno (2nd)
• The Inferno II (2nd)
• The Duel
• The Inferno III - DQ Fighting
• The Gauntlet III (2nd)
• The Duel II - DQ Fighting
• Rivals
• Exes (2nd)
• Rivals II (1ST PLACE)
• Free Agents
• Exes II - Partner Medical
• Invasion of the Champions (1ST PLACE)
• Dirty 30 (3rd)
• Final Reckoning
• War of the Worlds
• War of the Worlds II (1ST PLACE)
• Total Madness
• Double Agents (1ST PLACE)
• Spies, Lies, & Allies (1ST PLACE)
• Battle of the Era's

Challenge Championships: 5

• Rivals II
• Invasion of the Champions
• War of the Worlds II
• Double Agents
• Spies, Lies, & Allies

I will definitely listen to an argument that CT should be #1. The only issue is that he only has 5 wins and the cast let him skate to the end on Double Agents and Spies, Lies, & Allies. If CT would have won a couple in the beginning when he was a hot head he would be #1.

2. Johnny "Bananas" Devenanzio

Original Show - The Real World: Key West

Daily Wins: 70 (Flagship) 3 (World Tournament)

Elimination Record: 15-14 (Flagship) 1-1. (World Tournament)

Seasons: 22

• The Duel
• The Inferno III (2nd)
• The Gauntlet III
• The Island (1ST PLACE)
• The Ruins (1ST PLACE)
• Cutthroat
• Rivals (1ST PLACE)
• Exes (1ST PLACE)
• Rivals II (2nd)
• Free Agents (1ST PLACE)
• Exes II
• Bloodlines
• Rivals III (1ST PLACE)
• Invasion of the Champions
• Dirty 30
• Vendettas
• Final Reckoning
• War of the Worlds
• War of the Worlds II
• Total Madness (1ST PLACE)
• Ride or Dies (2nd)
• Battle of the Era's (3rd)

Spin-Offs: 2

• World Tournament
• USA 2 (3rd)

Challenge Championships: 7

• The Island
• The Ruins
• Rivals
• Exes
• Free Agents
• Rivals III
• Total Madness

Johnny Bananas has the most Challenge Championships out of anyone in the history of the show with 7. I thought long and hard about putting him at #1 but there are so many seasons where he leaves early. 7 Championships is great and all but it's been 22 seasons. He doesn't have the winning rate that #1 on this list has.

1. Jordan Wiseley

Original Show - The Real World: Portland

Daily Wins: 29 (Flagship) 0 (All-Stars) 1 (World Tournament)

Elimination Record: 10-5 (Flagship) 1-1 (All-Stars) 1-0 (World Tournament)

Seasons: 8

• Rivals II (3rd)
• Free Agents
• Exes II (1ST PLACE)
• Dirty 30 (1ST PLACE)
• War of the Worlds II (1ST PLACE)
• Total Madness
• Ride or Dies (3rd)
• Battle of the Era's (1ST PLACE)

Spin-Offs: 2

• All-Stars 3
• World Championship (1ST PLACE)

Challenge Championships: 5

• Exes II
• Dirty 30
• War of the Worlds II
• World Championship
• Battle of the Era's

Jordan Wiseley is the best challenger of all-time. He has done 8 seasons of the flagship and won 50% of them. He made the final in 2 of the others and probably would have won if he had a different partner. I think Jordan will start taking more and more seasons off and there's a good chance he retires all together. In that case there is a chance someone could pass him for the #1 spot.