Thirty seasons! Twenty-nine winners! One… top 10 list of Jeff Probst’s greatest Survivor winners of all time!

Probst, the seemingly ageless host of Survivor, has seen all manner of players win the reality competition series since its very first season in 2000. Some have conquered in spectacular and dominant fashion, while others have flown in under the radar to steal the million dollar prize while nobody was looking. As Probst puts it, “Anybody can win this game.”

But even the man with the most famous dimples in reality television has his favorites. I hopped on the phone with Jeff earlier this week, ahead of the February 25 premiere of the show’s milestone 30th season — Survivor: Worlds Apart — and spoke with him about the players he believes are the top 10 to win the game.

First, Jeff wants to issue a word of warning: “It’s hard to say the best winner. I really do put an asterisk on there. It’s impossible. You can have your top 10, but if I gave you numbers? It’s so arbitrary… and everyone would hate me.” So, before you hate, let the terms be clear: Jeff isn’t ranking these 10 players against one another; it’s the group he believes represents the top 10 of all the Survivor winners.

With that said, read on for Jeff Probst’s top 10 Survivor winners of all time, listed in the order he mentioned them.