The Greatest Male Players in Challenge History- #23- Cory Wharton

11 Seasons: Battle of the Bloodlines (2nd place), Rivals III, Invasion of the Champions (3rd place), Dirty 30, Champs vs. Stars, Vendettas, Final Reckoning, Total Madness (3rd place), Double Agents (2nd place), Spies, Lies & Allies, USA 2 (2nd place)

Final Efficiency: 5/11 (45.5%)

Win Efficiency: 0/11 (0%)

24 Mission Wins, 8–7 Elimination Record

Individual Missions: 1/21 (4.8%)

Partner Missions: 4/34 (11.8%)

Combined: 5/55 (9.1%)

Average Times Voted in Per Season: .77

Seasons Making Final Going Into Minimum Amount of Elims: 4

If somebody from the future told me after Final Reckoning that Cory would be in the top 25 of my all-time rankings within 2.5 years, I would A) wonder why someone would waste the use of time travel technology to tell me something so unimportant, and B) be very surprised that he was even still on the show.

I thought Cory’s Challenge career was pretty much over after he got kicked off for body slamming Tony.

After making two finals in his first three seasons, he was hyped as the next big star of the show. But he completely crashed and burned on Dirty 30…