I'm only counting those that made it to the top 10 in each season, and I'm only looking at the American version and excluding MasterChef Junior contestants. For those that competed/are competing in season 12, I'm ignoring their performance for that season. S Tier: Shaun O'Neale, Elizabeth Cauvel, Christian Collins, Monti Carlo, Nick Nappi, Whitney Miller, Dorian Hunter, Jaimee Vitolo, Luca Manfe, Kelsey Murphy, Willie Mike, Jason Wang, Tanorria Askew, Cesar Cano, Becky Reams, Eddie Jackson, Adrien Nieto, Derrick Fox, Christine Ha, Natasha Crnjac, Frank Mirando, Nick DiGiovanni, Brandi Mudd, Leslie Gilliams, Tommy Walton, Stephen Lee, Sharone Hakman, Autumn Moretti, Ashley Mincey, & Cate Meade A Tier: Fred Chang, Ben Starr, Bri Kozior, Hetal Vasavada, Sheetal Bhagat, Mike Hill, David Miller, Dan Paustian, Jake Gandolfo, Suu Khin, Yachecia Holston, Lexy Rogers, Jessie Lysiak, Jamie Hough, David Williams, Bowen Li, Josh Marks, Tay Westberry, Jordan Roots, Shari Mukherjee, Ahran Cho, Dino Angelo Luciano, Alejandra Schrader, James Nelson, Christian Green, Micah Yaroch, Sarah Faherty, Eboni Henry, Terry Mueller, Bri Baker, Lee Knaz, & Abe Konick B Tier: Mike Kim, Giuseppe Morisco, Victoria Scroggins, Tracy Kontos, Tanya Noble, Gabriel Lewis, Courtney Lapresi, Stacey Amagrande, Joseph Manglicmot, Olivia Crouppen, Farhan Momin, Bethy Rossos, Claudia Sandoval, Tracy Nailor, Nathan Barnhouse, Derrick Prince, Emily Hallock, Anne Hicks, Felix Fang, Krissi Biasiello, Taylor Waltmon, & Shanika Patterson C Tier: Noah Sims, Subha Ramiah, Suzy Singh, Daniel McGuffey, Tony Carbone, David Martinez, Christine Corley, Katrina Kozar, Eric Howard, Savannah Sturges, Gerron Hurt, Katie Dixon, Slim Huynh, Shelly Flash, Daniel Pontes-Macedo, Samantha Daily, Julia Danno, & Alejandro Valdivia D Tier: Jennifer Behm, Adam Wong, Caitlin Jones, Jeff Philbin, Diamond Alexander, Christopher Lu, & Michael Newman F Tier: Cutter Brewer, & Tali Clavijo
