Now that I've finally watched every season of BBUSA (apart from Season 1 but that was a different format) I thought I'd start a thread to see who people think are the overall best players.
Here's my list:
1. Dr. Will
Will Kirby has to be number one, he is without a doubt the smartest, wittiest, most strategic player in the history of Big Brother and he does it all with charm and humour. In BB2 practically everybody wanted him out in Week 2 and by manipulating, lying, deceiving and charming he made it all the way to the final two and won the game. Then in All-stars he was the prime target, especially going in with his Chilltown alliance member Boogie yet once again he managed to lie and manipulate his way into the final four, he just let himself down at the last hurdle.He got all his competition evicted by manipulating others to actually be the ones to evict them. A player worthy of the title 'the puppet master'.
2. Danielle
Once again another player worthy of their title, which this time is "greatest player to never win Big Brother". Danielle played the perfect game in BB3, her secret alliance with Jason was beautifully constructed and she played a major role in the evictions of many of the other strong players in that season. She made it to the final two and was absolutely robbed when the housemates in the jury gave Lisa the win over her, they took it too personal and unlike the housemates in BB2 who voted for the best player, they voted by emotions. In All-stars she also played a pretty good game, didn't make it as far because people already knew she was a powerful force, but she still had a good run.
3. Janelle
In BB6 Janelle was the stand-out player, she was the underdog and she managed to pull a strong alliance together, she dominated in competitions and made some brilliant strategic moves. Also she never lied to my knowledge, she stuck to her word while her enemies the Nerd Herd kept preaching how they were the "good people" and they "never lied", yet they were doing the most backstabbing in the house. And that's the thing in BB, it's okay to lie but when you are pretending that you don't lie and being all self-righteous then it's just annoying. She was the rightful winner of BB6 and should've been in the final two.
In All-stars I thought she was a weak player and I mean from a strategic stand-point. She made lousy decisions and also lied but said that she didn't which was what the Nerd Herd did, she went back on her word to James and then he was made to look like the bad guy, she was manipulated by ChillTown for basically the full game and got her friends evicted because of it (Marcellas, Kaysar, Howie). But when it came to competitions she ruled, something like 4 HOH's and 5 Veto's she was unstoppable, so for that and for her game play in BB6 she is deserved of the title of one of the best players in BBUSA history.
There is more but those are my top three.