Victors

"And this moment here... this is a moment that you never forget. The moment when the tribute becomes a victor."

―Caesar Flickerman

Victors are tributes who have won previous Hunger Games. Because of this, they receive income from the Capitol for life, are given a special status in their districts, and are allowed to live in the part of their district called the Victors' Village with their families. In return, victors must act as mentors to subsequent tributes from their district in future Hunger Games. They line up sponsors, control the flow of gifts, and have a say in the tactics that the tribute uses. They must not mistreat their tributes or they will be punished. Highly attractive and desirable victors are almost always prostituted by President Snow to citizens of the Capitol, as was the case with Maple Werner, Finnick Odair and Cashmere. Victors are also usually forced to take on special personalities; such as Finnick's flirtatiousness, or Katniss and Peeta's inseparable love.

Katniss and Caeser with all of the other victors in the background.

Many victors turn to alcohol or drugs after they have won their Games. Some examples can be seen with Haymitch Abernathy or Chaff and their heavy drinking, and the pair from District 6 with their addiction to morphling. They do this because of the traumatic experiences and memories of the Games, the demands that the Capitol continues to impose on them on penalty of death, and, for those who become mentors, having to train new tributes which more likely will end up dead.

After their victories, victors must find a talent or a hobby to take up, for example, Katniss Everdeen's talent was fashion designing, although her stylist, Cinna, secretly made things himself and passed them off as her work.

The main 11 victors in Catching Fire.

In the 75th Hunger Games, past victors were forced to compete in the Games as a reminder to the rebels that even the strongest among them cannot overcome the power of the Capitol.

The Victory Tour

Six months after the Hunger Games, a Victory Tour is held to keep the memory of the Games fresh in everyone's mind. They start in the highest numbered district and count down, skipping the victor's district and saving it for last. In each district, they give a speech and attend a dinner. The Capitol throws a huge feast for the victor's district where all the residents attend.

Known Victors

There have been 75 victors throughout the history of the Hunger Games. Just before the 3rd Quarter Quell, 59 victors were still alive. By the end of the second rebellion, only seven victors are known to still be alive. They are Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, Johanna Mason, Beetee Latier, Haymitch Abernathy, Annie Cresta, and Enobaria. Sixteen died of natural causes, 18 died in the 75th Hunger Games, and the other 34 possibly died during the Victors' purge and the rebellion.

Victor	District	Status	Hunger Games	Age	Strategy
Ivy Faulkner	10	Deceased	1st	90	It's assumed she used her skills with a sword to win her games.
Athena Stewart	2	Deceased	2nd	91	It's assumed she used her alliance to help her survive and then killed the rest of the tributes.
Lucy Gray Baird	12	Unknown	10th	Unknown	Snakes kill the remaining tributes and ignore Lucy Gray. She also had help from Coriolanus Snow.
Mags	4	Deceased	11th	80	Mags could make fishhooks out of anything. She also lived off of nuts.
Woof	8	Deceased	17th	70's	Fans presume Woof hid for the entire time during his Games.
Male Morphling	6	Deceased	22nd	60's	Camouflage
Rowen Rupen	7	Deceased	24th	60's	Slaughtered five of his allies and then threw a spear into his final opponent.
Seeder	11	Deceased	30th	60's	Fans presume she survived by being able to go without food the longest.
Female Morphling	6	Deceased	32nd	60's	Camouflage
District 9 female	9	Deceased	37th	Assumed early 50's	Fans presume she was skilled with a knife.
Porter Millicent Tripp	5	Deceased	38th	52-55	She received a spinal injury during the final battle.
Beetee	3	Alive	39th	50's	He won using electric traps to electrocute six tributes (possibly the entire career pack) at once.
District 9 male	9	Deceased	41st	Assumed late 40's	Fans presume he won with brute strength and sword, knife and spear skills.
District 5 male	5	Deceased	43rd	Late 40's	Fans presume he won with a brutal manner.
Wiress	3	Deceased	44th	40's	Unknown. Fans speculate she possibly used electricity or observations.
Chaff	11	Deceased	45th	45-48	Fans presume he won with a brutal manner.
Brutus	2	Deceased	46th	Late 40's	Career tribute.
Marvel Oakes	1	Deceased	49th	44	Fans presume he won with a brutal manner.
Haymitch Abernathy	12	Alive	50th	40 HG/CF 41 CF/MJ	Skilled with a knife used a force field to kill an opponent with their axe in the showdown, and through an alliance with Maysilee Donner.
District 5 female	5	Deceased	51st	Assumed mid 30's	Fans presume she was very skilled with a knife and hid during her games.
Lyme	2	Deceased	54th	Middle-aged	Career tribute.
Blight	7	Deceased	57th	Assumed mid 30's	Fans presume he used an axe because he was from the lumber district.
Cecelia	8	58th	Unknown	30's	Fans presume she won using her intelligence and her skill with a sword.
District 10 female	10	Deceased	59th	Assumed early 30's	Fans presume she was skilled with weapons (axe and tomahawk) and medicinal herbs.
Enobaria	2	Alive	62nd	28-31	Career Tribute. Used brutality, hand-to-hand combat, and her teeth to rip another tribute's throat out.
Gloss	1	Deceased	63rd	27	Career tribute. Skilled with throwing knives.
Cashmere	1	Deceased	64th	26	Career tribute. Skilled with throwing knives.
Finnick Odair	4	Deceased	65th	24	Career tribute. Received a lot of sponsors and was given the gift of a trident in the arena. Used nets to catch other tributes and finish them off later with his trident.
Maple Werner	9	Alive	66th	25	Bow and Arrow and Throwing Knives skills. Threw her opponent's own spear into her chest on top of the cornucopia
Regenald Molina	1	Deceased	67th	25	Spear and Sword skills allowed him to outlive all of the other tributes
Augustus Braun	2	Deceased	68th	Assumed mid 20's	Fans presume he was a skilled fighter with a sword.
Lilith Wesley	12	Alive	69th	21	She found the weaknesses of her opponents and used them against them to kill the final six.
Annie Cresta	4	Alive	70th	20-23	Career tribute. She was the best swimmer during a flood in the arena.
Johanna Mason	7	Alive	71st	21	Acted weak to divert attention. When a handful of tributes were left, she revealed herself as a savage killer.
District 2 male	2	Deceased	73rd	16	Career tribute. Bashed District 10 male's head in with brick to win games.
Katniss Everdeen	12	Alive	74th	16 HG/CF 17 CF/MJ	Archery skills. Used a suicide threat to force the Gamemakers to let her and Peeta both win.
Peeta Mellark	12	Alive	74th	16 HG/CF 17 CF/MJ	Camouflage skills and strength. Joined the Careers. Used a suicide threat to force the Gamemakers to let him and Katniss both win.