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 home District, 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 Carnelia Balenciaga and Beauregard Varnua.

Many Victors turn to alcohol or drugs after they have won their Games. Some examples can be seen with Astraea Ashlar and Aiden Wirihana with their heavy drinking, or Mortar Holloway and Minerva O'Hara with their addictions. 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 who will more than likely end up dead.

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.

Breakdown of Victors
There have been 74 victors throughout the history of the Hunger Games. There have been 38 male Victors, and 36 female Victors. Of these 74, 20 of them had died before the Reaping of the 75th Hunger Games, leaving 54 eligible tributes to be reaped.

24 of these 54 were reaped or volunteered for the 75th Hunger Games. They are denoted with a 75.

This left 30 Victors alive who would not be put back into the arena. 12 of them became mentors in the 75th Games, as the Capitol decided to have one mentor per District. These mentors will be denoted with an M.

In the end, 18 living Victors didn't participate in the 75th Games as tributes or mentors.