Natural select certainly has a component of luck in it in terms of the individual, and yes the bulk of the sperm (both good and bad) are killed before reaching the egg. But only sperm with good mobility generally ever reach the sperm ... thus a screening process ... the next screening process is "can the sperm enter the egg" ... and then can the sperm fertilise the egg ... and finally can the combination of chromosomes grow from an embryo to a child. Thus natural selection is more apparent when you consider the sperm population (???) as a whole rather than an individual sperm. The better quality sperm are more likely to result in a child.
You are only considering outside appearance. The "inside" counts too!!! It is possible that a sperm can look good on the outside and swim well but can not fertilise an egg ... thus why ICSI is not 100% successful ... it is not even close to 100%. We still have much to learn about human Reproduction.
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