100 Greatest Guitarists

The 100 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time according to Rolling Stone
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Jimi Hendrix
2
Eric Clapton
3
Jimmy Page
4
Keith Richards
5
Jeff Beck
6
B.B. King
7
Chuck Berry
8
Eddie Van Halen
9
Duane Allman
10
Pete Townshend
11
George Harrison
12
Stevie Ray Vaughan
13
Albert King
14
David Gilmour
15
Freddie King
16
Derek Trucks
17
Neil Young
18
Les Paul
19
James Burton
20
Carlos Santana
21
Chet Atkins
22
Frank Zappa
23
Buddy Guy
24
Angus Young
25
Tony Iommi
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26
Brian May
27
Bo Diddley
28
Johnny Ramone
29
Scotty Moore
30
Elmore James
31
Ry Cooder
32
Billy Gibbons
33
Prince
34
Curtis Mayfield
35
John Lee Hooker
36
Randy Rhoads
37
Mick Taylor
38
The Edge
39
Steve Cropper
40
Tom Morello
41
Mick Ronson
42
Mike Bloomfield
43
Hubert Sumlin
44
Mark Knopfler
45
Link Wray
46
Jerry Garcia
47
Stephen Stills
48
Jonny Greenwood
49
Muddy Waters
50
Ritchie Blackmore
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51
Johnny Marr
52
Clarence White
53
Otis Rush
54
Joe Walsh
55
John Lennon
56
Albert Collins
57
Rory Gallagher
58
Peter Green
59
Robbie Robertson
60
Ron Asheton
61
Dickey Betts
62
Robert Fripp
63
Johnny Winter
64
Duane Eddy
65
Slash
66
Leslie West
67
T-Bone Walker
68
John McLaughlin
69
Richard Thompson
70
Jack White
71
Robert Johnson
72
John Frusciante
73
Kurt Cobain
74
Dick Dale
75
Joni Mitchell
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76
Robby Krieger
77
Willie Nelson
78
John Fahey
79
Mike Campbell
80
Buddy Holly
81
Lou Reed
82
Nels Cline
83
Eddie Hazel
84
Joe Perry
85
Andy Summers
86
J Mascis
87
James Hetfield
88
Carl Perkins
89
Bonnie Raitt
90
Tom Verlaine
91
Dave Davies
92
Dimebag Darrell
93
Paul Simon
94
Peter Buck
95
Roger McQuinn
96
Bruce Springsteen
97
Steve Jones
98
Alex Lifeson
99
Thurston Moore
100
Lindsey Buckingham
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Level 55
Apr 8, 2017
Its McGuinn!
+6
Level 28
May 15, 2017
What a joke. No Al DiMeloa, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Allan Holdsworth, Steve Howe, etc...and Bruce Springsteen ahead of Alex Lifeson? I can't stop laughing
+1
Level 74
Jun 15, 2017
If you have problems with Rolling Stone's list, try mine. I don't expect you to agree with all of it, but at least Springsteen isn't on it. Bluesdjben's 100 Best Guitarists of All Time
+3
Level 74
Jun 20, 2017
yeah - no Michael Schenker, Eric Johnson, John Petrucci, Neal Schon, Steve Lukather, Robin Trower, Gary Moore, George Lynch, Larry Carlton, either. Rolling Stone has zero credibility.
+4
Level 38
Dec 7, 2020
just saying keith richards is pretty high for a mediocre guitarist. Personally i think chet atkins and SRV needs to be higher
+2
Level 30
Feb 23, 2022
wow, slash is really low
+1
Level 58
Feb 20, 2024
Slash is too high for any of those top guitarists lists, lol.
+2
Level 73
Feb 17, 2023
Well, I scored 36/100. I wasn't expecting so many guitarists from before the 60's. Plus, some of our favorites are not on the list. I typed Stevie Ray Vaughn, and I did not get credit, as the quiz wants it spelled Vaughan. Oh well, thanks for the quiz!
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Level 45
Mar 11, 2023
A lot of this feel more like: whoever played guitar for the 100 most famous bands. So many great guitarists lose out to just ok guitarists like neil young, keith richards, and bruce springsteen. Those guys are great songwriters instead. Also Eric Clapton has always been my least favorite of the top players. I like a lot of his songs but have never been blown away by him - even as a tasteful slow player he doesn't compare to Knopfler or Gilmour.