Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists of All Time

The list

• 1 Jimi Hendrix
• 2 Duane Allman of The Allman Brothers Band
• 3 B.B. King
• 4 Eric Clapton
• 5 Robert Johnson
• 6 Chuck Berry
• 7 Stevie Ray Vaughan
• 8 Ry Cooder 
• 9 Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin
• 10 Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones
• 11 Kirk Hammett of Metallica
• 12 Kurt Cobain of Nirvana
• 13 Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead
• 14 Jeff Beck
• 15 Carlos Santana
• 16 Johnny Ramone of the Ramones
• 17 Jack White of The White Stripes
• 18 John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
• 19 Richard Thompson
• 20 James Burton
• 21 George Harrison
• 22 Mike Bloomfield
• 23 Warren Haynes of The Allman Brothers Band and Gov't Mule
• 24 The Edge of U2
• 25 Freddy King
• 26 Tom Mo! rello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
• 27 Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits
• 28 Stephen Stills
• 29 Ron Asheton of The Stooges
• 30 Buddy Guy
• 31 Dick Dale
• 32 John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service
• 33 Lee Ranaldo and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth
• 35 John Fahey
• 36 Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG's
• 37 Bo Diddley
• 38 Peter Gr! een of Fleetwood Mac
• 39 Brian May of Queen
• 40 John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival
• 41 Clarence White of The Byrds
• 42 Robert Fripp of King Crimson
• 43 E! ddie Hazel of Funkadelic
• 44 Scotty Moore
• 45 Frank Zappa
• 46 Les Paul
• 47 T-Bone Walker
• 48 Joe Perry of Aerosmith
• 49 John McLaughlin
• 50 Pete Townshend
• 51 Paul Kossoff of Free
• 52 Lou Reed
• 53 Mickey Baker
• 54 Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna
• 55 Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple
• 56 Tom Verlaine of Television
• 57 Roy Buchanan
• 58 Dickey Betts of The Allman Brothers Band
• 59 Jonny Greenwood and Ed O'Brien of Radiohead
• 61 Ike Turner
• 62 Zoot Horn Rollo of The Magic Band
• 63 Danny Gatton
• 64 Mick Ronson
• 65 Hubert Sumlin
• 66 Vernon Reid of Living Colour
• 67 Link Wray
• 68 Jerry Miller of Moby Grape
• 69 Steve Howe of Yes
• 70 Eddie Van Halen
• 71 Lightnin' Hopkins
• 72 Joni Mitchell
• 73 Trey Anastasio of Phish
• 74 Johnny Winter
• 75 Adam Jones of Tool
• 76 Ali Farka Toure
• 77 Henry Ves! tine of Canned Heat
• 78 Robbie Robertson of The Band
• 79 Cliff Gallup of The Blue Caps
• 80 Robert Quine of The Voidoids
• 81 Derek Trucks of The Allman Brothers Band and The Derek Trucks Band
• 82 David Gilmour of Pink Floyd
• 83 Neil Young
• 84 Eddie Cochran
• 85 Randy Rhoads
• 86 Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath
• 87 Joan Jett
• 88 Dave Davies of The Kinks
• 89 D. Boon of The Minutemen
• 90 Glen Buxton of Alice Cooper
• 91 Robby Krieger of The Doors
• 92 Fred "Sonic" Smith and Wayne Kramer of the MC5
• 94 Bert Jansch
• 95 Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine
• 96 Angus Young of AC/DC
• 97 Robert Randolph of Robert Randolph & The Family Band and The Word
• 98 Leigh Stephens of Blue Cheer
• 99 Greg Ginn of Black Flag
• 100 Kim Thayil of Soundgarden