| POSITION | ARTIST | BORN |
| 1 | Jimi Hendrix | 11/27/1942 |
| 2 | Eric Clapton | 3/30/1945 |
| 3 | Jimmy Page | 1/9/1944 |
| 4 | Keith Richards | 12/18/1943 |
| 5 | Jeff Beck | 6/24/1944 |
| 6 | B.B. King | 9/16/1925 |
| 7 | Chuck Berry | 10/18/1926 |
| 8 | Edward Van Halen | 1/26/1955 |
| 9 | Duane Allman | 11/20/1946 |
| 10 | Pete Townshend | 5/19/1945 |
| 11 | George Harrison | 2/25/1943 |
| 12 | Stevie Ray Vaughan | 10/3/1954 |
| 13 | Albert King | 4/25/1923 |
| 14 | David Gilmour | 3/6/1946 |
| 15 | Freddy King | |
| 16 | Derek Trucks | 6/8/1979 |
| 17 | Neil Young | 11/12/1945 |
| 18 | Les Paul | 6/9/1915 |
| 19 | James Burton | 8/21/1939 |
| 20 | Carlos Santana | 7/20/1947 |
| 21 | Chet Atkins | 6/20/1924 |
| 22 | Frank Zappa | 12/21/1940 |
| 23 | Buddy Guy | 7/30/1936 |
| 24 | Angus Young | 3/31/1955 |
| 25 | Tony Iommi | 2/19/1948 |
| 26 | Brian May | 7/19/1947 |
| 27 | Bo Diddley | 12/30/1928 |
| 28 | Johnny Ramone | 10/8/1948 |
| 29 | Scotty Moore | 12/27/1931 |
| 30 | Elmore James | 1/27/1918 |
| 31 | Ry Cooder | 3/15/1947 |
| 32 | Billy Gibbons | 12/16/1949 |
| 33 | Prince | 6/7/1958 |
| 34 | Curtis Mayfield | 6/3/1942 |
| 35 | John Lee Hooker | 8/22/1917 |
| 36 | Randy Rhoads | 12/6/1956 |
| 37 | Mick Taylor | 1/17/1948 |
| 38 | The Edge | 8/8/1961 |
| 39 | Steve Cropper | 10/21/1941 |
| 40 | Tom Morello | 5/30/1964 |
| 41 | Mick Ronson | 5/26/1946 |
| 42 | Mike Bloomfield | 7/28/1943 |
| 43 | Hubert Sumlin | 11/16/1931 |
| 44 | Mark Knopfler | 8/12/1949 |
| 45 | Link Wray | 5/2/1929 |
| 46 | Jerry Garcia | 8/1/1942 |
| 47 | Stephen Stills | 1/3/1945 |
| 48 | Jonny Greenwood | 11/5/1971 |
| 49 | Muddy Waters | 4/4/1915 |
| 50 | Ritchie Blackmore | 4/14/1945 |
| 51 | Johnny Marr | 10/31/1963 |
| 52 | Clarence White | 6/7/1944 |
| 53 | Otis Rush | 4/29/1934 |
| 54 | Joe Walsh | 11/20/1947 |
| 55 | John Lennon | 10/9/1940 |
| 56 | Albert Collins | 10/1/1932 |
| 57 | Rory Gallagher | 3/2/1948 |
| 58 | Peter Green | 10/29/1946 |
| 59 | Robbie Robertson | 7/5/1943 |
| 60 | Ron Asheton | 7/17/1948 |
| 61 | Dickey Betts | 12/12/1943 |
| 62 | Robert Fripp | 5/16/1946 |
| 63 | Johnny Winter | 2/23/1944 |
| 64 | Duane Eddy | 4/26/1938 |
| 65 | Slash | 7/23/1965 |
| 66 | Leslie West | 10/22/1945 |
| 67 | T-Bone Walker | 5/28/1910 |
| 68 | John McLaughlin | 3/29/1927 |
| 69 | Richard Thompson | |
| 70 | Jack White | 7/9/1975 |
| 71 | Robert Johnson | 5/8/1911 |
| 72 | John Frusciante | 3/5/1970 |
| 73 | Kurt Cobain | 2/20/1967 |
| 74 | Dick Dale | 5/4/1937 |
| 75 | Joni Mitchell | 11/7/1943 |
| 76 | Robby Krieger | 1/8/1946 |
| 77 | Willie Nelson | 4/30/1933 |
| 78 | John Farley | |
| 79 | Mike Campbell | |
| 80 | Buddy Holly | 9/7/1936 |
| 81 | Lou Reed | 3/2/1942 |
| 82 | Nels Cline | |
| 83 | Eddie Hazel | 4/10/1950 |
| 84 | Joe Perry | 9/10/1950 |
| 85 | Andy Summers | 12/31/1942 |
| 86 | J. Mascis | 12/10/1965 |
| 87 | James Hetfield | 8/3/1963 |
| 88 | Carl Perkins | 4/9/1932 |
| 89 | Bonnie Raitt | 11/8/1949 |
| 90 | Tom Verlaine | 12/13/1949 |
| 91 | Dane A. Davis | |
| 92 | Dimebag Darrell | 8/20/1966 |
| 93 | Paul Simon | 10/13/1941 |
| 94 | Peter Buck | 12/6/1956 |
| 95 | Roger McGuinn | 7/13/1942 |
| 96 | Bruce Springsteen | 9/23/1949 |
| 97 | Steve Jones | 9/3/1955 |
| 98 | Alex Lifeson | 8/27/1953 |
| 99 | Thurston Moore | 7/25/1958 |
| 100 | Lindsey Buckingham | 10/3/1949 |
100 Greatest Guitarists
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