1 Jimmy Hendrix
2 Duane Allman - 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 - Led Zeppelin
10 Keith Richards - The Rolling Stones
11Kirk Hammett - Metallica
12 Kurt Cobain - Nirvana
13 Jerry Garcia - The Grateful Dead
14 Jeff Beck
15 Carlos Santana
16 Johnny Ramone - The Ramones
17 Jack White - The White Stripes
18 John Frusciante - The Red Hot Chili Peppers
19 Richard Thompson
20 James Burton
21 George Harrison
22 Mike Bloomfield
23 Warren Haynes
24 The Edge of U2
25 Freddy King
26 Tom Morello - Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
27 Mark Knopfler - Dire Straits
28 Stephen Stills
29 Ron Asheton - The Stooges
30 Buddy Guy
31 Dick Dale
32 John Cipollina - Quicksilver Messenger Service
33 & 34 Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore - Sonic Youth
35 John Fahey
36 Steve Cropper - Booker T and the MG's
37 Bod Diddley
38 Peter Green - Fleetwood Mac
39 Brian May - Queen
40 John Fogerty - Creedence Clearwater Revival
41 Clarence White - The Byrds
42 Robert Fripp - King Crimson
43 Eddie Hazel - Funkadelic
44 Scotty Moore
45 Frank Zappa
46 Les Paul
47 T-Bone Walker
48 Joe Perry - Aerosmith
49 John McLaughlin
50 Pete Townshend 51 Paul Kossoff- Free
52 Lou Reed
53 Mickey Baker
54 Jorma Kaukonen - Jefferson Airplane
55 Ritchie Blackmore - Deep Purple
56 Tom Verlaine - Television
57 Roy Buchanan
58 Dickey Betts
59 & 60 Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien - Radiohead
61 Ike Turner
62 Zoot Horn Rollo - The Magic Band
63 Danny Gatton
64 Mick Ronson
65 Hubert Sumlin
66 Vernon Reid - Living Colour
67 Link Wray
68 Jerry Miller - Moby Grape
69 Steve Howe - Yes
70 Eddie Van Halen
71 Lightnin' Hopkins
72 Joni Mitchell
73 Trey Anastasio - Phish
74 Johnny Winter
75 Adam Jones - Tool
76 Ali Farka Toure
77 Henry Vestine - Canned Heat
78 Robbie Robertson - Tthe Band
79 Cliff Gallup - The Blue Caps (1997)
80 Robert Quine - The Voidoids
81 Derek Trucks
82 David Gilmour - Pink Floyd
83 Neil Young
84 Eddie Cochran
85 Randy Rhoads
86 Tony Iommi - Black Sabbath
87 Joan Jett
88 Dave Davies - The Kinks
89 D. Boon- The Minutemen
90 Glen Buxton - Alice Cooper
91 Robby Krieger - The Doors
92 & 93 Fred "Sonic" Smith, Wayne Kramer - The MC5
94 Bert Jansch
95 Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine
96 Angus Young - AC/DC
97 Robert Randolph
98 Leigh Stephens - Blue Cheer
99 Greg Ginn - Black Flag
100 Kim Thayil - Soundgarde