Easy-to-Read List: Rolling Stone’s 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time

“Jimi Hendrix 2” painting by Paul Meijering (2012)

Rolling Stone has updated its 100 Greatest Guitarists list to The 250 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. The complete list is posted below.

1. Jimi Hendrix

2. Chuck Berry

3. Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)

4. Eddie Van Halen (Van Halen)

5. Jeff Beck (The Yardbirds)

6. Sister Rosetta Tharpe

7. Nile Rodgers (Chic)

8. Riley “B.B.” King

9. Joni Mitchell

10. Duane Allman (Allman Brothers Band)

11. Carlos Santana (Santana)

12. Jimmy Nolen (James Brown)

13. Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)

14. Prince (Rogers Nelson)

15. Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones)

16. Robert Johnson

17. Mother Maybelle Carter

18. Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine)

19. Freddie King

20. Stevie Ray Vaughan (Double Trouble)

21. Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne)

22. Albert King