# Greatest Guitar Solos Dataset

> Download the consensus ranking of 588 guitar solos from 80 published lists as a free CSV: rank, song, artist, guitarist, year and score. CC BY 4.0.

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The full GreatestSolos consensus ranking as a CSV: 588 solos with rank, title, artist, guitarist, year, how many of the 80 published lists include it, and the score.

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## License

Free to use under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Please credit "GreatestSolos.com" and link to [greatestsolos.com](https://greatestsolos.com/).

## How it is built

Each appearance on a published list earns points: weight × (0.35 + 0.65 × position). See [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/) and [Sources](https://greatestsolos.com/sources/). The data updates when we add lists.

## Preview: the top 10

| Solo | Rank | Lists |
|---|---|---|
| [Stairway to Heaven](https://greatestsolos.com/song/led-zeppelin-stairway-to-heaven/) — Led Zeppelin, 1971 | #1 | 64 |
| [Comfortably Numb](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pink-floyd-comfortably-numb/) — Pink Floyd, 1979 | #2 | 61 |
| [Hotel California](https://greatestsolos.com/song/eagles-hotel-california/) — Eagles, 1976 | #3 | 61 |
| [Eruption](https://greatestsolos.com/song/van-halen-eruption/) — Van Halen, 1978 | #4 | 58 |
| [Free Bird](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lynyrd-skynyrd-free-bird/) — Lynyrd Skynyrd, 1973 | #5 | 54 |
| [Sweet Child O' Mine](https://greatestsolos.com/song/guns-n-roses-sweet-child-o-mine/) — Guns N' Roses, 1987 | #6 | 52 |
| [All Along the Watchtower](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jimi-hendrix-all-along-the-watchtower/) — Jimi Hendrix, 1968 | #7 | 48 |
| [Bohemian Rhapsody](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queen-bohemian-rhapsody/) — Queen, 1975 | #8 | 48 |
| [Sultans of Swing](https://greatestsolos.com/song/dire-straits-sultans-of-swing/) — Dire Straits, 1978 | #9 | 48 |
| [Highway Star](https://greatestsolos.com/song/deep-purple-highway-star/) — Deep Purple, 1972 | #10 | 41 |

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GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)