# Guitar Player (2024) vs the Consensus > Guitar Player's greatest guitar solos list compared with 80 other rankings. Its #1: Comfortably Numb. Agreements, bold picks and omissions. Canonical URL: Guitar Player's list, “The Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time (GuitarPlayer.com readers' poll),” puts Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd at #1. The consensus #1 is Stairway to Heaven. Of the solos it ranks, 20 are in the GreatestSolos Consensus 100, and 8 of its top 10 are also in the consensus top 10. Updated October 2026 · we show only where lists agree and differ; see [the original list at Guitar Player](https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/the-greatest-guitar-solos-of-all-time) for the full ranking. ## Where they agree The highest consensus picks that Guitar Player also ranked. | Solo | Guitar Player | Consensus | |---|---|---| | [Stairway to Heaven](https://greatestsolos.com/song/led-zeppelin-stairway-to-heaven/) — Led Zeppelin, 1971 | #3 | #1 | | [Comfortably Numb](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pink-floyd-comfortably-numb/) — Pink Floyd, 1979 | #1 | #2 | | [Hotel California](https://greatestsolos.com/song/eagles-hotel-california/) — Eagles, 1976 | #5 | #3 | | [Eruption](https://greatestsolos.com/song/van-halen-eruption/) — Van Halen, 1978 | #2 | #4 | ## Their boldest picks Solos Guitar Player ranked high that most other lists rank low or leave out. | Solo | Guitar Player | Consensus | |---|---|---| | [25 or 6 to 4](https://greatestsolos.com/song/chicago-25-or-6-to-4/) — Chicago, 1970 | #9 | #69 | ## Consensus favorites they left out Top-30 consensus solos missing from Guitar Player (released by 2024). | Solo | Consensus | Lists | |---|---|---| | [November Rain](https://greatestsolos.com/song/guns-n-roses-november-rain/) — Guns N' Roses, 1991 | #11 | 42 of 80 | | [Johnny B. Goode](https://greatestsolos.com/song/chuck-berry-johnny-b-goode/) — Chuck Berry, 1958 | #16 | 28 of 80 | | [Layla](https://greatestsolos.com/song/derek-and-the-dominos-layla/) — Derek and the Dominos, 1970 | #17 | 30 of 80 | | [Voodoo Child (Slight Return)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jimi-hendrix-voodoo-child-slight-return/) — Jimi Hendrix, 1968 | #18 | 27 of 80 | ## Quick answers ### What is Guitar Player's #1 guitar solo? Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd (solo by David Gilmour) is #1 on Guitar Player's list from 2024. ### How does Guitar Player's list compare with the consensus? 20 of the solos it ranks appear in the Consensus 100, which combines 80 published lists. 8 of its top 10 are also in the consensus top 10. ### What is the greatest guitar solo of all time by consensus? Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin, on 64 of 80 lists. Compare another list: [Rolling Stone 2026](https://greatestsolos.com/vs/rolling-stone-2026/) · [Classic Rock 2018](https://greatestsolos.com/vs/classic-rock-2018/) · [NME 2017](https://greatestsolos.com/vs/nme-2017/) · [Guitar World 2021](https://greatestsolos.com/vs/guitar-world-2021/) · [Guitar World 2013](https://greatestsolos.com/vs/guitar-world-2013/) · [Guitarist 2011](https://greatestsolos.com/vs/guitarist-2011/) · [uDiscover Music 2026](https://greatestsolos.com/vs/udiscover-2026/) · [Planet Rock 2022](https://greatestsolos.com/vs/planet-rock-2022/) · [SiriusXM 2024](https://greatestsolos.com/vs/siriusxm-2024/) · [Gibson.com 2010](https://greatestsolos.com/vs/gibson-2010/) · [Rick Beato 2019](https://greatestsolos.com/vs/rick-beato-2019/) --- 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/)