# How the Big Guitar Solo Lists Compare

> How 12 major guitar solo rankings compare with the consensus of 80 lists: agreements, bold picks and omissions.

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Every major greatest-guitar-solo list set against the GreatestSolos Consensus 100, built from 80 published rankings. See where each publication agrees, where it goes its own way, and which consensus favorites it skipped.

| List | Solos | In consensus 100 | Their #1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Rolling Stone (2026)](https://greatestsolos.com/vs/rolling-stone-2026/) | 89 | 40 | Purple Rain |
| [Classic Rock (2018)](https://greatestsolos.com/vs/classic-rock-2018/) | 89 | 40 | Stairway to Heaven |
| [NME (2017)](https://greatestsolos.com/vs/nme-2017/) | 50 | 24 | Sweet Child O' Mine |
| [Guitar World (2021)](https://greatestsolos.com/vs/guitar-world-2021/) | 50 | 42 | Bohemian Rhapsody |
| [Guitar World (2013)](https://greatestsolos.com/vs/guitar-world-2013/) | 50 | 49 | Eruption |
| [Guitar Player (2024)](https://greatestsolos.com/vs/guitar-player-2024/) | 20 | 20 | Comfortably Numb |
| [Guitarist (2011)](https://greatestsolos.com/vs/guitarist-2011/) | 20 | 18 | Blackbird |
| [uDiscover Music (2026)](https://greatestsolos.com/vs/udiscover-2026/) | 92 | 27 | Purple Haze |
| [Planet Rock (2022)](https://greatestsolos.com/vs/planet-rock-2022/) | 75 | 46 | Comfortably Numb |
| [SiriusXM (2024)](https://greatestsolos.com/vs/siriusxm-2024/) | 47 | 34 | Stairway to Heaven |
| [Gibson.com (2010)](https://greatestsolos.com/vs/gibson-2010/) | 47 | 35 | Stairway to Heaven |
| [Rick Beato (2019)](https://greatestsolos.com/vs/rick-beato-2019/) | 20 | 10 | Comfortably Numb |

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