BASSISTS
Total votes in this section 46302
| 1 | Steve harris | Maiden | 2388 |
| 2 | Cliff burton | Metallica | 1965 |
| 3 | John paul jones | Led Zep | 1610 |
| 4 | Geddy Lee | rush | 1486 |
| 5 | Flea | RCHP | 1465 |
| 6 | Geezer butler | Black sabbath | 1446 |
| 7 | John entwhistle | Who | 1430 |
| 8 | Les claypool | Primus | 1353 |
| 9 | Phil Lynott | Thin lizzy | 1310 |
| 10 | John myung | Dream theater | 1294 |
| 11 | Gene simmons | Kiss | 1292 |
| 12 | Billy sheenan | Mr Big/various | 1249 |
| 13 | Duff mckagan | G n R Velvet/ Revolver | 1211 |
| 14 | Paul McCartney | The beatles | 1209 |
| 15 | Rick savage | Def leppard | 1184 |
| 16 | John deacon | Queen | 1170 |
| 17 | Lemmy | Motorhead | 1162 |
| 18 | Roger waters | Pink floyd | 1160 |
| 19 | nicky stixx | motley crue | 1153 |
| 20 | Jason Newstead | Metallica/supernova | 1141 |
| 21 | Jack bruce | Cream | 1140 |
| 22 | Steve digigorgio | Iced earth/Death/testament | 1120 |
| 23 | David ellefson | Megadeath/Avian | 1100 |
| 24 | Michael anthony | Van halen | 895 |
| 25 | Joey DeMaio | Manowar | 852 |
| 26 | Robert trujillo | various/metallica | 841 |
| 27 | Ian hill | Judas priest | 831 |
| 28 | Marcus grosskopf | Halloween | 810 |
| 29 | Chris squire | yes | 790 |
| 30 | Tom araya | slayer | 735 |
| 31 | james jamerson | Funk brothers | 492 |
| 32 | Roger glover | Rainbow | 457 |
| 33 | Rudy sarzo | Various | 444 |
| 34 | Justin chancellor | Tool | 422 |
| 35 | hansi kurch | Blind guardian | 420 |
| 36 | Randy piper | wasp | 411 |
| 37 | Marco hietala | Nightwish | 386 |
| 38 | Guy pratt | Pink floyd | 383 |
| 39 | Chris novosleic | Nirvana/ | 355 |
| 40 | Tony levin | King crimson | 332 |
| Larry graham | Sly & the family stone | 322 | |
| 41 | Stefan olsdal | Placebo | 309 |
| 42 | Steve edmondson | Paradise lost | 291 |
| 43 | Victor wooten | Various | 281 |
| 44 | Chris walthamstow | 280 | |
| 45 | Eddie jackson | Queensryche | 277 |
| 46 | Peter steele | Type O neg | 272 |
| 47 | Mike inez | Alice in chains/various | 254 |
| 48 | Sean malone | Cynic/various | 252 |
| 49 | Tom hamilton | Aerosmith | 250 |
| 50 | Jah wobble | PIL | 244 |
| 51 | Bill wyman | Stones | 242 |
| 52 | Frank bello | Anthrax | 240 |
| 53 | Shavo odadjain | SOAD | 124 |
| 54 | Sting | Police/solo | 122 |
| 55 | Rex brown | Pantera | 121 |
| 56 | Steve rowe | Mortification | 119 |
| 57 | Ryan Martinie | Mudvayne | 118 |
| 58 | Reg fieldy arvizu | Korn | 117 |
| Glenn hughes | Deep purple/various | 117 | |
| 59 | Doug pinnick | kings x | 112 |
| 60 | chris glenn | sahb | 110 |
| Jim lee | 110 | ||
| Bill cox | 110 | ||
| Mike lepond | Symphony x | 110 | |
| 61 | Hugh McDonald | Bon Jovi | 82 |
| 62 | D'arcy wetzky | Smashing pumkins | 62 |
| 63 | Clown | Slipknot | 41 |
| 64 | Mike dirnt | Green day | 37 |
| 65 | Magnus rosen | Hammerfall | 23 |
| 66 | Bill goule | Faith no more | 22 |
| 67 | Malcolm Young | AC/DC | 22 |
| Chi | Deftones | 15 | |
| 68 | Tom commerford | RATM/Auidoslaave | 12 |
| 69 | Lauri prooa | Stratovarius | 9 |
| 70 | Danny carey | Tool | 8 |
| 71 | Cliff willams | AC/DC | 6 |
| 72 | Adam clayton | U2 | 6 |
| Ben shepherd | 4 | ||
| 73 | Tom delonge | Blink 182/ angels and airwaves | 3 |
| Varg vikersen | Burzum | 3 | |
| Pete wentz | Fallout boy | 3 | |
| Mike D'antonio | Killswitch engage | 3 | |
| 74 | Tony choy | Atheist/cynic | 2 |
| Scott ian | Anthrax | 2 | |
| Vortex | Dimmu borgir | 2 | |
| Eric brittingham | Cinderella/naked beggers | 2 | |