🥁 Greatest drummer of all time
The community ranking
Rated by Elo across 15 head-to-head votes — not by how often something showed up.
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Chad Smith
American drummer (born 1961)
1706
100% · 13 duels
2
Joey Jordison
American musician (1975–2021)
1519
67% · 3 duels
3
Jeff Porcaro
American drummer (1954–1992)
1488
0% · 1 duels
4
Charlie Watts
British drummer (1941–2021)
1488
0% · 1 duels
5
Chris Adler
American drummer
1488
0% · 1 duels
6
Matt Cameron
American drummer (born 1962)
1487
0% · 1 duels
7
Questlove
American hip hop musician (born 1971)
1486
0% · 1 duels
8
Lars Ulrich
Danish drummer (born 1963)
1485
0% · 1 duels
9
Vinnie Paul
American drummer (1964–2018)
1484
0% · 1 duels
10
Keith Moon
English rock drummer (1946–1978)
1483
0% · 1 duels
Settled head to head
Dave Grohl or Joey Jordison?
one vote so far
Joey Jordison or Gene Hoglan?
one vote so far
Chad Smith or Joey Jordison?
one vote so far
Buddy Rich or Chad Smith?
one vote so far
Chad Smith or Cindy Blackman Santana?
one vote so far
Chad Smith or Max Roach?
one vote so far
Chad Smith or Sheila E.?
one vote so far
Keith Moon or Chad Smith?
one vote so far
Vinnie Paul or Chad Smith?
one vote so far
Lars Ulrich or Chad Smith?
one vote so far
Chad Smith or Questlove?
one vote so far
Chad Smith or Matt Cameron?
one vote so far