Greatest drummer of all time
The community ranking
Rated by Elo across 31 head-to-head votes — not by how often something showed up.
1
Chad Smith
American drummer (born 1961)
1713
100% · 14 duels
2
Mike Portnoy
American drummer (born 1967)
1671
100% · 9 duels
3
Tommy Lee
American drummer (born 1962)
1590
86% · 7 duels
4
Joey Jordison
American musician (1975–2021)
1519
67% · 3 duels
5
Levon Helm
American drummer and vocalist (1940–2012)
1489
0% · 1 duels
6
Jeff Porcaro
American drummer (1954–1992)
1488
0% · 1 duels
7
Charlie Watts
British drummer (1941–2021)
1488
0% · 1 duels
8
Chris Adler
American drummer
1488
0% · 1 duels
9
Matt Cameron
American drummer (born 1962)
1487
0% · 1 duels
10
Don Henley
American musician and songwriter (born 1947)
1486
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