Greatest Guitar Solos Community Rankings
The cumulative ranking of all 24 entrants, built from 6 completed Greatest Guitar Solos brackets and 98 head-to-head picks. Hotel California currently leads on win rate.
Last updated October 1, 2026
Play the Greatest Guitar Solos bracket6
brackets completed
98
picks recorded
24
entrants with results
Full community ranking
- 1
Hotel California
11W - 2L · won 1 bracket
85%
win rate
- 2
Master of Puppets
9W - 2L · won 2 brackets
82%
win rate
- 3
Crazy Train
10W - 4L · won 1 bracket
71%
win rate
- 4
Purple Rain
6W - 4L · won 1 bracket
60%
win rate
- 5
Free Bird
4W - 3L · won 1 bracket
57%
win rate
- 6
Stairway to Heaven
5W - 4L
56%
win rate
- 7
Bohemian Rhapsody
6W - 5L
55%
win rate
- 8
Sweet Child O' Mine
4W - 4L
50%
win rate
- 9
Whole Lotta Love
3W - 3L
50%
win rate
- 10
Little Wing
5W - 6L
45%
win rate
- 11
Comfortably Numb
4W - 5L
44%
win rate
- 12
November Rain
4W - 5L
44%
win rate
- 13
Money for Nothing
4W - 5L
44%
win rate
- 14
Shine On You Crazy Diamond
4W - 5L
44%
win rate
- 15
All Along the Watchtower
3W - 4L
43%
win rate
- 16
Layla
3W - 4L
43%
win rate
- 17
One
3W - 4L
43%
win rate
- 18
Eruption
3W - 5L
38%
win rate
- 19
Sultans of Swing
3W - 5L
38%
win rate
- 20
Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
2W - 5L
29%
win rate
- 21
Texas Flood
1W - 3L
25%
win rate
- 22
Crossroads
1W - 5L
17%
win rate
- 23
Alive
0W - 4L
0%
win rate
- 24
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
0W - 2L
0%
win rate
How this ranking works
How is the Greatest Guitar Solos community ranking calculated?
Every completed Greatest Guitar Solos bracket adds one result to the pool. Each head-to-head pick is recorded as a win for one entrant and a loss for the other, and entrants are ordered by win rate across all 98 matchups played so far. Champion counts are tracked separately so a lucky draw cannot pass as a favourite.
Why use win rate instead of how often something wins the bracket?
Brackets are shuffled, so an entrant can reach the final without beating anything difficult. Win rate counts every matchup an entrant appeared in, which is a fairer read on how people actually feel about it. Champion counts are shown next to it for the entrants that keep taking the title.
How often does this ranking update?
Continuously. The page rebuilds every few minutes, so a bracket you finish now shows up here shortly afterwards. Last refreshed October 1, 2026.
Does my own ranking have to match this one?
No — this is the aggregate, not a verdict. Play the best guitar solos ranked yourself and you get a private result page with your own order, which you can share and compare against the community list here.