Loudwire`ın yaptığı listede yer alan bas gitaristler yetenek, müziğe yaptıkları katkı, etkileme oranı, tecrübesi ve popülaritesine göre sıralandı.
Tüm zamanların en iyi bas gitaristleri şöyle:
66. Gene Simmons (KISS)
65. Tom Angelripper (Sodom)
64. Mike Flores (Origin)
63. Joey Vera (Armored Saint, Fates Warning)
62. Troy Sanders (Mastodon)
61. Leif Edling (Candlemass)
60. Joe Bouchard (Blue Oyster Cult)
59. Jimmy Bain (Rainbow, Dio)
58. G.C. Green (Godflesh)
57. Bob Daisley (Rainbow, Ozzy Osbourne)
56. D.D. Verni (Overkill)
55. Derek Boyer (Suffocation)
54. Eddie Jackson (Queensryche)
53. Sean Malone (Cynic)
52. Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam)
51. Dan Briggs (Between the Buried and Me)
50. Glenn Hughes
49. Dan Lilker (Nuclear Assault, Brutal Truth)
48. dUg Pinnick (King`s X)
47. Krist Novoselic (Nirvana)
46. Michael Anthony (Van Halen)
45. Nikki Sixx (Mötley Crüe)
44. Paul Gray (Slipknot)
43. Cronos (Venom)
42. Tom Araya (Slayer)
41. Martin Mendez (Opeth)
40. Cliff Williams (AC/DC)
39. Markus Grosskopf (Helloween)
38. Duff McKagan (Guns N` Roses)
37. Shane Embury (Napalm Death)
36. Greg Christian (Testament)
35. Shavo Odadjian (System of a Down)
34. Frank Bello (Anthrax)
33. Liam Wilson (The Dillinger Escape Plan)
32. Fieldy (Korn)
31. Roger Glover (Deep Purple)
30. Philip Lynott (Thin Lizzy)
29. Joe Lester (Intronaut)
28. Joey Demaio (Manowar)
27. Tony Levin (King Crimson, Liquid Tension Experiment)
26. Roger Patterson (Atheist)
25. Eric Avery (Jane`s Addiction)
24. Ryan Martinie (Mudvayne)
23. Dee Dee Ramone (Ramones)
22. Peter Steele (Type O Negative)
21. Jason Newsted
20. Tim Commerford (Rage Against the Machine)
19. Rex Brown
18. Chris Squire (Yes)
17. Jack Bruce (Cream)
16. Steve DiGiorgio
15. John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin)
14. Justin Chancellor (Tool)
13. Alex Webster (Cannibal Corpse)
12. Robert Trujillo (Metallica)
11. David Ellefson (Megadeth)
10. Les Claypool (Primus)
9. Lemmy Kilmister (Motörhead)
8. John Myung (Dream Theater)
7. Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
6. Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big, The Winery Dogs)
5. John Entwistle (Thw Who)
4. Cliff Burton (Metallica)
3. Geddy Lee (Rush)
2. Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath)
1. Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)
