Bands
The best bands of all time, ranked by fans
Rated by Elo across 399 head-to-head votes, not by how often something showed up.
The order at the top is decided in the finals, where these ten meet each other instead of the rest of the field.
1
Red Hot Chili Peppers
7.7M fans
1800
87% · 23 duels
2
Queens of the Stone Age
1.4M fans
1722
74% · 23 duels
3
Nirvana
10.0M fans
1712
72% · 29 duels
4
Faith No More
640K fans
1700
79% · 19 duels
5
Pantera
1.6M fans
1689
75% · 24 duels
6
Foo Fighters
4.6M fans
1683
74% · 23 duels
7
Nickelback
3.2M fans
1665
71% · 21 duels
8
Radiohead
4.1M fans
1631
70% · 20 duels
9
Muse
5.0M fans
1621
65% · 23 duels
10
TOOL
536K fans
1618
60% · 20 duels
11
U2
7.3M fans
1617
67% · 24 duels
12
Oasis
4.7M fans
1588
65% · 17 duels
13
Metallica
8.1M fans
1582
58% · 19 duels
14
Ozzy Osbourne
2.6M fans
1573
59% · 17 duels
15
Pink Floyd
6.8M fans
1570
67% · 15 duels
16
Guns N' Roses
8.6M fans
1568
56% · 16 duels
17
Motörhead
1.1M fans
1568
59% · 17 duels
18
Fleetwood Mac
1.7M fans
1564
60% · 15 duels
19
Korn
6K fans
1562
53% · 17 duels
20
Deftones
1.0M fans
1553
56% · 16 duels
21
Rage Against the Machine
2.0M fans
1552
60% · 15 duels
22
Bon Jovi
5.3M fans
1542
50% · 14 duels
23
Queen
12.8M fans
1537
50% · 8 duels
24
Journey
659K fans
1517
50% · 14 duels
25
Led Zeppelin
5.5M fans
1503
50% · 10 duels
Settled head to head
Ozzy Osbourne or U2?
67% chose Ozzy Osbourne, out of 3
Ozzy Osbourne or Pantera?
67% chose Pantera, out of 3
Nirvana or Red Hot Chili Peppers?
100% chose Red Hot Chili Peppers, out of 3
Nirvana or Korn?
67% chose Nirvana, out of 3
Pantera or Queens of the Stone Age?
67% chose Queens of the Stone Age, out of 3
Red Hot Chili Peppers or Queens of the Stone Age?
67% chose Red Hot Chili Peppers, out of 3
The Beatles or blink-182?
100% chose blink-182, out of 2
Ozzy Osbourne or Red Hot Chili Peppers?
50% chose Ozzy Osbourne, out of 2
TOOL or Pantera?
100% chose Pantera, out of 2
U2 or Pantera?
50% chose U2, out of 2
Motörhead or Muse?
50% chose Motörhead, out of 2
Red Hot Chili Peppers or Pantera?
100% chose Red Hot Chili Peppers, out of 2