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The greatest progressive rock artists of all time

114 artists ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

No. 1

Pink Floyd

United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1965–2014 · progressive rock
169.876
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2 Rush Canada flagCanada · 1968– · progressive rock 84.910
3 King Crimson United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1968–2021 · progressive rock 78.573
4 Genesis United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1967–2022 · progressive rock 73.393
5 Camel United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1971– · progressive rock 68.921
6 Yes United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1968– · progressive rock 63.621
7 Porcupine Tree United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1987– · progressive rock 43.110
8 Van der Graaf Generator United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1967–1978 · progressive rock 40.769
9 Mike Oldfield United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1953– · progressive rock 30.104
10 Riverside Poland flagPoland · 2001– · progressive rock 26.756
11 The Alan Parsons Project United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1975–1987 · progressive rock 24.411
12 Opeth Sweden flagSweden · 1990– · progressive metal 21.658
13 Emerson, Lake & Palmer United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1970–2011 · progressive rock 20.179
14 Jethro Tull United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1967– · progressive rock 18.576
15 Tool United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1990– · alternative metal 17.062
16 Dream Theater United States of America flagUnited States of America · 1985– · progressive metal 15.622
17 Peter Gabriel United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1950– · rock 14.774
18 Marillion United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1979– · rock 14.389
19 Steven Wilson United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1967– · progressive rock 12.816
20 Queen United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1970– · rock 11.128
21 Supertramp United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1969–1970 · art rock 9.943
22 Uriah Heep United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1970– · rock 7.403
23 Anathema United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1990–2020 · alternative rock 6.426
24 Roger Waters United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom · 1943– · rock 5.941