Producers

The bench

The people who made the records — 14,615 producers, ranked by the Groove of what they produced. Not by fame. By the work.

Sort Career Groove Per record Output

Career Groove across, per-record up. Right is volume; high is consistency; the corner is both.

The crown

Michael Cuscuna

354 records · 1954–2013

17,464.15

151

Mickie Most

102 records · 1964–1998

3,371.66

33.06/rec

152

Tony Wilson

42 records · 1974–2001

3,357.74

79.95/rec

153

Ed Michel

42 records · 1965–2011

3,346.23

79.67/rec

154

Nile Rodgers

58 records · 1978–2009

3,343.27

57.64/rec

155

Josh Wright

48 records · 1959–2014

3,300.99

68.77/rec

156

James Ford

37 records · 2000–2023

3,297.51

89.12/rec

157

Liam Howlett

19 records · 1991–2015

3,294.79

173.41/rec

158

Cheryl Engels

23 records · 1980–2009

3,289.50

143.02/rec

159

Siouxsie and the Banshees

29 records · 1978–1995 · United Kingdom

3,288.76

113.41/rec

160

Depeche Mode

32 records · 1981–2004 · United Kingdom

3,285.75

102.68/rec

161

David Foster

85 records · 1976–2014

3,281.87

38.61/rec

162

The Police

13 records · 1978–1993 · United Kingdom

3,270.83

251.60/rec

163

Jam & Lewis

67 records · 1982–2006

3,268.94

48.79/rec

164

34 records · 1996–2018 · United States of America

3,264.76

96.02/rec

165

Dave Stewart

52 records · 1979–2012

3,261.31

62.72/rec

166

Robert John “Mutt” Lange

67 records · 1976–2017

3,259.26

48.65/rec

167

Madlib

44 records · 1997–2019

3,259.05

74.07/rec

168

Gary Katz

19 records · 1972–2009

3,255.08

171.32/rec

169

John A. Rivers

70 records · 1981–2007

3,245.09

46.36/rec

170

Jordi Soley

51 records · 1963–1998

3,242.03

63.57/rec

171

Bill Stevenson

54 records · 1984–2019

3,240.22

60.00/rec

172

Mike Oldfield

49 records · 1973–2012 · United Kingdom

3,236.79

66.06/rec

173

Mike Thorne

43 records · 1977–2002

3,236.36

75.26/rec

174

Michael Gira

46 records · 1982–2019

3,232.76

70.28/rec

175

Giorgio Moroder

52 records · 1972–2007

3,228.82

62.09/rec

176

Butch Vig

57 records · 1989–2024

3,227.51

56.62/rec

177

R.E.M.

49 records · 1981–2011 · United States of America

3,209.53

65.50/rec

178

Ron Nevison

34 records · 1973–1999

3,207.86

94.35/rec

179

L.A. Reid

94 records · 1987–2014

3,203.17

34.08/rec

180

Eirik Hundvin

36 records · 1992–2011

3,196.94

88.80/rec

181

Tom Werman

34 records · 1975–2000

3,180.22

93.54/rec

182

Elliot Scheiner

21 records · 1972–2004

3,175.61

151.22/rec

183

Gil Norton

94 records · 1984–2014

3,167.03

33.69/rec

184

Dieter Dierks

33 records · 1971–1989

3,157.75

95.69/rec

185

Frank Collura

20 records · 1966–2013

3,141.22

157.06/rec

186

Jeff Glixman

20 records · 1974–1999

3,110.78

155.54/rec

187

James Austin

22 records · 1968–2005

3,109.95

141.36/rec

188

Thomas Worthmann

36 records · 1971–2009

3,105.38

86.26/rec

189

Amy Herot

21 records · 1957–1992

3,096.42

147.45/rec

190

Todd Rundgren

54 records · 1970–2012 · United States of America

3,092.50

57.27/rec

191

Mick Jones

16 records · 1974–2017

3,089.07

193.07/rec

192

Gus Dudgeon

58 records · 1967–2002

3,071.55

52.96/rec

193

Prince

55 records · 1978–2010 · United States of America

3,057.67

55.59/rec

194

Dave Edmunds

39 records · 1969–1994

3,056.13

78.36/rec

195

Peter Wilson

34 records · 1978–1991

3,055.59

89.87/rec

196

Tim Mulligan

11 records · 1975–1989

3,049.95

277.27/rec

197

Steve Osborne

60 records · 1990–2011

3,028.15

50.47/rec

198

Vic Coppersmith‐Heaven

20 records · 1967–1987

3,024.09

151.20/rec

199

Mike Campbell

23 records · 1979–2011

3,009.02

130.83/rec

200

Van Morrison

32 records · 1968–2018 · United Kingdom

2,988.52

93.39/rec