| 01 | Jay-Z | 90.3 |
| 02 | Kendrick Lamar | 68.8 |
| 03 | Nas | 65.3 |
| 04 | The Notorious B.I.G. | 64.1 |
| 05 | Tupac Shakur | 60.3 |
| 06 | Eminem | 49.2 |
| 07 | Snoop Dogg | 41.4 |
| 08 | Lil Wayne | 29.8 |
| 09 | Nicki Minaj | 27.5 |
| 10 | Rakim | 26.8 |
| 11 | Drake | 18.4 |
| 12 | KRS-One | 15.8 |
| 13 | Tupac | 15.6 |
| 14 | Andre 3000 | 15.4 |
| 15 | Lauryn Hill | 15.0 |
| 16 | Public Enemy | 14.7 |
| 17 | Run-D.M.C. | 14.4 |
| 18 | Wu-Tang Clan | 14.2 |
| 19 | A Tribe Called Quest | 14.0 |
| 20 | LL Cool J | 13.8 |
| 21 | Dr. Dre | 13.6 |
| 22 | Scarface | 13.3 |
| 23 | Ice Cube | 13.2 |
| 24 | Big Daddy Kane | 13.0 |
| 25 | Kanye West | 10.2 |
| 26 | top 10 greatest hip-hop artists list | 10.0 |
| 27 | greatest lyricists list | 7.7 |
| 28 | greatest rappers by era breakdown | 6.8 |