Best blues guitarist, Clapton or Green

I like most cited, and below is certainly not the "best" as its simply too difficult a task in mind but I do think they r major omissions.

BB King
Jimmy D Lane
Lucky Peterson
Kelly Joe Phillips
Duane Allman

Clapton was great...WAS....it seems to me he only reached great heights when he was pushed by a formidable partner in his own band...Cream (Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker), Bluesbreaker days (John Mayall) etc. In a way, Paul McCartney was the same: he needed Lennon. As for BLUES, I vote 4 Buddy Guy, BB King, SVR, Kelly Joe Phelps, Jimmy D. Lane, and among the young guys Derek Trucks and the lead guitarist of Indigenous (forgot his name...Manny something?

certainly not "the best" but some recently discovered young guns for include Chris Whitely, Aynsley Lister (for some too pop but for me enyoyable nevertheless), and Chris Duarte