Great Rock Bassists your Top 10.Rock not Jazz. But Hey what about Reggae

@l1975r  I respect your list to a sort. 

In no particular order:

Geddy Lee

Sting (police years, ghost in the machine)

Victor Wooten

Jack Bruce

Aston Barrett

Flea

Phil Lesh

Robert Smith

... And I can’t think of any others off-the-cuff

Jack Casady for sure.

For raw skill, I couldn't make that list without Geddy Lee.

My top 10.

I saw/heard Jack Bruce live twice, and his tone was, by far, the worst I’ve ever heard. And then there’s his playing; far too busy for my taste (my musician friends refer to his style of playing as "lead bass" ;-), but to each his own.

Now Jack Casady, that's a different story. He almost made it into my Top 10, and would definitely be in my Top 25.

What-- no Jack Casady, Geddy Lee, Sting or John Paul Jones ?  ?  ? 

You said "Rock, not Jazz" but...

Jack Bruce was classically trained and most often described himself as a Jazz player. 

I've heard recordings of Jaco playing Jazz and Fusion but never Rock. . . would be curious to know what you are referring to...

Phil Lesh.

+1 Jack Bruce

@bdp24 could have made it real fun and said to 25......

Why are there posts being removed for this thread? 

Fun topic!

@bdp24 Nice list clearly old school and I love it!

Not a ranking, listed in alphabetical order:

- Rick Danko (The Hawks, The Band, Dylan). He and his musical brother drummer Levon Helm showed everyone how to build a great Rock 'n' Roll, uh Band. Their playing on the "brown" album is as good as it gets. Music From Big Pink is "pretty good" too ;-) .

- Willie Dixon (Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry. The man who sued Led Zeppelin for shamelessly stealing from him, and won).

- Duck Dunn (Booker T & The MG’s).

- John Entwistle. The sound he created when I saw The Who at The Carousel Ballroom in 1968 (performing the "A Quick One" suite) was the most massive bass tone I’ve ever heard!

- David Hood (The Swampers, the house band on all the incredible Muscle Shoals recordings). He and his drummer partner Roger Hawkins set the standard for all Rock ’n’ Roll rhythm sections.

- James Jamerson (The Funk Brothers, the Motown house band), the player who Paul McCartney says opened his eyes to the instrument’s possibilities. The master of the use of the musical technique known as inversion (listen to how he uses it in "What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted". It raises the hair on my head!). Perhaps a genius.

- Paul McCartney (especially on Rubber Soul onward).

- Jerry Scheff (T Bone Burnett, Elvis, L.A. studios). I heard him live (in The Roxy Theater, with Rodney Crowell), and was left speechless. A great, great musician.

- Leland Sklar (L.A. and Nashville Studios). Perhaps the most recorded bassist of all time.

- Joey Spampinato (NRBQ, Keith Richards). He makes his Danelectro/Silvertone electric (plugged into an Ampeg SVT) sound like an upright. Also a great songwriter.

@riley804 I am asking who is your top 10. I want to know. 

As a Bass Player I am intrigued. 

@riley804 I asked who is your top 10 that was my list.

I love Graham Maby from Joe Jackson's old band. Great bassist for rock. Jack Bruce is King for me though.