Greatest Rock Drummers

Y’know, I haven’t seen a mention of Liberty DeVito. DeVito was fking superb. I saw Billy Joel a bunch of times and it was mostly more to see LD. The kit rocked. Haven’t bothered with Billy Joel since the disbandment.
Same idea for Rush. I really have no use for Rush, but seeing Peart was worth the price of admission.
Kenny Aronoff is a Master. Absolutely one of my favorites. Remember when his kit had the hihat on the right? No hand over hand?
Gadd is simply fking spiritual. I overpaid for Clapton twice just to see Gadd too.

No mention of Art Blakey? Take him over Roach ANYDAY. Blakey was soul.

Clem Burke may not be "the greatest"- nobody is, I think he’s unfortunately underrated by some. I was lucky enough to hear Art Blakey at a Hollywood jazz club a few years before he died- as was so often the case the group was all young guys except for Art. He drove those "kids."
Damn!

Neil Peart Si!  Rush? Not so much.  :)

I’ll go with "favorite" rather than" best" and "pop" rather than "rock" and "rhythm section" rather than drummer. This band has my favorite rhythm section ever and is just one huge, organic rhythm machine:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jeCeoMCMn84

Ironically (per Shadorne’s issues re: one drop), the featured drummer is Winston Grennan, who is generally credited as the originator of one drop.

A lot of older non-musicians think of John Bonham as the gold-standard in Rock drumming (younger ones Neil Peart ;-). For instance, this woman I’m seeing now; she has drug me out to see two Led Zeppelin tribute bands (tb are huge in the NW, for some reason) recently (the latest just last night), both not half-bad. But the drummer in neither could come close to replicating Bonham’s style. He is unquestionably the most influential, imitated Rock drummer of them all, for better or worse.

Ginger Baker for me and also Keith Moon and Jim Keltner. Someone current you all will probably dismiss and/or sneer at John Fishman.