This question is impossible to answer - tons of great players and there are no rules/basics to judge upon.
Anyway your list is full of rock and rock'nroll players - you forgot jazz players a bit and I think there are lots of jazz guitarists technicaly better then any of guys above.
Pat Methany as a shiny example of the very very best play technique.
Also there are some players who are pretty underestimated - Martin Barre from Jethro Tull surely 1 of them - never got the respect he deserves I think.
at least you make me take a guitar and play after really long time
