David Guetta has been crowned The World's No. 1 DJ in DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs 2026. The result was revealed live on stage at [UNVRS] in Ibiza on October 6, making Guetta the first artist ever to win the poll six times. That moves him ahead of Martin Garrix and Armin van Buuren, who have five wins each.
"DJs are now playing stadium shows that were once reserved for the biggest pop and rock acts," Guetta said. "It's not just about me, it's the whole community."
The top five
Martin Garrix holds steady at No. 2. Anyma is the big mover at the top, jumping seven places to No. 3. Alok drops one place to No. 4, and Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike slip one spot to No. 5 but remain the highest-ranked group.
Genre winners
Charlotte de Witte climbs to No. 6 overall and is The World's No. 1 Techno DJ for the seventh year in a row. FISHER keeps the No. 1 House DJ title, Armin van Buuren is again No. 1 Trance DJ and stays in the top 10, and Sara Landry is No. 1 Hard DJ. Indira Paganotto wins the first-ever No. 1 Psy DJ award.
Climbers and new names
John Summit, Mau P and Chris Stassy each rise 22 places to share the Highest Climber award. Fred again.. jumps 17 spots to No. 16. UK house DJ Josh Baker is the Highest New Entry, landing at No. 40.
Anastazja takes the Future Star award, and Luciano receives the Outstanding Contribution Award. DJ Mag says this year's poll drew a record number of votes from 234 territories.
Many of this year's names are heading to Amsterdam Dance Event later this month, including Garrix, Mau P and Chris Stassy.
Sources: DJ Mag, Bandwagon.
Photo: David Guetta, DJ Mag No. 1 (2020) by Nicovdwoude, CC BY-SA 4.0.