Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last two weeks, you’ll probably already know that this year DJ Mag crowned a new winner in our Top 100 DJs poll. Dutch superstar DJ and ‘Animals’ producer Martin Garrix took home the top spot, much to the delight of his legions of loyal fans around the globe, whilst last year’s winners Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike dropped one spot to come in at No. 2 in 2016.

Fellow Dutch selectors Hardwell, Armin Van Buuren and Tiesto rounded out the Top 5 (in that order) whilst newcomer Oliver Heldens entered DJ Mag’s Top 10 for the very first time. Guetta, Aoki and Afrojack all made an appearance in the Top 10 once again this year, and Skrillex managed to maintain his 2015 spot coming in at No.9. A quick glance at the Top 10 reveals that almost every act largely plays and produces EDM, with the exception of Heldens who's made a name for himself playing future house, or the occasional trance set from Top 100 mainstay Armin Van Buuren.

“Each year, many of you comment on how few techno DJs make it into the Top 100 list”

In 2016, Carl Cox was the highest-ranking techno DJ coming in at No.74. WIth this in mind, DJ Mag has decided to reveal a list of the highest ranking techno-leaning DJs to make the cut, all of whom spin genres outside the EDM realm. The results are fascinating.

The list is compiled from highest to lowest starting with Coxy and is based solely on the amount of votes received by each DJ by the voting public from 2016’s poll. It's a pretty comprehensive list that we’re confident any fan of the underground can get on board with, but as always, hop on Twitter and tell us who you’d like to see next year in the list!