Topul celor mai mari 10 violoncelisti ai tuturor timpurilor, alcatuit de catre specialistiiSinfini Music:

1.Pablo Casals (1876 Spania 1973)

2.Beatrice Harrison (1892 Anglia 1965)
3.Emanuel Feuermann (1902 Polonia 1942)
4.Pierre Fournier (1906

Franta 1986)

5.Zara Nelsova (1918 Rusia 2002)

6.Janos Starker (1924 Ungaria 2013)
7.Paul Tortelier (1914 Franta 1990)
8.Mstislav Rostropovici (1927 Azerbaijan 2007)
9.Anner Bylsma (n.1934 Olanda)
10.Jacqueline du Pre (1945 Anglia 1987)
Si parerea lui Julian Lloyd Webber, un faimos violoncelist si el, si un foarte activ comentator, data tot de catre Sinfini
Music (his top five cellists, the cellists whose playing has influenced his own, or whose legacy has shaped and changed the
cello repertoire):

1.Beatrice Harrison (1892 1965)

2.Pierre Fournier (1906 1986)
3.Paul Tortelier (1914 1990)
4.Mstislav Rostropovici (1927 2007)
5.Misha Maisky (n.1948 Letonia)
Si dintre cei care forteaza intrarile in topuri, lacate pe care le vor sparge peste nu mult timp, aproape sigur:
violoncelista Laura van der Heijden, castigatoarea BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2012, la varsta de 15 ani