Martin Garrix declared world’s No.1 DJ for the fifth timeMartin Garrix has once again landed the top spot in DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs poll for 2024, marking his fifth win.
Garrix has been voted as No.1 DJ five times in the last nine years, and during this time he has never placed outside of the top five. The 28-year-old Dutch artist now ties with Armin van Buuren for the highest number of No. 1 DJ wins, who presented him with the award.

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The crowning moment took place at the Amsterdam Music Festival (AMF) in front of 40.000 fans at the weekend as the clock struck midnight following sets from Monocule, Tita Lau, Wade and Marlon Hoffstadt.
DJ Mag’s show saw streamed performances from the world’s Top 100 DJs from all over the world delivered right to the AMF stage at the Johan Cruijff ArenA. Garrix also performed following his win with a celebratory performance that led into this headlining set.
DJ Mag’s poll takes place every year in aid of UNICEF. Also listed within the top 100 list for 2024 is David Guetta in second place – who won in 2023 – as well as Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike in third, and ALOK in fourth. Other creatives within the list are Armin van Buuren (6th), Afrojack (7th), Peggy Gou (10th), and Steve Aoki (12th).
Skrillex comes in at 19th, with Calvin Harris in 22nd and Fred again… at 28. Just squeezing in at 100 is Meduza. For Garrix’s previous win in 2022, he celebrated by performing a live-streamed set on top of the Empire State Building, becoming the first ever DJ to do so.

“I’m on the list with all my idols,” Martin Garrix states in a press release. “I look up to Armin, I look up to Tiësto. To be in there with those guys is very surreal. My biggest worry when I entered the list, and topped [it], was that it could only go downhill from here, so it’s very special we’re back at the No.1 spot.”
You can view the full list of DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs now, or find out more about Martin Garrix.
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