While the list is so comprehensive that the names picked by Rettenmund-including such iconic performers as Lukas Ridgeston, Jeff Stryker and the late Jack Wrangler-are not likely to be controversial, Rettenmund’s numerical rankings may cause some disagreement. Why? “Truth be told, I'm not wildly turned on by Jeff Stryker,” Rettenmund writes, “even though he is inarguably the most famous gay pornstar who's ever lived.” To start with, Stryker- certainly the most famous gay porn icon-does not top the list, placing instead at Number 2.
Numerous active performers make the list, such as Carter Dane at Number 37, “a true beneficiary of the power of social media.” Rocco Steele comes in at Number 30, by virtue of possessing, according to Rettenmund, “the biggest, thickest tool in the toolbox.” Armond Rizzo places at 27th on the list, rated by the blog as “one of the most famous superbottoms in the history of porn.” And he describes Boomer Banks, at Number 20, as “one of the first of the new-breed gay-porn stars who were brand-conscious more than simply bouncing from job to job.” Nonetheless, Rettenmund ranks Stryker second out of his 250 largely because “his fabled kickstand is hard to deny,” and “Stryker is the ultimate brand.”īut the list is not all vintage gay porn stars.
