The MTV Europe Music Award for Best Rock has been awarded since 1994. During the 2002 ceremony the category was separated, creating an additional award entitled Best Hard Rock Act. The category was briefly retitled to this during the 2007 and 2008 ceremonies, before reverting to its original name during the following year. Linkin Park holds the most wins, with five, followed by Coldplay with four.
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
† indicates an MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video–winning artist.
‡ indicates an MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video–nominated artist that same year.
| Year | Artist | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | ||
| Aerosmith ‡ | [1] | |
| Metallica | ||
| Rage Against the Machine | ||
| Soundgarden † | ||
| Therapy? | ||
| 1995 | ||
| Bon Jovi | [2] | |
| Green Day ‡ | ||
| Oasis | ||
| The Offspring | ||
| Therapy? | ||
| 1996 | ||
| The Smashing Pumpkins | [3] | |
| Bon Jovi | ||
| Die Toten Hosen | ||
| Metallica † | ||
| Oasis | ||
| 1997 | ||
| Oasis | [4] | |
| Aerosmith † | ||
| Jon Bon Jovi | ||
| Bush | ||
| Skunk Anansie | ||
| 1998 | ||
| Aerosmith † | [5] | |
| Garbage | ||
| Marilyn Manson | ||
| Rammstein | ||
| The Smashing Pumpkins | ||
| 1999 | ||
| The Offspring ‡ | [6] | |
| The Cardigans | ||
| Lenny Kravitz ‡ | ||
| Marilyn Manson | ||
| Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| Year | Artist | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | ||
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | [7] | |
| Bon Jovi | ||
| Foo Fighters | ||
| Korn ‡ | ||
| Limp Bizkit † | ||
| 2001 | ||
| Blink 182 | [8] | |
| Crazy Town | ||
| Limp Bizkit † | ||
| Linkin Park ‡ | ||
| U2 | ||
| 2002 | ||
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | [9] | |
| Bon Jovi | ||
| Coldplay | ||
| Nickelback | ||
| U2 | ||
| Best Hard Rock Act | ||
| Linkin Park † | ||
| Korn ‡ | ||
| P.O.D. ‡ | ||
| Puddle of Mudd | ||
| System of a Down ‡ | ||
| 2003 | ||
| The White Stripes | [10] | |
| Good Charlotte ‡ | ||
| Linkin Park † | ||
| Metallica ‡ | ||
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | ||
| 2004 | ||
| Linkin Park ‡ | [11] | |
| The Darkness ‡ | ||
| Good Charlotte | ||
| Green Day | ||
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | ||
| 2005 | ||
| Green Day † | [12] | |
| Coldplay | ||
| Foo Fighters ‡ | ||
| Franz Ferdinand | ||
| U2 | ||
| 2006 | ||
| The Killers | [13] | |
| Evanescence | ||
| Keane | ||
| Red Hot Chili Peppers ‡ | ||
| The Strokes | ||
| 2007 | ||
| Thirty Seconds to Mars | [14] | |
| Evanescence | ||
| Fall Out Boy | ||
| Linkin Park | ||
| My Chemical Romance | ||
| 2008 | ||
| Thirty Seconds to Mars | [15] | |
| Linkin Park † | ||
| Metallica | ||
| Paramore ‡ | ||
| Slipknot ‡ | ||
| 2009 | ||
| Green Day † | [16] | |
| Foo Fighters | ||
| Kings of Leon ‡ | ||
| Linkin Park | ||
| U2 |
| Year | Artist | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||
| Thirty Seconds to Mars † | [17] | |
| Kings of Leon | ||
| Linkin Park | ||
| Muse ‡ | ||
| Ozzy Osbourne | ||
| 2011 | ||
| Linkin Park | [18] | |
| Coldplay | ||
| Foo Fighters † | ||
| Kings of Leon | ||
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | ||
| 2012 | ||
| Linkin Park ‡ | [19] | |
| Coldplay † | ||
| Green Day | ||
| The Killers | ||
| Muse | ||
| 2013 | ||
| Green Day | [20] | |
| Black Sabbath | ||
| The Killers | ||
| Kings of Leon | ||
| Queens of the Stone Age | ||
| 2014 | ||
| Linkin Park ‡ | [21] | |
| Arctic Monkeys ‡ | ||
| The Black Keys ‡ | ||
| Coldplay | ||
| Imagine Dragons ‡ | ||
| 2015 | ||
| Coldplay | [22] | |
| Foo Fighters | ||
| Muse | ||
| Royal Blood | ||
| AC/DC | ||
| 2016 | ||
| Coldplay ‡ | [23] | |
| Green Day | ||
| Metallica | ||
| Muse | ||
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | ||
| 2017 | ||
| Coldplay ‡ | [24] | |
| Foo Fighters ‡ | ||
| Royal Blood | ||
| The Killers | ||
| U2 | ||
| 2018 | ||
| 5 Seconds of Summer | [25] | |
| Foo Fighters ‡ | ||
| Imagine Dragons † | ||
| Muse | ||
| U2 | ||
| 2019 | ||
| Green Day | [26] | |
| Imagine Dragons ‡ | ||
| Liam Gallagher | ||
| Panic! at the Disco † | ||
| The 1975 ‡ |
| Year | Artist | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||
| Coldplay † | [27] | |
| Green Day ‡ | ||
| Liam Gallagher | ||
| Pearl Jam | ||
| Tame Impala | ||
| The Killers ‡ | ||
| 2021 | ||
| Måneskin | [28] | |
| Coldplay | ||
| Foo Fighters | ||
| Imagine Dragons | ||
| Kings of Leon | ||
| The Killers | ||
| 2022 | ||
| Muse | [29] | |
| Foo Fighters | ||
| Måneskin | ||
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | ||
| Liam Gallagher | ||
| The Killers | ||
| 2023 | ||
| Måneskin | [30] | |
| Arctic Monkeys | ||
| Foo Fighters | ||
| Metallica | ||
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | ||
| The Killers |
| Wins | Artist |
|---|---|
| 5 | Linkin Park |
| 4 | Coldplay |
| Green Day | |
| 3 | Thirty Seconds to Mars |
| 2 | Aerosmith |
| Måneskin | |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | |
| 1 | Blink 182 |
| Bon Jovi | |
| Oasis | |
| The Killers | |
| The Offspring | |
| The Smashing Pumpkins | |
| The White Stripes | |
| 5 Seconds of Summer |
| Nominations | Artist |
|---|---|
| 11 | Linkin Park |
| 10 | Coldplay |
| 9 | Foo Fighters |
| Green Day | |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | |
| 7 | The Killers |
| 6 | Muse |
| U2 |