| Cover | | Date  | Title • Artist  Album | Points  | Charts Peaks | Comment |
|---|
 | 1. | 10/2002 | | 507
 | US 4 US rock ✫1 US alt. 2 | [album cut] written by Brad Arnold, Todd Harrell, Chris Henderson & Matt Roberts |
 | 2. | 06/2002 | | 506
 | US 34 UK 2 US rock ✫1 US alt. ✫1 | [Warner 38574] written by Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis & Chad Smith |
 | 3. | 05/2002 | | 472
 | US 3 UK 4 US rock ✫1 US alt. ✫1 | featuring Josey Scott [Columbia/Roadrunner album cut] written by Chad Kroeger, Josey Scott & Tyler Connolly |
 | 4. | 09/2002 | | 402
 | US 43 UK 5 US rock 3 US alt. ✫1 | [Roswell/RCA album cut] written by Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel & Chris Shiflett |
 | 5. | 12/2002 | | 392
 | US 16 UK 106 US rock ✫1 US alt. ✫1 | written by Chris Taylor Brown, Peter Charell & Simon Ormandy |
 | 6. | 08/2002 | | 362
 | US 13 UK 14 US rock ✫1 US alt. 2 | [album cut] written by Wes Scantlin & Jimmy Allen |
 | 7. | 10/2002 | | 345
 | US 45 US rock ✫1 US alt. ✫1 | written by Kurt Cobain |
 | 8. | 06/2002 | | 333
 | US 55 UK 34 US rock ✫1 US alt. ✫1 | [album cut] written by Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian |
 | 9. | 10/2002 | | 326
 | US ✫1 UK ✫1 US R&B 4 US alt. 14 | [Academy Award for Best Original Song 2002]
[Grammy Award for Best Rap Song 2004]
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #166] [Shady 497815] written by Eminem (as Marshall Mathers), Jeff Bass & Luis Resto |
 | 10. | 10/2002 | | 326
 | US 51 UK 15 US rock 5 US alt. ✫1 | written by Josh Homme & Mark Lanegan |
 | 11. | 04/2002 | | 312
 | US 61 US rock ✫1 US alt. 3 | [album cut] written by Wes Scantlin & Jimmy Allen |
 | 12. | 10/2002 | | 300
 | US 51 UK 47 US rock 2 US alt. ✫1 | written by Josey Scott & Bob Marlette |
 | 13. | 08/2002 | | 282
 | US 58 UK 31 US rock 3 US alt. 3 | [Reprise album cut] written by Disturbed |
 | 14. | 08/2002 | | 272
 | US 56 UK 28 US rock 2 US alt. 4 | [album cut] written by Corey Taylor |
 | 15. | 03/2002 | | 268
 | US 72 UK 12 US rock 4 US alt. 4 | [Immortal album cut] written by Jonathan Davis, James "Munky" Shaffer, Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, Brian "Head" Welch & David Silveria |
 | 16. | 07/2002 | | 266
 | US 56 US rock 3 US alt. 4 | written by Pete Loeffler |
 | 17. | 05/2002 | | 262
 | US 76 UK 14 US rock 3 US alt. 5 | [DreamWorks album cut] written by Jacoby Shaddix & Tobin Esperance |
 | 18. | 05/2002 | | 257
 | US 2 UK ✫1 US R&B 13 US alt. 15 | [MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year 2002] [Web/Aftermath album cut] written by Eminem (as Marshall Mathers) |
 | 19. | 08/2002 | | 256
 | US 61 US rock 3 US alt. 6 | written by Shaun Morgan & Dale Stewart |
 | 20. | 12/2002 | | 253
 | US 57 UK 22 US rock 15 US alt. ✫1 | [album cut] written by Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis & Chad Smith |
| 21. | 04/2002 | | 250
 | US 6 UK 47 US rock 5 US alt. 17 | charted as One Last Breath / Bullets in UK charts [Wind-up album cut] written by Scott Stapp & Mark Tremonti |
 | 22. | 04/2002 | | 242
 | US 44 UK 100 US rock 9 US alt. 2 | [album cut] written by Dan Estrin & Doug Robb (as Douglas Robb) |
 | 23. | 02/2002 | | 238
 | US 102 US rock ✫1 US alt. 20 | [album cut] written by Sully Erna |
 | 24. | 10/2002 | | 237
 | US 69 UK 24 US rock 2 US alt. 9 | [Interscope album cut (Epic)] written by Audioslave |
 | 25. | 01/2002 | | 222
 | US 70 UK 25 US rock 10 US alt. 3 | [album cut] written by Serj Tankian, Daron Malakian & Shavo Odadjian |
| 26. | 07/2002 | | 216
 | US 124 UK 30 US rock ✫1 US alt. 24 | [album cut] |
 | 27. | 08/2002 | | 206
 | US 49 UK 11 US rock 14 US alt. 6 | [album cut] written by Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis & Chad Smith |
| 28. | 06/2002 | | 202
 | US 91 UK 89 US rock 6 US alt. 6 | [Geffen 497786] written by TRUSTcompany |
 | 29. | 10/2002 | | 199
 | US 43 UK 26 US rock 7 US alt. 6 | [Epic 79809] written by Eddie Vedder |
| 30. | 09/2002 | | 186
 | US 106 UK 92 US rock 5 US alt. 10 | [album cut] written by Taproot |
 | 31. | 06/2002 | | 183
 | US 2 UK 3 US AC 13 | [Arista 15185] written by Avril Lavigne, Lauren Christy, Scott Spock & Graham Edwards |
 | 32. | 06/2002 | | 181
 | US 108 UK 37 US rock 6 US alt. 11 | [album cut] |
 | 33. | 02/2002 | | 172
 | US 105 US alt. ✫1 | [album cut] written by Scott Russo |
 | 34. | 05/2002 | | 167
 | US 104 US rock 27 US alt. 3 | [album cut] written by Incubus |
 | 35. | 11/2002 | | 161
 | US 29 UK 9 US dance 31 US alt. 9 | [Grammy Award for Record of the Year 2004] [album cut] written by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin |
| 36. | 12/2002 | | 157
 | US 110 UK 56 US rock 6 US alt. 22 | [album cut] written by Disturbed |
 | 37. | 09/2002 | | 154
 | US 20 UK 8 US alt. 11 | [album cut] written by Good Charlotte, Benji Madden & Joel Madden |
| 38. | 06/2002 | | 154
 | US 75 UK 38 US alt. 2 | [DreamWorks album cut] written by Jimmy Eat World |
 | 39. | 04/2002 | | 154
 | US rock 7 US alt. 14 | written by Dallas Smith, Jeremy Hora, Dave Benedict, Danny Craig & Chad Kroeger |
| 40. | 03/2002 | | 151
 | US rock 6 US alt. 20 | |
 | 41. | 02/2002 | | 149
 | US 85 UK 7 US rock 29 US alt. 13 | featuring Mike Shinoda & Mr. Hahn written by R. Aguilar, Keith Bailey, Joseph Hahn, A. Joiner, M. Jones, M. Shinoda & A. Williams |
| 42. | 12/2002 | | 148
 | US 103 UK 28 US rock 21 US alt. 7 | [album cut] written by Billy Corgan |
 | 43. | 09/2002 | | 148
 | US 77 UK 5 US rock 26 US alt. 14 | [album cut] written by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton & Larry Mullen Jr. |
 | 44. | 06/2002 | | 147
 | US 122 UK 24 US rock 27 US alt. 7 | [album cut] written by Craig Nicholls |
| 45. | 12/2002 | | 146
 | US 4 UK 7 US AC 18 | written by Avril Lavigne, Scott Spock, Lauren Christy & Graham Edwards |
 | 46. | 02/2002 | | 146
 | US 86 UK 23 US rock 35 US alt. 6 | written by Randy Fitzsimmons |
 | 47. | 10/2002 | | 146
 | US 8 UK 3 US dance ✫1 | [Warner 42492] written by Madonna & Mirwais Ahmadzaï |
 | 48. | 04/2002 | | 140
 | US 44 US rock 26 US alt. 7 | [album cut] written by Raine Maida |
 | 49. | 03/2002 | | 136
 | US 9 UK 3 US dance 5 | [album cut] written by Lester Mendez & Shakira |
 | 50. | 07/2002 | | 136
 | US 117 UK 2 US alt. 17 | [album cut] written by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin |
 | 51. | 10/2002 | | 133
 | US 5 UK 16 US AC ✫1 | featuring Michelle Branch [Arista 15203] written by Gregg Alexander & Rick Nowels |
| 52. | 04/2002 | | 131
 | US rock 28 US alt. 5 | |
 | 53. | 11/2002 | | 131
 | US 106 UK 16 US alt. 7 | [album cut] written by Deryck Whibley, Dave Baksh, Cone McCaslin & Steve Jocz |
 | 54. | 06/2002 | | 130
 | US 85 UK 30 US alt. 5 | [Drive-thru 113995] written by Jordan Pundik, Chad Gilbert, Steve Klein, Ian Grushka & Cyrus Bolooki |
 | 55. | 12/2002 | | 129
 | US 60 UK 13 US alt. 8 | written by Tyson Ritter & Nick Wheeler |
 | 56. | 07/2002 | | 127
 | US 94 UK 80 US dance 21 US rock 12 US alt. 11 | [Reprise 42444] written by Richard Patrick & Geno Lenardo |
| 57. | 05/2002 | | 127
 | UK 167 US rock 9 US alt. 17 | written by Benjamin Einziger, Paul Fried, Jamin Wilcox & Jason Boyd |
| 58. | 11/2002 | | 124
 | US rock 7 US alt. 30 | written by Scott Stapp & Mark Tremonti |
 | 59. | 11/2002 | | 123
 | US 107 US rock 14 US alt. 12 | [album cut] written by Serj Tankian & Daron Malakian |
 | 60. | 10/2002 | | 119
 | US rock 11 US alt. 28 | written by Chad Gray, Greg Tribbett, Ryan Martinie & Matthew McDonough |
| 61. | 01/2002 | | 119
 | US rock 11 US alt. 23 | written by Rob Zombie & Scott Humphrey |
| 62. | 01/2002 | | 119
 | US rock 9 US alt. 22 | |
| 63. | 03/2002 | | 112
 | US rock 5 | |
 | 64. | 04/2002 | | 111
 | US rock 10 US alt. 31 | written by Danny Carey, Maynard James Keenan, Adam Jones & Justin Chancellor |
 | 65. | 04/2002 | | 110
 | US 123 US rock 21 US alt. 13 | [Atlantic 85372] written by Sonny Sandoval, Marcos Curiel, Traa Daniels & Wuv Bernardo |
 | 66. | 09/2002 | | 109
 | US 10 UK 8 | [Arista album cut] written by Avril Lavigne, Lauren Christy, Scott Spock & Graham Edwards |
 | 67. | 03/2002 | | 109
 | US 18 UK 100 US rock 29 US alt. 21 | written by John Rzeznik |
 | 68. | 12/2002 | | 106
 | UK ✫1 | written by Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, Niara Scarlett & Xenomania |
 | 69. | 11/2002 | | 102
 | US 4 US AC 17 US country 21 | featuring Sheryl Crow [not released in the UK] written by Kid Rock (as Robert Ritchie) |
 | 70. | 04/2002 | | 101
 | US 17 UK 16 US AC 5 US dance ✫1 | [album cut] written by Sheryl Crow & Jeff Trott |
| 71. | 08/2002 | | 97
 | UK ✫1 | written by Darius (as Darius Danesh), Pete Glenister & Deni Lew |
 | 72. | 02/2002 | | 96
 | US 6 UK 33 US AC 30 | [album cut] written by Michelle Branch |
 | 73. | 03/2002 | | 95
 | US 121 UK 21 US alt. 12 | [album cut] written by Jack White |
 | 74. | 08/2002 | | 94
 | UK 120 US rock 15 US alt. 21 | written by Sonny Sandoval, Marcos Curiel, Traa Daniels & Wuv Bernardo |
 | 75. | 08/2002 | | 93
 | US rock 8 | written by Tyler Connolly, Dave Brenner, Dean Back & Chad Kroeger |
 | 76. | 05/2002 | | 93
 | UK ✫1 | written by Garth Brooks & Kent Blazy |
| 77. | 02/2002 | | 93
 | US rock 11 US alt. 27 | written by Scott Stapp & Mark Tremonti |
 | 78. | 04/2002 | | 92
 | UK ✫1 | written by Noel Gallagher |
| 79. | 02/2002 | | 91
 | US rock 19 US alt. 22 | |
| 80. | 12/2002 | | 90
 | US 123 US rock 9 | [album cut] written by Neil Alday & Dusty Price |
| 81. | 01/2002 | | 89
 | US 123 US alt. 7 | [album cut] |
 | 82. | 05/2002 | | 89
 | US 120 UK 41 US alt. 8 | written by Tom DeLonge & Travis Barker |
| 83. | 11/2002 | | 88
 | US rock 20 US alt. 26 | |
 | 84. | 09/2002 | | 88
 | US 118 UK 5 US AC 25 US rock 31 | [Island 063935] written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora & Andreas Carlsson |
 | 85. | 11/2002 | | 88
 | UK 10 US alt. 18 | written by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin |
| 86. | 03/2002 | | 85
 | US 103 US alt. 13 | [album cut] written by Nick Hexum (as Nicholas Hexum) |
 | 87. | 11/2002 | | 82
 | UK 50 US rock 24 US alt. 24 | written by Crazy Town |
| 88. | 11/2002 | | 82
 | US rock 24 US alt. 22 | |
 | 89. | 03/2002 | | 82
 | UK 65 US rock 18 US alt. 37 | written by Drowning Pool |
 | 90. | 07/2002 | | 82
 | US rock 19 US alt. 31 | written by Benjamin Burnley, Aaron Fink, Mark Klepaski & Jeremy Hummel |
 | 91. | 04/2002 | | 81
 | UK 11 US dance 13 US alt. 22 | written by Moby |
 | 92. | 06/2002 | | 80
 | UK 2 | written by Noel Gallagher |
| 93. | 10/2002 | | 79
 | UK 2 | written by Noel Gallagher |
 | 94. | 08/2002 | | 79
 | UK 25 US alt. 19 | written by Jack White & Meg White |
 | 95. | 03/2002 | | 78
 | US alt. 8 | written by Rivers Cuomo |
| 96. | 08/2002 | | 77
 | UK 171 US rock 18 US alt. 36 | |
| 97. | 08/2002 | | 77
 | US rock 24 US alt. 20 | written by Gavin Rossdale & Glen Ballard |
 | 98. | 07/2002 | | 76
 | US 74 UK 3 | [Epic 79794] written by Brian Elliot & Madonna |
| 99. | 05/2002 | | 76
 | US rock 22 US alt. 28 | written by Aaron Lewis |
| 100. | 10/2002 | | 75
 | US rock 14 | written by Sahaj Ticotin |