Best blues guitarist, Clapton or Green

I saw Dire Straits over two nights at the Greek in Los Feliz in 1984 and Mark played each song, note for note, lick for lick, perfectly. I have been in the live music space for 30 years with 4,000 plus shows and I have never seen anything like it. Never bended a note. I have seen Eric play sloppily on numerous occasions=--very overated in my opinion.

If you like Stevie Ray check out Jimmy D. Lane. I believe his best album is Long Gone. I can't get enough of this recording.

Neither: if we didn't have both of them to enjoy this question would be moot, and it is.

As stated earlier- SRV is the best IMHO- fluid, emotion, technique and never boring.
However, Clapton has some real gems out there, especially in his drug and booze, broken hearted rage for Layla. Nobody knows you..., Have You Ever Loved a woman, Bell Bottom blues.
One of the best all time recorded guitar works, IMHO is Crossroads. Attack and emotion and fluid. Burns it up!!! And Spoonful??? Another one.
Of course, Clapton did Beyond The Cradle- this definitely put him in the realm of greats.

I never understood the appeal of that generation of technically refined rather timid British guitar players. Give me the raw intensity of Freddie King, Hubert Sumlin (Howlin' Wolf's guitarist), or T-Bone Walker anyday.