Except for the songs that made my Top 20 songs of 2002 and the representative tracks from my Top 20 Albums of 2002, these are the rest of the best hardcore punk/aggressive rock tracks of 2002. To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2001 and November 30, 2002.

1. Sparta “Cut Your Ribbon” Wiretap Scars (Dreamworks)
2. Foo Fighters “Low” One By One (RCA/BMG)
3. Sum 41 “Still Waiting” Does This Look Infected?
(Island/Def Jam)
4. The Distillers “I Am a Revenant” Sing Sing Death House
(Hellcat/Epitaph)
5. The Used “A Box Full of Sharp Objects” The Used (Reprise)
6. Snapcase “Coagulate” End Transmission (Victory)
7. Hatebreed “I Will Be Heard” Perserverance (Stillborn/Republic/Universal)
8. Desaparecidos “Man and Wife, The Latter (Damaged Goods)” Read Music/Speak Spanish (Saddle Creek)
9. Sparta “Glasshouse Tarot” Wiretap Scars (Dreamworks)
10. Loudermilk “Estrogen Oxygen Aches In the Teeth Again” The Red Record (Dreamworks)
11. Hot Snakes “Paid In Cigarettes” Suicide Invoice (Swami)
12. Nirvana “You Know You’re Right” Nirvana (DGC/Geffen)
13. The Distillers “The Young Crazed Peeling” Sing Sing Death House (Hellcat/Epitaph)
14. Transplants “Diamonds and Guns” Transplants (Epitaph)
15. Avail “East On Main” Front Porch Stories (Fat Wreck Chords)
16. Desaparecidos “Man and Wife, The Former (Financial Planning)” Read Music/Speak Spanish (Saddle Creek)
17. The Used “Maybe Memories” The Used (Reprise)
18. Hot Snakes “I Hate The Kids” Suicide Invoice (Swami)
19. Sparta “Red Alibi” Wiretap Scars (Dreamworks)
20. Sum 41 “The Hell Song” Does This Look Infected?
(Island/Def Jam)
21. Desaparecidos “The Happiest Place on Earth” Read Music/Speak Spanish (Saddle Creek)
22. The Detachment Kit “Yourself, A Majesty of Infinite Space” They Raging. Quiet Army (spinArt)
23. Avail “You” Front Porch Stories (Fat Wreck Chords)