Drumming, in my opinion, is more than just keeping a beat. It's the interpretation of the melody and melodically producing the music with different tones and accents. It's also using the 26 standard rudiments and Swiss rudiments in different variations to accentuate the music. My choices would be:
Mike Mangini
Simon Phillips
Dirk Verbeuren
Alan White
Neal Peart
Jeff Porcaro
Joey Jordison
John Bonham
Billy Cobham
Jason Bittner
My list goes on and on. I had a Ludwig super classic set when I was 13 years old. My parents bought it from Joey Covington (Jefferson Airplane) just before he moved from PA to CA and became famous.