"Synchronicity" has appeared on numerous rankings of the greatest albums of all time. In 2000, the Virgin "All Time Top 1000 Albums" book ranked "Synchronicity" at No. 91. In 2003, "Synchronicity" was ranked at No. 455 on "Rolling Stone"s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time; the album also placed on updates of the list in 2012 (at No. 448) and in 2020 (at No. 159). In 2010, "Consequence of Sound" listed it as the 37th best album of all time. "Synchronicity" was ranked 50th in VH1's 2001 countdown of the "100 Greatest Albums of Rock & Roll", and 65th in Channel 4's "100 Greatest Albums" in 2005. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame compiled a list of "The Definitive 200" albums in 2007, listing "Synchronicity" at No. 119. In 2009, "Synchronicity" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2013, it placed at No. 13 in BBC Radio 2's "Top 100 Favourite Albums", a poll voted in by over 100,000 people. "Synchronicity" was included in the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die".