Chace Crawford. Pic: dodge challenger1

The 'Gossip Girl' star topped People magazine's annual list of the sexiest single men.

'Star Trek' actor Chris Pine came second, while 'Transformers' star Shia LeBeouf finished in third place.

Chace is thrilled to have topped the poll, and insists he is in no hurry to find a lover and settle down.

The 23-year-old hunk said: "I'm not looking for a girlfriend, but I'm not particularly looking for a girlfriend, either. I'm not knocking having a relationship.

"At the end of the day, you want to share with someone. But I just look at it as, I have the rest of my life to do that. I'm not in any rush."

Even though he doesn't have a girlfriend, Chace has furiously denied claims he is secretly dating his TV co-star Ed Westwick.

He added: "You know what we really did the first time we heard it? Ed goes, 'Oh, did you hear that rumour about us being gay?' I was like, 'Yeah, man.'

He starts laughing and we're kind of like, 'OK, you want to go play pool and have a beer?' "

American Idol' runner-up Adam Lambert, 'Twilight' hunks Robert Pattinson and Kellan Lutz, 'The Hills' star Brody Jenner and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson also appeared in the top 10.

People magazine's Top 10 Hottest Bachelors:
1. Chace Crawford
2. Chris Pine
3. Shia LeBeouf
4. Adam Lambert
5. Ryan Eggold and Kellan Lutz
6. Dwayne Johnson
7. Brody Jenner
8. Common
9. Taylor Kitsch
10. Robert Pattinson