Top 500 contemporary artists: #1 to #50
| Rank | Artist | Turnover | Sold lots | Highest price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) | $256,098,080 | 125 | $45,315,000 |
| 2 | Peter DOIG (b. 1959) | $100,958,125 | 45 | $21,127,500 |
| 3 | Rudolf STINGEL (b. 1956) | $52,389,232 | 27 | $7,938,905 |
| 4 | George CONDO (b. 1957) | $49,248,967 | 100 | $6,162,500 |
| 5 | CHEN Yifei (1946-2005) | $47,201,867 | 18 | $22,640,280 |
| 6 | Christopher WOOL (b. 1955) | $45,494,087 | 47 | $14,472,784 |
| 7 | ZHOU Chunya (b. 1955) | $43,642,957 | 60 | $6,743,740 |
| 8 | Jeff KOONS (b. 1955) | $40,792,093 | 149 | $22,812,500 |
| 9 | Mark BRADFORD (b. 1961) | $40,152,432 | 11 | $11,979,851 |
| 10 | Kerry James MARSHALL (b. 1955) | $38,601,625 | 14 | $21,114,500 |
| 11 | Yoshitomo NARA (b. 1959) | $35,070,152 | 339 | $2,932,574 |
| 12 | Damien HIRST (b. 1965) | $29,230,253 | 328 | $4,412,500 |
| 13 | Richard PRINCE (b. 1949) | $28,540,215 | 55 | $3,255,000 |
| 14 | Cecily BROWN (b. 1969) | $27,271,037 | 27 | $6,776,200 |
| 15 | Keith HARING (1958-1990) | $24,331,489 | 419 | $4,212,500 |
| 16 | ZHANG Xiaogang (b. 1958) | $22,445,666 | 29 | $6,211,340 |
| 17 | ZENG Fanzhi (b. 1964) | $20,282,825 | 32 | $3,134,808 |
| 18 | Antony GORMLEY (b. 1950) | $19,467,079 | 71 | $6,911,977 |
| 19 | Takashi MURAKAMI (b. 1962) | $18,363,658 | 457 | $8,826,036 |
| 20 | Martin KIPPENBERGER (1953-1997) | $18,199,379 | 34 | $11,096,876 |
| 21 | LIU Wei (b. 1965) | $16,769,392 | 24 | $4,534,985 |
| 22 | KAWS (b. 1974) | $15,316,727 | 363 | $1,259,927 |
| 23 | Anselm KIEFER (b. 1945) | $15,211,978 | 43 | $2,595,457 |
| 24 | Mark TANSEY (b. 1949) | $15,073,311 | 10 | $7,453,600 |
| 25 | Jonas WOOD (b. 1977) | $14,116,103 | 36 | $2,292,500 |
| 26 | Albert OEHLEN (b. 1954) | $13,670,448 | 30 | $2,678,011 |
| 27 | QIU Hanqiao (b. 1958) | $13,577,606 | 14 | $5,751,438 |
| 28 | Hurvin ANDERSON (b. 1965) | $12,502,579 | 17 | $3,456,804 |
| 29 | Marlene DUMAS (b. 1953) | $12,339,092 | 65 | $3,615,000 |
| 30 | Adrian GHENIE (b. 1977) | $11,228,881 | 19 | $3,143,587 |
| 31 | Anish KAPOOR (b. 1954) | $11,200,128 | 53 | $1,515,000 |
| 32 | Günther FRÖG (1952-2013) | $10,838,045 | 192 | $727,956 |
| 33 | Wolfgang TILLMANS (b. 1968) | $10,215,274 | 81 | $720,597 |
| 34 | BANKSY (b. 1974) | $9,898,703 | 478 | $928,765 |
| 35 | Mark GROTJAHN (b. 1968) | $9,744,810 | 18 | $1,815,000 |
| 36 | Thomas SCHTTE (b. 1954) | $8,883,570 | 19 | $3,511,715 |
| 37 | Andreas GURSKY (b. 1955) | $8,271,034 | 33 | $2,204,263 |
| 38 | Sean SCULLY (b. 1945) | $7,427,785 | 49 | $1,588,365 |
| 39 | Robert GOBER (b. 1954) | $7,416,750 | 5 | $7,287,500 |
| 40 | YUE Minjun (b. 1962) | $7,199,870 | 49 | $2,484,536 |
| 41 | AI Xuan (b. 1947) | $7,165,019 | 25 | $3,762,296 |
| 42 | Cindy SHERMAN (b. 1954) | $6,836,921 | 71 | $1,252,084 |
| 43 | REN Zhong (b. 1976) | $6,827,821 | 20 | $2,760,406 |
| 44 | Felix GONZALEZ-TORRES (1957-1996) | $6,569,975 | 6 | $5,195,600 |
| 45 | LIU Ye (b. 1964) | $6,536,478 | 29 | $1,774,669 |
| 46 | LIU Guang (b. 1969) | $6,119,355 | 42 | $1,268,294 |
| 47 | Robert COMBAS (b. 1957) | $5,837,186 | 244 | $220,338 |
| 48 | Tony CRAGG (b. 1949) | $5,505,931 | 44 | $780,147 |
| 49 | WANG Mingming (b. 1952) | $5,438,533 | 57 | $1,395,847 |
| 50 | Robert LONGO (b. 1953) | $5,038,834 | 100 | $555,000 |
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