Top 50 Contemporary Artists

Top 50 Contemporary Artists by Auction Turnover (July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022)

Artist Turnover Lots Sold Best Result
1 Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) $268,048,572 88 $85,000,000
2 BANKSY (b. 1974) $127,794,344 1062 $25,426,401
3 Yoshitomo NARA (b. 1959) $106,387,163 550 $15,430,800
4 George CONDO (b. 1957) $77,950,869 150 $4,950,000
5 Cecily BROWN (b. 1969) $54,286,602 40 $6,583,500
6 Christopher WOOL (b. 1955) $50,229,684 56 $13,190,250
7 Jeff KOONS (b. 1955) $48,760,903 285 $15,201,000
8 Adrian GHENIE (b. 1977) $47,105,717 26 $10,326,314
9 Peter DOIG (b. 1959) $44,641,199 55 $39,862,500
10 ZENG Fanzhi (b. 1964) $39,906,746 29 $6,172,094
11 Damien HIRST (b. 1965) $39,227,426 845 $5,609,900
12 Matthew WONG (1984-2019) $37,207,428 22 $5,897,150
13 Shara HUGHES (b. 1981) $32,929,644 53 $2,940,000
14 Ayako ROKKAKU (b. 1982) $29,674,355 202 $1,310,853
15 BEEPLE (b. 1981) $29,445,836 6 $28,985,000
16 Mark GROTJAHN (b. 1968) $26,366,783 20 $7,500,000
17 KAWS (b. 1974) $26,130,499 1262 $1,542,500
18 Nicolas PARTY (b. 1980) $25,311,495 61 $3,270,000
19 Stanley WHITNEY (b. 1946) $23,335,540 58 $2,319,000
20 Hurvin ANDERSON (b. 1965) $22,179,745 19 $10,138,262
21 Richard PRINCE (b. 1949) $20,630,039 60 $3,630,000
22 Avery SINGER (b. 1987) $20,156,306 19 $5,253,000
23 Flora YUKHNOVICH (b. 1990) $19,720,816 21 $3,601,641
24 Mark BRADFORD (b. 1961) $18,698,650 7 $6,009,000
25 Keith HARING (1958-1990) $18,686,010 638 $5,491,950
26 Javier CALLEJA (b. 1971) $18,207,795 185 $1,552,912
27 LIU Ye (b. 1964) $17,723,616 44 $4,796,271
28 HUANG Yuxing (b. 1975) $17,523,970 36 $8,320,542
29 Takashi MURAKAMI (b. 1962) $16,935,474 1373 $4,905,665
30 Jonas WOOD (b. 1977) $16,412,370 118 $4,652,470
31 ZHOU Chunya (b. 1955) $16,376,106 47 $2,968,107
32 Aboudia DIARRASSOUBA (b. 1983) $15,547,296 115 $498,132
33 Amoako BOAFO (b. 1984) $14,543,416 20 $3,420,368
34 Kerry James MARSHALL (b. 1955) $13,770,893 14 $13,538,000
35 LARVA LABS (b. 2005) $12,565,509 19 $4,348,811
36 Jadé FADOJUTIMI (b. 1993) $12,234,837 20 $1,612,436
37 Albert OEHLEN (b. 1954) $11,888,357 24 $4,073,987
38 Cindy SHERMAN (b. 1954) $11,782,766 105 $3,150,000
39 Günther FÖRG (1952-2013) $11,781,865 145 $1,159,417
40 Loie HOLLOWELL (b. 1983) $11,543,729 20 $1,880,240
41 LIU Wei (b. 1965) $10,929,607 14 $8,571,813
42 Rashid JOHNSON (b. 1977) $10,821,726 42 $2,550,000
43 FANG Lijun (b. 1963) $10,443,391 23 $9,514,711
44 Rudolf STINGEL (b. 1956) $10,329,084 13 $2,803,000
45 Anselm KIEFER (b. 1945) $9,997,959 35 $1,159,417
46 Edgar PLANS (b. 1977) $9,934,205 118 $698,601
47 MR DOODLE (b. 1994) $9,907,589 280 $802,910
48 Hilary PECIS (b. 1979) $9,769,833 28 $1,258,637
49 Kenny SCHARF (b. 1958) $9,716,180 116 $983,175
50 Sean SCULLY (b. 1945) $9,627,372 69 $2,046,500
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