Top 500 contemporary artists: #1 to #50
| Rank | Artist | Auction turnover | Sold lots | Best result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean-Michel BASQUIAT (1960-1988) | $313,520,830 | 98 | $110,487,500 |
| 2 | Peter DOIG (b. 1959) | $60,651,662 | 40 | $28,810,000 |
| 3 | Christopher WOOL (b. 1955) | $52,622,505 | 45 | $17,159,500 |
| 4 | Rudolf STINGEL (b. 1956) | $51,539,840 | 28 | $10,551,500 |
| 5 | Mark GROTJAHN (b. 1968) | $39,046,320 | 17 | $16,767,500 |
| 6 | Richard PRINCE (b. 1949) | $36,020,684 | 56 | $5,847,500 |
| 7 | Yoshitomo NARA (b. 1959) | $35,878,411 | 223 | $3,103,911 |
| 8 | Keith HARING (1958-1990) | $34,823,067 | 350 | $6,537,500 |
| 9 | ZENG Fanzhi (b. 1964) | $31,099,780 | 23 | $13,516,074 |
| 10 | Damien HIRST (b. 1965) | $30,071,188 | 268 | $5,850,000 |
| 11 | Adrian GHENIE (b. 1977) | $28,267,616 | 35 | $9,054,022 |
| 12 | Anselm KIEFER (b. 1945) | $23,999,092 | 40 | $3,063,008 |
| 13 | Albert OEHLEN (b. 1954) | $18,552,016 | 28 | $3,619,672 |
| 14 | Mark BRADFORD (b. 1961) | $16,374,654 | 10 | $4,773,760 |
| 15 | Jeff KOONS (b. 1955) | $15,604,353 | 65 | $7,863,500 |
| 16 | Thomas SCHÜTTE (b. 1954) | $14,920,829 | 19 | $5,175,500 |
| 17 | ZHANG Xiaogang (b. 1958) | $14,629,862 | 36 | $5,556,717 |
| 18 | John CURRIN (b. 1962) | $13,526,334 | 9 | $12,007,500 |
| 19 | George CONDO (b. 1957) | $13,313,752 | 73 | $1,006,000 |
| 20 | ZHOU Chunya (b. 1955) | $13,147,163 | 39 | $2,124,234 |
| 21 | Sean SCULLY (b. 1945) | $11,971,151 | 56 | $1,692,500 |
| 22 | Njideka Akunyili CROSBY (b. 1983) | $10,643,670 | 9 | $3,072,754 |
| 23 | LUO Zhongli (b. 1948) | $9,801,819 | 15 | $7,249,370 |
| 24 | Günther FÖRG (1952-2013) | $9,055,465 | 171 | $798,453 |
| 25 | Takashi MURAKAMI (b. 1962) | $8,059,701 | 373 | $2,944,939 |
| 26 | Miquel BARCELO (b. 1957) | $7,970,086 | 20 | $3,598,370 |
| 27 | LIU Wei (b. 1965) | $7,742,395 | 17 | $2,092,138 |
| 28 | Cecily BROWN (b. 1969) | $7,392,898 | 9 | $2,420,779 |
| 29 | LIU Xiaodong (b. 1963) | $7,133,015 | 10 | $2,699,280 |
| 30 | Cindy SHERMAN (b. 1954) | $7,046,636 | 54 | $1,032,500 |
| 31 | AI Weiwei (b. 1957) | $6,901,340 | 28 | $3,370,000 |
| 32 | Robert GOBER (b. 1954) | $6,677,835 | 10 | $5,287,500 |
| 33 | Jonas WOOD (b. 1977) | $6,646,336 | 33 | $1,152,500 |
| 34 | Martin KIPPENBERGER (1953-1997) | $6,404,738 | 37 | $4,860,972 |
| 35 | KAWS (b. 1974) | $6,273,765 | 150 | $410,560 |
| 36 | BANKSY (b. 1974) | $6,042,397 | 279 | $417,437 |
| 37 | Mike KELLEY (1954-2012) | $5,980,107 | 19 | $2,887,500 |
| 38 | Wolfgang TILLMANS (b. 1968) | $5,684,293 | 49 | $783,717 |
| 39 | Antony GORMLEY (b. 1950) | $5,586,310 | 45 | $847,500 |
| 40 | Anish KAPOOR (b. 1954) | $5,557,394 | 37 | $1,241,323 |
| 41 | Urs FISCHER (b. 1973) | $5,477,305 | 9 | $3,367,500 |
| 42 | Wade GUYTON (b. 1972) | $5,455,312 | 14 | $1,990,000 |
| 43 | Joe BRADLEY (b. 1975) | $5,393,546 | 13 | $1,807,500 |
| 44 | William KENTRIDGE (b. 1955) | $5,185,884 | 121 | $437,006 |
| 45 | LIU Ye (b. 1964) | $5,138,893 | 20 | $1,822,392 |
| 46 | LIU Dan (b. 1953) | $5,000,146 | 23 | $701,000 |
| 47 | Glenn LIGON (b. 1960) | $4,653,879 | 19 | $1,212,500 |
| 48 | LENG Jun (b. 1963) | $4,532,523 | 5 | $4,054,383 |
| 49 | CHEN Yifei (1946-2005) | $4,364,873 | 14 | $1,028,399 |
| 50 | Neo RAUCH (b. 1960) | $4,321,821 | 27 | $1,031,576 |
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