[TOP 100 Artist Ranking]
Year Artists Sort by Order
Artists Ranking Points
1 Andy Warhol Chart | Auctions 1928-1987 US 1 ± 0 1 488133.12 + 47566.06
2 Pablo Picasso Chart | Auctions 1881-1973 ES 2 ± 0 2 454325.25 + 43925.22
3 Bruce Nauman Chart | Auctions *1941 (68) US 3 ± 0 3 275117.41 + 27839.72
4 Gerhard Richter Chart | Auctions *1932 (77) DE 4 ± 0 4 251971.80 + 26756.64
5 Joseph Beuys Chart | Auctions 1921-1986 DE 5 ± 0 5 221098.72 + 28273.27
6 Paul Klee Chart | Auctions 1879-1940 DE 6 ± 0 6 211915.95 + 24803.59
7 Robert Rauschenberg Chart | Auctions 1925-2008 US 7 ± 0 7 194384.69 + 17768.22
8 Sol LeWitt Chart | Auctions 1928-2007 US 8 + 1 9 192026.58 + 21353.06
9 Cindy Sherman Chart | Auctions *1954 (55) US 9 – 1 8 191494.88 + 15021.25
10 Henri Matisse Chart | Auctions 1869-1954 FR 10 ± 0 10 184358.00 + 14042.70
11 Ed Ruscha Chart | Auctions *1937 (72) US 11 ± 0 11 182123.58 + 24969.58
12 Louise Bourgeois Chart | Auctions *1911 (98) FR 12 ± 0 12 178004.94 + 21904.53
13 Joàn Miró Chart | Auctions 1893-1983 ES 13 + 1 14 171661.73 + 21298.80
14 Sigmar Polke Chart | Auctions *1941 (68) DE 14 + 1 15 169347.48 + 19328.61
15 Roy Lichtenstein Chart | Auctions 1923-1997 US 15 – 2 13 164736.59 + 9157.81
16 Martin Kippenberger Chart | Auctions 1953-1997 DE 16 ± 0 16 163258.00 + 15879.55
17 Georg Baselitz Chart | Auctions *1938 (71) DE 17 + 1 18 153521.97 + 18397.09
18 Max Ernst Chart | Auctions 1891-1976 DE 18 + 5 23 152721.22 + 26949.70
19 Wassily Kandinsky Chart | Auctions 1866-1944 RU 19 + 1 20 151374.95 + 18440.44
20 Olafur Eliasson Chart | Auctions *1967 (42) DK 20 + 1 21 151056.88 + 22968.08
21 Andreas Gursky Chart | Auctions *1955 (54) DE 21 – 4 17 150758.02 + 10344.33
22 Man Ray Chart | Auctions 1890-1976 US 22 + 8 30 149888.09 + 32693.50
23 Fischli & Weiss Chart | Auctions *1979 (30) CH 23 – 4 19 147906.75 + 13682.78
24 John Baldessari Chart | Auctions *1931 (78) US 24 + 3 27 144140.19 + 21519.88
25 Marcel Duchamp Chart | Auctions 1887-1968 FR 25 + 9 34 143832.12 + 30133.17
26 Lawrence Weiner Chart | Auctions *1940 (69) US 26 + 2 28 142531.16 + 22165.55
27 Douglas Gordon Chart | Auctions *1966 (43) UK 27 – 5 22 142436.12 + 15164.48
28 Thomas Ruff Chart | Auctions *1958 (51) DE 28 – 2 26 139960.78 + 16337.53
29 William Kentridge Chart | Auctions *1955 (54) ZA 29 – 4 25 137994.70 + 12974.55
30 Alberto Giacometti Chart | Auctions 1901-1966 CH 30 – 6 24 137238.59 + 11675.99
31 Pierre Huyghe Chart | Auctions *1962 (47) FR 31 – 2 29 134851.67 + 15575.77
32 Salvador Dalí Chart | Auctions 1904-1989 ES 32 + 1 33 132793.31 + 17899.31
33 Dan Graham Chart | Auctions *1942 (67) US 33 + 2 35 130270.70 + 16938.89
34 Jasper Johns Chart | Auctions *1930 (79) US 34 – 3 31 129642.85 + 14289.31
35 Donald Judd Chart | Auctions 1928-1994 US 35 + 3 38 124668.37 + 13860.38
36 Damien Hirst Chart | Auctions *1965 (44) UK 36 + 8 44 124365.59 + 17157.23
37 Anselm Kiefer Chart | Auctions *1945 (64) DE 37 – 1 36 124302.78 + 11360.60
38 Paul Cézanne Chart | Auctions 1839-1906 FR 38 – 6 32 123199.38 + 7878.50
39 Mike Kelley Chart | Auctions *1954 (55) US 39 + 3 42 123097.33 + 14764.01
40 Max Beckmann Chart | Auctions 1884-1950 DE 40 + 1 41 123016.70 + 14109.59
41 Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Chart | Auctions 1880-1938 DE 41 + 19 60 122647.80 + 23305.36
42 Francis Alÿs Chart | Auctions *1959 (50) BE 42 + 13 55 121346.18 + 21126.20
43 Pipilotti Rist Chart | Auctions *1962 (47) CH 43 – 4 39 121115.21 + 10518.56
44 Franz West Chart | Auctions *1947 (62) AT 44 – 7 37 121022.54 + 9195.50
45 Jeff Wall Chart | Auctions *1946 (63) CA 45 – 5 40 120545.14 + 11095.35
46 Marina Abramovic Chart | Auctions *1946 (63) RS 46 – 1 45 120181.44 + 13966.41
47 Richard Serra Chart | Auctions *1939 (70) US 47 + 2 49 118464.23 + 14292.38
48 Gilbert & George Chart | Auctions *1967 (42) UK 48 – 5 43 117705.12 + 10245.77
49 Fernand Léger Chart | Auctions 1881-1955 FR 49 + 1 50 117282.67 + 13361.74
50 Thomas Struth Chart | Auctions *1954 (55) DE 50 – 2 48 117167.78 + 12984.91
51 Rosemarie Trockel Chart | Auctions *1952 (57) DE 51 + 10 61 116869.87 + 17804.38
52 Alexander Calder Chart | Auctions 1898-1976 US 52 ± 0 52 115546.07 + 14849.72
53 Vincent van Gogh Chart | Auctions 1853-1890 NL 53 – 7 46 115286.55 + 9411.43
54 Paul McCarthy Chart | Auctions *1945 (64) US 54 + 2 56 115220.56 + 15490.17
55 Nam June Paik Chart | Auctions 1932-2006 KR 55 – 4 51 113879.65 + 12935.70
56 Gabriel Orozco Chart | Auctions *1962 (47) MX 56 – 9 47 113481.62 + 7715.87
57 Christian Boltanski Chart | Auctions *1944 (65) FR 57 – 4 53 110916.83 + 10317.57
58 Claes Oldenburg Chart | Auctions *1929 (80) SE 58 + 4 62 110750.31 + 11700.30
59 Claude Monet Chart | Auctions 1840-1926 FR 59 – 1 58 109928.30 + 10395.68
60 Bill Viola Chart | Auctions *1951 (58) US 60 – 3 57 109881.34 + 10297.02
61 Vito Acconci Chart | Auctions *1940 (69) US 61 + 5 66 109646.16 + 12999.43
62 Nan Goldin Chart | Auctions *1953 (56) US 62 – 8 54 109226.98 + 8696.19
63 Wolfgang Tillmans Chart | Auctions *1968 (41) DE 63 + 7 70 108913.61 + 15214.49
64 Edgar Degas Chart | Auctions 1834-1917 FR 64 – 5 59 108838.44 + 9430.70
65 Rodney Graham Chart | Auctions *1949 (60) CA 65 + 10 75 107123.20 + 15818.21
66 Jeff Koons Chart | Auctions *1955 (54) US 66 – 2 64 107090.82 + 8937.70
67 Jenny Holzer Chart | Auctions *1950 (59) US 67 + 2 69 106507.92 + 12052.30
68 Maurizio Cattelan Chart | Auctions *1960 (49) IT 68 + 12 80 105565.52 + 16489.62
69 Tacita Dean Chart | Auctions *1965 (44) UK 69 + 2 71 105390.06 + 11809.77
70 Yoko Ono Chart | Auctions *1933 (76) JP 70 + 14 84 105135.81 + 17192.91
71 Ilya & Emilia Kabakov Chart | Auctions *1933 (76) US 71 – 8 63 104951.58 + 6281.92
72 Ellsworth Kelly Chart | Auctions *1923 (86) US 72 – 5 67 104759.53 + 9591.78
73 Tony Oursler Chart | Auctions *1957 (52) US 73 – 8 65 104440.81 + 7217.95
74 Jackson Pollock Chart | Auctions 1912-1956 US 74 ± 0 74 104216.85 + 12715.62
75 Felix Gonzalez-Torres Chart | Auctions 1957-1996 CU 75 + 16 91 104057.73 + 16781.41
76 Richard Prince Chart | Auctions *1949 (60) US 76 ± 0 76 102854.56 + 12019.28
77 Mona Hatoum Chart | Auctions *1952 (57) LB 77 – 4 73 102748.69 + 10870.80
78 Willem de Kooning Chart | Auctions 1904-1997 NL 78 – 6 72 101648.52 + 8776.48
79 Daniel Buren Chart | Auctions *1938 (71) FR 79 – 11 68 101460.31 + 6301.71
80 Marcel Broodthaers Chart | Auctions 1924-1976 BE 80 + 1 81 101069.54 + 12280.62
81 Anri Sala Chart | Auctions *1974 (35) AL 81 + 2 83 101051.00 + 12566.75
82 Valie Export Chart | Auctions *1940 (69) AT 82 + 15 97 100731.89 + 15689.48
83 Frank Stella Chart | Auctions *1936 (73) US 83 – 6 77 100720.65 + 10728.30
84 Dieter Roth Chart | Auctions 1930-1998 DE 84 + 3 87 100169.99 + 12330.36
85 Yves Klein Chart | Auctions 1928-1962 FR 85 – 3 82 99762.40 + 11195.27
86 Rirkrit Tiravanija Chart | Auctions *1961 (48) AR 86 + 7 93 98316.41 + 11528.75
87 Marlene Dumas Chart | Auctions *1953 (56) ZA 87 + 9 96 98253.90 + 13193.54
88 Gordon Matta-Clark Chart | Auctions 1943-1978 US 88 + 16 104 97492.09 + 14663.96
89 Liam Gillick Chart | Auctions *1964 (45) UK 89 + 3 92 97447.32 + 10181.56
90 Günther Förg Chart | Auctions *1952 (57) DE 90 – 5 85 97425.51 + 9532.89
91 Cy Twombly Chart | Auctions *1928 (81) US 91 – 3 88 97141.20 + 9529.07
92 Lucio Fontana Chart | Auctions 1899-1968 AR 92 + 7 99 97072.82 + 12390.13
93 Michelangelo Pistoletto Chart | Auctions *1933 (76) IT 93 + 21 114 96556.70 + 16150.91
94 David Hockney Chart | Auctions *1937 (72) UK 94 – 4 90 96467.33 + 8994.26
95 Matthew Barney Chart | Auctions *1967 (42) US 95 – 16 79 96082.62 + 6753.43
96 Robert Gober Chart | Auctions *1954 (55) US 96 – 7 89 95711.98 + 8165.70
97 Thomas Hirschhorn Chart | Auctions *1957 (52) CH 97 – 2 95 95084.23 + 8760.45
98 Arnulf Rainer Chart | Auctions *1929 (80) AT 98 + 25 123 94496.74 + 16023.49
99 Philip Guston Chart | Auctions 1913-1980 CA 99 – 21 78 94440.83 + 4573.87
100 Hiroshi Sugimoto Chart | Auctions *1948 (61) JP 100 + 1 101 93096.43 + 8784.94