Rankings

This section lists the top 100 artists in the $1m+ market by our new “Power Rank”, as well as the top 50 by artistic period.

Top 50 $1m+ Power Rank

2022 (H2)–2023 (H1)
Rank	Artist	Movement	Birth location
1	Jasper Johns (b.1930)	Contemporary	Augusta, GA, USA
2	Lucian Freud (1922–2011)	Post-War	Berlin, Germany
3	Paul Gauguin (1848–1903)	Impressionist	Paris, France
4	Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944)	Impressionist	Moscow, Russia
5	Willem de Kooning (1904–97)	Modern	Rotterdam, Netherlands
6	Édouard Manet (1832–83)	Impressionist	Paris, France
7	Georges Seurat (1859–91)	Impressionist	Paris, France
8	Georgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986)	Modern	Sun Prairie, WI, USA
9	Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851)	Old Masters	London, UK
10	Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010)	Post-War	Paris, France
11	Paul Cézanne (1839–1906)	Impressionist	Aix-en-Provence, France
12	Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–88)	Contemporary	New York, USA
13	David Hockney (b.1937)	Contemporary	Bradford, UK
14	Gerhard Richter (b.1932)	Contemporary	Dresden, Germany
15	Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)	Modern	Málaga, Spain
16	Joan Mitchell (1925–92)	Post-War	Chicago, IL, USA
17	Alberto Giacometti (1901–66)	Modern	Borgonovo, Switzerland
18	René Magritte (1898–1967)	Modern	Lessines, Belgium
19	Henry Moore (1898–1986)	Modern	Castleford, UK
20	Paul Signac (1863–1935)	Impressionist	Paris, France
21	François-Xavier Lalanne (1927–2008)	Post-War	Agen, France
22	Yayoi Kusama (b.1929)	Post-War	Matsumoto, Japan
23	Alighiero Boetti (1940–94)	Contemporary	Turin, Italy
24	Edvard Munch (1863–1944)	Impressionist	Ådalsbruk, Norway
25	Francis Bacon (1909–92)	Modern	Dublin, Ireland
26	Max Ernst (1891–1976)	Modern	Brühl, Germany
27	Joan Miró (1893–1983)	Modern	Barcelona, Spain
28	Andy Warhol (1928–87)	Post-War	Pittsburgh, PA, USA
29	Wayne Thiebaud (1920–2021)	Post-War	Mesa, AZ, USA
30	Alexander Calder (1898–1976)	Modern	Lawnton, PA, USA
31	Frank Auerbach (b.1931)	Contemporary	Berlin, Germany
32	Vincent van Gogh (1853–90)	Impressionist	Zundert, Netherlands
33	Yoshitomo Nara (b.1959)	Contemporary	Hirosaki, Japan
34	Sam Francis (1923–94)	Post-War	San Mateo, CA, USA
35	Henri Matisse (1869–1954)	Impressionist	Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France
36	Isamu Noguchi (1904–88)	Modern	Los Angeles, CA, USA
37	Roy Lichtenstein (1923–97)	Post-War	New York, USA
38	Keith Haring (1958–90)	Contemporary	Reading, PA, USA
39	Claude Monet (1840–1926)	Impressionist	Paris, France
40	Morris Louis (1912–62)	Post-War	Baltimore, MD, USA
41	Cy Twombly (1928–2011)	Post-War	Lexington, VA, USA
42	Lucio Fontana (1899–1968)	Modern	Rosario, Argentina
43	Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji) (1920–2013)	Post-War	Beijing, China
44	Zhang Daqian (1899–1983)	Modern	Neijiang, China
45	Ed Ruscha (b.1937)	Contemporary	Omaha, NE, USA
46	Cecily Brown (b.1969)	Contemporary	London, UK
47	Gustav Klimt (1862–1918)	Impressionist	Vienna, Austria
48	Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640)	Old Masters	Siegen, Germany
49	Mark Bradford (b.1961)	Contemporary	Los Angeles, CA, USA
50	Remedios Varo (1908–63)	Modern	Anglès, Spain

Top 50 $1m+ artists by value

2018–2023 (H1)
Rank	Artist	Value of lots sold	Number of lots sold
1	Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)	$2,467,417,757	278
2	Claude Monet (1840–1926)	$1,506,471,768	96
3	Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–88)	$1,247,628,262	117
4	Andy Warhol (1928–87)	$1,164,438,003	148
5	Gerhard Richter (b.1932)	$849,834,052	107
6	David Hockney (b.1937)	$707,607,492	75
7	René Magritte (1898–1967)	$694,707,260	111
8	Francis Bacon (1909–92)	$680,148,157	32
9	Zao Wou-Ki (Zhao Wuji) (1920–2013)	$670,375,254	140
10	Willem de Kooning (1904–97)	$603,232,939	58
11	Vincent van Gogh (1853–90)	$583,810,633	29
12	Mark Rothko (1903–70)	$577,674,422	26
13	Alberto Giacometti (1901–66)	$502,812,349	61
14	Cy Twombly (1928–2011)	$491,953,453	44
15	Paul Cézanne (1839–1906)	$432,665,906	21
16	Roy Lichtenstein (1923–97)	$391,148,914	63
17	Yayoi Kusama (b.1929)	$364,626,574	131
18	Alexander Calder (1898–1976)	$361,889,323	87
19	Joan Mitchell (1925–92)	$343,906,808	60
20	Sanyu (Chang Yu) (1895–1966)	$321,879,617	27
21	Joan Miró (1893–1983)	$321,830,958	54
22	Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920)	$313,939,006	13
23	Yoshitomo Nara (b.1959	$306,228,517	63
24	Zhang Daqian (1899–1983)	$286,848,018	52
25	Gustav Klimt (1862–1918)	$269,793,373	4
26	Jackson Pollock (1912–56)	$249,880,355	13
27	Ed Ruscha (b.1937)	$249,848,477	50
28	Henri Matisse (1869–1954)	$247,827,011	37
29	Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944)	$238,462,095	27
30	Lucian Freud (1922–2011)	$236,593,271	22
31	Lucio Fontana (1899–1968)	$233,570,981	72
32	Jeff Koons (b.1955)	$233,510,109	28
33	Christopher Wool (b.1955)	$225,826,319	41
34	Banksy (b.1974)	$224,383,030	44
35	Jean Dubuffet (1901–85)	$222,125,919	78
36	Marc Chagall (1887–1985)	$216,644,269	81
37	Paul Gauguin (1848–1903)	$216,201,930	14
38	Georges Seurat (1859–91)	$213,779,000	9
39	Peter Doig (b.1959)	$212,676,710	16
40	Georgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986)	$196,202,250	28
41	Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919)	$193,070,975	55
42	George Condo (b.1957)	$192,578,286	83
43	Edgar Degas (1834–1917)	$191,327,272	39
44	Jasper Johns (b.1930)	$188,204,400	24
45	Botticelli (1445/46–1510)	$187,077,970	4
46	Fernand Léger (1881–1955)	$185,369,558	45
47	Pierre Soulages (1919–2022)	$184,325,758	62
48	Paul Signac (1863–1935)	$181,192,411	25
49	Wayne Thiebaud (1920–2021)	$178,935,893	50
50	Wu Guanzhong (1919–2010)	$178,608,227	6

Top 50 $1m+ Old Master artists by value

2018–2023 (H1)
Rank	Artist	Value of lots sold	Number of lots sold
1	Botticelli (1445/46–1510)	$187,077,970	4
2	Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640)	$109,094,876	16
3	Joseph Mallard William Turner (1775–1851)	$76,009,617	14
4	Canaletto (1697–1768)	$55,139,650	12
5	Rembrandt (1606–69)	$50,465,868	5
6	Emanuel Leutze (1816–68)	$49,860,000	2
7	Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641)	$38,656,273	10
8	Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553)	$37,372,874	9
9	Bernardo Bellotto (1722–80)	$32,979,330	6
10	Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564–1637/38)	$32,369,969	13
11	Francisco de Goya (1746–1828) and studio	$26,946,000	6
12	Michelangelo (1475–1564)	$24,318,343	1
13	Titian (1488/90–1576) and workshop	$20,309,802	4
14	Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770)	$17,349,000	1
15	Michael Sweerts (1618–64)	$16,044,318	1
16	El Greco (1541–1614)	$15,843,689	5
17	Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601–78)	$15,781,440	3
18	Frans Hals (1582–1666)	$15,355,529	2
19	Jan Davidszoon de Heern (1606–83/84)	$15,225,770	3
20	Lucas van Leyden (1494–1533)	$14,601,588	1
21	Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1654)	$12,604,218	5
22	Orazio Gentileschi (1563–1639)	$12,585,000	3
23	Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519)	$12,193,719	1
24	Jan Sanders van Hemessen (1500–66)	$11,825,200	3
25	Joachim Anthoniszoon Wtewael (1566–1638)	$11,778,484	2
26	Andrea Mantegna (1431–1506)	$11,654,000	1
27	Giovanni di Paolo (c.1403–1482)	$11,604,844	2
28	Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828)	$11,562,500	1
29	Thomas Gainsborough (1727–88)	$11,045,587	2
30	Bronzino (1503–72)	$10,665,500	1
31	The Master of the Baroncel Ii portraits (active 1480–90)	$10,037,072	1
32	Frans van Mi eris the Elder (1635–81)	$9,901,272	3
33	Eugene Delacroix (1798–1863)	$9,875,000	1
34	Jan van de Cappel le (1626–79)	$9,782,253	3
35	John James Audubon (1785–1851)	$9,650,000	1
36	Jean–Baptiste–Camille Corot (1796–1875)	$9,622,344	2
37	Georges de la Tour (1593–1653)	$9,582,407	2
38	Elisabeth–Louise Vigee Le Brun (1755–1842)	$9,235,570	3
39	Pietro Bernini (1562–1629) and Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680)	$8,881,500	1
40	Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder (1573–1621)	$8,538,095	4
41	Diego Velazquez (1599–1660) and Pietro Martire Neri (1591–1661)	$8,435,849	2
42	Jean–Simeon Chardin (1699–1779)	$8,006,294	1
43	Dosso Dossi (c.1486–1542)	$7,710,800	2
44	Jusepe de Ribera (Lo Spagnoletto) (1591–1652)	$7,216,765	1
45	Johann Liss (c.1595–1631)	$7,119,000	1
46	Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568–1625)	$6,868,024	4
47	Valentin de Boulogne (1591–1632)	$6,825,000	2
48	Ludovico Carracci (1555–1619)	$6,705,528	1
49	Juan van der Hamen y Leon (1596–1631)	$6,517,000	1
50	Domenico Beccafumi (1486–1551)	$6,488,551	1

Top 50 $1m+ Impressionist and Modern artists by value 2018–2023 (H1)

2018–2023 (H1)
Rank	Artist	Value of lots sold	Number of lots sold
1	Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)	$2,467,417,757	278
2	Claude Monet (1840–1926)	$1,506,471,768	96
3	Rene Magritte (1898–1967)	$694,707,260	111
4	Francis Bacon (1909–92)	$680,148,157	32
5	Willem de Kooning (1904–97)	$603,232,939	58
6	Vincent van Gogh (1853–90)	$583,810,633	29
7	Mark Rothko (1903–70)	$577,674,422	26
8	Alberto Giacometti (1901–66)	$502,812,349	61
9	PauICezanne(1839–1906)	$432,665,906	21
10	Alexander Calder (1898–1976)	$361,889,323	87
11	Sanyu (Chang Yu) (1895–1966)	$321,879,617	27
12	Joan Mir6 (1893–1983)	$321,830,958	54
13	Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920)	$313,939,006	13
14	Zhang Daqian (1899–1983)	$286,848,018	52
15	Gustav Klimt (1862–1918)	$269,793,373	4
16	Henri Matisse (1869–1954)	$247,827,011	37
17	Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944)	$238,462,095	27
18	Lucio Fontana (1899–1968)	$233,570,981	72
19	Jean Dubuffet (1901–85)	$222,125,919	78
20	Marc Chagall (1887–1985)	$216,644,269	81
21	Paul Gauguin (1848–1903)	$216,201,930	14
22	Georges Seurat (1859–91)	$213,779,000	9
23	Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986)	$196,202,250	28
24	Pierre–Auguste Renoir (1841–1919)	$193,070,975	55
25	Edgar Degas (1834–1917)	$191,327,272	39
26	Fernand Leger (1881–1955)	$185,369,558	45
27	Paul Signac (1863–1935)	$181,192,411	25
28	Gustave Caillebotte (1848–94)	$157,177,145	15
29	Edward Hopper (1882–1967)	$148,287,200	13
30	Clyfford Still (1904–80)	$126,711,551	6
31	Camille Pissarro (1830–1903)	$126,364,163	36
32	Henry Moore (1898–1986)	$116,369,438	40
33	Edouard Manet (1832–83)	$96,259,876	11
34	Kazimir Malevich (1879–1935)	$96,226,428	2
35	Tamara de Lempicka (1898–1980)	$93,547,083	11
36	Piet Mondrian (1872–1944)	$87,899,000	3
37	Franz Marc (1880–1916)	$87,340,730	4
38	Edvard Munch (1863–1944)	$86,716,792	16
39	Constantin Brancusi (1876–1957)	$77,299,300	2
40	Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947)	$76,101,105	24
41	Egon Schiele (1890–1918)	$74,236,282	17
42	Francis Picabia (1879–1953)	$68,032,502	23
43	Barbara Hepworth (1903–75)	$65,410,052	20
44	Lee Krasner (1908–84)	$61,662,451	12
45	Barnett Newman (1905–70)	$58,852,700	7
46	Auguste Rodin (1840–1917)	$56,687,140	14
47	Frida Kahlo (1907–54)	$56,148,500	5
48	Giorgio Morandi (1890–1964)	$53,441,820	32
49	Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938)	$53,039,036	11
50	Max Ernst (1891–1976)	$50,951,920	14

Top 50 $1m+ Post-war and Contemporary artists by value

2018–2023 (H1)
Rank	Artist	Value of lots sold	Number of lots sold
1	Jean–Michel Basquiat (1960–88)	$1,247,628,262	117
2	Andy Warhol (1928–87)	$1.164.438,003	148
3	Gerhard Richter (b.1932)	$849,834,052	107
4	David Hockney (b.1937)	$707,607.492	75
5	Zao Wou–Ki (1920–2013)	$670,375,254	140
6	Cy Twombly (1928–2011)	$491,953.453	44
7	Roy Lichtenstein (1923–97)	$391,148,914	63
8	Yayoi Kusama (b.1929)	$364,626,574	131
9	Joan Mitchell (1925–92)	$343,906,808	60
10	Yoshitomo Nara (b.1959)	$306,228,517	63
11	Jackson Pollock (1912–56)	$249,880,355	13
12	Ed Ruscha (b.1937)	$249,848.477	50
13	Lucian Freud (1922–2011)	$236,593,271	22
14	Jeff Koons (b.1955)	$233,510,109	28
15	Christopher Wool (b.1955)	$225,826,319	41
16	Banksy (b.1974)	$224,383,030	44
17	Peter Doig (b.1959)	$212,676,710	16
18	George Condo (b.1957)	$192,578,286	83
19	JasperJohns(~1930)	$188,204.400	24
20	Pierre Soulages (1919–2022)	$184,325,758	62
21	Wayne Thiebaud (1920–2021)	$178,935,893	50
22	Wu Guanzhong (1919–2010)	$178,608,227	60
23	Richard Diebenkorn (1922–93)	$160,186,100	22
24	Cecily Brown (b.1969)	$160,003,904	48
25	Philip Guston (1913–80)	$146,391,787	27
26	Frank Stella (b.1936)	$142,179,919	28
27	Mark Bradford (b.1961)	$140,775,168	30
28	Chu Teh–Chun (1920–2014)	$139,336,152	37
29	Yves Klein (1928–62)	$135.159,028	22
30	Louise Bourgeois (1911–2011)	$134,176,348	23
31	Robert Ryman (1930–2019)	$132,109,776	20
32	Adrian Ghenie (b.1977)	$124,373,033	29
33	Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008)	$119,072,806	10
34	Georg Baselitz (b.1938)	$116,598,537	34
35	Brice Marden (1938–2023)	$112,759.400	13
36	Helen Frankenthaler (1928–2011)	$105,686.431	40
37	Kerry James Marshall (b.1955)	$103,264,979	19
38	Rudolf Stingel (b.1956)	$102,235,277	26
39	Richard Prince (b.1949)	$101,969,535	36
40	Beeple (Mike Winkelmann) (b.1981)	$98,331,250	2
41	Agnes Martin (1912–2004)	$97,950.443	21
42	Sigmar Polke (1941–2010)	$97,881,717	28
43	Matthew Wong (1984–2019)	$92,073,687	30
44	Nicolas de Stael (1914–55)	$91,170.426	20
45	Keith Haring (1958–90)	$88,326,584	34
46	Kazuo Shi raga (1924–2008)	$84,102.127	31
47	Donald Judd (1928–94)	$83,642,858	24
48	Liu Ye (b.1964)	$83,059,027	34
49	KAWS (b.1974)	$82,603,844	38
50	Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015)	$77,592,654	23

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