| Rank | Artist | Sales US$* | Art College | Art Category |
| 1 | Zhang Xiaogang | 44,100,000 | Sichuan Fine Arts Institute | Oil Painting |
| 2 | Yue Minjun | 30,500,000 | Hebei Normal University | Oil Painting |
| 3 | Zeng Fanzhi | 30,100,000 | Hubei Institute of Fine Arts | Oil Painting |
| 4 | Wu Guanzhong | 26,800,000 | China Academy of Art (Hangzhou National College of Art) | Oil Painting, Chinese Ink Painting |
| 5 | Zhao Wuji | 26,600,000 | China Academy of Art (Hangzhou Art School) | Oil Painting |
| 6 | Liu Xiaodong | 20,600,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Oil Painting |
| 7 | Zhou Chunya | 16,700,000 | Sichuan Fine Arts Institute | Oil Painting |
| 8 | Wang Huaiqing | 13,100,000 | Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University | Oil Painting |
| 9 | Wang Guangyi | 11,900,000 | China Academy of Art (Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts) | Oil Painting |
| 10 | Liu Ye | 11,400,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Oil Painting |
| 11 | Fan Zeng | 10,900,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Chinese Ink Painting |
| 12 | Yan Peiming | 10,800,000 | Université de Bourgogne | Oil Painting |
| 13 | Zhu Ming | 9,400,000 | Wood Carving master: Li Jinchuan | Sculpture |
| 14 | Luo Zhongli | 8,700,000 | Sichuan Fine Arts Institute | Oil Painting |
| 15 | Yin Zhaoyang | 8,600,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Oil Painting |
| 16 | Cai Guoqiang | 8,500,000 | Shanghai Theatrical Institute | Gunpowder 'Painting' |
| 17 | Zhu Dequn | 6,800,000 | China Academy of Art (Hangzhou National College of Art) | Oil Painting |
| 18 | Wang Yidong | 6,600,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Oil Painting |
| 19 | Fang Lijun | 6,500,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Oil Painting |
| 20 | Yang Shaobin | 5,700,000 | Hebei Light Industry Institute | Oil Painting |
| 21 | Liu Wei | 5,400,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Oil Painting |
| 22 | Huang Yongyu | 5,400,000 | Xiamen Jimei Middle School | Chinese Ink Painting |
| 23 | Feng Zhengjie | 5,200,000 | Sichuan Fine Arts Institute | Oil Painting |
| 24 | Tang Zhigang | 4,340,000 | Nanjing Arts Institute | Oil Painting |
| 25 | Liu Wenxi | 3,970,000 | China Academy of Art (Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts) | Chinese Ink Painting |
| 26 | Jin Shangyi | 3,970,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Oil Painting |
| 27 | Ye Yongqing | 3,930,000 | Sichuan Fine Arts Institute | Oil Painting |
| 28 | Bai Xueshi | 3,730,000 | Masters: Zhao Mengzhu & Liang Shunian | Chinese Ink Painting |
| 29 | Xu Bing | 3,660,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Contemporary Art |
| 30 | He Jiaying | 3,590,000 | Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts | Chinese Ink Painting |
| 31 | Qi Zhilong | 3,510,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Oil Painting |
| 32 | Huang Gang | 3,230,000 | Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University | Sculpture, Mixed Media Painting |
| 33 | Pan Dehai | 3,160,000 | Northeast Normal University | Oil Painting |
| 34 | Li Shan | 3,130,000 | Shanghai Theatrical Institute | Oil Painting |
| 35 | Yang Feiyun | 3,060,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Oil Painting |
| 36 | Cheng Conglin | 2,850,000 | Sichuan Fine Arts Institute | Oil Painting |
| 37 | Chen Peiqiu | 2,820,000 | China Academy of Art (National College of Art) | Chinese Ink Painting |
| 38 | He Duoling | 2,790,000 | Sichuan Fine Arts Institute | Oil Painting |
| 39 | Ai Xuan | 2,720,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Oil Painting |
| 40 | Shi Chong | 2,700,000 | Hubei Institute of Fine Arts | Oil Painting |
| 41 | Ding Fang | 2,680,000 | Nanjing Arts Institute | Oil Painting |
| 42 | Chen Yanning | 2,650,000 | Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts | Oil Painting |
| 43 | Xiang Jing | 2,580,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Sculpture |
| 44 | Huang Mingzhe | 2,460,000 | | Oil Painting |
| 45 | Ling Jian | 2,450,000 | Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University | Oil Painting |
| 46 | Zeng Chuanxing | 2,370,000 | Sichuan Neijiang Arts & Sports Normal College | Oil Painting |
| 47 | Lin Yong | 2,230,000 | Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts | Chinese Ink Painting |
| 48 | Wang Mingming | 2,200,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Chinese Ink Painting |
| 49 | Ji Dachun | 2,180,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Oil Painting |
| 50 | Zhan Wang | 2,150,000 | China Central Academy of Fine Arts | Sculpture |
